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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Musicians621 - Musicians
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Ink signatures of eight musicians on three various size album pages. First page bears an AMQS from Jacques Thibault, who pens eight bars from ‘Presto,
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Sergei Prokofiev624 - Sergei Prokofiev
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Eminent and prolific Russian composer (1891–1953) best known for his colorful, rhythmically vigorous works, including symphonies, operas, and much mus
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 2,500.00
 
 
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Sergei Rachmaninoff625 - Sergei Rachmaninoff
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Distinguished pianist and composer (1873–1943) who takes a place among the last great figures of the Russian romantic school. Scarce vintage matte-fin
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Estimate : 2,500.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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Giacomo Puccini626 - Giacomo Puccini
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Vintage matte-finish 6.75 x 8.5 portrait of Puccini in a reclining pose and smoking a cigarette, affixed to its original 10 x 15 mount, signed and ins
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Estimate : 3,000.00 - 4,000.00
 
 
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Giacomo Puccini627 - Giacomo Puccini
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Color vintage 5.5 x 3.5 postcard of the Praterstern, Vienna, signed in red fountain pen, “Giacomo Puccini, 29-10-07, Wien.” In fine condition, with a
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Arnold Schoenberg628 - 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 innovations in the history
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Estimate : 1,800.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Leopold Stokowski629 - Leopold Stokowski
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Archive of 18 TLSs to his close friends, musicians Juri and Vera Jelagin, nearly all signed “Leopold,” each approximately one page, 8.5 x 5.5, persona
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Maurice Ravel630 - Maurice Ravel
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Sheet music for Ravel’s ‘d'Anne qui me jecta de la neige,’ published by C. G. Roder of Paris, 10 x 13.25, five pages, signed and inscribed on th...
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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John Philip Sousa631 - John Philip Sousa
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Superb vintage 3 x 5 real photo postcard showing Sousa in a three-quarter-length pose, signed vertically in black ink, “John Philip Sousa.” Nicely dou
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Igor Stravinsky632 - Igor Stravinsky
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Beautiful AMQS on white double-weight 5.75 x 3.5 custom-made collector’s card, similar in look to an invitation card. Stravinsky pens several bars of
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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