RR Auction: Fine Autographs and Artifacts Featuring Military

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With over 850 lots, RR Auction’s March Fine Autograph and Artifact sale offers a wide variety of material for history buffs, music lovers, sports fans, movie mavens, and more! Our highlighted military section ranges from European conflicts of the 17th century through World War II, and features everything from autographs to weapons and uniforms. Art and literature also take a leading role, with autograph letters from the likes of Monet, Matisse, Lautrec, Hemingway, Faulkner, Dickens, and Tolstoy. Marvels of classical music include a Haydn contract, Liszt letter, and Verdi note, while Gershwin, Guthrie, and Lennon round out our modern selection. 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 March 2018.
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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Franz Liszt659 - Franz Liszt
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ALS in French, signed “F. Liszt,” three pages on two adjoining sheets, 5.25 x 8.75, August 6, 1840. Letter to a friend, in part (translated): "...
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Estimate : 3,500.00 - 4,500.00
 
 
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Sergei Prokofiev660 - Sergei Prokofiev
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Eminent and prolific Russian composer (1891–1953) best known for his colorful, rhythmically vigorous works, including symphonies, operas, and much mus
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Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
 
 
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Giacomo Puccini661 - Giacomo Puccini
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Vintage matte-finish 3.5 x 5.5 postcard photo of Puccini in a bust-length pose, signed vertically in fountain pen. Reverse postmarked June 25, 1905. I
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Erik Satie662 - Erik Satie
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ALS in French,, one page, 4.25 x 5.75, June 7, 1919. Letter to his friend, the poet Rene Chalupt, in part (translated): "That holds, your prefa...
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Estimate : 6,000.00 - 8,000.00
 
 
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Clara Schumann663 - Clara Schumann
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Distinguished pianist (1819–1896) of the Romantic era. Scarce ALS in German, six pages, 4.5 x 7, August 27, 1894. Written from Chalet Heschi, a letter
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Igor Stravinsky664 - Igor Stravinsky
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TLS, one page, 7.25 x 10.5, personal letterhead, November 7, 1950. Letter to Mr. H. Bittner of New York, in part: "I have received your letter ...
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Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
 
 
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John Philip Sousa665 - John Philip Sousa
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AMQS on an off-white 7.5 x 5.75 sheet, signed at the bottom in ink, "John Philip Sousa, 1903." Sousa pens three bars of music from his mil...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Giuseppe Verdi666 - Giuseppe Verdi
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ALS in Italian, signed “G. Verdi,” one page, 5.25 x 8.25, [annotated February 9, 1877 on the reverse]. Letter to his close colleague Mauro Corticelli,
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Estimate : 2,500.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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Giuseppe Verdi667 - Giuseppe Verdi
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ANS in Italian, signed “G. V.,” one page, 8 x 6, no date. Handwritten telegram in which Verdi thanks the orchestra of Rome and its great master for th
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Estimate : 1,800.00 - 2,200.00
 
 
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George Gershwin668 - George Gershwin
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Brilliant AMQS on a beige-colored 6 x 4.5 album page, signed boldly in fountain pen, "Good wishes, George Gershwin, Feb. 20, 1932," who be...
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Estimate : 4,000.00 - 5,000.00
 
 
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George Gershwin669 - George Gershwin
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Signed book: George Gershwin’s Song-Book. First edition, limited issue, numbered 236/300. NY: Random House, 1932. Hardcover, 9.75 x 13, 167 pages. Bol
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Estimate : 2,500.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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George Gershwin670 - George Gershwin
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Scarce and highly desirable cover and title page for sheet music to Porgy and Bess, measuring 17 x 11.75 open, signed and inscribed below his frontisp
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Estimate : 2,500.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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Charlie Parker671 - Charlie Parker
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Fantastic program for the 1954 Festival of Modern American Jazz presented by Stan Kenton, 9 x 12, boldly signed and inscribed inside on his image in b
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Estimate : 5,000.00 - 6,000.00
 
 
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Cole Porter672 - Cole Porter
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Desirable AMQS on an off-white 4.5 x 1.75 musically lined sheet, signed in fountain pen, "Cole Porter." Porter pens the opening bars of mu...
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Cole Porter673 - Cole Porter
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TLS signed “Cole,” one page, 7.25 x 10.5, Waldorf-Astoria letterhead, February 17, 1956. Letter to "Ernie," in part: "It was a stroke...
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Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
 
 
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Woody Guthrie674 - Woody Guthrie
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Incredible autograph lyrics for an apparently unpublished song, titled and signed at the top, "Married Prisoner, Woody Guthrie, 12–14–1949, FDH...
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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Beatles675 - Beatles
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Very desirable Parlophone Records promo card, 3.5 x 5.75, showing the Beatles posing together behind their instruments, signed and inscribed on the re
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Estimate : 7,000.00 - 9,000.00
 
 
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Beatles: George Harrison676 - Beatles: George Harrison
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Business card for The Pickwick Club of Great Newport Street, London, 4.25 x 2, signed upside down in blue ballpoint by Harrison. Reverse of card featu
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Estimate : 1,200.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Beatles: George Harrison677 - Beatles: George Harrison
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Original ticket stub from the Beatles' 8:40 PM show at the Odeon Theatre in Southport on August 26, 1963, 2.25 x 2.25, signed on the reverse in ...
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Beatles: John Lennon678 - Beatles: John Lennon
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Desirable DS, signed “John Lennon, President!,” one page, 8.5 x 14, no date but circa 1969–1970. Final page of an Apple Records contract, in which Len
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Estimate : 4,000.00 - 6,000.00
 
 
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