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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Antonin Dvorak553 - Antonin Dvorak
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Signed program book: Birmingham Musical Festival in Aid of the Funds of the General Hospital, Book of the Words, 1885. Thirty-fifth Celebration. Birmi
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,500.00
 
 
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Edward Elgar554 - Edward Elgar
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ALS, three pages on two adjoining sheets, 6.25 x 8, Tiddington House letterhead, January 1, 1929. Letter to actor and dramatist Arthur Wing Pinero, wr
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Gabriel Faure555 - Gabriel Faure
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Highly appealing AMQS on the title page of piano sheet music for 'Nocturnes,' signed in the upper right in black ink by Faure, who pens four...
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Wilhelm Furtwangler556 - Wilhelm Furtwangler
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Very appealing vintage matte-finish 7 x 9.5 portrait of the great German conductor by Trude Fleischman, signed and inscribed in fountain pen, "...
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy557 - Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy
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Prodigiously gifted German Romantic composer (1809–1847) whose musical output represents virtually every form and genre of the era. ALS in German, one
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 2,500.00
 
 
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Music558 - Music
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Huge collection of over 1,300 items signed by musicians, predominately comprising classical composers and musicians, opera singers, and conductors, wi
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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Ignaz Moscheles559 - Ignaz Moscheles
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Bohemian composer and piano virtuoso (1794–1870), whose career after his early years was based initially in London, and later at Leipzig, where he suc
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Arthur Nikisch560 - Arthur Nikisch
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Desirable AMQS on an off-white 4.5 x 6.5 sheet, signed below, "So pocht das Schicksal an unsere Pforte [The way the fate knocks at our door], A...
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Ignacy Jan Paderewski561 - Ignacy Jan Paderewski
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AMQS on a gray 5.75 x 3.5 sheet, signed "I. J. Paderewski, Febr. Sun. 9th, 1902, New York," with Paderewski adding three bars of music fro...
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Giacomo Puccini562 - Giacomo Puccini
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Highly desirable AMQS on an off-white 6.25 x 10 sheet, prominently signed below by Puccini and dated May 3, 1900. Puccini pens three bars from "...
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 2,500.00
 
 
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