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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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171 - Franklin D. RooseveltRR Auction
Appealing 12 x 18 print of Franklin D. Roosevelt's first inaugural address on March 3, 1933, printed by Walters & Mahon, Inc., New York. The...
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172 - Franklin D. RooseveltRR Auction
TLS as president, one page, 7 x 8.75, White House letterhead, July 13, 1937. Letter to Tom Terral, former governor of Arkansas. In full: "That ...
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174 - Franklin D. RooseveltRR Auction
TLS, one page, 7.25 x 10.5, Fidelity and Deposit Company of Maryland letterhead, November 30, 1928. Letter to Herbert Fordham, in full: "Thanks...
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175 - Franklin D. RooseveltRR Auction
World War I-dated DS, one page, 8 x 7.5, April 18, 1918. An official dispatch from the Navy Department addressed to Assistant Surgeon Edward F. Mullal
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176 - Franklin D. RooseveltRR Auction
Fountain pen signature, "Franklin D. Roosevelt,” on an off-white 4.25 x 1 sheet, which is archivally double-matted and framed with an eng...
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177 - Franklin D. RooseveltRR Auction
Original mailing envelope from the personal collection of Franklin D. Roosevelt, auctioned at H. R. Harmer in 1946 by his widow Eleanor Roosevelt. The
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178 - Theodore RooseveltRR Auction
White House card, 4 x 2.75, signed in dense fountain pen by Theodore Roosevelt. In very good condition, with irregular toning to the front and old mou
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179 - William H. TaftRR Auction
Official White House card, boldly signed in ink, "Wm. H. Taft." In very good to fine condition, with uniform overall toning, and old mount...
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180 - Harry S. TrumanRR Auction
Three TLSs, each one page, 7.25 x 10.5, personal letterhead, dated March–December 1971. Truman sends thanks for "the article about Vic Ho...
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