RR Auction: Fine Autographs and Artifacts

ANS signed “G. Bernard Shaw,” one page on the reverse of his 3.5 x 5.5 personal postcard, postmarked May 27, 1947. Brief note to Hugh Rees, Ltd, in fu

Matte-finish 8 x 10 seated half-length photo of Welty in later age, signed in the lower border in black ballpoint. In fine condition.

English author (1906–1964) best known for his Arthurian tetralogy The Once and Future King, which includes the popular story The Sword in the Stone. W

TLS signed “Tom,” one page, 8.5 x 11, no date but circa 1980. Letter to Jim Adams, in full: "You're an understanding person so I'm sure...

ALS signed “Tenn,” one page both sides, 7.25 x 10.75, May 29, 1971. Letter to Cheryl Crawford and Paul Bigelow, in full: "I've been thinkin...

Bold AMQS on an off-white 6.5 x 4 album page, signed below by Bartok and dated at Budapest, November 9, 1930. Bartok pens four bars, probably from &...

Uncommon ALS in French, signed "H. Berlioz," one page, 5.25 x 8, July 17, 1864. Letter to his publisher Gustave Heinze, in part (translate...

Remarkable collection of sixty items embodying the long career of Leonard Bernstein, including more than fifty items signed by Bernstein himself and o

French composer (1838-1875) whose operatic masterpiece, Carmen, was completed just before his untimely death from heart disease. ALS in French, signed

Important Spanish composer (1876-1946) who takes a place among the most distinguished figures in twentieth-century music. ALS in French, seven pages o

Partly-printed DS in French, signed "Read and approved, Claude Debussy," one page both sides, 7 x 10, April 25, 1905. Contract with publis...

ALS in French, one page, 4.75 x 3, December 2, 1916. In full (translated): "Madame, Being away from Paris, I only read your kind letter last ni...

Italian composer (1797-1848) known as a leading composer of the bel canto opera style. ALS in French, signed "Donizetti," one page, 4.75 x...

National Conservatory of Music business check, 8.5 x 3.25, filled out in another hand and made payable to Antonin Dvorak for $937.50, January 31, 1893

Highly desirable AMQS on a pink 6.25 x 3.75 album page, boldly signed in black ink, "Gustav Holst, 1933." Holst pens one bar from the bass...

Phenomenal handwritten musical manuscript, unsigned, one page both sides, 8.5 x 6.25, no date but circa 1773. A fragment from Mozart’s manuscript for

Rare third-person ALS in French, signed twice, "Mr. Paganini," and once, “Nicolo Paganini,” one page both sides, 5 x 8, April 26, 1831. Le...

ALS in Cyrillic, one page, 5.25 x 6.75, November 19, 1919. Letter to "Dear Fokin," undoubtedly the great Russian choreographer Michel Foki...

Scarce two-bar AMQS on a light green 5.5 x 5.25 album page, signed below in fountain pen, "Serge Prokofieff, 1930." Also signed on the rev...

TLS in Cyrillic, signed “S. Rachmaninoff,” one page, 5.25 x 8.5, August 14, 1929. Rachmaninoff writes to Alexander Vasilevich, stating that he saw Val