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 continues to achieve 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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Pablo de Sarasate712 - Pablo de Sarasate
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Spanish violinist and composer of the Romantic period (1844–1908). Great 4 x 5.75 cabinet portrait of Sarasate posing with his violin and bow, signed
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Leo Delibes713 - Leo Delibes
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ALS in French, one page, 4 x 6.5, no date. Untranslated letter to a friend. In fine condition, with a bit of scattered trivial soiling and a couple pe
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Gaetano Donizetti714 - Gaetano Donizetti
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Composer (1797–1848), born in Bergamo, Italy. AMQS on a 12.5 x 8.5 off-white musically-lined sheet. Donizetti pens 21 bars of music from an unidentifi
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 2,500.00
 
 
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Mischa Elman715 - Mischa Elman
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Russian violinist (1891–1967), who began his virtuosic career as a child and played Carnegie Hall at age 17. His recording career spanned six decades,
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Georges Enesco716 - Georges Enesco
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ALS in French, one page both sides, 5.5 x 8.5, Mount Royal Hotel letterhead, January 6, 1933. Untranslated to Louis Persinger. In fine condition. Acco
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Gabriel Faure717 - Gabriel Faure
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Influential French composer (1845–1924). ALS in French, one page, 4.5 x 7, no date. Untranslated letter to an unidentified gentleman. In fine conditio
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Edvard Grieg718 - Edvard Grieg
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Important Norwegian composer and pianist (1843–1907) whose works, often with a strong nationalistic flavor, include such repertory staples as the ‘Pia
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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Percy Grainger719 - Percy Grainger
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Well-regarded Australian-born pianist, conductor, and composer (1882–1961) best known for his folk settings and colorful experimental works. Matte-fin
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Emil Gilels720 - Emil Gilels
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Highly acclaimed Soviet pianist (1916–1985). Beethoven Piano Concert No. 3 in C Minor Op. 37 album signed and inscribed on the front cover in Cyrillic
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Charles Gounod721 - Charles Gounod
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French composer (1818–1893) known for his opera, Faust, and for his composition of ‘Ave Maria.’ Untranslated ALS in French, signed “Ch. Gounod,” one p
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