RR Auction: Fine Autographs and Artifacts

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RR Auction celebrates Presidents’ Day in February 2018! Our featured section boasts autographs from every American president, including a variety of virtually unobtainable examples—an Abraham Lincoln land grant, a James A. Garfield autograph letter as president, and a Theodore Roosevelt speech are among the highlights. Other top items include: Olympic medals and torches; artistic autographs from the likes of Matisse, Picasso, and Renoir; literary letters by Proust, Kafka, Dickens, and Voltaire; and autographs of music icons such as the Beatles, Rolling Stones, and Woody Guthrie. 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 February 2018.
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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Richard Wagner546 - Richard Wagner
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ALS in German, one page, 5.25 x 8.5, October 23, no year. Untranslated letter to "Herr Fritzsche," presumably his publisher, to whom he re...
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Estimate : 2,500.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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Samuel Francis Smith547 - Samuel Francis Smith
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Appealing AQS on an off-white 4.25 x 7 sheet, signed at the conclusion in ink, "S. F. Smith, Written in 1832, May 24, 1895." Smith neatly ...
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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Eric Dolphy548 - Eric Dolphy
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Innovative jazz alto saxophonist, flautist, and bass clarinetist (1928–1965) who died suddenly at the age of 36 from a diabetic coma. Vintage ballpoin
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Ella Fitzgerald549 - Ella Fitzgerald
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Vintage glossy 8 x 10 publicity photo of Fitzgerald in a tender close-up pose, signed and inscribed in fountain pen, "To 'Buck,' you...
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Billie Holiday550 - Billie Holiday
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DS, signed “Miss Billie Holiday,” one page, 8.25 x 11, September 28, 1950. Tom Kelley Studios consent document for the Schmidt Lithography Company. In
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Charles Mingus551 - Charles Mingus
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Influential jazz bassist and composer (1922–1979) whose complex, innovative works meld elements of jazz, classical, and gospel. Vintage ballpoint sign
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Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
 
 
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Thelonious Monk552 - Thelonious Monk
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Idiosyncratic pianist, composer, and arranger (1917–1982) who takes a place among the most innovative and influential figures of modern jazz. Vintage
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Jazz Musicians553 - Jazz Musicians
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Astounding collection of over 80 signatures of legendary jazz musicians, each signing in ink on individual off-white 4.75 x 3.25 sheets, with musician
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Cole Porter554 - Cole Porter
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DS, four pages, 8.5 x 13, May 8, 1953. Memorandum of agreement between Lars Schmidt of Gothenburg and Cole Porter, Guy Bolton, P. G. Wodehouse, Howard
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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John Philip Sousa555 - John Philip Sousa
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AMQS on an off-white 5.25 x 3 sheet, signed below in black ink, "John Philip Sousa, 1901," who pens four bars of music from an unidentifie...
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Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
 
 
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