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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Igor Stravinsky615 - Igor Stravinsky
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Choice matte-finish 3.5 x 5.75 head-and-shoulders photo, boldly signed and inscribed in the lower border in fountain pen, “To Mr. R. Joseph Kayser, si
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Richard Strauss616 - Richard Strauss
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Scarce AMQS on an off-white 6 x 4 album page, crisply signed at the bottom in black ink, “Dr. Richard Strauss.” Strauss pens a few bars from the openi
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky617 - Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
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Esteemed Russian composer (1840–1893) whose colorful, dramatic, and expressive works represent the epitome of the Russian Romantic tradition and take
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Estimate : 10,000.00 - 12,000.00
 
 
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Ralph Vaughan Williams618 - Ralph Vaughan Williams
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Influential English composer (1872–1958) of symphonies, chamber music, opera, choral music, and film scores. Scarce ALS signed “R. Vaughan Williams,”
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Giuseppe Verdi619 - Giuseppe Verdi
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ALS in Italian, signed “G. Verdi,” one page, 4.25 x 6.75, May 5, 1891. Letter to Italian novelist Edmondo de Amicis. Verdi writes that, as long as the
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Estimate : 8,000.00 - 10,000.00
 
 
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Herbert von Karajan620 - Herbert von Karajan
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Semi-glossy 5.75 x 4 postcard photo of the conductor wearing sunglasses, signed in blue ballpoint. In very good condition, with a vertical crease and
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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William Walton621 - William Walton
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Distinguished British composer (1902–1983) best known for such works as Façade, a theatrical collaboration with Edith Sitwell, and the oratorio...
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Estimate : 2,500.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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Richard Wagner622 - Richard Wagner
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Extraordinary AMQS on an off-white 7 x 5 sheet, crisply signed at the conclusion, “Dresden, 12 Sept. 1843, Richard Wagner.” Wagner pens four bars from
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Estimate : 15,000.00 - 20,000.00
 
 
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Louis Armstrong625 - Louis Armstrong
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DS, two pages, 8.5 x 11, August 30, 1946. Agreement between Armstrong and producer Jules Levey, in which Armstrong agrees to appear “in a motion pictu
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Beatles626 - Beatles
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Original unused full ticket for the famous Beatles concert at Shea Stadium on August 23, 1966, 6.25 x 1.5, bearing an image of the Fab Four on the rig
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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