RR Auction: Rare Manuscripts, Documents and Autographs

ALS signed “Ira,” one page, 8.5 x 11, personal letterhead, March 10, 1969. Letter to his accountant. In part: “Herewith are my final, I believe, 1099s

Vintage 3.5 x 5.5 Brunswick Records promotional photo, signed in blue ballpoint. In very good condition, with scattered creases and some light surface

Original vintage bound edition of the vocal score for ‘Porgy and Bess,’ 9 x 12, 559 pages, signed and inscribed in fountain pen under his image on the

Distinguished, Academy Award–winning American composer and conductor (1911–1975) who, over the course of four decades, earned a place among the most i

Rare vintage glossy 8 x 10 photo of Haley as a young man, signed and inscribed on the reverse in black ink “Best of luck to one of my best fans, Virgi

Original vintage newspaper page from the October 11, 1968, edition of The Plain Dealer, 11.5 x 14.5 with a story about a Big Brother and the Holding C

DS, signed “Jerome D. Kern,” one page, 8.5 x 11, December 30, 1931. Kern grants T. B. Harms Co. the publication, mechanical instrument, and performing

Vintage glossy 8 x 10 photo, signed and inscribed in blue ballpoint “Joseph Shapiro, William C. Handy, 8-9-1954.” In very good condition, with scatter

Five items: one program for An Evening with Frederick Loewe, 6 x 9, University of Redlands, March 2, 1968, signed inside, “Si-Si-Si, Love, Fritz”; one

Popular American R&B singer (1932–1972) who recorded such hits as ‘Have Mercy Baby’ and ‘I Never Knew’ before succumbing to alcohol-induced hear...