RR Auction Quality Autograph Auction 357

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Headquartered in Amherst, NH, RR Auction is globally recognized as the trusted source for authentic autographed memorabilia and rare signed documents. Since its inception in 1976, the firm has published close to 360 consecutive monthly autograph catalogs, which are distributed internationally. The firm recently auctioned the autographed photo of Albert Einstein with his tongue wagging for a record $74,340 and the check astronaut Neil Armstrong signed the day he left for the moon for $27,350. Online bidding is available at www.RRAuction.com.
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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Jascha Heifetz728 - Jascha Heifetz
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Richard Strauss: Sonata in E Flat Major for Violin and Piano four-album set in a presentation book, signed in black fountain pen on the inside cover,
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George Henschel729 - George Henschel
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British composer; organizer and conductor of the London Symphony Orchestra. ALS signed “Geo. Henschel,” one page both sides, 4.5 x 7.25, p
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Victor Herbert730 - Victor Herbert
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Composer (1859–1924) best known for such popular operettas as Babes in Toyland and Naughty Marietta. AMQS on an off-white 5.25 x 3.5 card. Herbe
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Paul Hindemith731 - Paul Hindemith
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Versatile and prolific German-born composer and performer (1895–1963) whose best-known works include Mathis der Maler, Nobilissima Visione, Das
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Josef Hoffman732 - Josef Hoffman
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Child prodigy (1870–1956) who later became one of the world's famous pianists and pedagogues. AMQS on a 4 x 2.75 off-white card. Hoffman p...
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Joseph Joachim733 - Joseph Joachim
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German violinist and composer (1831–1907) ranked second only to Paganini among nineteenth-century virtuosi. He was a close associate of Johannes
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Dmitri Kabalevsky734 - Dmitri Kabalevsky
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Russian composer (1904–1987). Matte-finish 4 x 5 photo affixed to a 7.5 x 9.5 mount, signed and inscribed in black ink on the mount, “To D
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Aram Khatchaturian735 - Aram Khatchaturian
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Russian composer (1903-1978) of the spirited Sabre Dance. AMQS on an off-white 5.75 x 4 card. Khatchaturian pens ten bars of music from his waltz suit
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Carl Loewe736 - Carl Loewe
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German composer, baritone singer and conductor (1796–1869). Unsigned handwritten musical manuscript on both sides of an 8 x 12 off-white sheet.
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Pietro Mascagni737 - Pietro Mascagni
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Italian composer (1863–1945) whose 1890 masterpiece Cavalleria Rusticana takes a place among the most beloved staples of the operatic repertoire
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Lauritz Melchior738 - Lauritz Melchior
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Danish-born opera singer (1890–1973) who became the premier Wagnerian tenor of the early 20th century. Vintage sepia matte-finish 8 x 10 photo o
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Marcel Mihalovici739 - Marcel Mihalovici
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French composer (1898–1985). Intricate AMQS on a 10 x 7.75 sheet of musical manuscript paper. Mihalovici pens several bars of music for a sonata
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Nathan Milstein740 - Nathan Milstein
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Russian-born American virtuoso violinist (1903–1992). Vintage matte-finish 4 x 5.75 deckle-edge photo of Milstein in profile, signed in the lowe
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Giancarlo Menotti741 - Giancarlo Menotti
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Two-time Pulitzer Prize–winning American composer (1911–2007) best known for such popular operas as The Consul, The Saint of Bleecker Stre
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Carl Nielsen742 - Carl Nielsen
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Important Danish composer (1865–1931) best known for his six grandly scaled symphonies, a number of which bear such evocative subtitles as &am...
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Opera743 - Opera
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Three items: 5.75 x 8 page from a San Francisco Opera program for Otello, signed in ink by Lauritz Melchior, Richard Bonelli, and Raymond Marlowe, mat
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Opera744 - Opera
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Glossy 10 x 8 photo of a celebratory scene, signed in either blue or black felt tip by Licia Albanese, Bidu Sayao, Rise Stevens, Jarmila Novotna, and
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Opera Stars745 - Opera Stars
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Forty signed 8 x 10 photos, various finishes, including some vintage, each signed in ink or felt tip by the respective performer pictured. Signers are
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Carl Orff746 - Carl Orff
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German composer (1895-1982) best known for his oratorio Carmina Burana. AMQS at the bottom of a photocopied 8.5 x 11.5 musical manuscript page. At the
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Mario Peragallo747 - Mario Peragallo
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Italian composer (1910–1996) known mainly for his operas and a wide range of other works in the twelve-tone style. Vintage matte-finish 5.5 x 3.
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Rosa Ponselle748 - Rosa Ponselle
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Singer (1897–1981) who possessed one of the most beautiful voices of the century. Admired for “opulence of tone, evenness of scale, breadt
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Giacomo Puccini749 - Giacomo Puccini
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Vintage 3.5 x 5.5 postcard photo, signed in black fountain pen. In very good condition, with light toning and scattered light foxing. Pre-certified PS
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Maurice Ravel750 - Maurice Ravel
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Highly influential French composer (1875–1937) who remains unsurpassed in his imaginative use of instrumental color in his operas, brilliantly s
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Max Reger751 - Max Reger
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Prolific German composer (1873–1916) best known for his densely contrapuntal, Bach-inspired keyboard works. ALS in German, signed “Reger...
