RR Auction: Fine Autograph & Arifact Auction

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Highlighted by a rare Edgar Allan Poe signature, an autograph letter by Monet about the infamous ‘Olympia,’ an Albert Einstein letter on the study of relativity, and a special assortment of JFK material, our November monthly sale offers over 900 unique items.

RR Auction is a globally recognized and trusted auction house specializing in rare and remarkable documents, manuscripts, autographs, and historical artifacts. Join us as we make history selling history in November 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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Gaetano Donizetti615 - Gaetano Donizetti
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Italian composer (1797–1848) known as a leading composer of the bel canto opera style. ALS in French, signed “Donizetti,” one page, 4.75 x 7.25, blind
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Estimate : 4,000.00 - 4,500.00
 
 
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Antonin Dvorak616 - Antonin Dvorak
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Supremely bold ink signature, “Antonin Dvorak, 5/10/1891,” on an off-white 4.75 x 5.75 decorative card. Also signed on the reverse by pianist Fanny Da
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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Edward Elgar617 - Edward Elgar
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ALS, three pages on two adjoining sheets, 4.5 x 7, March 21, 1895. Letter to Novello & Co., in part: “Many thanks for yours of the 30th.—in answ...
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Edward Elgar618 - Edward Elgar
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Two ALSs to Austrian Jewish composer Heinrich Schalit: one on a 5.5 x 3.5 postcard, May 30, 1905, in part: “I had the pleasure to ask my publishers to
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Estimate : 700.00 - 900.00
 
 
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Alexander Gretchaninov619 - Alexander Gretchaninov
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Russian Romantic composer (1864–1956) who worked during a transitional era in the history of Russian music. Expansive musical manuscript penned within
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Estimate : 1,200.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Edvard Grieg620 - Edvard Grieg
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AMQS on an off-white 5.75 x 3.5 album page, crisply signed below, “Edvard Grieg, Troldhaugen near Bergen, Septbr 1892.” Grieg pens five quick bars fro
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,500.00
 
 
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Dinu Lipatti621 - Dinu Lipatti
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Romanian classical pianist and composer (1917–1950), who died of Hodgkin’s disease at the age of 33. Uncommon TLS in French, one page on the reverse o
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Franz Liszt622 - Franz Liszt
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Rare 2.5 x 4.25 carte-de-visite bust-length portrait of Liszt, signed in black ink, “F. Liszt.” Published by Fritz Luckhardt of Vienna. In very good t
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Estimate : 3,000.00 - 4,000.00
 
 
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Gustav Mahler623 - Gustav Mahler
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ALS in German, signed “Mahler,” one page, 4.5 x 7, no date [stamped as received on July 8, 1907]. Letter to German concert promoter Emil Gutmann, in f
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Estimate : 3,000.00 - 4,000.00
 
 
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Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy624 - Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy
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Prodigiously gifted German Romantic composer (1809–1847) whose musical output represents virtually every form and genre of the era. ALS in German, one
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Carl Nielsen625 - Carl Nielsen
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Important Danish composer (1865–1931) best known for his six grandly scaled symphonies, a number of which bear such evocative subtitles as ‘The Expans
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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Francis Poulenc626 - Francis Poulenc
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Sheet music booklet for ‘Poemes de Ronsard’ featuring cover artwork by Picasso, published by Heugel in Paris, 1925, 23 pages, 10 x 13, signed and insc
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Serge Prokofiev627 - Serge Prokofiev
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Scarce two-bar AMQS on a light green 5.5 x 5.25 album page, signed below in fountain pen, “Serge Prokofieff, 1930.” Also signed on the reverse by pian
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Sergei Rachmaninoff628 - Sergei Rachmaninoff
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LS, one page, 8.5 x 11, personal letterhead, May 30, 1920. Letter to the New York offices of his German music publisher Breitkopf & Haertel. In ...
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Estimate : 700.00 - 900.00
 
 
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Giacomo Puccini629 - Giacomo Puccini
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Vintage matte-finish 3.5 x 5.25 postcard portrait of Puccini in a half-length pose, signed in the lower border in black ink. Upper left corner bears a
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Estimate : 1,400.00 - 1,600.00
 
 
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Gioacchino Rossini630 - Gioacchino Rossini
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ALS in French, one page, 6.75 x 8.5, no date. Letter to a musical director, in part (translated): "Kindly allow me to recall the past exploits ...
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Estimate : 900.00 - 1,100.00
 
 
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Gioacchino Rossini631 - Gioacchino Rossini
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ALS in Italian, signed “G. Rossini,” one page both sides, 5.25 x 8, May 23, 1830. In part (translated): "I do not want Gigia to leave without g...
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Johann Strauss632 - Johann Strauss
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Eminent Viennese composer (1825–1899), known as the ‘Waltz King,’ best known for such all-time favorites as ‘The Beautiful Blue Danube’ and the ‘Emper
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Estimate : 1,800.00 - 2,200.00
 
 
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Richard Strauss633 - Richard Strauss
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ALS in German and French, one page, 6.75 x 10.75, Parc-Hotel Merano letterhead, March 13, 1938. Letter to a friend, in part: “I am delighted to be her
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Richard Strauss634 - Richard Strauss
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Two items: an ALS in German, one page both sides, 4.25 x 7, July 20, 1929, making concert arrangements for some of his most famous works, in part (tra
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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