Fine Autograph and Artifact Auction: Featuring Pop Culture

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RR Auction's December Fine Autograph and Artifact sale boasts more than 900 lots, highlighted by a multitude of important historical letters and a robust selection of material from popular culture. Highlights of the sale include a signed Abraham Lincoln carte-de-visite, checks from George Washington and Donald Trump, a Charles Dickens autograph quote from A Christmas Carol, rare artifacts recovered from the USS Arizona after Pearl Harbor, unique mixed-media artwork by Bob Dylan, a Christmas card from Al Capone, and rare oversized 'outtake' prints from the Beatles' famous Abbey Road shoot. RR Auction is a globally recognized and trusted auction house specializing in historical autographs and artifacts. Join us as we make history selling history in December 2018.
ALS - Autograph Letter Signed
ANS - Autograph Note Signed
AQS - Autograph Quotation Signed
AMQS - Autograph Musical Quotation Signed
DS - Document Signed
FDC - First Day Cover
Inscribed - “Personalized”
ISP - Inscribed Signed Photograph
LS - Letter Signed
SP - Signed Photograph
TLS - Typed Letter Signed
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Giacomo Puccini563 - Giacomo Puccini
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Vintage matte-finish 8.5 x 6.25 Alfred Ornano photo of Puccini seated in his music room on the ground floor of the Torre del Lago villa, affixed to th
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Estimate : 6,000.00 - 8,000.00
 
 
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Giacomo Puccini564 - Giacomo Puccini
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Scarce ALS in Italian, signed “G. Puccini,” three pages on two adjoining sheets, 4.5 x 7, April 8, 1894. In part (translated): "Unfortunately, ...
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Giacomo Puccini565 - Giacomo Puccini
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LS in Italian, three pages on two adjoining sheets, 4.5 x 7.25, February 11, 1896. Letter written to Minister of Education Guido Baccelli, in part (tr
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Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
 
 
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Sergei Rachmaninoff566 - Sergei Rachmaninoff
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Vintage matte-finish 6.5 x 9.5 portrait of the great Russian composer by New York photographer Herman Mishkin, signed on his collar in black ink, &q...
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,500.00
 
 
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Sergei Rachmaninoff567 - Sergei Rachmaninoff
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Official program for a Gala Concert of the Vacation Association Inc., at the Metropolitan Opera House on April 8, 1919, measuring 9.75 x 12.5, signed
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov568 - Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
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Russian composer (1844-1908) best known for such works as Scheherezade and for operatic staples like Sadko, The Tale of Tsar Saltan, and The Golden Co
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Richard Strauss569 - Richard Strauss
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Excellent matte-finish 3.5 x 5.5 postcard photo of Strauss in a bow tie, signed in the lower border in fountain pen, "Richard Strauss, 5.8.47.&...
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Igor Stravinsky570 - Igor Stravinsky
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ANS signed “I. Stravinsky,” one page, 5 x 3, June 1947. In full: "The 'Firebird' was never performed by the Metropolitan Opera House.&q...
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Amadeu Vives571 - Amadeu Vives
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Spanish musical composer (1871–1932) who created over a hundred stage works. AMQS on an off-white 5.5 x 3.5 card, signed in ink, "Amadeu Vives,...
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Giuseppe Verdi572 - Giuseppe Verdi
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Extremely desirable AMQS on an off-white 8.5 x 5.75 album page, signed "G. Verdui," and dated 1896. Verdi pens two bars from his acclaimed...
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Estimate : 4,000.00 - 6,000.00
 
 
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George Gershwin573 - George Gershwin
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Marvelous vintage matte-finish 8 x 10 profile photo of Gershwin seated at his piano and adding notes to sheet music, signed and inscribed in the lower
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Estimate : 8,000.00 - 10,000.00
 
 
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George Gershwin574 - George Gershwin
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Signed book: Art in America in Modern Times. First edition. NY: Reynal & Hitchcock, 1934. Hardcover with dust jacket, 9.75 x 12.5, 100 pages. Si...
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Patsy Cline575 - Patsy Cline
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Vintage glossy 8 x 10 portrait of the country star by Rush Studio, signed in blue ballpoint, "Your Humble Friend, Patsy Cline, 'Decca.'...
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Hank Williams576 - Hank Williams
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Vintage glossy 8 x 10 photo of the country music icon wearing a cowboy hat with suit and tie, signed in fountain pen, "Best wishes, Hank Willia...
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Estimate : 3,000.00 - 5,000.00
 
 
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Duane Allman577 - Duane Allman
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Very rare ALS signed “Love, D,” one page, 9 x 11, no date but circa August 1970. Penned in black ballpoint on the inside back cover detached from a Ne
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Estimate : 6,000.00 - 8,000.00
 
 
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Beatles578 - Beatles
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Extremely rare 1963 PYX Productions Limited program for the Beatles, 28 pages, 7.25 x 9.5, signed on the front cover in blue ballpoint, "John L...
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Estimate : 15,000.00 - 20,000.00
 
 
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Beatles579 - Beatles
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Vintage blue autograph book, 6.25 x 4, signed and inscribed inside on adjacent pages in black or blue ballpoint, "To Linda love from George Har...
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Estimate : 8,000.00 - 10,000.00
 
 
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Beatles580 - Beatles
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Very rare original promotional ‘cube’ for the release of the Beatles’ self-titled 1968 release, the ‘White Album,’ measuring 11? x 8.25? x 8.25? displ
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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Beatles: Brian Epstein581 - Beatles: Brian Epstein
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Circa 1964 Christmas card with front depicting several nude cartoon figures blindly offering mistletoe, measures 10.5 x 14.5, signed inside below a pr
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Beatles: George Harrison582 - Beatles: George Harrison
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Ballpoint signature, "George Harrison,” on the reverse of an off-white 8.25 x 11.75 program sheet for a children's concert at St. Mary'...
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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