RR Auction: Fine Autographs and Artifacts featuring Literature

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Boasting almost 1,000 lots, RR Auction's October Fine Autographs and Artifacts sale features a robust literature section that includes autographs from authors across the ages—from Goethe to Kafka to Hemingway, a wide assortment of great writers and literary movements are represented. Other highlights in the sale include an important letter by Stephen Hawking, an extremely rare Mao Zedong autograph, a fully signed Led Zeppelin album, a wise autograph quote by Albert Einstein, and a letter by Thomas Jefferson on a political economics textbook. 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 September 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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Sergei Rachmaninoff628 - Sergei Rachmaninoff
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Vintage glossy 7.5 x 9.75 photo of the virtuoso seated and playing the piano in a half-length profile pose by New York photographer Herman Mishkin, si
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Estimate : 3,500.00 - 4,500.00
 
 
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Anton Rubinstein629 - Anton Rubinstein
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ALS in French, signed “Ant. Rubinstein,” one page, 5 x 8, June 20, 1859. Letter to Belgian soprano Desirée Artôt, asking her for the names...
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Richard Strauss630 - Richard Strauss
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ALS in German, one page, 4.5 x 5.5, personal letterhead, May 27, 1926. Letter concerning a venue, in full (translated): "Since even the draper&...
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Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
 
 
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Giuseppe Verdi631 - Giuseppe Verdi
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ALS in Italian, signed “G. Verdi,” one page both sides, 4.5 x 3.5, July 4, 1898. Letter to Giuseppe de Amicis, written from the village of Sant'...
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 4,000.00
 
 
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Giuseppe Verdi632 - 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 : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Louis Armstrong633 - Louis Armstrong
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Fabulous pairing of an original pencil sketch of Armstrong drawn by an admirer on an off-white 4.75 x 8 sheet, signed and inscribed in fountain pen,...
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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Irving Berlin634 - Irving Berlin
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Sheet music for Irving Berlin's popular carol "White Christmas," two pages, 9 x 2, boldly signed on the front cover in fountain pen. I...
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,500.00
 
 
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George and Ira Gershwin635 - George and Ira Gershwin
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Signed book: Porgy and Bess. Limited first edition of 250 copies (this being No. 224). NY: Random House, 1935. Hardcover, 9.75 x 12.5, 559 pages. Sign
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Estimate : 4,000.00 - 6,000.00
 
 
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Jerome Kern636 - Jerome Kern
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Exceptional AMQS on an off-white 5.25 x 3.25 card, signed and inscribed in black ink, "To William de Melt, with the thanks of the American Nati...
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Woody Guthrie637 - Woody Guthrie
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Beautifully penned ALS signed “Woody,” six pages, 8 x 10.5, February 21, 1945. Lengthy, touching letter from Guthrie to frequent correspondent Charlot
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Estimate : 4,000.00 - 6,000.00
 
 
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Beatles: George Harrison638 - Beatles: George Harrison
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Rare promotional record of ‘A Dark Horse Records presents A Personal Music Dialogue with George Harrison at 33 1/3,’ signed on the ‘side two’ label in
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 2,500.00
 
 
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Beatles639 - Beatles
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Beautiful vintage glossy 8 x 10.25 promotional photo of the Beatles on location in the Bahamas during filming for their second motion picture, Help!,
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Estimate : 20,000.00 - 30,000.00
 
 
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Beatles640 - Beatles
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Late 1963 ballpoint signatures of George Harrison, Ringo Starr, Paul McCartney, and John Lennon on an off-white 3.75 x 3 album page. Consignor notes t
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Estimate : 7,500.00 - 8,500.00
 
 
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Beatles: Lennon and Harrison641 - Beatles: Lennon and Harrison
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Mailing envelope from the Atlantic Hotel in Newquay, Cornwall, 9 x 4, signed nicely in blue ballpoint by John Lennon and George Harrison. In fine cond
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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Beatles: John Lennon642 - Beatles: John Lennon
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Picture sleeve for the Parlophone 45 RPM EP 'Long Tall Sally,' signed on the reverse in felt tip by John Lennon. In very good to fine condit...
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Estimate : 2,500.00 - 3,500.00
 
 
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Beatles: Paul McCartney643 - Beatles: Paul McCartney
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Handsome Epiphone FT-79 acoustic guitar with a natural finish and a Detroit Red Wings sticker affixed below bridge, signed on the pearloid pickguard i
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Estimate : 4,000.00 - 6,000.00
 
 
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Beatles: Paul and Linda McCartney, and George Martin644 - Beatles: Paul and Linda McCartney, and George Martin
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MPL promotional postcard with a picture of Paul McCartney wearing headphones, 4 x 6, signed on the reverse in blue ink, “Paul McCartney,” “Love, Linda
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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David Bowie645 - David Bowie
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Dancing in the Street single album by David Bowie and Mick Jagger, signed on the front cover in blue felt tip, "Bowie, 86." In fine condit...
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Jim Croce646 - Jim Croce
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You Don't Mess Around with Jim promotional album signed on the front cover in black felt tip, "Thanks—Jim Croce." In very good to fine...
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Bob Dylan647 - Bob Dylan
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A spectacular example of Bob Dylan’s 15th studio album, Blood On The Tracks, signed perfectly by Dylan in silver ink. Accompanied by a full letter of
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Estimate : 6,000.00 - 8,000.00
 
 
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