RR Auction: Fine Autographs and Artifacts

Uncommon signed book: Sophie's Choice. Special presentation edition. NY: Random House, 1979. Hardcover blue cloth boards and glassine dust jacke...

TLS signed in pencil, one page, 7 x 10.25, The New Yorker letterhead, November 19, 1943. Letter to Professor McDowell, in part: "The American W...

Signed book: The Tin Can Tree. First edition. NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 1965. Hardcover with dust jacket, 6 x 8.25, 273 pages. Signed on a free end page in

Vintage glossy 7.5 x 9.5 photo of the popular author with a Rolleiflex camera, signed and inscribed in fountain pen, "For Jim Wiggins, best wis...

Three items signed and inscribed in black ink by Joseph Wambaugh, each dated to 1990: a glossy 8 x 10 photo of Joseph Wambaugh in a formal bust-length

Rare ALS from Alec Waugh, one page, 5 x 8, Chapman & Hall Ltd. letterhead, July 7, 1922. Brief handwritten letter to Mr. Macleod, in full: "...

Signed book: The Optimist's Daughter. First edition. NY: Random House, 1972. Hardcover with dust jacket, 5.75 x 8.5, 180 pages. Signed on the ha...

Ink signature, "Written at the request of thy cousin, Caroline Wordsworth, by Wm Wordsworth, March 15th, 1844,” on an off-white 4....

Remarkable autograph musical manuscript by Johann Sebastian Bach, one page both sides, 7.75 x 6.25, no date but circa 1728, being a fragment from the

Magnificent AMQS on an off-white 10 x 8 sheet, signed and inscribed below in fountain pen, "Greetings and congratulations to Marcel Cuvelier...

ALS in German, signed “Beethoven,” one page, 9.5 x 8.25, circa September 1823. Letter to Franz Christian Kirchhoffer,...

Rare AMQS on an off-white 3.75 x 5 sheet, boldly signed at the conclusion, "V: Bellini, a Paris 8: Avril 1834." Bellini pens eight bars of...

Third-person ALS in French signed within the text, "Mr. Bellini," one page, 4 x 5.25, no date but circa mid-1830s. Untranslated letter to ...

ALS in German, penned on the reverse of a 3.5 x 5.25 photo postcard of the German city Trahutten, no date [circa 1928]. A handwritten letter from both

AMS signed "Leonard Bernstein" (once) and "Bernstein" (three times), seven pages on four sheets, 6.5 x 8.5, January 7, 1935. Han...

Bold untranslated ink signature and inscription in French, signed "G. Bizet,” on an off-white 3.5 x 4 slip. Nicely archivally matt...

ALS in French, one page, 5 x 6.25, no date. Handwritten letter to Henry Duvernoy, in part (translated): "I am playing your Serenade (Fleur d...

ALS in German, signed “J. Brahms,” one page on a 4.75 x 3.25 postcard, March 30, 1875. Untranslated handwritten lette...

Large and bold ink signature, "Johannes Brahms,” with date below, on an off-white 3.75 x 3 slip. Nicely archivally matted and fram...

Exquisite original self-portrait sketch accomplished in ink by Caruso on an off-white 5 x 6.5 sheet, signed in the lower right corner, "Enrico ...

AMQS on an off-white 5.75 x 4.5 album page, signed below in fountain pen, "Aaron Copland, Rio—Sept. 1947." Copland pens...

ALS in French, two pages on two adjoining sheets, 4 x 5.5, no date but postmarked at Paris, August 7, 1900. Letter to Blanche Marot, in full (translat

ALS in French, one page, 4.25 x 5.5, May 23, 1903. Untranslated handwritten letter by Claude Debussy, including a reference to "Pellé...

Uncommon pencil signature, "Claude Debussy, 1 Fev. 08,” on an off-white 4 x 2 slip. Handsomely double-matted and framed with a por...

