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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Fritz Kreisler647 - Fritz Kreisler
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Austrian-born composer and violin virtuoso (1875–1962). AMQS on an off-white 9 x 3.5 slip, signed below in fountain pen, "In kind remembrance i...
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Franz Lehar648 - Franz Lehar
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Vintage matte-finish 3.25 x 5.25 postcard photo of the great Austro-Hungarian composer by the Pietzner–Fayer Studio of Vienna, signed and inscribed in
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Jules Massenet649 - Jules Massenet
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Scarce ALS in French, signed “J. Massenet,” one page, 4.5 x 7, January 23, 1882. Written from Paris, an untranslated letter regarding an article the r
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Giacomo Meyerbeer650 - Giacomo Meyerbeer
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ALS in French, signed “Meyerbeer,” one page, 5.5 x 8.5, January 5, 1861. Written from Berlin, a letter to prolific French librettist Michel Carr...
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Henri Rabaud651 - Henri Rabaud
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French conductor and composer (1873–1949) who held important posts in the French musical establishment; he upheld mainly conservative trends in French
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Richard Rodgers652 - Richard Rodgers
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Group of three Williamson Music business checks, each 8.25 x 3, filled out in another hand and signed by Rodgers, "Richard Rodgers," dated...
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Arnold Schonberg653 - Arnold Schonberg
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Austrian-born composer (1874–1951) whose development of the 'twelve-tone' system proved to be one of the most far-reaching innovations in th...
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Isaac Stern654 - Isaac Stern
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Wonderful vintage glossy 8 x 10 close-up photo of Stern playing the violin, signed in fountain pen, "With all good wishes—Isaac Stern, 1956.&qu...
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Jacques Thibaud655 - Jacques Thibaud
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French violinist (1880-1953) who was part of a trio along with pianist Alfred Cortot and cellist Pablo Casals. Vintage matte-finish 4 x 5.75 portrait
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Arturo Toscanini656 - Arturo Toscanini
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Vintage glossy 7 x 8 photo of the great Italian conductor in a bust-length pose, signed and inscribed in white ink, "To Francis Robinson, very ...
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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