RR Auction: Fine Autographs and Artifacts featuring Pop Culture

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RR Auction's April Fine Autograph and Artifact sale features an impressive selection of pop culture material, including a fully signed Led Zeppelin debut album, a Hofner 'Beatle' bass autographed by Paul McCartney, John F. Kennedy's rocking chair from the Carlyle Hotel, a "gold coin" interest note signed by legendary gangster Al Capone, an Apple award signed by Steve Jobs, a Charles Schulz comic strip, and the white suit of KFC founder Colonel Sanders. Other top items include a letter by Queen Elizabeth I, a Henry David Thoreau handwritten manuscript page, an important letter by Thomas Jefferson about the Bonaparte family, a rare check by Charles Darwin, and a handful of vintage Topps baseball card sets. 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 April 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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Maurice Sendak and Tony Kushner362 - Maurice Sendak and Tony Kushner
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Signed book: Brundibar. First edition. NY: Hyperion Books for Children, 2003. Hardcover with dust jacket, 11 x 8.75. Signed on the attractive half-tit
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Dr. Seuss363 - Dr. Seuss
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Appealing color 5.25 x 8 print of the Cat in the Hat, nicely signed and inscribed in black felt tip, "Herewith: One cat, with Hat, and with gre...
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Thornton Wilder364 - Thornton Wilder
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ALS, one page, 6 x 9, no date. Annoyed response to an autograph collector, in full: "Please don't do this again. I get scores whenever a ne...
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William Butler Yeats365 - William Butler Yeats
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Signed book: Essays. Limited edition, numbered 239/250. NY: Macmillan, 1924. Hardcover, 5.5 x 8, 538 pages. Signed on both the colophon and title page
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Emile Zola366 - Emile Zola
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Two items: a bold ink signature, "Bien cordialement a vous, Emile Zola," on an off-white 3.5 x 2.5 slip clipped from a letter; and a 3.75 ...
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Emile Zola367 - Emile Zola
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ALS in French, one page, 4.25 x 5, postmarked November 7, 1896. Letter to Doctor Toulouse, in full (translated): "Thank you for sending your bo...
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Stefan Zweig368 - Stefan Zweig
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Austrian novelist and playwright (1881–1942). Purple ink signature, "Stefan Zweig,” on an off-white 4.5 x 3.5 card. In fine condition.
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Samuel Barber369 - Samuel Barber
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Composer (1910–1981) whose Adagio for Strings is widely considered a masterpiece of modern classical music. ALS in Italian, one page, 8.25 x 10.75, Am
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Claude Debussy370 - Claude Debussy
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Very rare partly-printed DS in French, signed "Read and approved, Claude Debussy," one page both sides, 7 x 10, April 25, 1905. Contract w...
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Glenn Gould371 - Glenn Gould
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Canadian pianist, composer, and commentator (1932-1982) revered as one of the foremost classical pianists of the 20th century, and renowned for his in
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Jacques Offenbach372 - Jacques Offenbach
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French composer (1819–1880) best known for his popular stage works, most notably Orpheus in the Underworld (including the famous 'Can-Can') ...
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Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy373 - Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy
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Boldly penned AMQS on a light pink 5.5 x 3.25 album page, boldly signed and dated below in ink, "Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Schwerin, 11 Juli...
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Niccolo Paganini374 - Niccolo Paganini
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ALS in French, one page both sides, 7.25 x 9, August 11, 1837. Letter to Mr. Bramalli, director of the Société du Casino in Paris, sending...
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Maurice Ravel375 - Maurice Ravel
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Beautiful autograph musical manuscript, one page, 6.5 x 8, titled and signed at the conclusion, "L'Enfant et les Sortileges (Act I), Mauric...
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Robert Schumann376 - Robert Schumann
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Highly important German composer and pianist (1810–1856) whose distinctively lyrical musical language, especially evident in his keyboard works and ar
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Dmitri Shostakovich377 - Dmitri Shostakovich
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Soviet composer (1906–1975) whose fifteen symphonies occupy a place of central performance in the orchestral literature of the twentieth century. Matt
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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky378 - Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
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Rare and magnificent 4.25 x 6.5 cabinet photo of Tchaikovsky by A. Pasetti of St. Petersburg, boldly signed in black ink and dated June 19, 1890. In v
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Carl Maria von Weber379 - Carl Maria von Weber
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German composer, conductor, pianist, guitarist, and critic, one of the first significant composers of the Romantic school (1786–1826). Untranslated AL
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Quantity : 1 | Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Ralph Vaughan Williams380 - Ralph Vaughan Williams
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TLS signed “R. Vaughan Williams,” one page, 4.5 x 6.75, December 27, 1951. Letter to the Rev. W. Turner Levy, in part: "I am so glad you are in...
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Blues Legends381 - Blues Legends
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Vintage UK program booklet for the American Folk Blues Festival of 1964, seven pages, 8 x 7, signed inside in black ballpoint by five musicians: Willi
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Quantity : 1 | Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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