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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Moonwalkers: Aldrin, Shepard, and Irwin608 - Moonwalkers: Aldrin, Shepard, and Irwin
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Three books signed by Apollo moonwalkers: a first edition of Magnificent Desolation, hardcover with dust jacket, signed on the half-title page in blac
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Moonwalkers: Shepard and Irwin609 - Moonwalkers: Shepard and Irwin
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Two official color 10 x 8 NASA lithographs: one of Alan Shepard in his white space suit posing in front of an Apollo 14 insignia, signed and inscribed
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NASA Flight Directors610 - NASA Flight Directors
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Iconic satin-finish 8 x 10 photo of Mission Control celebrating after Apollo 13's safe return to Earth, signed in felt tip by NASA flight direct...
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Sally Ride611 - Sally Ride
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Official color 8 x 10 NASA lithograph of Ride posing in front of an American flag, signed in blue felt tip, "Sally K. Ride." In fine condi...
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Wally Schirra612 - Wally Schirra
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Official glossy 8 x 10 numbered NASA photo of Wally Schirra wearing his Mercury space suit in front of a large map of Earth, signed in black ink, &q...
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Dave Scott613 - Dave Scott
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TLS, one page, 8 x 10.5, NASA letterhead, no date. Letter to Ken Browne, in part: "Thank you for your recent letter and I wish I had the opport...
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Alan Shepard614 - Alan Shepard
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Official color 10 x 8 NASA lithograph of Shepard posing in his white space suit against the Apollo 14 mission emblem, secretarially inscribed, "...
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Space Shuttle615 - Space Shuttle
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Group lot of early Space Shuttle insignia design sketches from the Office of Advanced Manned Vehicles at the Air Force Flight Test Center (AFFTC), acc
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Space Shuttle Challenger: Scobee and Onizuka616 - Space Shuttle Challenger: Scobee and Onizuka
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Two items: an official color 7.75 x 10 NASA lithograph of Eli Onizuka in his blue flight suit, signed and inscribed in black felt tip, "To Al W...
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Tom Stafford617 - Tom Stafford
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Official color 10 x 8 NASA lithograph showing a composite of three views from the Apollo 10 mission, signed in black felt tip by Commander Tom Staffor
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Jack Swigert618 - Jack Swigert
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Official color 10 x 8 NASA lithograph of the as-flown Apollo 13 crew, signed in black felt tip by Jack Swigert. In fine condition. Swigert had replace
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Wernher von Braun619 - Wernher von Braun
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Vintage glossy 5 x 4 photo of the Marshall Space Flight Center director seated at his desk next to various rocket models, signed and inscribed in blue
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Women of Space620 - Women of Space
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Three color 8 x 10 photos of pioneering female space explorers: an official NASA lithograph of Judy Resnik, signed and inscribed in black felt tip, ...
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John Young621 - John Young
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Official color 8 x 10 NASA lithograph of Young posing in his white space suit next to a lunar globe, neatly signed and inscribed in black felt tip, ...
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Frederic-Auguste Bartholdi622 - Frederic-Auguste Bartholdi
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ALS in French, signed “Bartholdi,” one page both sides, 4.25 x 6.75, personal letterhead, no date. Untranslated. In fine condition,
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Frederick Stuart Church623 - Frederick Stuart Church
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ALS signed “Cousin F. S. Church,” two pages on two adjoining sheets, 5 x 7.75, New York Athletic Club letterhead, no date, with the
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Camille Corot624 - Camille Corot
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ALS in French, signed "C. Cordot," one page, 4 x 5.25, no date. In full (translated): "I announce with pleasure that your landscape h...
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Gustave Courbet625 - Gustave Courbet
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Partly-printed invitation in French, signed in pencil, one page, 5.25 x 7.25, postmarked May 14, 1872. Gustave Courbet invites French art historian Al
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George Cruikshank626 - George Cruikshank
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Original pencil sketch by George Cruikshank on an off-white 7.25 x 4.5 sheet, depicting a group of people dancing merrily outside a castle, with trees
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Salvador Dali627 - Salvador Dali
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Magnificent glossy 8 x 10 close-up photo of surrealist master Salvador Dali, signed on his forehead in thin blue felt tip, "Dali." In fine...
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Jacques-Louis David628 - Jacques-Louis David
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Scarce manuscript DS in French, signed “David,” one page, 7 x 7.75, no date. An untranslated document endorsed at the conclusion by
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Gustave Eiffel629 - Gustave Eiffel
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ALS in French, signed “G. Eiffel,” penned on a 5.5 x 3.5 Universal Postal Union card, no date. Untranslated letter forwarding his au
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Thomas Gainsborough630 - Thomas Gainsborough
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Autograph manuscript signed “Tho. Gainsborough,” one page, 7.5 x 4.5, November 10, 1757. Pay order issued to Bertie Burgh of Castle-
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Hubert de Givenchy631 - Hubert de Givenchy
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Original sketch of a gorgeous black-and-blue patterned dress accomplished in felt tip by Givenchy on a white 5.25 x 8 card, signed in the lower right
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Jean Auguste Ingres632 - Jean Auguste Ingres
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ALS in French, signed “J. Ingres,” one page, 5.25 x 8, July 26, 1855. Letter to Charles-Leon Vinit, the director of the Ecole Royale
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Karl Lagerfeld633 - Karl Lagerfeld
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Original front-and-back dress design sketch accomplished in ink and colored pencil by Lagerfeld on an off-white 8.25 x 11.75 sheet, signed in the lowe
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Henri Matisse634 - Henri Matisse
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ALS in French, one page, 8 x 10.5, March 16, 1949. Letter to Mrs. Alexander Prober, in full (translated): "In again finding the photograph of y...
