RR Auction: Fine Autographs & Artifacts

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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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Nadia Boulanger665Nadia Boulanger
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Exceptional autograph musical manuscript, 10.5 x 13.75, seven pages on four musically lined sheets, nicely signed at the conclusion in fountain pen. A
Estimate : 4,000.00 - 5,000.00
Frederic Chopin666Frederic Chopin
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Manuscript DS in French, signed “F. Chopin,” one page, 8 x 5.25, November 19, 1846. Copyright document prepared by a representative of publishers Bran
Estimate : 30,000.00 - 40,000.00
Ludwig van Beethoven667Ludwig van Beethoven
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Extraordinarily important autograph sketchleaf for Beethoven’s Missa Solemnis, one page both sides, 11 x 9.5, no date, but circa 1820–21. In ink and p
Estimate : 400,000.00 - 500,000.00
Claude Debussy668Claude Debussy
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Superb collection of four ALSs in French by Debussy, two signed “A. Debussy” and two signed “Claude Debussy,” totaling ten pages, dated between 1885 a
Estimate : 20,000.00 - 30,000.00
Claude Debussy669Claude Debussy
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Wonderful AMQS on an off-white 8.25 x 6 sheet, signed and inscribed on the right side in French (translated): “These two measures become admirable und
Estimate : 10,000.00 - 15,000.00
Friedrich von Flotow670Friedrich von Flotow
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German composer (1812-1883) chiefly remembered for his opera Martha, which was popular in the 19th century. ALS in German, signed “Fr. Flotow,” one pa
Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
Wilhelm Furtwangler671Wilhelm Furtwangler
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Uncommon matte-finish 4 x 5.75 postcard photo of the conductor in a head-and-shoulders pose, signed in fountain pen, “Furtwangler.” Silvering to dark
Estimate : 800.00 - 1,200.00
Niels Gade672Niels Gade
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Eminent Danish composer and conductor (1817–1890). ALS in Danish, signed “Niels W. Gade,” one page, 5.5 x 8.5, no date. Untranslated invitation to a d
Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
Edvard Grieg673Edvard Grieg
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Important Norwegian composer and pianist (1843–1907) whose works, often with a strong nationalistic flavor, include such repertory staples as the inci
Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
Clara Haskil674Clara Haskil
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Romanian classical pianist (1895–1960), renowned for her interpretational performances and recordings of Mozart, Beethoven, Schumann, and Scarlatti. A
Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00