AUTOGRAPH LETTERS, MANUSCRIPTS & HISTORICAL DOCUMENTS AUCTION

CHALIAPIN FEODOR: (1873-1938) Russian opera singer, widely regarded as one of the finest bass singers of the 20th century. An oblong 8vo portion o...

Der Weg der Verheisung WEILL KURT: (1900-1950) German-American Composer. Weill held the ideal of writing music that would serve a social purpose. ...

CILEA FRANCESCO: (1866-1950) Italian Composer. Best known for his operas Adriana Lecouvreur (1902) and L´Arlesiana (1897) with his celebrated aria...

MENOTTI GIAN CARLO: (1911-2007) Italian-American Composer. One of the most frequently performed opera composers of the 20th century. Menotti wrote...

RACHMANINOFF SERGEI: (1873-1943) Russian Composer and Pianist. A fine and clean A.M.Q.S., signed twice, Sergei Rachmaninoff, and `S.R.´ with his i...

STRAVINSKY IGOR: (1882-1971) Russian Composer. A Good and clean A.M.Q.S., `Igor Stravinsky´, with inscription, to an 8.5 x 10.5 (21,5 x 27 cm) pag...

TOSCANINI ARTURO: (1867-1957) Italian Conductor. An excellent A.M.Q.S., Arturo Toscanini, underlined, one page, 8.5 x 10.5, (21,5 x 27 cm), to a p...

WALTER BRUNO : (1876-1962) German Conductor, Pianist and Composer. Walter worked closely with Gustav Mahler, and made recordings of historical sig...

SABATA VICTOR DE: (1892-1967) Italian Conductor and Composer. Widely regarded as one of the most distinguished operatic conductors of the 20th cen...

STOKOWSKI LEOPOLD: (1882-1977) English Conductor of Polish descent. A good A.M.Q.S., `Leopold Stokowski´, with inscription, to an 8.5 x 10.5 (21,5...

KARAJAN HERBERT VON: (1908-1989) Austrian Conductor. A good and unusual A.M.Q.S., Herbert von Karajan, with inscription, one page, to an 8.5 x 10....

HOROWITZ VLADIMIR: (1903-1989) Russian-born American Pianist. Widely recognized as one of the greatest pianists of all time. A good bold black fou...

KEMPFF WILHELM: (1895-1991) German Pianist. A very good A.M.Q.S., `Wilhelm Kempff´, to an 8.5 x 10.5 (21,5 x 27 cm) page removed from an autograph...

HEIFETZ JASCHA: (1901-1987) Russian-born American Violinist. An excellent signed, with his name in Cyrillic, and inscribed page, 8.5 x 10.5, (21,5...

SCHIPA TITO: (1888-1965) Italian Tenor. An excellent signed and inscribed 8.5 x 10.5 (21,5 x 27 cm) page removed from an autograph album, in Itali...

REINHARDT MAX & WERFEL FRANZ: Three signed clipped 12mo pieces, one inscribed, and carefully affixed to an 8.5 x 10.5 page (21,5 x 27 cm) removed ...

CHAPLIN CHARLES: (1889-1977) English film comedian, Academy Award winner. A bold black fountain pen ink signature ('Yours sincerely, Charles Chapl...

WELLES ORSON: (1915-1985) American Actor & Film Director, Academy Award winner. A.L.S., Orson, to the verso of a picture postcard of Ravello, Hote...

VIDOR KING: (1894-1982) American Film Director, Academy Award winner. A bold blue ink autograph with amusing inscription, `I must write this now a...

MACHATY GUSTAV: (1901-1963) Czech film director of Erotikon and Ecstasy, the latter of which made both Machaty, and lead actress Hedy Lamarr, inte...

BERGMAN INGRID (1915-1982) Swedish actress, Academy Award winner & ROSSELLINI ROBERTO (1906-1977) Italian film director, husband of Bergman 1950-5...

LANCASTER BURT: (1913-1994) American Actor, Academy Award winner. Unusual signed and inscribed page by Lancaster, `To Marina Freddi Chaliapine, wi...

VALENTI OSVALDO: (1906-1945) Italian film Actor. Valenti and his lover Luisa Ferida (1914-1945) were executed by partisans in Milan, because of th...

MANN THOMAS: (1875-1955) German Novelist, Nobel Prize winner for Literature, 1929. A clean bold black fountain pen ink signature `Thomas Mann´ to ...

PESHKOV ZINOVY: (1884-1966) Russian-born French General, best-known as the adopted son of Gorky. Born as Yeshua Zalman Sverdlov, he was taken at t...

BUNIN IVAN: (1870-1953) Russian Writer, the first from his country to win the Nobel Prize for Literature, 1933. A bold black fountain pen ink sign...

ANNENKOV YURI: (1889-1974) Also known as Georges Annenkov. Russian Artist, mostly known for his book illustrations and portraits. He also worked f...

VERTES MARCEL: (1895-1961) French costume Designer of Hungarian-Jewish origins. Vertes won two Academy Awards for Art Direction and Costume Design...

'Happy New Year!' JOYCE JAMES: (1882-1941) Irish novelist, one of the most influential and important writers of the 20th century. A fine dark foun...

GRAND DUKE DMITRI PAVLOVICH: (1891-1942) Grand Duke of Russia, grandson of Tsar Alexander II and first cousin of Tsar Nicholas II and Prince Phili...

MUSSOLINI BENITO: (1883-1945) Italian Fascist Dictator of World War II. Executed. A bold blue pencil annotation in Mussolini´s hand `Film Le Due C...

PAVOLINI ALESSANDRO: (1903-1945) Italian Politician, Lawyer and Journalist. Secretary of the Republican Fascist party 1943-45 and Minister of Popu...

CHALIAPIN FEODOR: (1873-1938) Russian opera Singer. A very unusual and amusing autograph inscription by Chaliapin, addressed to his own daughter M...

[CHALIAPIN MARINA]: (1912-2009) Russian ballerina & actress, daughter of Feodor Chaliapin and wife of Luigi Freddi, the Italian Minister of Cultur...