RR Auction: Rare Manuscript, Document, and Autograph Auction

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Headquartered in Boston’s North End, RR Auction is a globally recognized and trusted source for rare documents, manuscripts, autographs, and historic artifacts. Since its inception in 1980, RR has achieved countless record-setting prices in over 425 successful sales, including Truman Capote’s hand-notated manuscript for Breakfast at Tiffany’s for over $300,000, President Kennedy’s 1963 convertible for $318,000, and a pair of Bonnie and Clyde’s guns for over $500,000. Internationally known and frequently featured in all media outlets—with appearances on NBC’s Today Show, CBS This Morning, Fox News, the New York Times Sunday Magazine, and the London Times—RR Auction prides itself on selling authentic material, thoroughly examined by in-house experts and third-party authenticators, to uphold the guarantee of authenticity. With a stunning full-color print catalog and a massive online presence, RR Auction’s nearly four decades of business continue to grow, achieving record prices for clients around the world.
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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Ferruccio Busoni739 - Ferruccio Busoni
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Important Italian composer, pianist, and conductor (1866–1924) best known for his complex contrapuntal keyboard works. Vintage pencil signature, “Ferr
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Feodor Chaliapin740 - Feodor Chaliapin
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Vintage matte-finish 7 x 9 Mishkin photo of the singer in his greatest role as Boris Godonov, signed and inscribed in fountain pen, in French. A few c
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Johannes Brahms741 - Johannes Brahms
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Famed German composer (1833–1897) whose works in the classical spirit, written in the midst of the Romantic era, take a place among the most enduring
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Estimate : 4,500.00 - 5,500.00
 
 
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Enrico Caruso742 - Enrico Caruso
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Vintage 5.5 x 3.5 postcard photo, with three images of Caruso, two in the characters from Marta and Rigoletto, signed and inscribed in fountain pen, i
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Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
 
 
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Classical Music and Opera743 - Classical Music and Opera
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Collection of nine items consisting of signatures and a TLS, each signed by a different composer or signer. Signers are: Jascha Heifitz, Leopold Stoko
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Enrico Caruso744 - Enrico Caruso
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Original vintage signed self-portrait fountain pen sketch of the tenor in a profile head-and-shoulders pose with a large collar on a 5.5 x 3.5 French
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Classical Music745 - Classical Music
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Collection of 10 signed photos, various sizes and finishes, each signed in ink or felt tip by the classical music artist pictured. Signers are: Rafael
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Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
 
 
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Composers and Conductors746 - Composers and Conductors
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Six items, consisting of a letter, AMQS, signature, two photos, and a check, each signed by a prominent composer or conductor. Signers are: Alfred Gru
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Conductors and Singers747 - Conductors and Singers
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Vintage ink signatures of nine conductors and signers on both sides of two off-white 5 x 7 album pages. Signers include: conductors Bruno Walter, Vict
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Composers and Singers748 - Composers and Singers
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Ink signatures of composers Maurice Ravel and Hans Pfitzner, soprano Margit Bokol, Wagnerian baritone Rudolf Bockelmann, and tenors Fritz Schrodter an
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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