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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Enrico Caruso755 - Enrico Caruso
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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
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Maria Callas756 - Maria Callas
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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
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Composers757 - Composers
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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
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Composers758 - Composers
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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
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Estimate : 3,000.00 - 3,500.00
 
 
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Claude Debussy759 - Claude Debussy
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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...
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Gottfried von Einem760 - Gottfried von Einem
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Austrian composer (1918–1996) known chiefly for his operas. Autograph musical manuscript in ink and pencil, unsigned, one musically lined page, March
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Georges Enesco761 - Georges Enesco
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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
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Niels Gade762 - Niels Gade
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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
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Wilhelm Furtwangler763 - Wilhelm Furtwangler
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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
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Estimate : 4,000.00 - 5,000.00
 
 
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Percy Grainger764 - Percy Grainger
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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
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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