Fine Autographs and Artifacts Featuring Civil War

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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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Grandma Moses221 - Grandma Moses
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ANS, one page, 6 x 9, Hotel Blennerhassett letterhead, May 31, 1950. Note written at the end of James A. Bowman's two-page request for a sketch ...
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Earle 'Greasy' Neale222 - Earle 'Greasy' Neale
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Ballpoint signature, "Earle 'Greasy' Neale,” on an off-white 3.5 x 2 card bearing an affixed postage stamp honoring the centennia...
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Jesse Owens223 - Jesse Owens
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Vintage fountain pen signature, "Jesse Owens,” over a postage stamp honoring him from the Dominican Republic affixed to an off-white 3.5 ...
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Paavo Nurmi224 - Paavo Nurmi
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Vintage fountain pen signature, "Paavo Nurmi,” over a postage stamp honoring him from the Dominican Republic affixed to an off-white 3.5 ...
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Notables225 - Notables
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Impressive collection of more than 300 items—predominately comprised of signed cards, but also including a few letters and photographs
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Satchel Paige226 - Satchel Paige
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Ballpoint signature, "Satchel Paige,” on a white 3.5 x 2 card bearing an affixed postage stamp honoring the centennial of professional ba...
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George S. Patton227 - George S. Patton
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World War II–dated TLS signed “G. S. Patton, Jr.,” one page, 8 x 10.5, October 22, 1943. Letter to James A. Bowman, in full
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George S. Patton228 - George S. Patton
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World War II–dated official War Department mailing envelope, 8.5 x 4, signed in the lower left corner in fountain pen with a censorship signa
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Pablo Picasso229 - Pablo Picasso
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Desirable vintage ballpoint signature, "Picasso,” over a Czech dove stamp he designed, affixed to an off-white 3.5 x 2.5 card. In very fi...
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Pope Pius XII230 - Pope Pius XII
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Bold vintage fountain pen signature, "Pius PP XII,” on an off-white 3.5 x 2.5 card bearing an affixed postage stamp from the Vatican. In ...
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Dan Reeves231 - Dan Reeves
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Two ballpoint signatures, "Dan Reeves,” one on an off-white 3.5 x 2 card, and the other on a postage stamp honoring the centennial of foo...
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Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt232 - Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt
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Two signatures: a vintage fountain pen signature, "Franklin D. Roosevelt," on an off-white 3.5 x 2.5 card bearing an affixed three-cent po...
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Babe Ruth233 - Babe Ruth
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Fantastic vintage fountain pen signature, "Babe Ruth,” on an off-white 3.5 x 2.5 card bearing an affixed three-cent postage stamp honorin...
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E. C. Segar234 - E. C. Segar
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TLS, one page, 8.5 x 11, October 15, 1937. Letter to James A. Bowman, in part: "Sorry that I can't tell you much about the possibilities of...
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Haile Selassie235 - Haile Selassie
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Vintage fountain pen signature of Haile Selassie on an off-white 3.5 x 2.5 card bearing an affixed postage stamp from Ethiopia, dated 1943. In fine co
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Jean Sibelius236 - Jean Sibelius
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Vintage fountain pen signature, "Jean Sibelius,” over a Finnish postage stamp affixed to an off-white 3.5 x 2.5 card. In fine condition.
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Signed Stamps237 - Signed Stamps
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Fantastic signed stamp collection, consisting of more than 400 items, consisting almost entirely of vintage ink signatures on off-white cards bearing
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Tris Speaker238 - Tris Speaker
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Vintage fountain pen signature, "Tris Speaker, 6-22-43,” on an off-white 3.5 x 2.5 card. In fine condition, with some scattered tiny stai...
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Amos Alonzo Stagg239 - Amos Alonzo Stagg
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Two items: a paperstock 5.25 x 7.75 full-length portrait of the great coach at Stagg Field in Chicago, boldly signed in fountain pen; and a TLS, one p
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Ida Tarbell240 - Ida Tarbell
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AMS signed "Ida M. Tarbell," one page, 8.5 x 6.5, no date. A passage from Tarbell's manuscript for All in the Day's Work: An Autob...
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