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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Francis Poulenc673 - Francis Poulenc
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Renowned French composer (1899–1963) best known for his colorful, energetic keyboard works, art songs, and choral music, and the operatic staple ‘Dial
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Sviatoslav Richter674 - Sviatoslav Richter
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Soviet piano virtuoso (1915–1997) who was widely considered one of the greatest pianists of the 20th century. Russian release of Franz Liszt Concerto
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov675 - Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
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Eminent Russian composer (1844–1908) best known for such brilliantly orchestrated works as Scheherazade and for operatic staples like ‘Sadko,’ ‘The Ta
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Gioacchino Rossini676 - Gioacchino Rossini
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Important Italian composer (1792–1868) who became one of the seminal figures in the history of opera with such repertoire staples as The Barber of Sev
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Estimate : 2,500.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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Anton Rubinstein677 - Anton Rubinstein
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Russian pianist, composer, and conductor who became a pivotal figure in Russian culture when he founded the Saint Petersburg Conservatory (1829–1894).
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Antonio Salieri678 - Antonio Salieri
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Venetian composer and conductor (1750–1825). As the Austrian imperial Kapellmeister from 1788 to 1824, he was one of the most important and famous mus
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Estimate : 8,000.00 - 10,000.00
 
 
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Arnold Schonberg679 - Arnold Schonberg
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Austrian-born composer (1874–1951) whose development of the twelve-tone system proved to be one of the most far-reaching innovations in the history of
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Estimate : 2,500.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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Franz Schreker680 - Franz Schreker
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German composer (1878–1934) best known for his operas and orchestral music. Schreker, a Jew, was denounced by the Nazis for the production of ‘Entarte
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Dmitri Shostakovich681 - Dmitri Shostakovich
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Soviet composer (1906–1975) whose fifteen symphonies occupy a place of central performance in the orchestral literature of the twentieth century. AMQS
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Estimate : 3,000.00 - 3,500.00
 
 
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Richard Strauss682 - 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 : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Richard Strauss683 - Richard Strauss
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ALS in German, signed, “Dr. Richard Strauss,” one page, 4.5 x 3.5, personal letterhead, December 5, 1938. Letter to composer Gustave Samarzenich. In p
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Igor Stravinsky684 - Igor Stravinsky
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Glossy 9.5 x 7 photo of Stravinsky conducting, signed in fountain pen “I. Stravinsky, 1957.” In very good to fine condition, with minor surface marks,
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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Bruno Walter685 - Bruno Walter
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German-born conductor and composer (1876–1962). Collection of three letters in German, each signed “Bruno Walter,” consisting of one ALS and two TLSs,
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Felix Weingartner686 - Felix Weingartner
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Austrian composer and conductor (1863–1942). Fantastic AMQS on an off-white 10 x 7 album page. Weingartner pens four detailed bars of an unidentified
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Aerosmith: Joe Perry690 - Aerosmith: Joe Perry
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Black-bodied Stedman Pro ‘telecaster-style’ electric guitar, signed on the white pickguard in black felt tip. In fine condition. Oversized.
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Louis Armstrong691 - Louis Armstrong
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TLS signed “Louis Amrstrong, Satchmo,” one page, 8.5 x 11.5, typed on the reverse of a sheet advertising ‘Lose Weight the Satchmo Way,’ December 21, 1
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Beatles692 - Beatles
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Vintage 8.5 x 11.5 magazine composite photo of the band in matching suits, signed in green ballpoint, “John Lennon,” “George Harrison,” and “Ringo Sta
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Estimate : 4,000.00 - 5,000.00
 
 
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Beatles: John Lennon693 - Beatles: John Lennon
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ALS signed “John Lennon,” and “Yoko Ono,” one page, 8.25 x 10, no date, but mid-1970s. Letter to the owner of a West Hollywood boutique called Bowinkl
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Estimate : 10,000.00 - 12,000.00
 
 
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Beatles694 - Beatles
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Rare original unsigned gold cover program for The Beatles Show, from their 1963 November-December tour, 8 x 10, 12 pages, with two great large photos
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Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
 
 
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Beatles: John Lennon and Jimmy Carter695 - Beatles: John Lennon and Jimmy Carter
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Interesting pairing of ballpoint signatures, “John Lennon” and “Jimmy Carter,” on an off-white 5 x 3.25 album page. In fine condition, with mild tonin
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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