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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Claude Debussy487 - Claude Debussy
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Partly-printed DS in French, signed "Read and approved, Claude Debussy," one page both sides, 7 x 10, April 25, 1905. Contract with publis...
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Estimate : 1,200.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Claude Debussy488 - Claude Debussy
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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...
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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Gaetano Donizetti489 - Gaetano Donizetti
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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...
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Estimate : 3,000.00 - 4,000.00
 
 
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Antonin Dvorak490 - Antonin Dvorak
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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
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Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
 
 
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Gustav Holst491 - Gustav Holst
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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...
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart492 - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
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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
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Estimate : 200,000.00 - 300,000.00
 
 
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Niccolo Paganini493 - Niccolo Paganini
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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...
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Estimate : 4,200.00 - 4,600.00
 
 
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Sergei Prokofiev494 - Sergei Prokofiev
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ALS in Cyrillic, one page, 5.25 x 6.75, November 19, 1919. Letter to "Dear Fokin," undoubtedly the great Russian choreographer Michel Foki...
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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Serge Prokofiev495 - Serge Prokofiev
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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...
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Sergei Rachmaninoff496 - Sergei Rachmaninoff
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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
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Estimate : 700.00 - 900.00
 
 
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