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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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141 - Kennedy AssociationRR Auction
Four books signed by figures associated with John F. Kennedy, all hardcovers with dust jackets, including: Caroline Kennedy (The Best Loved Poems of J
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142 - Kennedy FamilyRR Auction
Six items signed by members of the Kennedy family, highlighted by two letters to people in showbiz: a TLS signed by Joseph P. Lennedy, "Joe,&qu...
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143 - Kennedy: PT-109RR Auction
Collection of 11 items signed by crewmen associated with the PT-109 incident and the captain of the Japanese destroyer Amagiri that rammed it, consist
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144 - Ida McKinleyRR Auction
Franking signature, "Mrs. Ida S. McKinley," on a black-bordered 5 x 3.5 mailing envelope addressed in another hand to "Rev. J. C. Har...
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145 - James MonroeRR Auction
Partly-printed vellum DS as president, one page, 12 x 9, May 1818. President Monroe grants a parcel of land in the Territory of Illinois to a military
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146 - Richard NixonRR Auction
Presidential gift commemorating President Richard Nixon's famed trip to China, 4.5 x 2.75 x .75, featuring an official presidential card featuri...
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147 - Richard NixonRR Auction
Two commemorative official 'bill signer' Parker felt tip pens, emblazoned on the barrel with "The White House" and Richard Nixon&#...
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148 - Richard NixonRR Auction
Three items: a TLS signed "Richard Nixon," one page, personal letterhead, August 26, 1980, in part: "Because of a heavy volume of mai...
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149 - Richard NixonRR Auction
Signed book: Real Peace: A Strategy for the West. First edition, first printing. NY: Privately printed, 1983. Hardcover with dust jacket, 5.75 x 8.5,
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150 - Richard NixonRR Auction
TLS, one page, 7 x 9, Office of the Vice President letterhead, November 10, 1955. Letter to Ken Browne in Sioux City, Iowa, in part: "I want yo...
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