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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Ferruccio Busoni746 - Ferruccio Busoni
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Important Italian composer, pianist, and conductor (1866–1924) best known for his complex contrapuntal keyboard works. Desirable AMQS and sketch on an
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Anton Diabelli747 - Anton Diabelli
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Austrian music publisher, editor, and composer (1781–1858). ADS in German, signed “A. Diabelli,” one page, 8.25 x 6.5, November 5, 1842. Receipt for t
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Wilhelm Furtwangler748 - Wilhelm Furtwangler
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Typed statement in German, signed “Wilhelm Furtwangler,” one page, 11 x 7.75, no date but circa 1953. An untranslated personal testimonial written by
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Edvard Grieg749 - Edvard Grieg
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ALS in German, two pages on two adjoining sheets, 4.5 x 7, November 5, 1896. Untranslated letter to a friend declining an invitation due to a tight sc
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Glenn Gould750 - Glenn Gould
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Canadian pianist, composer, and commentator (1932–1982) revered as one of the foremost classical pianists of the 20th century, and renowned for his in
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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Johann Nepomuk Hummel751 - Johann Nepomuk Hummel
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Austrian composer and virtuoso pianist (1778–1837). Collection of four handwritten title pages for Hummel’s works, each one page, 5 x 8, no date but c
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Josef Hauer752 - Josef Hauer
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Austrian composer and music theorist (1883–1959) most famous for developing a method for composing with all twelve notes of the chromatic scale. AMS i
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Estimate : 8,000.00 - 10,000.00
 
 
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Otto Klemperer753 - Otto Klemperer
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ALS in German in pencil, four pages on two adjoining sheets, 6.75 x 9, November 19, 1947. Lengthy letter to the music critic Otto Maag in Basel, in pa
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Franz Liszt754 - Franz Liszt
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Sheet music booklet for ‘Six Etudes pour la Main Gauche Seule [Six Studies for the Left Hand Only],’41 pages, 10.5 x 13.75, signed and inscribed at th
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Franz Liszt755 - Franz Liszt
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Scarce handbill for a concert by Liszt presented by the Salon Erard on Sunday, April 9 [no year], one page, 4.25 x 6.25, signed in bold black ink, “Li
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 2,500.00
 
 
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