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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Enrico Caruso819 - Enrico Caruso
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Remarkably unique custom-bound hardcover album, 15.5 x 19.5, containing 44 caricature drawings by Enrico Caruso. Each drawing—31 in pencil or graphite
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Estimate : 5,000.00 - 6,000.00
 
 
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Antonin Dvorak820 - Antonin Dvorak
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Esteemed Czech composer (1841–1904) of orchestral and chamber music, best known for his Symphony No. 9, ‘From the New World.’ Rare 4.25 x 6.5 cabinet
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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Gabriel Faure821 - Gabriel Faure
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Influential French composer (1845–1924). ALS in French, on a 3.5 x 5.5 picture postcard of a mountain goat, 1910. Postcard to Madame J. Fauri in Orse,
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Rudolf Friml822 - Rudolf Friml
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Czech-born composer (1879–1972) of such ‘light’ classics as the operettas ‘The Firefly,’ ‘Rose Marie,’ and ‘The Vagabond King.’ AMQS on an off-white 6
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Wilhelm Furtwangler823 - Wilhelm Furtwangler
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Highly regarded German conductor (1886–1954) who became embroiled in controversy with the rise of the Third Reich. Though vehemently anti-Hitler, he w
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Victor Herbert824 - Victor Herbert
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AMQS on an off-white 5 x 3 card. Herbert pens three bars of music from his opera ‘Natoma,’ signing underneath, “Sincerely yours, Victor Herbert, March
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Alfred Hertz825 - Alfred Hertz
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German conductor (1872–1942) best known as the director of the San Francisco Symphony. Oversized matte-finish 10.5 x 13.5 photo of Hertz with a cigar
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Leos Janacek826 - Leos Janacek
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Czech composer, musical theorist, folklorist, publicist, and teacher (1854–1928) considered one of the most important opera composers of the first hal
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Aram Khachaturian827 - Aram Khachaturian
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Armenian composer (1903-1978) of the spirited ‘Sabre Dance.’ AMQS on a 5 x 6.25 off-white sheet. Khachaturian pens a single bar of music, signing at t
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Fritz Kreisler828 - Fritz Kreisler
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Two items: ALS, one page, 5.75 x 9, Hotel Wellington letterhead, January 22, 1923, enclosing a payment; and an ink signature, “Fritz Kreisler, 1907,”
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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