RR Auction: Fine Autographs and Artifacts

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RR Auction's April Fine Autographs and Artifacts sale features a remarkable selection of classical music pieces, highlighted by a handwritten church cantata manuscript by Johann Sebastian Bach, an autograph letter by Ludwig van Beethoven regarding his 'Missa Solemnis,' and rare and significant musical quotations from the likes of Giuseppe Verdi, Gioachino Rossini, and Aaron Copland. Other highlights include a one-of-a-kind painting signed by Volodymyr Zelenskyy, a remarkable cache of documents from John Dillinger's first arrest, and an incredible letter by Nikola Tesla on the success of his inventions. 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 April 2023.
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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Leo Tolstoy Signed Photograph (1906)446 - Leo Tolstoy Signed Photograph (1906)
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Scarce and immensely desirable 4.25 x 6.5 Russian cabinet photo of Tolstoy dressed in a traditional belted tunic and seated in a half-length pose with
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Estimate : 8,000.00 - 10,000.00
 
 
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Voltaire Letter Signed on Literary Work447 - Voltaire Letter Signed on Literary Work
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LS in French, one page, 7.25 x 9, July 11, 1764. Letter to Antoine Maillet du Clarion in Paris, thanking him for the work he sent. In part (translated
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Estimate : 8,000.00 - 10,000.00
 
 
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Emile Zola Handwritten Manuscript on 'Jules Simon'448 - Emile Zola Handwritten Manuscript on 'Jules Simon'
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Unsigned handwritten manuscript in French by Emile Zola, eight pages, 5.25 x 8.25, bound in green hardcover boards, gilt stamped on the spine: "...
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Estimate : 5,000.00 - 7,000.00
 
 
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Emile Zola Autograph Letter Signed449 - Emile Zola Autograph Letter Signed
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ALS in French, one page, 4.25 x 5, no date but postmarked December 1886. Handwritten letter to Mrs. Georges Charpentier, in part (translated): "...
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Estimate : 500.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Edward Albee (3) Signed Items450 - Edward Albee (3) Signed Items
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Three items signed in ink or felt tip by award-winning playwright Edward Albee: an attractive matte-finish 11 x 14 portrait photo of Albee in profile
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Paul Auster (3) Signed Books451 - Paul Auster (3) Signed Books
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Signed books: The New York Trilogy by Paul Auster, containing first editions of Vols. 1-3, City of Glass (2nd printing), Ghosts (1st printing), and Th
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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James Baldwin Signed Photograph452 - James Baldwin Signed Photograph
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Glossy 4 x 5.25 photo of James Baldwin in a head-and-shoulders pose, signed vertically in black felt tip. In very good to fine condition, with light m
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Thomas Berger Signed Book and Typed Letter Signed453 - Thomas Berger Signed Book and Typed Letter Signed
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Two items: a first edition of Little Big Man, published by The Dial Press of New York in 1964, hardcover with dust jacket, 6 x 8.5, 440 pages, signed
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Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
 
 
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Ray Bradbury Signed Book454 - Ray Bradbury Signed Book
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Signed book: Dandelion Wine. First edition. NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1957. Hardcover with a professionally restored original dust jacket, ...
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Ray Bradbury and Eudora Welty (2) Signed Books455 - Ray Bradbury and Eudora Welty (2) Signed Books
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Two signed books: Switch on the Night by Ray Bradbury. Library edition. NY: Pantheon Books, 1955. Textured pictorial hardcover, 6.5 x 8.5. Signed and
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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