RR Auction: Fine Autograph & Artifact Auction

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Headquartered in Boston’s North End, RR Auction is a globally recognized and trusted source for rare documents, manuscripts, autographs, and historic artifacts. Since its inception in 1980, RR has achieved countless record-setting prices in over 425 successful sales, including Truman Capote’s hand-notated manuscript for Breakfast at Tiffany’s for over $300,000, President Kennedy’s 1963 convertible for $318,000, and a pair of Bonnie and Clyde’s guns for over $500,000. Internationally known and frequently featured in all media outlets—with appearances on NBC’s Today Show, CBS This Morning, Fox News, the New York Times Sunday Magazine, and the London Times—RR Auction prides itself on selling authentic material, thoroughly examined by in-house experts and third-party authenticators, to uphold the guarantee of authenticity. With a stunning full-color print catalog and a massive online presence, RR Auction continues to achieve record prices for clients around the world.
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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Ferruccio Busoni649 - Ferruccio Busoni
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Important Italian composer, pianist, and conductor (1866–1924) best known for his complex contrapuntal keyboard works. ALS, one page, lightly-gridded,
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Paul Dukas650 - Paul Dukas
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French composer (1865–1935) best known for ‘The Sorcerer’s Apprentice,’ interpreted to delightful effect in Disney’s Fantasia. ALS in French, two page
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Georges Enesco651 - Georges Enesco
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ALS in French, one page both sides, 5.75 x 8.5, May 6, 1954. Letter to a friend, in part (translated): "Tony Aubin is conducting the last conce...
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Gabriel Faure652 - Gabriel Faure
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Influential French composer (1845–1924). Untranslated ALS in French, one page, 5.25 x 8.25, National Conservatory of Music and Declamation letterhead,
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Rudolf Friml653 - Rudolf Friml
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Czech-born composer (1879–1972) of such ‘light’ classics as the operettas ‘The Firefly,’ ‘Rose Marie,’ and ‘The Vagabond King.’ Two items: a semi-glos
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Alexander Glazunov654 - Alexander Glazunov
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Well-regarded Russian composer (1865–1936) best known for his lush orchestral works, including nine symphonies and concerti for various instruments. U
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Reinhold Gliere655 - Reinhold Gliere
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Russian composer (1875–1956) who concentrated primarily on monumental operas, ballets, and cantatas. ALS in Cyrillic, signed “R. Gliere,” one page, 6.
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Charles Gounod656 - Charles Gounod
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French composer (1818–1893) best remembered for his composition of ‘Ave Maria.' Untranslated ALS in French, signed “Ch. Gounod,” one page both s...
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Engelbert Humperdinck657 - Engelbert Humperdinck
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ALS in German, signed “E. Humperdinck,” one page, 4.5 x 7, December 11, 1895. Letter of recommendation for a conductor. In part: “The undersigned here
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Bohuslav Martinu658 - Bohuslav Martinu
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Prolific Bohemian-Czech composer (1890–1959) of modern classical music TLS in Czech, signed “B. Martinu,” one page, 4.25 x 6, July 13, 1959. Letter to
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