RR Auction: Fine Autographs & Artifacts

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RR Auction’s May Fine Autographs & Artifacts sale features more than 850 rare and remarkable lots, with highlights to include an extremely rare signature of Declaration signer Thomas Lynch, Jr., a post-Beatles check signed by Lennon and McCartney, a Winston Churchill publishing archive, autographs of rare Cuban revolutionaries, and a scarce document from King Henry VIII. RR Auction is a globally recognized and trusted auction house specializing in historical autographs and artifacts. Join us as we make history selling history in May 2017.
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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Gioacchino Rossini553 - Gioacchino Rossini
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Important Italian composer (1792–1868) who became one of the seminal figures in the history of opera with such repertoire staples as The Barber of Sev
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Estimate : 1,800.00 - 2,200.00
 
 
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Richard Strauss554 - Richard Strauss
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German composer (1864-1949) whose colorful symphonic poems and operas earned him a place among the most important figures in late-19th and early 20th-
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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Igor Stravinsky555 - Igor Stravinsky
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Attractive AMQS on an off-white 8.5 x 5.5 sheet with stamped musical lines, boldly signed below in black ink by Stravinsky, who pens six bars of music
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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Giuseppe Verdi556 - Giuseppe Verdi
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Extremely desirable AMQS on an off-white 6.5 x 3.25 sheet, signed "G. Verdi," and dated May 1894. Verdi pens three bars of music from his ...
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Estimate : 7,000.00 - 9,000.00
 
 
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Billie Holiday557 - Billie Holiday
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Scarce vintage glossy 3.5 x 5 photo of Holiday in front of a classic car, signed and inscribed in purple fountain pen, "For Frances, Billie Hol...
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 2,500.00
 
 
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Jazz Legends558 - Jazz Legends
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Very appealing autograph booklet, 5 x 3.25, signed on individual pages and affixed slips in various ink types by numerous jazz legends, including: Ell
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Cole Porter559 - Cole Porter
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Exceptional archive consisting of a few musical manuscripts, letters, and handwritten lyrics by Cole Porter, including: ALS signed “Cole,” two pages
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Estimate : 36,000.00 - 40,000.00
 
 
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Huddie ‘Lead Belly’ Ledbetter560 - Huddie ‘Lead Belly’ Ledbetter
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Unprecedented collection of typescript and manuscript notes for an unpublished biography of Huddie 'Lead Belly' Ledbetter, originally record...
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Estimate : 10,000.00 - 12,000.00
 
 
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Patsy Cline561 - Patsy Cline
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Vintage glossy 8 x 10 cardstock photo of Cline in a lovely half-length pose by Lamps Photography of Winchester, Virginia, signed and inscribed in blue
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Beatles562 - Beatles
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Vintage Parlophone Belgian 45 rpm record sleeve for ‘She Loves You / I’ll Get You,’ signed on the front cover in black ballpoint next to their images,
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Estimate : 10,000.00 - 12,000.00
 
 
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