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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William Carlos Williams648 - William Carlos Williams
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TLS signed “W. C. Williams,” one page, 6 x 6.75, personal letterhead, March 2, 1954. Letter to the Atlantic Monthly, in full: “The enclosed poem is su
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Stefan Zweig649 - Stefan Zweig
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Austrian novelist and playwright (1881–1942). Ink signature, “Stefan Zweig,” on an off-white 5.5 x 3.75 sheet. In fine condition, with a vertical fold
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Bela Bartok650 - Bela Bartok
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Boldly penned AMQS on an off-white 7.25 x 7.75 sheet, signed neatly in fountain pen, “Bartok Bela,” who pens two bars of music from his Suite for Pian
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Estimate : 1,200.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Hector Berlioz651 - Hector Berlioz
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Boldly penned AMQS on an off-white 9.75 x 7.5 sheet, prominently signed, “H. Berlioz, 1 Dicembre 1856.” Berlioz neatly pens seven bars from the ‘Love
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Estimate : 8,000.00 - 10,000.00
 
 
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Max Bruch652 - Max Bruch
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German composer (1838–1920) who wrote over 200 works, including staples of the violin repertoire. Musical manuscript on a 13.5 x 10 musically lined sh
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Enrico Caruso653 - Enrico Caruso
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ALS in Italian, signed “Enrico,” on both sides of a 3.25 x 5.25 photo postcard of Caruso, December 30, 1908. Untranslated letter to “Filippo,” signed
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Edward Elgar654 - Edward Elgar
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Leading English composer (1857–1934) and a significant figure among late Romantic European musicians. AMQS on an off-white 6 x 3.75 album page, signed
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Edward Elgar655 - Edward Elgar
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Leading English composer (1857–1934) and a significant figure among late Romantic European musicians. ALS, one page both sides, 4.5 x 7, June 26, 1897
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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Louis Moreau Gottschalk656 - Louis Moreau Gottschalk
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Gifted pianist and composer (1829–1869) who was one of the first figures in American music to attain an international reputation. Uncommon ALS signed
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Franz Liszt657 - Franz Liszt
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ALS in German, signed “F. Liszt,” one page both sides, 5 x 8, June 7, 1878. Letter to a friend, presumably K. E. Edler, the co-author of The Legend of
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Giacomo Puccini658 - Giacomo Puccini
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Desirable 3.25 x 5.5 postcard photo of Puccini in a relaxed pose, signed and inscribed in the lower border in black ink; also bears an ANS by Puccini
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Gioacchino Rossini659 - Gioacchino Rossini
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Important Italian composer (1792–1868) who became one of the seminal figures in the history of opera with such repertoire staples as The Barber of Sev
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Camille Saint-Saens660 - Camille Saint-Saens
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ALS in French, signed “C. Saint-Saens,” one page both sides, 7.25 x 9.75, October 8, 1918. In full (translated): "The composer and orchestra le...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky661 - Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
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Highly desirable trimmed Feerie ballet cover sheet for a Parisian performance of The Nutcracker, 7 x 12, boldly signed in the upper right in black ink
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Estimate : 6,000.00 - 8,000.00
 
 
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Alexander Tcherepnin662 - Alexander Tcherepnin
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Russian composer and pianist (1899–1977) Excellent combination of AMQSs and an autograph testimonial on a white 10.25 x 8 sheet, signed at the conclus
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Giuseppe Verdi663 - Giuseppe Verdi
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ALS in Italian, signed “G. Verdi,” one page, 5.5 x 7.5, Grand Hotel de Milan letterhead, May 5, 1898. In part (translated): "In the letter I wr...
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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Richard Wagner664 - Richard Wagner
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DS in German, four pages on two adjoining sheets, 9 x 13, August 30, 1873. Untranslated circular issued to the friends and patrons of his Bayreuth Fes
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Jussi Bjorling665 - Jussi Bjorling
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Much-lauded Swedish tenor (1911–1960) who was one of the most popular opera stars of his era. Vintage glossy 8 x 10 Bruno of Hollywood portrait of the
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Feodor Chaliapin666 - Feodor Chaliapin
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Sheet music for ‘The Song of the Volga Boatmen,’ one page both sides, 8.75 x 11.75, prominently signed in the upper right in fountain pen, “F. Chaliap
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Composers667 - Composers
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Desirable collection of four items, each signed by a composer, including: Michael Balfe (ALS), Benjamin Britten (program), Darius Milhaud (ALS), and L
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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