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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Gerald Ford121Gerald Ford
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Signed book: A Time to Heal. First edition. NY: Harper and Row, 1979. Hardcover with dust jacket, 6.5 x 9.5, 454 pages. Signed on the first free end p
Gerald Ford122Gerald Ford
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Three items: an ink signature, "Gerald R. Ford," on an off-white 7 x 3 sheet from the Office of the Vice President, dated July 30, 1975; a...
Gerald and Betty Ford123Gerald and Betty Ford
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Three books: a special edition of The Warren Commission Report, hardcover with dust jacket, signed in blue ink on a prefatory page featuring a copy of
Gerald Ford and Arnold Palmer124Gerald Ford and Arnold Palmer
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Color semi-glossy 8 x 10 photo of President Gerald Ford and Arnold Palmer playing golf at the 1974 World Golf Hall of Fame Tournament in Pinehurst, No
Gerald Ford and John Paul Stevens125Gerald Ford and John Paul Stevens
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Glossy 10 x 8 photo of President Ford meeting with Chief Justice Warren E. Burger and the newly appointed John Paul Stevens, signed in the lower borde
Gerald and Betty Ford and Nancy Reagan126Gerald and Betty Ford and Nancy Reagan
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Color semi-glossy 10 x 8 photo of the Reagans and Fords seated in the Oval Office, signed in the lower border in blue felt tip, "Gerald R. Ford...
James A. Garfield127James A. Garfield
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Three unsigned items: a black-bordered souvenir engraving from the Congressional memorial service for James A. Garfield held on February 27, 1882, pro
Warren G. Harding128Warren G. Harding
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Marion County Bank check, 6 x 2.75, filled out and signed by Harding, "W. G. Harding," payable to F. W. Peters for $8.90, February 1, 1909...
Warren G. Harding129Warren G. Harding
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DS as president, one page, 20 x 16, March 16, 1921. President Harding appoints Roger C. Heimer as a "Second Lieutenant of Engineers in the Coas...
Benjamin Harrison130Benjamin Harrison
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Fletcher's Bank check, 7.25 x 2.75, filled out and signed by Harrison, "Benj. Harrison," payable to A. M. Luke for $7, October 16, 188...