RR Auction: Fine Autographs and Artifacts

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RR Auction's March Fine Autograph and Artifact sale is highlighted by a featured literature section, offering a remarkable array of autographs from literary legends—from American icons like F. Scott Fitzgerald, Ernest Hemingway, Mark Twain, and Henry David Thoreau, to world-renowned authors such as Leo Tolstoy, Boris Pasternak, Victor Hugo, Vladimir Nabokov, and Maxim Gorky, it is a robust selection of exemplary material. Political leaders are also well-represented, with outstanding items including signatures of Mao Zedong and Zhou Enlai, autograph letters by Vladimir Lenin, a letter signed by Sun Yat-sen, and a superb George Washington document associated with the Revolutionary War. Rounding out the catalog are items from the realms of music, Hollywood, sports, art, space, and aviation. 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 2019.
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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Louis Armstrong575 - Louis Armstrong
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Program for a 1953 jazz concert featuring Benny Goodman and Louis Armstrong, 24 pages, 9 x 12, signed and inscribed inside in fountain pen by Louis Ar
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Louis Armstrong576 - Louis Armstrong
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Wonderful vintage glossy 8 x 10 publicity photo of the young Armstrong kissing his trumpet, signed in the lower border in fountain pen. In fine condit
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Art Blakey577 - Art Blakey
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Excellent glossy 7 x 4.75 photo of Blakey behind the drums, signed in black felt tip, "Forget me not, Art Blakey." In fine condition.
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Broadway578 - Broadway
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Group of six items signed by Broadway legends, including: Sammy Cahn (two TLSs and hand-corrected typescript of Frank Sinatra's song "It Ge...
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Cab Calloway579 - Cab Calloway
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Vintage pearl-finish 8 x 10 photo of Calloway in a fantastic close-up pose, signed and inscribed in green ink, "To Shorty, Loads of Luck, Hi-di...
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Nat King Cole580 - Nat King Cole
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Glossy 8 x 10 publicity photo of the singer in a handsome half-length pose, signed and inscribed in blue ink, "To Bob, Best wishes, Nat King Co...
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Composers, Bandleaders, and Lyricists581 - Composers, Bandleaders, and Lyricists
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Group of six signatures of American composers, bandleaders, and lyricists on individual cards, slips, and covers, ranging in size from 2.75 x 2 to 6.5
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Dixie582 - Dixie
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Rare original sheet music for ‘I Wish I Was in Dixie’s Land,’ four pages, 10.75 x 13.75, published by Firth, Pond & Co., of New York in 1860, wi...
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Ella Fitzgerald583 - Ella Fitzgerald
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ALS, one page on a 5.75 x 4 postcard depicting Riddarholm Church in Stockholm, March 20, 1962. Letter to Mrs. Claire Hull in England, in full: "...
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Ira Gershwin584 - Ira Gershwin
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Vintage glossy 9.5 x 7.75 photo of Gershwin seated at his desk with pen in hand and cigar in mouth, signed and inscribed in fountain pen, "For ...
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