RR Auction: Fine Autographs and Artifacts

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Mozart composes his “Serenade in D Major.” Thomas Paine defends the “Age of Reason.” “Norma Jeane” begins her modeling career. Steve Jobs leaves Apple. History converges in RR Auction’s March 2017 Fine Autograph and Artifact Auction, which features over 800 lots spanning history, popular culture, science, and the arts. 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 2017
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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Beatles: John Lennon517 - Beatles: John Lennon
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Handwritten notes of John Lennon on a light red 6.75 x 8.5 gingham pattern stationery sheet, signed within the text in the third person, "Mr. L...
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Estimate : 3,000.00 - 3,500.00
 
 
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Bob Dylan518 - Bob Dylan
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Awesome clear Remo Weatherking Ambassador drum head, 16.5? in diameter, signed in black felt tip, "Best wishes, Bob Dylan." In fine condit...
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Estimate : 3,000.00 - 4,000.00
 
 
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Jerry Garcia519 - Jerry Garcia
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Sought-after ink signature and inscription, "To Stuart, live long & prosper! Jerry Garcia," who adds a small skull with question mark ...
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Estimate : 7,500.00 - 8,500.00
 
 
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Jimi Hendrix520 - Jimi Hendrix
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Pencil signature, "Stay Groovy, Jimi Hendrix,” on a light yellow 5.25 x 3.75 album page. In fine condition, with a light block of toning from p...
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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Elvis Presley521 - Elvis Presley
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RCA Records Photo Album program of Elvis Presley, 8.5 x 11, 16 pages, featuring a variety of iconic images of the King performing, signed and inscribe
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 2,500.00
 
 
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Elvis Presley522 - Elvis Presley
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Front cover for a vintage Elvis Presley and the Blue Moon Boys souvenir picture album, 8.5 x 10.75, vertically signed on his image in black ballpoint
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Rolling Stones523 - Rolling Stones
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Sought-after vintage 7 x 9.5 magazine photo of the group in suits and ties, signed in blue ballpoint by Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Brian Jones, Bill
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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Rolling Stones525 - Rolling Stones
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Appealing green ballpoint signatures, "Love Bill Wyman, xx," "Mick Jagger," "Brian Jones," "Keith Richards,"...
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 1,600.00
 
 
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Rolling Stones526 - Rolling Stones
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Circa 1964 blue ballpoint signatures, "Bill Wyman," "Love, Keith Richards, xx," "Brian Jones, xx," and "Charlie B...
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Estimate : 1,200.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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The Who527 - The Who
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Superb ballpoint signatures, "Keith Moon," "Pete," "Roger Daltrey," and "John Entwistle," on a light blue 7....
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Prince528 - Prince
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Wonderful glossy 8 x 10 Paisley Park publicity photo of Prince, an image also used for the front cover of his 1986 album Parade, signed in purple felt
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Estimate : 3,000.00 - 3,500.00
 
 
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Composers529 - Composers
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Collection of four musical quotes on various size sheets and cards. Quotes are from: Leo Blech, four bars, in pencil, from his opera 'Alpenkonig...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Composers and Musicians530 - Composers and Musicians
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Collection of six items signed by composers and classical musicians, including: Samuel Coleridge Taylor (AMQS, three measures and lyrics from Hiawatha
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Conductors and Singers531 - Conductors and Singers
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Vintage ink signatures of nine conductors and signers on both sides of two off-white 5 x 7 album pages. Signers include: conductors Bruno Walter, Vict
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Manuel de Falla532 - Manuel de Falla
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Important Spanish composer (1876-1946) who takes a place among the most distinguished figures in twentieth-century music. ALS in French, one page on b
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Jean de Reszke533 - Jean de Reszke
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Polish tenor (1850-1925) and one of the biggest male opera stars of the late 19th century. Three ALSs, all in French, each signed "Jean de Resz...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Pablo de Sarasate534 - Pablo de Sarasate
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Spanish violinist and composer (1844-1908). Vintage 3.25 x 5.25 postcard photo, signed and inscribed in fountain pen in French, "To Madame Stei...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Gaetano Donizetti535 - Gaetano Donizetti
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Italian composer (1797-1848) known as a leading composer of the bel canto opera style. Manuscript DS in Italian, one page, 8.25 x 4.5, June 3, 1844. R
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Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
 
