RR Auction: August 2016 Fine Autograph and Artifact Auction

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RR Auction is a globally recognized and trusted auction house specializing in rare and remarkable documents, manuscripts, autographs, and historical artifacts. Among the highlights of this month’s sale are a document signed by Columbus sponsors Ferdinand and Isabella, an autograph letter signed by Thomas Jefferson, an original Force print of the Declaration of Independence, and a signed handwritten letter by Lord of the Rings author J. R. R. Tolkien. Artifacts offered include Ernest Hemingway’s baseball cap and a Beretta Carcano M1891 Cavalry Carbine commissioned by Prince Amadeo of Savoy. Join us as we prepare to make history selling history in August 2016.
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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Thornton Wilder480 - Thornton Wilder
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ALS signed “T. N.,” two pages, 5.75 x 8.25, February 12, 1970. Lengthy letter to noted author James “the lion” Herlihy, in part: “I’d go crazy if I we
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Tennessee Williams481 - Tennessee Williams
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Playbill for a performance of A Streetcar Named Desire at the St. James Theatre in October 1973, 5.5 x 9, vertically signed on the front cover in blue
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Tennessee Williams482 - Tennessee Williams
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Twice-signed Chase National Bank check, 6.25 x 2.75, filled out and signed by Williams, “Tennessee Williams, (Special account),” payable to cash for $
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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P. G. Wodehouse483 - P. G. Wodehouse
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TLS, one page, 5.5 x 7.25, January 14, 1975. Letter to Mr. Dennett, in full: “Many thanks for your letter. Much appreciated, as Jeeves would say.” Dou
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Leonard Bernstein484 - Leonard Bernstein
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Signed book: The Age of Anxiety: Symphony No. 2 for Piano and Orchestra. Revised version. NY: G. Schirmer, Inc., 1966. Paperback, 7.5 x 5, 105 pages.
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Maria Callas485 - Maria Callas
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Attractive vintage matte-finish 3.25 x 5.25 photo of Callas as Norma, signed in fountain pen, “Maria Meneghini Callas, 1957.” Matted and framed. In fi
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Enrico Caruso486 - Enrico Caruso
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Striking matte-finish 3.25 x 5.25 postcard photo of Caruso as the Duke in Rigoletto, boldly signed in black ink. Handsomely mounted, matted, and frame
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Edward Elgar487 - Edward Elgar
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ALS, three pages on two adjoining sheets, 4.5 x 7, February 3, 1895. Letter to his publisher Novello & Co., in part: “In accordance with your su...
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Aram Khatchaturian488 - Aram Khatchaturian
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Soviet Armenian composer and conductor (1903–1978) whose oeuvre includes the piano, violin, and cello concertos, as well as the Masquerade Suite and t
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Franz Liszt489 - Franz Liszt
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Astounding AMQS on both sides of an off-white 4 x 6.25 sheet, signed on the reverse in ink, “F. Liszt, April 58.” Liszt has transcribed bars 287–293,
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Estimate : 9,500.00 - 10,500.00
 
 
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