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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William Grant Still849 - William Grant Still
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Prominent African-American composer (1895–1978) whose pioneering Afro-American Symphony (1930) was the first work of its kind. Typed tribute letter, s
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Richard Strauss850 - 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 early 20th-
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Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
 
 
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Igor Stravinsky851 - Igor Stravinsky
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AMQS on a gold trimmed 5.25 x 3.25 off-white deckle-edge card. Stravinsky pens a single bar of music, and signs and inscribes, “To H. Keith Thompson,
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Ambroise Thomas852 - Ambroise Thomas
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French composer of light operas (1811–1896). Bold AMQS on an off-white 6.75 x 4.5 sheet, May 1895. Thomas pens seven bars of music and lyrics of a mel
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Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
 
 
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Giuseppe Verdi853 - Giuseppe Verdi
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Italian composer (1813–1901) who was one of the most influential figures in the history of opera. ALS in French, signed “G. Verdi,” one page both side
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Estimate : 2,500.00 - 3,500.00
 
 
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Giuseppe Verdi854 - Giuseppe Verdi
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Italian composer (1813–1901) who was one of the most influential figures in the history of opera. Superb 6.75 x 9.75 imperial cabinet photo of Verdi w
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Estimate : 6,500.00 - 7,500.00
 
 
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AC/DC855 - AC/DC
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Highway to Hell album signed on the front cover in blue ballpoint, “Bon AC/DC,” “Angus Young AC/DC,” “Malcolm,” “Phil AC/DC,” and “Cliff Williams AC/D
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Estimate : 4,000.00 - 5,000.00
 
 
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AC/DC856 - AC/DC
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Flower hologram-style RIAA gold record award presented to Angus Young “to commemorate the sale of more than 500,000 copies of the Atlantic Record…’Blo
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Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
 
 
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Beatles858 - Beatles
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A mono black/gold first pressing of the Beatles’ Please Please Me album signed on the back cover in blue ballpoint, “Paul McCartney,” “John Lennon,” “
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Estimate : 30,000.00 - 40,000.00
 
 
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Beatles859 - Beatles
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Vintage ballpoint signatures, “John Lennon,” “Paul McCartney,” “George Harrison, xxx, The Beatles,” and “Ringo Starr, xxx,” on the reverse of an unrel
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Estimate : 6,000.00 - 8,000.00
 
 
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