Fine Autographs and Artifacts Featuring John F. Kennedy

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RR Auction's November Fine Autographs and Artifacts sale boasts over 750 rare and remarkable lots, including a stunning assortment of classical music autographs, special sections honoring President John F. Kennedy and King Tut discoverer Howard Carter, and a wealth of important letters from famous figures. Among the highlights are a significant handwritten musical manuscript by Ludwig van Beethoven, an original sketch by Amedeo Modigliani, a signed example of the famous 'Dewey Defeats Truman' newspaper, and letters by Nikola Tesla, Albert Einstein, Margaret Mitchell, Alexander Graham Bell, Bruce Lee, and Napoleon Bonaparte. 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 November 2022.
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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Bela Bartok Signature522 - Bela Bartok Signature
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Bold vintage fountain pen signature, "Bela Bartok,” on an off-white 6.5 x 9.25 card bearing an affixed portrait of the cele
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Leonard Bernstein Signed Photograph523 - Leonard Bernstein Signed Photograph
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Glossy 3.5 x 5.5 photo of Leonard Bernstein in profile, signed in the lower border in black felt tip. A secretarial notation to reverse reads: "...
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Jussi Bjorling Signed Photograph and Program524 - Jussi Bjorling Signed Photograph and Program
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Two items: a handsome vintage glossy 8 x 10 photo of the Swedish tenor, signed in a dark area in fountain pen, "Bjorling"; and a program f...
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John Cage (3) Signed Items525 - John Cage (3) Signed Items
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Three items signed by Cage: a glossy 10 x 8 artistic portrait by Roberto Masotti, signed and inscribed in the lower border in blue ballpoint by Cage;
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Celebrities526 - Celebrities
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Vintage ink and pencil signatures of 11 celebrities on three off-white 5 x 6.75 album pages. Signers are: composers Alfred Grunfeld, adding an intrica
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Composers527 - Composers
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Collection of four musical quotes on various size sheets and cards. Quotes are from: Leo Blech, four bars, in pencil, from his opera 'Alpenkonig...
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Conductors and Singers528 - Conductors and Singers
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Vintage ink signatures of nine conductors and signers on both sides of two off-white 5 x 7 album pages. Signers include: conductors Bruno Walter, Vict
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Leo Delibes Autograph Letter Signed529 - Leo Delibes Autograph Letter Signed
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Notable French composer of ballets and operas (1836-1891). ALS in French, one page both sides, 4.5 x 3.5, no date. Handwritten letter to painter and l
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Nico Dostal Signed Photograph530 - Nico Dostal Signed Photograph
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Austrian composer (1895–1981) who specialized in operetta and film music. Vintage matte-finish 6.25 x 8.75 portrait of Dost
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Georges Enescu Signed Program Page531 - Georges Enescu Signed Program Page
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Noted Romanian composer, violinist, pianist, conductor, and teacher (1881‚Äì1955). Vintage program page for ‚
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Charles Gounod Autograph Musical Quotation Signed532 - Charles Gounod Autograph Musical Quotation Signed
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French composer (1818-1893) best remembered for his composition of 'Ave Maria.' AMQS on an off-white 5 x 4.25 album page, signed twice, &quo...
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Charles Gounod Autograph Letter Signed533 - Charles Gounod Autograph Letter Signed
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French composer (1818-1893) best remembered for his composition of 'Ave Maria.' ALS in French, signed “Ch. Gounod,
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Victor Herbert534 - Victor Herbert
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Three items: an AMQS on an off-white 5 x 3 card, with five bars of music and lyrics from his operetta 'Eileen,' dated January 1917 and readi...
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Engelbert Humperdinck Handwritten Note535 - Engelbert Humperdinck Handwritten Note
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German Romantic composer (1854-1921) best known for the opera Hansel und Gretel. Unsigned handwritten note in German by Engelbert Humperdinck on the r
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Herbert von Karajan Signed Photograph536 - Herbert von Karajan Signed Photograph
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Austrian orchestra and opera conductor (1908-1989) regarded as one of the greatest of the 20th century. Glossy 9.25 x 6.75 photo of Karajan conductin
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Jan Kubelik Autograph Musical Quotation Signed537 - Jan Kubelik Autograph Musical Quotation Signed
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Enormously popular Czech-born violin virtuoso (1880-1940) AMQS on a 4.75 x 7.75 sheet of Pullman Private Car stationery, dated at San Francisco, Janua
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Ruggerio Leoncavallo Autograph Musical Quotation Signed538 - Ruggerio Leoncavallo Autograph Musical Quotation Signed
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Italian composer (1857–1919) best known for his operas, particularly the beloved repertoire staple 'Pagliacci.' AMQS on an
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Maria Malibran Autograph Letter Signed539 - Maria Malibran Autograph Letter Signed
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Legendary mezzo-soprano (1808–1836) who was one of the most famous opera singers of the 19th century, known for her stormy
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Jules Massenet Autograph Musical Quotation Signed540 - Jules Massenet Autograph Musical Quotation Signed
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AMQS on an off-white 5 x 4 album page, signed below in ink, "J. Massenet, Anvers...27 Jan/93." Massenet pens several bars of music and lyr...
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Musicians541 - Musicians
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Vintage signatures of four musicians on both sides of a 4.75 x 6.75 album page. Signers are: Edmund Eysler, adding a four-bar AMQS from his operetta...
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