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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Michael Jackson603 - Michael Jackson
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Thriller album signed prominently on the front cover in gold ink by Michael Jackson. In fine condition, with some light creasing, and some price stick
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,500.00
 
 
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Madonna604 - Madonna
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Partly-printed DS, signed “Madonna Ciccone,” one page, 8.5 x 3.5, no date but circa mid-to-late 1980s. Application for an instant teller card from the
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Madonna605 - Madonna
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Group of six original glossy 7 x 9 photos of Madonna, dated between 1985 and 1991, showing her attending various events, riding her bike, and jogging.
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Tupac Shakur606 - Tupac Shakur
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Handcrafted card with original hand-drawn artwork made by Tupac Shakur while incarcerated at the Clinton Correctional Facility in New York and sent to
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 4,000.00
 
 
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Mily Balakirev607 - Mily Balakirev
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Russian pianist, conductor and composer (1837–1910) who is best remembered for his work promoting musical nationalism and his encouragement of more fa
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Maria Callas608 - Maria Callas
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Felt tip signature, "Cordially, Maria Callas, 1971,” on an off-white 5 x 3 sheet. Collector's notation on reverse indicates that the signat...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Luigi Cherubini609 - Luigi Cherubini
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Italian composer (1760-1842) known for his operas and sacred music; Beethoven regarded him as the greatest of his contemporaries. Manuscript DS, in Fr
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Paul Dukas610 - Paul Dukas
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French composer (1865–1935) best known for 'The Sorcerer's Apprentice,' interpreted to delightful effect in Disney's Fantasia. ALS i...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Paul Dukas611 - Paul Dukas
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French composer (1865–1935) best known for 'The Sorcerer's Apprentice,' interpreted to delightful effect in Disney's Fantasia. Uncom...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Edward Elgar612 - Edward Elgar
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Signed program book: Birmingham Musical Festival in Aid of the Funds of the General Hospital, October 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 5th, 1900. Fortieth Celebrati
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Charles Gounod613 - Charles Gounod
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Very appealing and uncommon collection of four hardcover musical score books signed inside by Charles Gounod, including: Romeo and Juliet: Opera in
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Jan Kubelik614 - Jan Kubelik
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Enormously popular Czech-born violin virtuoso (1880-1940). Vintage matte-finish 3.25 x 5.5 postcard photo of a young Kubelik holding his violin in a h
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Maurice Maeterlinck615 - Maurice Maeterlinck
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Highly appealing program for a dinner honoring Maurice Maeterlinck at New York's Lotos Club on January 3, 1920, 11.75 x 16.25, signed along the ...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Jules Massenet616 - Jules Massenet
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Signed score book: Cendrillon: A Fairy Tale in Four Acts. Paris: Heugel & Co., 1899. Softcover, 8 x 11.25, 361 pages. Signed and inscribed on th...
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Nellie Melba and Victor Maurel617 - Nellie Melba and Victor Maurel
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Interesting pair of AQSs in French, "'L'art est un ami qui ne trompe jamais,' Nellie Melba, 1903," and "L'art a toute...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Yehudi Menuhin618 - Yehudi Menuhin
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Violinist and conductor (1916-1999) widely considered one of the greatest violinists of the 20th century. Exceptional vintage pearl-finish 9.25 x 7 po
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Carl Nielsen619 - Carl Nielsen
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Important Danish composer (1865-1931) best known for his six grandly scaled symphonies, a number of which bear such evocative subtitles as "The...
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Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
 
 
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Pablo de Sarasate620 - Pablo de Sarasate
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AMQS on an off-white 12.5 x 8 sheet, signed and inscribed below in ink, "A Monsieur Comte de Latour, souvenir de notre voisinage a Stuttgart [T...
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Jean Sibelius621 - Jean Sibelius
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Distinguished Finnish composer (1865–1957) of Romantic-nationalistic tendencies, best known for his seven completed symphonies and the tone poem Finla
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Violinists622 - Violinists
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Group lot of five photos of influential female violinists, ranging in size from 11 x 8 to 8.25 x 12, each signed in ink or felt tip by the pictured mu
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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