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Jean-François Millet635 - Jean-François Millet
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Scarce ALS signed “J. F. Millet,” one page both sides, 5.25 x 8.25, October 3, 1864. Untranslated letter to French journalist Alexan
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Claude Monet636 - Claude Monet
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ALS in French, signed “Your old man who loves you, Claude,” eight pages on two sets of adjoining sheets, 5 x 8, Savoy Hotel letterhe
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Claude Monet637 - Claude Monet
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ALS in pencil, two pages on two adjoining sheets, black-bordered Giverny par Vernon letterhead, November 5, 1914. Letter to art critic Gustave Geffroy
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Georgia O'Keeffe638 - Georgia O'Keeffe
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ALS, one page, 8.5 x 11, January 14, 1964. Letter to Pulitzer Prize–wining author Pearl Buck, in full: "I have a painting from last summe...
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Maxfield Parrish639 - Maxfield Parrish
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Attractive color 4 x 5.5 print of Maxfield Parrish's 1944 painting entitled 'Evening,' signed below in black ink by the artist. In fine ...
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Norman Rockwell640 - Norman Rockwell
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Fantastic glossy 8.25 x 12.25 photo of Rockwell at work in his sparse studio, signed in the lower border in blue ballpoint, "Sincerely, Norman ...
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Auguste Rodin641 - Auguste Rodin
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ALS in French, signed “Votre sculpteur, Rodin,” one black-bordered page, 4.25 x 6.5, no date. Letter to Mr. Baragnon, in full (trans
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Pablo Picasso642 - Pablo Picasso
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Vintage matte-finish 9.5 x 11.75 half-length photo of Pablo Picasso holding up his 1901 portrait of Spanish sculptor and writer Jaume Sabartes, signed
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Augustus Saint-Gaudens643 - Augustus Saint-Gaudens
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Choice ALS signed “Aug. St. Gaudens,” two pages on two adjoining sheets, 5.25 x 8.25, November 13, 1883. Letter to Mrs. [Edward W.]
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Alberto Vargas644 - Alberto Vargas
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Color page from a Playboy magazine featuring a Vargas pinup painting, 8 x 11, depicting a nearly entirely nude woman continuing to disrobe, with capti
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Andy Warhol645 - Andy Warhol
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Glossy 7.25 x 9.25 promotional photo of Andy Warhol in an attractive half-length pose, signed prominently in black felt tip. Matted to an overall size
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James Abbott McNeill Whistler646 - James Abbott McNeill Whistler
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ALS signed “J. Mc: N. Whistler,” one page, 6 x 3.75, no date. Letter to "Draper," in full: "I shall be delighted to come&...
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Thomas Hart Benton647 - Thomas Hart Benton
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ALS signed “Thomas H. Benton,” one page, 7.25 x 10.5, personal letterhead, May 4, 1953. Letter to the editor's of 'Who's Who...
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Rosa Bonheur648 - Rosa Bonheur
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Two ALSs in French, totaling five pages on three sheets, dated 1854 and 1865. In the first, she mentions "tableaux de moutons [sheep paintings]...
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Marc Chagall649 - Marc Chagall
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TQS on a white 6.5 x 6.5 sheet of Hotel de Crillon letterhead, signed at the conclusion in pencil by Marc Chagall. The quote, which is headed "...
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Christo650 - Christo
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Group of five color postcards and one photo depicting the various installations and concepts of Christo and Jeanne-Claude, each signed in black felt t
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Howard Chandler Christy651 - Howard Chandler Christy
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Two items: an ALS, one page, 7.75 x 6.25, personal letterhead, December 28, 1929, forwarding a typed statement to Mr. Adams, in part: "Enclosed...
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Antoine-Jean Gros652 - Antoine-Jean Gros
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Rare manuscript DS in French, signed “Gros,” one page, 6.75 x 9.75, December 1834. Document listing expenses for the Academy of Beau
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David Hockney653 - David Hockney
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Personal check, 6 x 2.75, filled out and signed by Hockney, "David Hockney," payable to Physico for $4,083.21, March 18, 1991. In fine con...
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Karl Lagerfeld and Pierre Cardin654 - Karl Lagerfeld and Pierre Cardin
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Two items: a matte-finish 4.25 x 6 postcard photo of Karl Lagerfeld with his trademark shades, signed in black felt tip by Lagerfeld, who adds "...
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Roy Lichtenstein655 - Roy Lichtenstein
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Color satin-finish 3.25 x 5 candid photo of the pop artist in a tan overcoat, signed in black felt tip. In fine condition. Encapsulated in a Beckett a
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I. M. Pei656 - I. M. Pei
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Glossy 5 x 7.25 head-and-shoulders photo of I. M. Pei by Fabian Bachrach, signed in red ballpoint. In fine condition. Accompanied by a letter of trans
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Gerhard Richter657 - Gerhard Richter
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Color 5.75 x 4.25 postcard of one of Richter's flower photographs, signed in black felt tip, "Richter." In very fine condition.
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