Fine Autograph and Artifact Auction: Featuring Pop Culture

Auction Details

RR Auction's December Fine Autograph and Artifact sale boasts more than 900 lots, highlighted by a multitude of important historical letters and a robust selection of material from popular culture. Highlights of the sale include a signed Abraham Lincoln carte-de-visite, checks from George Washington and Donald Trump, a Charles Dickens autograph quote from A Christmas Carol, rare artifacts recovered from the USS Arizona after Pearl Harbor, unique mixed-media artwork by Bob Dylan, a Christmas card from Al Capone, and rare oversized 'outtake' prints from the Beatles' famous Abbey Road shoot. RR Auction is a globally recognized and trusted auction house specializing in historical autographs and artifacts. Join us as we make history selling history in December 2018.
ALS - Autograph Letter Signed
ANS - Autograph Note Signed
AQS - Autograph Quotation Signed
AMQS - Autograph Musical Quotation Signed
DS - Document Signed
FDC - First Day Cover
Inscribed - “Personalized”
ISP - Inscribed Signed Photograph
LS - Letter Signed
SP - Signed Photograph
TLS - Typed Letter Signed
Choose Your Layout > Switch to Grid View Switch to List View
Jefferson Davis312 - Jefferson Davis
RR Auction
ALS, three pages on two adjoining sheets, 6 x 9.5, July 25, 1882. Written from Beauvoir, Mississippi, a letter to Georgia Congressman V. H. Manning, i
No Online Bidding For This Lot
Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
Details...Bookmark
Varina Davis313 - Varina Davis
RR Auction
ALS signed “V. Jefferson Davis,” three pages both sides, 5.25 x 7, July 1, 1905. Letter to Virginia Frazer Boyle, the 'Poet Laureate of the Conf...
No Online Bidding For This Lot
Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
Details...Bookmark
Abner Doubleday314 - Abner Doubleday
RR Auction
Union general (1819–1893) famous for his association with the invention of the game of baseball. In April 1861, Doubleday served in the garrison at Fo
No Online Bidding For This Lot
Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
Details...Bookmark
U. S. Grant315 - U. S. Grant
RR Auction
ALS, four pages on two adjoining sheets, 5 x 8, Headquarters Armies of the United States letterhead, August 3, 1866. Letter to Ella Steele about the p
No Online Bidding For This Lot
Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
Details...Bookmark
Winfield Scott Hancock316 - Winfield Scott Hancock
RR Auction
Union general (1824–1886) who distinguished himself in the Battle of Gettysburg and later commanded Custer and the 7th Cavalry against the Cheyenne in
No Online Bidding For This Lot
Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
Details...Bookmark
Robert E. Lee317 - Robert E. Lee
RR Auction
ALS signed “R. E. Lee,” one page both sides, 7.75 x 9.75, July 6, 1868. Written from Lexington, Virginia, a letter to Robert Beverley of Fauquier Coun
No Online Bidding For This Lot
Estimate : 2,500.00 - 3,500.00
 
 
Details...Bookmark
Thomas J. 'Stonewall' Jackson318 - Thomas J. 'Stonewall' Jackson
RR Auction
Civil War–dated ALS signed “T. J. Jackson, Brig.,” one page both sides, 5.5 x 8.75, July 13, 1861. Letter to a colonel, written from "Hd qs 1st...
No Online Bidding For This Lot
Estimate : 8,000.00 - 10,000.00
 
 
Details...Bookmark
Thomas J. ‘Stonewall’ Jackson319 - Thomas J. ‘Stonewall’ Jackson
RR Auction
Civil War–dated ALS signed “T. J. Jackson,” one page both sides, 5.75 x 7, May 8, 1862. Letter to Maj. Gen. Richard S. Ewell, written at "5:10 ...
No Online Bidding For This Lot
Estimate : 5,000.00 - 7,000.00
 
 
Details...Bookmark
Robert E. Lee320 - Robert E. Lee
RR Auction
Incredible war-dated ALS signed “R. E. Lee,” three lightly-lined pages on two adjoining sheets, 5.25 x 8, May 11, 1861. Letter to his cousin Jane B. P
No Online Bidding For This Lot
Estimate : 3,500.00 - 4,500.00
 
 
Details...Bookmark
James Longstreet321 - James Longstreet
RR Auction
Confederate general (1821–1904) who distinguished himself at Bull Run, Fredericksburg, and Chickamauga, and is remembered as one of the Civil War...
No Online Bidding For This Lot
Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
 
 
Details...Bookmark