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Richard Rodgers752 - Richard Rodgers
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Sheet music to four of his compositions, “Younger than Springtime” (South Pacific), “Some Enchanted Evening” (South Pacific),
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Gioacchino Rossini753 - Gioacchino Rossini
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Important Italian composer (1792–1868) who became one of the seminal figures in the history of opera with such repertoire staples as the Barber
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Arnold Schoenberg754 - Arnold Schoenberg
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Austrian-born composer (1874–1951) whose development of the “twelve-tone” system proved to be one of the most far-reaching innovatio
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John Philip Sousa756 - John Philip Sousa
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Signed book: The Bride-Elect. Comic Opera in Three Acts. First edition. Cincinnati: The John Church Company, 1897. Softcover, 7.5 x 11, 255 pages. Sig
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John Philip Sousa757 - John Philip Sousa
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AMQS on an off-white 5.5 x 3.5 card. Sousa pens a bar of music from an unidentified work, signing underneath, “John Philip Sousa, Cleveland &a...
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Johann Strauss758 - Johann Strauss
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Eminent Viennese composer (1825–1899), known as "The Waltz King,” best known for such all-time favorites as “The Beautiful Bl...
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John Philip Sousa759 - John Philip Sousa
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Ink signature, “John Philip Sousa 1919,” on an off-white 3 x 1.25 slip affixed to an identical size black slip. In fine condition, with a
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Richard Strauss760 - Richard Strauss
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German composer (1864–1949) whose colorful symphonic poems and operas earned him a place among the most important figures in late-19th- and earl
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Richard Strauss762 - Richard Strauss
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Original signed pencil caricature sketch of Strauss by illustrator William Sharp on a tan 8.5 x 8 sheet. Signed in pencil by Strauss and initialed &...
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Richard Strauss763 - Richard Strauss
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Three TLSs in German, each one page, 8 x 11, each dated 1907. Sent to composer and conductor Hugo Gruters. According to our consignor, the untranslate
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Virgil Thomson764 - Virgil Thomson
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Important American composer (1896–1989) best known for his two operas written with Gertrude Stein. Thomson was also the only composer ever to re
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Arturo Toscanini765 - Arturo Toscanini
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AQS, in Italian, signed “Arturo Toscanini 16-4-1908 Milano” on an off-white 6 x 3.5 card. Toscanini paraphrases a quotation from Nietzsche
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AC/DC766 - AC/DC
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Unused 13” Sonor drumhead, signed in black felt tip by Angus Young, who adds a full caricature of himself, Malcolm Young, Cliff Williams, Simon
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AC/DC767 - AC/DC
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Glossy 10 x 8 ATCO publicity group photo, signed in blue felt tip by Angus Young, Malcolm Young, Brian Johnson, Chris Slade, and Cliff Williams. In fi
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AC/DC768 - AC/DC
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Natural wood-finish Stedman Pro ‘telecaster-style’ electric guitar, signed on the mother-of-pearl pickguard in blue felt tip by Angus and
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Aerosmith770 - Aerosmith
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Color glossy 10 x 8 group photo, signed in blue felt tip by Steven Tyler, Joe Perry, Brad Whitford, Tom Hamilton, and Joey Kramer. Some creasing to to
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Aerosmith771 - Aerosmith
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Color glossy 14 x 11 group photo of the neatly attired band, signed in blue and black felt tip by Steven Tyler, Tom Hamilton, Brad Whitford, Joe Perry
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Aerosmith772 - Aerosmith
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Aerosmith album signed on the front in black felt tip and silver ink by Steven Tyler, Tom Hamilton, Brad Whitford, Joe Perry, and Joey Kramer. In fine
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Aerosmith: Steven Tyler773 - Aerosmith: Steven Tyler
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Eye-catching natural wood-finish Stedman Pro ‘telecaster-style’ electric guitar, signed on the black pickguard in blue ink by Tyler. In fi
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Allman Brothers774 - Allman Brothers
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Brothers and Sisters album signed on the front cover in blue felt tip by Gregg Allman, Dickie Betts, and Jaimoe. In fine condition, with some scattere
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Gregg Allman775 - Gregg Allman
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Black-bodied Stedman Pro ‘telecaster-style’ electric guitar, with the band’s name on the body, signed on the mother-of-pearl pickgua
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Louis Armstrong776 - Louis Armstrong
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Vintage glossy 8 x 10 publicity photo of Armstrong and Velma Middleton on stage, signed and inscribed in fountain pen “To Bill, Louis Armstrong,
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The Association777 - The Association
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Vintage 11 x 8.5 songbook photo of the group, signed in ink and ballpoint by original members Russ Giguere, Terry Kirkman, Jim Yester, Ted Bluechel, a
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Milton Babbitt778 - Milton Babbitt
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Composer known for his serial and electronic music. Glossy 8 x 10 photo of Babbitt in front of one of the early synthesizers whose musical application
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Wilhelm Backhaus779 - Wilhelm Backhaus
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German pianist (1884–1969) known for his interpretation of romantic music. ALS in German, one page, 7 x 9, September 27, 1911. Untranslated lett
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Beach Boys: Brian Wilson780 - Beach Boys: Brian Wilson
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Program from The Pet Sounds Symphonic Tour, 10.5 x 10.5, signed on the front cover in black felt tip. In fine condition. Pre-certified Roger Epperson/
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