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Description:
Rachmaninoff, Sergei (1873-1943) Two Typed Letters Signed, Autographed Picture Postcard, and Photograph.
The letters both from 1922, both to Berthold Neuer at Knabe Pianos in New York, with old folds, some toning and surface grime, edge chipping, closed tears, each 8 1/2 x 11 in.; signed portrait postcard, folds along the bottom of the image, with the signature in blue; and a black-and-white photographic portrait on cream-colored matte stock, 1918, possibly signed by the photographer, not the subject, 8 3/4 x 11 1/2 in. (4)
Estimate $1,000-2,000
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Berthold NeuerJohn Dorfman
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