Auction Details
With a featured section honoring the birthday of President John F. Kennedy, RR Auction's May Fine Autographs and Artifacts sale boasts nearly 750 diverse lots. Top JFK items include an original portrait study by Aaron Shikler, Jacqueline Kennedy's personally-worn maternity dress, windows from the Texas School Book Depository, and a rosary used by a priest at Parkland Hospital, as well as assorted autographs and other personal effects. Additional highlights in the sale are rare signatures of Vladimir Lenin and Leon Trotsky, Bob Dylan's handwritten lyrics for "The Times They Are-a-Changin'," a near-mint trio of the first Playboy issues, and a cigar box signed by Fidel Castro. 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 2019.
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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513Claude DebussyRR Auction
ALS in French, one page, 5 x 5.25, no date. Letter to “Mr. Demats,” in part (translated): “Can you please try and send to me the two scores of ‘l’apre
Estimate : 3,500.00 - 4,000.00
514Alexander GretchaninovRR Auction
Russian Romantic composer (1864–1956) who worked during a transitional era in the history of Russian music. Desirable autograph musical manuscript, co
Estimate : 2,000.00 - 2,500.00
515Franz LisztRR Auction
Scarce untranslated ANS in German, signed “F. Lz.,” one page on the reverse of a 4.25 x 2.75 visiting card marked "F. Liszt," no date. In ...
Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
516Giacomo PucciniRR Auction
Signed book: La Boheme. Later printing. Milan: G. Ricordi & Co., 1898. Hardcover, 8 x 11, 277 pages. Signed and inscribed on his portrait in bol...
Estimate : 4,000.00 - 6,000.00
517Sergei RachmaninoffRR Auction
Attractive Ibbs & Tillett analytical program entitled "Recital by Rachmaninoff," eight pages, 5.75 x 9, signed on the front cover in f...
Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
518Maurice RavelRR Auction
Vintage matte-finish 4 x 5.5 portrait of Ravel in a bust-length pose by J. Hery, affixed to the original 6.76 x 9 studio mount, signed and inscribed o
Estimate : 4,000.00 - 6,000.00
519Bedrich SmetanaRR Auction
Distinguished Czech composer (1824–1884) best known for his colorful symphonic poem The Moldau and the opera The Bartered Bride. Fountain pen signatur
Estimate : 2,000.00 - 2,500.00
520Henriette SontagRR Auction
German operatic soprano of great international renown (1806–1854). AMQS on an off-white 7 x 4.25 sheet, signed and dated below in ink, "Henriet...
Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
521Miles Davis QuintetRR Auction
Drink card indicating "$3.00 Per Person Minimum Per Show" from The Jazz Gallery at 80 St. Marks Place in New York City, measuring 4 x 7 op...
Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
522Miles Davis and Max RoachRR Auction
Fantastic vintage flyer for the Birdland jazz club at 1678 Broadway in New York City, 8.5 x 3.75, signed on the reverse in blue ballpoint, "Mil...
Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00