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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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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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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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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