RR Auction: Fine Autograph and Artifact Auction Featuring Presidents

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In honor of Washington's Birthday, RR Auction's February Fine Autograph and Artifact sale opens with a remarkable assortment of nearly 200 presidential autographs, highlighted by an excessively rare William Henry Harrison document as president, an autograph letter by LBJ to the Speaker of the House, and a significant selection of free franks. Other top lots include an extraordinary signed portrait of James Joyce, Pierre-Auguste Renoir's personal ledger, an Einstein letter on a childhood game, and Warren Buffett's personal set of golf clubs. The Beatles, Apollo 11 astronauts, Charles Schulz, Marilyn Monroe, and Babe Ruth round out our pop culture offerings. 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 February 2019.
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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Hector Berlioz546 - Hector Berlioz
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ALS in French, one page, 4.5 x 7, December 3, 1836. In full (translated): "I am enclosing herewith, sir, the ticket for a box seat with my sinc...
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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Georges Enesco547 - Georges Enesco
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Noted Romanian composer, violinist, pianist, conductor, and teacher (1881–1955). AMQS on an off-white 5 x 3.25 card, signed and dated below in fountai
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Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
 
 
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Charles Gounod548 - Charles Gounod
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French composer (1818–1893) best remembered for his composition of 'Ave Maria.' Desirable handwritten musical manuscript in pencil, one page...
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Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
 
 
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Alan Hovhaness549 - Alan Hovhaness
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Armenian-American composer (1911–2000) who ranks among the most prolific of the 20th century. Fantastic full-page AMQS on an off-white 7.75 x 10.5 mus
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Pietro Mascagni550 - Pietro Mascagni
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Very appealing AMQS on an off-white 10.5 x 6 sheet, signed below in fountain pen, "P. Mascagni, Chicago 21 Decemb. 1902," who pens four ba...
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Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
 
 
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Jacques Offenbach551 - Jacques Offenbach
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French composer (1819–1880) best known for his popular stage works, most notably Orpheus in the Underworld (including the famous 'Can-Can') ...
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Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
 
 
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Giacomo Puccini552 - Giacomo Puccini
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Wonderful AMQS on an off-white 5.75 x 3.5 Italian autograph postcard, signed below in fountain pen, "Giacomo Puccini, 1917," who adds four...
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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Sergei Rachmaninoff553 - Sergei Rachmaninoff
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Exceptional vintage pearl-finish 7.25 x 9.25 portrait of Rachmaninoff by the Kubey–Rembrandt Studios of Philadelphia, signed and inscribed in white in
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Sergei Rachmaninoff554 - Sergei Rachmaninoff
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Program for an "International Celebrity Subscription Concert" presented by Harold Holt in the 1937–38 season, 6.5 x 8.25, signed inside in...
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Camille Saint-Saens555 - Camille Saint-Saens
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Lovely AMQS on an off-white 7.25 x 9 sheet, signed and inscribed in French in black ink, "C. Saint-Saens, Geneva, Juillet 1892," who adds ...
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Erik Satie556 - Erik Satie
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Colorful French composer (1866-1925), who was one of the primary influences on the younger generation of avant-garde French composers in the early dec
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 4,000.00
 
 
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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky557 - Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
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Rare and sought-after ALS in Cyrillic, signed “P. Tchaikovsky,” six total pages, 6 x 4, September 18 [1880]. Written from the town of Kamenka, a lette
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Estimate : 6,000.00 - 8,000.00
 
 
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William Walton558 - William Walton
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Distinguished British composer (1902-1983) best known for such works as Façade, a theatrical collaboration with Edith Sitwell, and the oratorio...
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Ralph Vaughan Williams559 - Ralph Vaughan Williams
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ALS signed “R. Vaughan Williams,” one page both sides, 7 x 9, February 8, [no year]. Letter to English composer Ernest John Moeran, in full: "M...
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Big Sid Catlett560 - Big Sid Catlett
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Versatile American jazz drummer (1910-1955) who made the transition from early swing into bebop. Glossy 8 x 10 publicity photo of Big Sid smoking a ci
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Jerome Kern561 - Jerome Kern
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Handwritten musical manuscript by Jerome Kern, titled and signed at the top, "Before I Met You, Jerome Kern," one page, 9 x 12, dated in a...
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Jazz562 - Jazz
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Three glossy publicity photos of jazz legends, 8 x 10 and 10 x 8, individually signed by the subjects: Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong, and Lionel Ham
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Jerome Kern563 - Jerome Kern
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TLS signed “Jerome David,” four pages, 7.25 x 10.5, 917 North Whittier Drive letterhead, March 24, 1938. Letter to the wife of Joseph Cooper, to whom
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Huddie ‘Lead Belly’ Ledbetter564 - Huddie ‘Lead Belly’ Ledbetter
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Archive of five items, comprising an ALS and handwritten set list by Huddie 'Lead Belly' Ledbetter, an ALS by his wife Martha, an unsigned p...
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Estimate : 8,000.00 - 10,000.00
 
 
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Richard Rodgers565 - Richard Rodgers
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Group of three TLSs, each signed "Dick," totaling five pages, 7.25 x 10.5, personal letterhead, dated 1944–1964. Rodgers offers outstandin...
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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