Fine Autographs and Artifacts Featuring Art

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RR Auction's April Fine Autographs and Artifacts sale is highlighted by a great selection of material from renowned artists, including Marc Chagall, Claude Monet, Georges Braque, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, and Charles Schulz. Other highlights include a manuscript by Wilbur Wright, a fully signed Led Zeppelin II album, an important letter by Albert Einstein anticipating WWII, a handwritten letter by Malcolm X written from prison, and flown Robbins medallions from the collection of Apollo 17 moonwalker Gene Cernan. 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 April 2020.
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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Sergei Rachmaninoff523 - Sergei Rachmaninoff
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AMQS on an off-white 6 x 3.75 album page, neatly signed in fountain pen, "Sergei Rachmaninoff, 1934." Below, the great composer and pianis...
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Estimate : 4,000.00 - 6,000.00
 
 
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Erik Satie524 - Erik Satie
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ALS signed “ES,” one page, 4.5 x 6.25, November 9, 1915. Letter to publisher Alexis Rouart, written in an elegant script, playfully requesting a small
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Estimate : 3,000.00 - 5,000.00
 
 
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Dmitri Shostakovich525 - Dmitri Shostakovich
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Vintage glossy 4 x 6 photo of Dmitri Shostakovich in a seated pose, signed and inscribed in Russian in blue ink, "D. Shostakovich." Includ...
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Bedrich Smetana526 - Bedrich Smetana
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Fountain pen signature, "B. Smetana, Liszt,” on the front cover of a 9.5 x 12.25 sheet music booklet neatly and fully arranged in another hand....
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Richard Strauss527 - Richard Strauss
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Crisply penned AMQS on an off-white 5.5 x 3.75 postcard, neatly signed above in ink, "Dr. Richard Strauss." Strauss pens two bars from the...
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Pyotr llyich Tchaikovsky528 - Pyotr llyich Tchaikovsky
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ALS in Cyrillic, signed “P. Tchaikovsky,” one page both sides, 4.5 x 3.5, personal monogram letterhead, June 3/15, [1891]. Letter to Ekaterina Ivanova
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Estimate : 8,000.00 - 10,000.00
 
 
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Giuseppe Verdi529 - Giuseppe Verdi
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ALS in Italian, signed “G. Verdi,” one page, 5.25 x 8.25, January 2, 1876. Letter concerning the arrival of his Sant'Agata estate manager, Mauro...
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Estimate : 1,200.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Blues Musicians530 - Blues Musicians
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Vintage German-language program for the 1963 American Folk Blues Festival, 10.75 x 10, signed inside by several of the performers, including: Muddy Wa
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Blues Musicians531 - Blues Musicians
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German program for the 1962 American Folk Blues Festival, measures 18 x 12.5 open, signed inside in ink and ballpoint by John Lee Hooker, Memphis Slim
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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John Cage532 - John Cage
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Red ballpoint signature and inscription, "For Gertrud Limiberg, with best wishes, John Cage July 2, '86,” on an off-white 11 x 8.5 sheet. C...
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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John Coltrane533 - John Coltrane
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Vintage circa 1962 program for a "Concert of Modern Jazz" by John Coltrane and His Group, four pages, 10.75 x 10, signed and inscribed ins...
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Estimate : 3,000.00 - 5,000.00
 
 
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Miles Davis534 - Miles Davis
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Neat original magenta artist's pencil sketch of a female face in profile accomplished by Miles Davis on an off-white 6 x 10 sheet, signed in the...
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Miles Davis535 - Miles Davis
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French-language program for the fourth annual International Jazz Festival held in Antibes and Juan-les-Pins from July 26-31, 1960, 8.5 x 10.5, signed
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Jazz Legends536 - Jazz Legends
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Vintage copy of Jazz magazine, Vol. 1, No. 3, August 1942, 5.75 x 8.75, signed inside in ink and pencil by a variety of notable jazz musicians, includ
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Jazz Musicians537 - Jazz Musicians
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Impressive collection of over 60 items signed by one or more influential jazz musicians, consisting mostly of vintage cut signatures and programs from
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Charles Mingus, Eric Dolphy, and Bud Powell538 - Charles Mingus, Eric Dolphy, and Bud Powell
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Scarce French-language program for the first annual European Jazz Festival held in Antibes, Le Cap, and Juan-les-Pins in 1960, 8.25 x 10.5, signed ins
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Thelonius Monk539 - Thelonius Monk
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Vintage promotional booklet for the third Essence Jazztage festival, held at the Grugahalle in Essen on April 17, 1961, measuring 21 x 5.5 open, signe
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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AC/DC: Bon Scott540 - AC/DC: Bon Scott
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ALS signed “Bon, xxx,” two pages, 8 x 9.75, postmarked 1975. Letter to close friend Mary Walton, in full: "Hello spunk. Hope your well & no...
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Estimate : 15,000.00 - 20,000.00
 
 
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Beatles541 - Beatles
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Bold vintage cast of ballpoint signatures with inscription, “Love to Linda, from the Beatles, John Lennon, xxx,” “Love from George Harrison, xxxxx,” “
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Estimate : 6,500.00 - 7,500.00
 
 
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Beatles542 - Beatles
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Vintage ballpoint signatures of Paul McCartney, George Harrison, John Lennon, and Ringo Starr on an off-white 5.5 x 4 sheet. Double-matted and framed
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Estimate : 5,000.00 - 7,000.00
 
 
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