RR Auction: Fine Autographs and Artifacts Featuring The Founding Fathers

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Beginning with a selection of fantastic early American history—the Founding Fathers and Revolutionary War—RR Auction’s July Fine Autograph and Artifact sale boasts over 1,000 lots. Top items include a 1776 autograph letter by General George Washington, a document from rare Declaration signer George Taylor, a book from the personal library of Thomas Jefferson, and a manuscript by John Jay, tracking claims by New York’s Loyalists. An additional special highlight of the auction is an exceedingly rare autograph letter by Protestant Reformer Martin Luther, dated 1543. Other lots of significance are letters by Albert Einstein, Martin Luther King, Jr., Horatio Nelson, Lord Byron, and Barack Obama. 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 July 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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James Welch671James Welch
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Signed book: Riding the Earthboy 40. First edition, first printing. New York and Cleveland: The World Publishing Company, 1971. Hardcover with dust ja
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Owen Wister672Owen Wister
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American writer (1860–1938) best known for his Western novel The Virginian. Three items: a pair of TLSs, both one page, 8.25 x 11, 328 Chestnut Street
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Tom Wolfe673Tom Wolfe
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Three items signed by Wolfe, including two books and a letter: a first edition, first printing of The Bonfire of the Vanities, hardcover with dust jac
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Anton Bruckner675Anton Bruckner
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Important Austrian composer (1824–1896) whose symphonies are considered emblematic of the final stage of Austro-German Romanticism. Rare ALS in German
Estimate : 7,000.00 - 9,000.00
Classical Musicians676Classical Musicians
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Desirable leather-bound Gem Edition of Handel's Messiah, published by S. Bagster & Sons in 1899, 3.75 x 5, 181 pages, signed on the opening ...
Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
Claude Debussy677Claude Debussy
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Important French composer (1862–1918) whose colorful, evocative works, particularly those for keyboard and for orchestra, exemplified the 'impre...
Estimate : 15,000.00 - 20,000.00
Antonin Dvorak678Antonin Dvorak
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Esteemed Czech composer (1841–1904) of orchestral and chamber music, best known for his Symphony No. 9, 'From the New World.' Rare oversized...
Estimate : 8,000.00 - 10,000.00
Edward Elgar679Edward Elgar
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Boldly penned AMQS on an off-white 7.25 x 4 album page, signed in fountain pen, "Edward Elgar, June 5, 1915," who adds two bars of music f...
Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
Edward Elgar680Edward Elgar
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Vintage hardcover book containing a "Programme & General Arrangements of the Norfolk and Norwich Twenty-Eighth Triennial Musical Festival i...
Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
Edward Elgar681Edward Elgar
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Leading English composer (1857–1934) and a significant figure among late Romantic European musicians. ALS, three pages on two adjoining sheets, 6.25 x
Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
Edward Elgar682Edward Elgar
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Leather-bound autograph book, 7.5 x 5.75, containing the names of "Subscribers to the Testimonial to Edgar F. Day Esq.," presented in Guil...
Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
William S. Gilbert683William S. Gilbert
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British dramatist and lyricist (1836–1911) best known for his 14 comic operas written in collaboration with composer Arthur Sullivan. ALS signed “W. S
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Ruggero Leoncavallo684Ruggero Leoncavallo
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Handsome 4.25 x 6.75 cabinet portrait of the great opera composer in near profile, boldly signed in ink, "R. Leoncavallo." In fine conditi...
Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
Jules Massenet685Jules Massenet
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AMQS on an off-white 4.5 x 7 sheet, signed at the conclusion by Massenet, and dated March 22, 1907. Massenet pens four bars of music and lyrics from h
Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
Giacomo Puccini686Giacomo Puccini
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AMQS on an off-white 4.25 x 7 sheet, signed below in ink, "Giacomo Puccini, Contigliano, 16.8.901." Puccini pens two bars from his iconic ...
Estimate : 1,200.00 - 1,500.00
Erik Satie687Erik Satie
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ALS in French, one page, 4.25 x 6.75, June 26, 1919. Letter to his friend, the poet Rene Chalupt, in part (translated): "Tomorrow, Friday, I wi...
Estimate : 6,000.00 - 8,000.00
Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy688Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy
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Prodigiously gifted German Romantic composer (1809–1847) whose musical output represents virtually every form and genre of the era. Rare partly-printe
Estimate : 4,000.00 - 6,000.00
Igor Stravinsky689Igor Stravinsky
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ALS in German, signed "I. Stravinsky," one page, 8.25 x 5.25, January 3, 1938. Untranslated letter to actress Dagmar Godowsky thanking her...
Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
Igor Stravinsky690Igor Stravinsky
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Vintage glossy 5 x 6.75 photo of the legendary Russian composer-pianist in his study, boldly signed in the lower border in fountain pen, "I. St...
Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky691Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
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Extraordinary AMQS on an off-white 7 x 4.5 sheet, prominently signed below in ink, "P. Tschaikowsky, Dresde, le 18 Fevrier 89." Tchaikovsk...
Estimate : 20,000.00 - 25,000.00