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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Igor Stravinsky416 - Igor Stravinsky
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Superb AMQS on a beige musically lined 6.75 x 3.5 sheet, boldly signed and inscribed, “To Arthur H. Brackett, Sincerely, Igor Stravinsky, NY Jan/57.”
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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Igor Stravinsky417 - Igor Stravinsky
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ALS in French, one page on a 5.5 x 3.5 postcard depicting Notre-Dame de Laghet, December 24, 1928. Untranslated letter written to Jean Cocteau at his
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Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
 
 
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Ralph Vaughan Williams418 - Ralph Vaughan Williams
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AMQS on an off-white 5.5 x 6.5 sheet, signed "R. Vaughan Williams, Boston, Dec. 1st 1932." Williams pens two bars of music. Reverse bears ...
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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Giuseppe Verdi419 - Giuseppe Verdi
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ALS in Italian, signed "G. Verdi," one page, 5.25 x 8.25, August 27, 1880. Letter to an unidentified engineer, in which Verdi sends his th...
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 4,000.00
 
 
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George Gershwin420 - George Gershwin
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TLS, one page, 8.25 x 10.75, personal letterhead, April 12, 1934. Letter to Mrs. M. J. Golden, in part: "I very much appreciate your invitation...
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Charles Mingus421 - Charles Mingus
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Influential jazz bassist and composer (1922–1979) whose complex, innovative works meld elements of jazz, classical, and gospel. Exceptional vintage 10
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Woody Guthrie422 - Woody Guthrie
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Fantastic autograph lyrics for "Hooversville," signed "Woody Guthrie, 4-4-41, Los Angeles," one page, 8.5 x 11, signed again at ...
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Estimate : 7,000.00 - 9,000.00
 
 
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Cole Porter423 - Cole Porter
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DS, four pages, 8.5 x 13, May 8, 1953. Memorandum of agreement between Lars Schmidt of Gothenburg and Cole Porter, Guy Bolton, P. G. Wodehouse, Howard
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Estimate : 1,400.00 - 1,600.00
 
 
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Hank Williams424 - Hank Williams
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Scarce vintage glossy 8 x 10 M-G-M Records publicity photo of Williams picking his guitar in a full-length pose, signed and inscribed in black ink, ...
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Estimate : 4,200.00 - 4,500.00
 
 
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Beatles425 - Beatles
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Uncommon Odeon French pressing of the 45 RPM 'She Loves You' EP, which includes: 'Do You Want to Know a Secret,' 'Twist and Shou...
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Estimate : 15,000.00 - 20,000.00
 
 
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