Auction Details
With over 1,000 lots up for bidding, our May Fine Autographs and Artifacts sale is the biggest thus far in 2020. Highlights include a book boldly signed by Mao Tse-Toung, a rare handwritten letter by Sun Yat-sen, a letter by Karl Marx concerning the publication of Das Kapital in translation, a letter by Claude Monet about Queen Victoria's state funeral, and a battlefield message from the Revolutionary War's 'Swamp Fox,' Francis Marion. A special Civil War section boasts the thoroughbred racing saddle of George Custer, and autographs of Abraham Lincoln, Jefferson Davis, Stonewall Jackson, William T. Sherman, Robert E. Lee, and more. 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 May 2020.
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
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1John AdamsRR Auction
Bold and clean ink greeting and signature, "Your Friend and Servant, John Adams,” on an off-white 4 x 1.75 slip. Attractively matted with...
2Thomas JeffersonRR Auction
Partly-printed vellum DS as president, signed “Th: Jefferson,” one page with handsome engraved vignettes by John Draper, 15 x 18, Fe
3James MadisonRR Auction
Partly-printed vellum DS as president, one page, 13.5 x 8.5, March 9, 1816. President Madison issues to “Peter Dills Assignee of Thomas Fishe
4James Madison and James MonroeRR Auction
Partly-printed vellum DS, signed “James Madison” as president and “Jas. Monroe” as secretary of war, one page, 15
5James MonroeRR Auction
Partly-printed vellum DS as president, one page, 12.25 x 7.5, August 1, 1821. President Monroe grants Edward Davis a plot of land "containing o...
6John Quincy AdamsRR Auction
Partly-printed vellum DS as president, signed "J. Q. Adams," one page, 14 x 18.5, April 24, 1828. President Adams appoints George W. Stove...
7John Quincy AdamsRR Auction
Partly-printed vellum DS as president, signed “J. Q. Adams,” one page, 15.25 x 9.75, January 17, 1828. President Adams issues to Tho
8Andrew JacksonRR Auction
Partly-printed vellum DS as president, one page, 11.75 x 15, March 25, 1829. Scalloped-top ship's pass issued to the "Barque Armadillo of N...
9Andrew JacksonRR Auction
Partly-printed vellum DS as president, one page, 13.5 x 18, July 5, 1836. President Jackson appoints Rhett J. Mott as an “Assistant Surgeon i
10Andrew JacksonRR Auction
LS as president, one page, 7.75 x 4.5, July 25, 1833. Written from Washington, a letter to Thomas H. Gillip, in full: “You are hereby appoint