Fine Autographs and Artifacts Featuring John F. Kennedy

Auction Details

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
Choose Your Layout > Switch to Grid View Switch to List View
Oskar Nedbal Autograph Musical Quotation Signed542 - Oskar Nedbal Autograph Musical Quotation Signed
RR Auction
AMQS on an off-white 5 x 6.75 album page, signed below in ink, "Oskar Nedbal, 10.1.1924, Smetana Celebration, Wien." Nedbal pens four bars...
No Online Bidding For This Lot
Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
 
 
Details...Bookmark
Carl Nielsen Autograph Letter Signed543 - Carl Nielsen Autograph Letter Signed
RR Auction
Important Danish composer (1865–1931) best known for his six grandly scaled symphonies, a number of which bear such evocati
No Online Bidding For This Lot
Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
Details...Bookmark
Arthur Nikisch Signed Postcard Photo544 - Arthur Nikisch Signed Postcard Photo
RR Auction
Internationally renowned Hungarian conductor (1855–1922). Handsome matte-finish 3.25 x 5.25 postcard photo of Nikisch in a
No Online Bidding For This Lot
Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
 
 
Details...Bookmark
Ignacy Jan Paderewski Signed Photograph545 - Ignacy Jan Paderewski Signed Photograph
RR Auction
Polish pianist, composer, and politician (1860-1941) whose abounding talent and personal magnetism made him one of the most popular virtuosi of all ti
No Online Bidding For This Lot
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
Details...Bookmark
Giovanni Battista Rubini Autograph Letter Signed546 - Giovanni Battista Rubini Autograph Letter Signed
RR Auction
Famed early Italian tenor (1794-1854) remembered as an extraordinary bel canto singer, who popularized the use of a pervasive vibrato to heighten the
No Online Bidding For This Lot
Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
 
 
Details...Bookmark
Singers547 - Singers
RR Auction
Four items: three vintage photos, various sizes and finishes, signed in fountain pen by the singer pictured: Beniamino Gigli (ins) as des Grieux in ...
No Online Bidding For This Lot
Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
 
 
Details...Bookmark
Ruth Slenczynska Signed Photograph548 - Ruth Slenczynska Signed Photograph
RR Auction
American pianist (born 1925) who played her debut in Berlin at age six and made her debut in Paris, with a full orchestra, at seven years of age. Vint
No Online Bidding For This Lot
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
Details...Bookmark
Oscar Straus Autograph Musical Quotation Signed and Signed Photograph549 - Oscar Straus Autograph Musical Quotation Signed and Signed Photograph
RR Auction
Two signed items: an AMQS on an off-white 9 x 6 musically lined sheet, featuring 16 bars on double staves from "La Fleur d'Amour," sig...
No Online Bidding For This Lot
Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
 
 
Details...Bookmark
Arthur Sullivan Autograph Letter Signed550 - Arthur Sullivan Autograph Letter Signed
RR Auction
British composer (1842–1900) best known for his collaborations on more than a dozen classic comic operas with librettist W.
No Online Bidding For This Lot
Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
Details...Bookmark
Paul Wittgenstein and Manuel Quiroga Signatures551 - Paul Wittgenstein and Manuel Quiroga Signatures
RR Auction
Fountain pen signatures of pianist Paul Wittgenstein and violinist Manuel Quiroga on an off-white 6.25 x 5.25 album page, also signed on the reverse b
No Online Bidding For This Lot
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
Details...Bookmark
Carl Michael Ziehrer Autograph Musical Quotation Signed552 - Carl Michael Ziehrer Autograph Musical Quotation Signed
RR Auction
Austrian composer (1843-1922) who was one of the fiercest rivals of the Strauss family. Vintage matte-finish 3.5 x 5.25 postcard photo of Ziehrer in a
No Online Bidding For This Lot
Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
 
 
Details...Bookmark
Louis Armstrong Signed Photograph553 - Louis Armstrong Signed Photograph
RR Auction
Vintage glossy 8 x 10 Associated Booking Corp. publicity photo of Satchmo striking a pose with his trumpet, signed and inscribed in green fountain pen
No Online Bidding For This Lot
Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
Details...Bookmark
Louis Armstrong Signed Photograph554 - Louis Armstrong Signed Photograph
RR Auction
Superb vintage glossy 8 x 10 publicity photo of Armstrong with his trumpet as a young man, signed in the lower border in fountain pen. In fine conditi
No Online Bidding For This Lot
Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
Details...Bookmark
Louis Armstrong Autograph Letter Signed555 - Louis Armstrong Autograph Letter Signed
RR Auction
ALS signed “Louis Armstrong, Satchmo,” one page on the reverse of a 8.5 x 11 'Lose Weight The 'S
No Online Bidding For This Lot
Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
 
 
Details...Bookmark
Broadway Composers (3) Documents Signed556 - Broadway Composers (3) Documents Signed
RR Auction
Three items signed by Broadway composers, including: a four-page agreement for a live TV presentation of the George Gershwin musical Oh Kay on NBC in
No Online Bidding For This Lot
Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
 
 
Details...Bookmark
Cab Calloway Signed Photograph and Program557 - Cab Calloway Signed Photograph and Program
RR Auction
Two items: a vintage glossy 8 x 10 Mills Artists photo of Calloway, signed in fountain pen, "Cab Calloway"; and a program for George Gersh...
No Online Bidding For This Lot
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
Details...Bookmark
Eddy Duchin Signed Photograph558 - Eddy Duchin Signed Photograph
RR Auction
Vintage glossy 10 x 8 MCA publicity photo of the youthful Duchin at his piano, signed and inscribed in fountain pen, "To Harry, Best wishes, Ed...
No Online Bidding For This Lot
Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
 
 
Details...Bookmark
Dexter Gordon Document Signed559 - Dexter Gordon Document Signed
RR Auction
American jazz tenor saxophonist (1923-1990) whose career spanned over forty years. Partly-printed DS, one page, 8.5 x 11, April 14, 1969. Agreement fo
No Online Bidding For This Lot
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
Details...Bookmark
W. C. Handy Typed Letter Signed560 - W. C. Handy Typed Letter Signed
RR Auction
TLS, two pages, 8.5 x 11, Handy Brothers Music Co., Inc. Publishers letterhead, December 6, 1955. Letter to Daisy L. Meyers, in part: "We have ...
No Online Bidding For This Lot
Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
 
 
Details...Bookmark
Gene Krupa Signed Photograph561 - Gene Krupa Signed Photograph
RR Auction
Vintage glossy 8 x 10 MCA promo photo for Gene Krupa and His Orchestra, signed and inscribed in fountain pen, "To Harry—It'
No Online Bidding For This Lot
Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
 
 
Details...Bookmark