RR Auction: Remarkable Rarities

Important French painter (1882–1963) who, along with Picasso, was one of the seminal figures in the development of Cubism. Ink signature, “G Braque, 1

American playwright and screenwriter (1905–1984) best known for such classics as The Children’s Hour, The Little Foxes, and Watch on the Rhine. TLS, o

TLS, one page both sides, 6.5 x 7.5, Faber and Faber Limited letterhead, December 22, 1953. Letter to Anne Munro-Kerr of London’s League of Dramatists

Highly influential American writer (1922–1969) widely acknowledged as the most dynamic and brilliant figure of the ‘Beat’ movement. His classic autobi

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

Influential French composer (1803–1869) of such repertory staples as the programmatic ‘Symphonie fantastique’ and the opera ‘Les Troyens.’ ALS in Fren

German conductor, virtuoso pianist, and composer (1830–1894) who was at one time a pupil of Liszt. Large AMQS on an off-white 11 x 6.5 musically lined

ALS in German, signed “JB,” one page, 5.25 x 3, February 3, 1887. Letter to a correspondent in Berlin, in part: “If my reservations on the variations

Eminent Viennese composer (1825–1899), known as the ‘Waltz King,’ best known for such all-time favorites as ‘The Beautiful Blue Danube’ and the ‘Emper

Distinguished Finnish composer (1865–1957) of Romantic-nationalistic tendencies, best known for his seven completed symphonies and the tone poem ‘Finl