RR Auction: Fine Autograph and Artifact Auction Featuring Civil War

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RR Auction’s October Fine Autographs and Artifacts sale boasts a diverse 1,000+ items from all fields of collecting, with a special focus on Civil War and Literature. In addition to an incredible assortment of autograph letters from luminaries like Charles Darwin, Mohandas Gandhi, Charles Dickens, Claude Monet, and J. R. R. Tolkien, a few highlights are a sketch by Pablo Picasso, hand-drawn survey map by George Washington, signed photograph of Leo Tolstoy, and beautiful portrait of Marilyn Monroe. Top artifacts are an officer’s sword presented to Brig.-Gen. Calvin Pratt, a scarce multi-level amputation kit, bullets fired in ballistic tests used as evidence against Bonnie and Clyde, and an incredible hand-engraved Colt revolver honoring Hollywood’s ‘Monster Legacy,’ just in time for Halloween. 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 October 2018.
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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Ruggero Leoncavallo584 - Ruggero Leoncavallo
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Italian composer (1857–1919) best known for his operas, particularly the beloved repertoire staple Pagliacci. Crisp AMQS on an off-white 7.25 x 5 albu
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Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
 
 
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Gustav Mahler585 - Gustav Mahler
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Rare ALS in German, signed “Mahler,” one page both sides, 5 x 6.5, [annotated in pencil, August 10, 1908]. Letter to Emil Gutmann, outlining plans for
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Estimate : 6,000.00 - 8,000.00
 
 
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Cecile Mendelssohn-Bartholdy586 - Cecile Mendelssohn-Bartholdy
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Wife (1817–1853) of composer Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, and mother of historian Carl Mendelssohn-Bartholdy and chemist Paul Mendelssohn-Bartholdy. A
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Marcel Mihelovici587 - Marcel Mihelovici
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Romanian-born French composer (1898–1985) who was a strong proponent of neoclassicism. Handwritten musical manuscript, one page both sides, 10 x 12.5,
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Ignaz Moscheles588 - Ignaz Moscheles
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Bohemian composer and piano virtuoso (1794–1870), whose career after his early years was based initially in London, and later at Leipzig, where he suc
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Carl Nielsen589 - 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 ...
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Estimate : 4,000.00 - 6,000.00
 
 
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Giacomo Puccini590 - Giacomo Puccini
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Comprehensive collection of private letters from Puccini to his last love, Rose Ader, comprised of twenty-one handwritten letters, most signed, totali
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Estimate : 25,000.00 - 30,000.00
 
 
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Giacomo Puccini591 - Giacomo Puccini
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ALS in Italian, one page, 8.25 x 12, June 24, 1914. Interesting letter signed within the text and at the conclusion, written from Torre del Lago. In f
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov592 - Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
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Eminent Russian composer (1844–1908) best known for such brilliantly orchestrated works as Scheherazade and for operatic staples like Sadko, The Tale
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Estimate : 4,000.00 - 6,000.00
 
 
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Miklos Rozsa593 - Miklos Rozsa
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Academy Award-winning Hungarian-born composer (1907–1995) best known for his scores to such classic films as Spellbound, Double Indemnity, and Ben Hur
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Jean Sibelius594 - Jean Sibelius
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TLS signed in pencil, one page, 5.75 x 8.25, December 30, 1949. Letter to Frank Black, in part: "You have been extremely kind in remembering me...
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky595 - Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
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ALS in French, signed “P. Tschaikovsky,” three pages on two sheets, 5.25 x 7, March 11/23, 1884. Letter to Alfred Bruneau, president of the Internatio
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Estimate : 12,000.00 - 15,000.00
 
 
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Roy Eldridge596 - Roy Eldridge
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Sought-after vintage glossy 8.25 x 10 photo of Eldridge playing the trumpet by James J. Kriegsmann of New York, signed and inscribed in black felt tip
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Ella Fitzgerald597 - Ella Fitzgerald
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Vintage glossy 8 x 10 publicity photo of Fitzgerald by Bruno of Hollywood, signed and inscribed in blue fountain pen, "To 'Louise,' Sin...
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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George Gershwin598 - George Gershwin
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Rare TLS, one page, 8.25 x 10.75, personal letterhead, October 6, 1934. Gershwin lauds a young admirer. In full: "Thank you very much for your ...
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Frank Sinatra, Ella Fitzgerald, and Count Basie599 - Frank Sinatra, Ella Fitzgerald, and Count Basie
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Program for 'The Concert' featuring Frank Sinatra, Ella Fitzgerald, and Count Basie at Uris Theatre from September 8–20, 1975, six pages, 5....
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Estimate : 1,200.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Charlie Parker600 - Charlie Parker
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Fantastic program for the 1954 Festival of Modern American Jazz presented by Stan Kenton, 9 x 12, boldly signed and inscribed inside on his image in b
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Estimate : 6,000.00 - 8,000.00
 
 
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Patsy Cline601 - Patsy Cline
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ALS, one page, 5 x 8, June 10, 1958. Letter to Mr. and Mrs. Ken Browne, in part: "So sorry to take so long in getting the picture to you but ju...
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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Patsy Cline602 - Patsy Cline
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Sought-after vintage 8 x 10 cardstock photo of Cline in a studded vest, beautifully signed in blue ballpoint, "Many Thanks, Patsy Cline." ...
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Woody Guthrie603 - Woody Guthrie
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Autograph lyrics for an unrecorded song entitled "Why," signed three times, "Woody Guthrie," two pages, 8 x 12.5, May 1956. Writ...
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Estimate : 5,000.00 - 6,000.00
 
 
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