RR Auction: Fine Autographs and Artifacts Featuring Music and Prince

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music Brilliant, boldly signed, distinguished portrait of the revered Romantic composer 600. Johannes Brahms Signed Photograph. Exceptional and uncommon mounted 5 x 7.5 head-and-shoulders photo of Brahms, boldly signed on the mount in ink, and dated at Vienna. In fine condition, with light scuffing to the image. A large, boldly signed, crystal-clear image of the legendary composer. A most attractive and incredibly sharp portrait. Starting Bid $300

Rare Rimsky-Korsakov handwritten letter on musical matters 601. Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov Autograph Letter Signed. ALS in

Russian, signed “N. A. Korsakov,” one page, 5.25 x 8.5, September 14, 1903. Handwritten letter to Vasily Ilyich, in part (translated): “I came back to Saint Petersburg and found an old romance. I am ready to send it to you but waiting your response (not in the form of a poem) that you forgot to write...I will mail it to you as soon as I receive a positive answer...with a poem.” In fine condition, with a small chip to the bottom edge. Accompanied by an unrelated envelope addressed in Rimsky-Korsakov’s hand to Ivan Ivanovich Sidorov care of the Russian composer Boris Lvovich Levenzon. Starting Bid $300

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