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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Rabindranath Tagore766 - Rabindranath Tagore
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Bold fountain pen signature in Bengali on an off-white 8.5 x 10.75 sheet, with “2nd February, 1925” added in his own hand. In fine condition, with cen
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Alfred Lord Tennyson767 - Alfred Lord Tennyson
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LS signed “A. Tennyson,” one page, 4.25 x 7, personal letterhead, May 13, 1875. In full: “I make it a rule not to attend Public Dinners therefore must
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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James Thurber768 - James Thurber
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TLS signed in pencil, one page, 7 x 10.25, The New Yorker letterhead, November 19, 1943. Letter to Professor McDowell, in part: “The American Way, its
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Stefan Zweig769 - Stefan Zweig
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Austrian novelist and playwright (1881–1942). Fountain pen signature, “Stefan Zweig,” adding the date below, on an off-white 5.75 x 4 card. In fine co
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Desiree Artot770 - Desiree Artot
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Belgian soprano (1835–1907) who was famed in German and Italian opera and sang mainly in Germany. In 1868 she was briefly engaged to Pyotr Ilyich Tcha
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Hector Berlioz771 - Hector Berlioz
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ALS in French, signed “H. Berlioz,” one page, 4.75 x 7, no date. Letter to a gentleman, in full (translated): “I would be very grateful if you would b
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Georges Bizet772 - Georges Bizet
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Rare signed book: L’Arlesienne. First edition, first printing. Paris: Choudens, 1872. Re-bound hardcover, 7.5 x 11, 85 pages. Signed and inscribed on
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Estimate : 3,000.00 - 4,000.00
 
 
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Composers773 - Composers
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Wonderful softcover clothbound autograph album, 9.25 x 6.5, containing forty-one autographs of eminent composers in a variety of formats affixed insid
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Estimate : 3,000.00 - 4,000.00
 
 
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Antonin Dvorak774 - Antonin Dvorak
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ALS, one page, 4.75 x 7.75, The National Conservatory of Music of America letterhead, July 24, 1894. In full: “It is a great pleasure for me to come p
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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Georges Enescu775 - Georges Enescu
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Eminent Romanian-born violinist and composer (1881–1955). Collection of six untranslated letters, all in French, five ALSs and one LS, two dated 1910,
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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