RR Auction: Fine Autographs & Artifacts

Rare pearl-finish 7.5 x 9.5 portrait capturing Bartok’s penetrating stare, signed and inscribed in fountain pen, “To Mr. Alexander Smallens, Bela Bart

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

British conductor of the Halle Orchestra (1899–1970) who previously served as Arturo Toscanini's successor as music director of the New York Phi...

Eccentric and supremely gifted violinist (1916–2002) whose performances were characterized by intensity and extraordinary facility. Vintage glossy 8 x

ALS in French, one page, 5.5 x 3.5, personal letterhead, March 2, 1911. In part (translated): "Be sure that…the ballad of Francois Villon will ...

Italian composer (1797–1848) known as a leading composer of the bel canto opera style. ALS in Italian, signed “Donizetti,” one page, 8.75 x 10, July 2

Influential French composer (1845–1924). Rare matte-finish 3.5 x 5.5 postcard photo of Faure in a dignified pose, signed in the lower border in black

Ink signature, “Edvard Grieg, Leipzig 1/11/95,” on an off-white 5.5 x 3.5 clipped slip. In fine condition, with light scattered spots of soiling.

Russian composer (1903-1978) of the spirited Sabre Dance. Untranslated ALS in Cyrillic, one page both sides, 8.25 x 12, June 10, 1973. Intersecting fo

Brief ALS in Italian, signed “Puccini,” one page on a 5.5 x 3.5 postcard, no date but postmarked 1912. Untranslated letter to Antonio Bettolacci. Moun