Manuscript DS in Italian, one page, 8.25 x 5, March 29, 1845. Scarce document pertaining to music publishing, the first section penned in an unknown h

Rare 4 x 6.25 cabinet photo of Dvorak in a distinguished half-length pose by J. Mulac of Prague, signed and inscribed along the bottom in ink, "...

ALS in French, seven pages two sets of adjoining sheets, 4.5 x 7, October 18, [no year]. Long untranslated handwritten letter to Winnaretta Singer, Pr

Highly sought-after 4.25 x 6.5 cabinet photo of Grieg in a stylish suit, signed on the reverse in black ink. Published by Christensen & Morange ...

ALS in German, one page, 5.5 x 3.5, postcard letterhead, March 31, 1893. Untranslated handwritten letter to E. W. Fritzsch in Leipzig, addressed on th

ALS in Italian, signed “P. Mascagni,” three pages on two adjoining sheets, 6 x 6, March 8, 1894. Handwritten letter t...

AMQS on an off-white 6.25 x 4.25 sheet, signed and dated below in ink, "P. Mascagni, 15.IV.1925." Mascagni pens four bars from "Caval...

ALS, one page, 4.25 x 4.5, July 2, 1844. Handwritten letter to a gentleman, in full: "Pray send me by bearer the two books of Bach's Organ-...

Autograph musical manuscript by Saverio Mercadante, 13.25 x 9.75, two pages both sides, signed and inscribed at the conclusion in Italian and dated 18

ALS in Italian, signed “N. Paganini,” one page, 4.25 x 6.75, June 10, 1832. Handwritten letter to one of his closest ...

Large and bold AMQS on an off-white 7.5 x 4.75 album page, prominently signed and dated below in ink, "Giacomo Puccini, Torre del Lago, 20.8.96...

Vintage 8 x 10.75 paperstock portrait of the illustrious Italian opera composer, boldly signed and inscribed in ink, "Al Signor Renzo Rossi, G....

ALS in Italian, signed “Giacomo,” two pages on two adjoining sheets, 5.5 x 7.5, January 28, 1924. Handwritten letter ...

TLS signed “S. Rachmaninoff,” one page, 8.25 x 11, July 26, 1933. Letter to "Mnazelle," in part: "I di...

Scarce vintage glossy 4.25 x 6.25 photo of Ravel in profile, signed and inscribed in fountain pen, "To Mr. Lucius Barnett, Maurice Ravel.â...

ALS in French, one page, 4.75 x 8, no date. Untranslated handwritten letter listing some of his friends, including the playwright and critic Claude Ro

AMQS on an off-white 11.25 x 8.5 sheet, signed and dated at the conclusion in ink, "G. Rossini, Paris le 8 Fevrier 1859." Rossini pens sev...

ALS in Italian, one page, 8.5 x 5.5, no date. Untranslated handwritten letter to an unidentified recipient regarding a pending financial matter. In fi

ALS in Italian, signed “Rossini,” one page, 6.75 x 8.5, June 5, 1868. Untranslated handwritten letter from Paris. Han...

AMQS on an off-white 10 x 6.5 musically lined sheet, boldly signed at the conclusion in ink, "Ant. Rubinstein, Wien, 30 Janvier 1892." Rub...

AMQS on an off-white 8.5 x 5.5 album page, signed below in ink, "Maggio 1896, C. Saint-Saens." The celebrated French composer pens eight b...

ALS in French, two adjoining pages in a 5.75 x 4.5, 'carte-lettre,' postmarked September 3, 1918. Untranslated handwritten letter to the Fre...

Rare and magnificent 4 x 6.25 cabinet bust portrait of Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky by Muller & Pilgrim of Leipzig, signed and inscribed in the lowe...

Rare ALS in French, signed “P. Tchaikovsky,” one page, 5 x 5, no date. Handwritten letter by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky...

ALS in Italian, signed “Arturo Toscanini,” one page, 7.25 x 11.5, December 2, 1900. Handwritten letter of recommendat...

ALS signed “R. Vaughan Williams,” one page, 7 x 9, The White Gates, Dorking letterhead, October 16, 1930. Handwritten...