 
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Victor Herbert536 - Victor Herbert
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Handwritten musical manuscript for a work titled at the top by Herbert 'A Wedding Procession,' on three pages of two adjoined sheets of 10.2...
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Victor Herbert537 - Victor Herbert
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Three items: an AMQS on an off-white 5 x 3 card, with five bars of music and lyrics from his operetta 'Eileen,' dated January 1917 and readi...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Wilhelm Kienzl538 - Wilhelm Kienzl
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Austrian composer (1857-1941) best known for his operas and other vocal works. Sheet music for a song entitled "Der Kuss," [The Kiss], 10....
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Franz Lehar and Alexander Girardi539 - Franz Lehar and Alexander Girardi
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Two photos: a 3.25 x 5.25 postcard photo of the composer Lehar, signed vertically in black ink with a four-bar AMQS; and a 3.25 x 5.25 postcard photo
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Pietro Mascagni540 - Pietro Mascagni
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Italian composer (1863–1945) whose 1890 masterpiece ‘Cavalleria rusticana’ takes a place among the most beloved staples of the operatic repertoire. Ma
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Jules Massenet541 - Jules Massenet
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Four items: an ink signature and inscription in French on a 6.5 x 7 section of a page from the score of his famed work Manon, "To Madame Patel-...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Music, Opera, and Dance542 - Music, Opera, and Dance
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Massive collection of well over 1,250 items, consisting primarily of signatures and signed photos, comprising a wide variety of opera singers, classic
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Musicians543 - Musicians
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Vintage signatures of four musicians on both sides of a 4.75 x 6.75 album page. Signers are: Edmund Eysler, adding a four-bar AMQS from his operetta...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Musicians544 - Musicians
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Ink signatures of eight musicians on three various size album pages. First page bears an AMQS from Jacques Thibault, who pens eight bars from 'P...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Carl Nielsen545 - Carl Nielsen
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Important Danish composer (1865-1931) best known for his six grandly scaled symphonies, a number of which bear such evocative subtitles as 'The ...
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Opera Singers546 - Opera Singers
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Five photos: one vintage pearl-finish 6.75 x 9.25 photo of Aureliano Pertile in Otello, signed and inscribed in fountain pen, and dated October 1941;
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Hans Pfitzner547 - Hans Pfitzner
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Self-proclaimed 'anti-modernist' German composer (1869-1949), best known for his opera Palestrina, based on the life of the famed sixteenth-...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Francis Poulenc548 - Francis Poulenc
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Sheet music booklet for 'Le Travail du Peintre' featuring cover artwork by Picasso, published by Editions Max Eschig, Paris, 1957, 23 pages,...
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Francis Poulenc549 - Francis Poulenc
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ALS in French, signed "Francis," one page both sides, 5.25 x 8.25, June 8, no year. Letter mentioning three of his works and lauding tenor...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Sig Romberg550 - Sig Romberg
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Group of twenty-six New Netherland Bank and Wilner–Romberg Corp. checks, 6.25 x 2.75 and 8.25 x 3.25, each filled out in another hand and signed by Ro
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Albert Roussel551 - Albert Roussel
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ALS in French, one page, 4.5 x 6.25, postmarked February 16, 1928. Letter to conductor Felix Raugel about his suite for large symphony orchestra, &#...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Camille Saint-Saens552 - Camille Saint-Saens
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Prolific French Romantic composer (1835–1921) of such timeless works as the ‘Organ’ Symphony,’ the opera ‘Samson et Dalila,’ and the perennial concert
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Florent Schmitt553 - Florent Schmitt
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French composer (1870-1958). AMQS on the reverse of a 6.75 x 3.25 printed French menu. Schmitt pens five bars of music, identified by Schmitt, "...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Arnold Schonberg554 - Arnold Schonberg
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Austrian-born composer (1874-1951) whose development of the 'twelve-tone' system proved to be one of the most far-reaching innovations in th...
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Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
 
 
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Singers555 - Singers
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Collection of eight items: vintage 3.5 x 5.5 photo of Alessandro Bonci, signed and inscribed in fountain pen and dated 1912, and affixed to a slightly
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Singers556 - Singers
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Four items: three vintage photos, various sizes and finishes, signed in fountain pen by the singer pictured: Beniamino Gigli (ins) as des Grieux in ...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Singers557 - Singers
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Four items: a vintage 8 x 10 head-and-shoulders photo of Georgette Leblanc, signed and inscribed in green fountain pen; an untranslated ALS,one page,
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Arthur Sullivan558 - Arthur Sullivan
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English composer (1842-1900) best known for his operatic collaborations with W. S. Gilbert, including H.M.S. Pinafore, The Pirates of Penzance, and Th
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Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
 
 
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George Szell559 - George Szell
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Jewish-American conductor and composer (1897–1970) who is largely considered one of the twentieth century's greatest conductors; he is remembere...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Virgil Thomson560 - Virgil Thomson
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Three items: a program for the 1947 world premiere of The Mother of Us All, six pages, signed and inscribed to fellow composer Edward Cohen by Thomson
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Arturo Toscanini561 - Arturo Toscanini
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Two items: a vintage matte-finish 8 x 10 full-length photo of Toscanini smiling on a one-person chair lift, signed and inscribed in red fountain pen,
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Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
 
 
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Violinists562 - Violinists
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Collection of five vintage ink signatures of great violinists on individual slips, including: Jan Kubelik, Jascha Heifetz, Mischa Elman, Yehudi Menuhi
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Jaromir Weinberger and Jan Kubelik563 - Jaromir Weinberger and Jan Kubelik
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Nice grouping of AMQSs: one by Jaromir Weinberger on an off-white card, featuring the first two bars of the polka from Svanda Dudak; and an off-white
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Felix Weingartner564 - Felix Weingartner
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ALS in French, three pages on two adjoining sheets, 5.5 x 8.75, October 22, 1904. Letter to a friend and fellow composer, probably Vincent d'Ind...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Ralph Vaughan Williams565 - Ralph Vaughan Williams
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Influential English composer (1872–1958) of symphonies, chamber music, opera, choral music, and film scores. Uncommon TLS signed “R. Vaughan Williams,
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Louis Armstrong566 - Louis Armstrong
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Vintage 7.75 x 9.75 publicity photo of Armstrong smiling with his trumpet in a dressing room, signed and inscribed in black ink, "To Gale, from...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Jerome Kern567 - Jerome Kern
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DS, one page, 8.25 x 13.5, June 12, 1939. Assignment of Canadian Copyright contract for the “musical work entitled: ‘Lonesome Walls.’” Signed at the c
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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