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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Jascha Heifetz781 - Jascha Heifetz
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Vintage glossy 8 x 10 photo of Heifetz holding his violin, signed and inscribed in fountain pen, “To ‘Jimmy’ and ‘Amy’ Sturm—with affectionate regards
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Adolf von Henselt782 - Adolf von Henselt
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German composer and pianist (1814–1889) who, despite immense talent in both performance and competition, ceased composing in 1830 and retired from con
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Paul Hindemith783 - Paul Hindemith
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Versatile and prolific German-born composer and performer (1895–1963) whose best-known works include ‘Mathis der Maler,’ ‘Nobilissima Visione,’ and ‘D
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Wilhelm Kempff784 - Wilhelm Kempff
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Renowned German pianist (1895–1991) especially noted for his interpretations of Beethoven. Nice 4 x 5.75 postcard photo of Kempff at an organ keyboard
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Wilhelm Kienzl785 - Wilhelm Kienzl
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Austrian composer (1857–1941) best known for his operas and other vocal works. Matte-finish 3.25 x 5 postcard photo of Kienzl by Fayer Wien, signed an
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Erich Wolfgang Korngold786 - Erich Wolfgang Korngold
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Austro-Hungarian composer (1897–1957) who, after producing much well-received ‘serious’ music, enjoyed great success as a film composer and was nomina
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Fritz Kreisler787 - Fritz Kreisler
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Composer and violin virtuoso (1875–1962). Vintage glossy 7 x 9.25 three-quarter length photo of Kreisler with his violin, signed and inscribed in blac
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Jan Kubelik788 - Jan Kubelik
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Enormously popular Czech-born violin virtuoso (1880–1940). Boldly penned AMQS on an off-white 7.25 x 10.25 album page, signed below and dated January
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Gian Carlo Menotti789 - Gian Carlo Menotti
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Signed book: Amahl and the Night Visitors. Later printing. NY: G. Schirmer, 1952. Softcover, 9 x 12, 65 pages. Signed and inscribed on the title page
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Yehudi Menuhin790 - Yehudi Menuhin
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Program for a performance at the Teatro de Colon on July 28, 1950, twenty pages, 6.5 x 9.5, signed vertically on the front cover in fountain pen by Ye
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Andre Messager791 - Andre Messager
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French composer (1853–1929) best known for such light operas as La Basoche and Véronique. ALS in French, signed “A. Messager,” one page both si...
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Darius Milhaud792 - Darius Milhaud
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Distinguished and prolific French composer (1892–1974) best known for his pioneering incorporation of jazz elements and polytonality in such repertoir
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Pierre Monteux793 - Pierre Monteux
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French conductor (1875–1964) who conducted the world premiere of Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring in 1913 and went on to direct orchestras around...
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Ignace J. Paderewski794 - Ignace J. Paderewski
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Polish pianist, composer, and politician (1860–1941) whose abounding talent and personal magnetism made him one of the most popular virtuosi of all ti
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Hans Pfitzner795 - Hans Pfitzner
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Self-proclaimed ‘anti-modernist’ German composer (1869–1949), best known for his opera Palestrina, based on the life of the famed sixteenth-century co
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Francis Poulenc796 - Francis Poulenc
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ALS in French, one page both sides, 8.25 x 10.5, no date. Untranslated letter to a woman. Tape-repaired central vertical and horizontal folds (a verti
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Arthur Rubinstein797 - Arthur Rubinstein
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Vintage glossy 7.5 x 9.5 portrait of Rubinstein in a contemplative pose, signed in the lower portion in black ink, “Arthur Rubinstein, Miami, 1941.” I
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Giovanni Sgambati798 - Giovanni Sgambati
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Italian pianist and composer (1841–1914) known for his orchestral, chamber music, and piano works. AMQS on an off-white 7.25 x 10.25 album page, signe
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Alexander Siloti799 - Alexander Siloti
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Ukrainian pianist, composer, and conductor (1863–1945) who instructed Alexander Goldenweiser, Leonid Maximov, and his first cousin Sergei Rachmaninoff
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Richard Strauss800 - Richard Strauss
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ALS in German, one page on a 5.5 x 3.5 postcard, July 12, 1897. Untranslated. In fine condition, with two punch holes to top edge.
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