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 Caruso715 - Enrico Caruso
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Handsome matte-finish 3 x 4.5 postcard photo of Caruso in a three-quarter-length pose, signed in black ink, “Enrico Caruso, London, 1905.” Attractivel
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Wilhelm Furtwangler716 - 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 : 3,000.00 - 4,000.00
 
 
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George Gershwin717 - George Gershwin
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Extremely rare unsigned self-portrait pencil sketch by Gershwin on an off-white 4.25 x 6 sheet of telephone message paper; and a fountain pen signatur
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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Franz Joseph Haydn718 - Franz Joseph Haydn
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LS in French, one page, 8.25 x 10, November 1, 1803. Letter to Madame Moreau, an accomplished pianist of Creole descent and the wife of the Napoleonic
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Estimate : 75,000.00 - 80,000.00
 
 
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Patrick Gilmore719 - Patrick Gilmore
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Composer and bandmaster (1829–1892) who served in the Union Army, during which time he famously wrote ‘When Johnny Comes Marching Home.’ AMQS on an of
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Paul Hindemith720 - Paul Hindemith
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Versatile and prolific German-born composer and performer (1895–1963) whose best-known works include ‘Mathis der Maler,’ ‘Nobilissima Visione,’ and ‘D
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Erich Wolfgang Korngold721 - Erich Wolfgang Korngold
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Austro-Hungarian composer (1897–1957) who, after producing much well-received ‘serious’ music, enjoyed great success as a film composer and was nomina
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Franz Lehar722 - Franz Lehar
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Handsome matte-finish 3.25 x 5.25 postcard photo of Lehar in a head-and-shoulders pose, signed in the lower border in fountain pen. In fine condition,
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Franz Lehar723 - Franz Lehar
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ALS in pencil in German, one page, 5.75 x 4.75, personal letterhead, August 7, 1933. A brief letter including an eight-bar AMQS for piano on two stave
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Franz Lehar724 - Franz Lehar
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Signed book: the piano and vocal score for Giuditta. Leipzig: Verlag W. Karczag, 1933. Expertly rebound in a quarter-leather blue binding with origina
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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