RR Auction: Rare Manuscript, Document, and Autograph Auction

FDC with a cachet honoring Expo ‘74 of the World’s Fair, signed in black ballpoint by Silverstein, adding a quick sketch of a shell under his signatur

Collection of six hardcover books, each signed on the title or first free end page by Updike. Titles are: Couples, Rabbit Redux, The Early Stories, Th

Personal check, 8.5 x 3.5, filled out in type and signed by Williams, payable to Robert Carroll for $176.99, November 30, 1978. In fine condition, wit

Chase National Bank check, 6.25 x 2.75, filled out and signed by Williams, “Tennessee Williams, (Special account),” payable to cash for $20, December

Signed book: The Right Stuff. First edition. NY: Farrar, Straus, Giroux, 1979. Hardcover with dust jacket, 5.75 x 8.5, 436 pages. Signed on the title

Hungarian violinist, teacher, conductor, and composer (1845–1930). ALS signed “L. Auer,” one page, 5 x 8, personal letterhead, January 7, 1926. Letter

Austrian composer (1885–1935) who produced compositions that combined Mahlerian Romanticism with a personal adaptation of Schoenberg's twelve-to...

Important Austrian composer (1824–1896) known for his symphonies, masses, and motets. His symphonies are considered emblematic of the final stage of A

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

Eccentric and supremely gifted violinist (1916–2002) whose performances were characterized by intensity and extraordinary facility. Adorable matte-fin

Two color Italian postcards, each 3.5 x 5.5, one signed on the front, “Caruso,” and the other bearing a brief ANS, signed “Enrico Caruso,” and dated A

ALS signed “Maria Meneghini Callas,” one page both sides, 5.25 x 3.25, The Towers, The Waldorf-Astoria letterhead, January 28, 1958. Letter to Mrs. Ne

Collection of three items: first, an ALS from Leonard Bernstein, signed “Lenny B.,” one page on a 3 x 5.25 postcard, March 16, 1956. Letter to Mr. Joe

An outstanding collection of nine AMQSs on a single 7.75 x 9.25 off-white sheet, with each composer penning at least three intricate bars of music and

Signed book: Le Martyre de Saint-Sebastien. First edition. Paris: Durand & Cie, 1911. Hardcover with slipcase, 9.75 x 12.5, 104 pages. Neatly si...

Austrian composer (1918–1996) known chiefly for his operas. Autograph musical manuscript in ink and pencil, unsigned, one musically lined page, March

ALS in French, one page both sides, 6.25 x 8.25, August 26, 1932. Untranslated letter to Louis Persinger about his pupil, Yvonne Astruc. In fine condi

Eminent Danish composer and conductor (1817–1890). AMQS on a lightly gridded 8.5 x 8.5 off-white sheet, signed below, “Copenhagen, Martz 1887, Niels W

Autograph musical manuscript in pencil, four pages on two adjoining sheets, 9.75 x 13.25, signed in the upper right, “Furtwangler,” and dated 1897. Fu

Collection of five ALSs by Grainger to Clement Barton, totaling six pages, dated 1933–1940, many with musical content. One, in part: “That wonderful w