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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Music568 - Music
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Three signatures: an ink signature and inscription, "To Bob, Cole Porter," on an off-white 6 x 4.5 album page; a ballpoint signature and i...
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Otis Redding569 - Otis Redding
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Uncommon 4 x 5.75 Stax Records publicity photo of Redding, signed and inscribed in black ballpoint, "Respect to Peter, Otis Redding." Matt...
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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John Philip Sousa570 - John Philip Sousa
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ALS, one page, 6 x 9.25, Hotel Mayfair letterhead, November 20, 1927. Letter to his close friend, the publisher and musicologist James Francis Cooke i
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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John Philip Sousa571 - John Philip Sousa
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TLS, one page, 8.5 x 11, personal letterhead, August 2, 1924. Letter to fellow composer Charles Wakefield Cadman, in part: "Your new March '...
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Von Trapp Family572 - Von Trapp Family
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Vintage glossy 8 x 10 publicity photo of the Trapp Family Singers, signed and inscribed in fountain pen by Maria, Agathe, Werner, Hedwig, Rupert, Joha
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Johnny Cash573 - Johnny Cash
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Glossy 8 x 10 full-length photo of Cash in all black, signed in black felt tip. In fine condition, with a block of uniform toning form prior display.
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Jim Reeves574 - Jim Reeves
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Pop-country star (1923-1964) who enjoyed international fame with his traditional Nashville sound. Glossy 8 x 10 RVA Victor publicity photo of Reeves,
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James Taylor575 - James Taylor
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Very nice natural-finish Epiphone PR-100 NS right-handed acoustic guitar, signed on the body in black felt tip by Taylor. Includes a ChromaCast gig ba
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1980s Rock576 - 1980s Rock
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Commemorative gold metallic record with label honoring numerous rock and heavy metal bands from the 1980s, signed on the record in black felt tip and
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1980s Rock577 - 1980s Rock
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Color satin-finish 20 x 9.75 photo of the iconic 'blown away' Maxwell guy, signed in various colored felt tip by 28 notable musicians from t...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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