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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Woodrow Wilson51 - Woodrow Wilson
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Signed book: Obiter Dicta. First edition. NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1885. Hardcover bound in green cloth with gilt stamping, 4.5 x 7, 232 pag...
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Woodrow Wilson52 - Woodrow Wilson
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Signed book: Why We Are At War: Messages to the Congress, January to April, 1917. First edition. NY: Harper & Brothers, 1917. Hardcover with dus...
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Woodrow Wilson53 - Woodrow Wilson
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Signed book: On Being Human. First edition. NY: Harper & Brothers, 1916. Hardcover bound in blue cloth with gilt lettering, 4.75 x 7, 55 pages. ...
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Woodrow Wilson54 - Woodrow Wilson
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Signed book: Sidney Lanier by Edwin Mims. First edition. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1905. Hardcover bound in brown cloth with gilt stamping, 5.25 x 7.5
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Woodrow Wilson55 - Woodrow Wilson
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Signed book: Voyages of the Elizabethan Seamen to America, edited by Edward John Payne. First edition. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1893. Hardcover bound
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Calvin Coolidge56 - Calvin Coolidge
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Official booklet entitled "Address of President Coolidge at Gettysburg Battle Field," delivered on May 30, 1928, printed by the Government...
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Calvin Coolidge57 - Calvin Coolidge
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Official booklet entitled "Annual Message of the President of the United States to a Joint Session of the Senate and House of Representatives,&...
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Calvin Coolidge58 - Calvin Coolidge
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Official booklet entitled "Message of the President of the United States Transmitting the Budget, for the Service of the Fiscal Year ending Jun...
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Herbert Hoover59 - Herbert Hoover
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Wonderful vintage matte-finish 9.5 x 13.75 portrait of Hoover by the Harris & Ewing Studio, signed and inscribed below in fountain pen, "To...
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Franklin D. Roosevelt60 - Franklin D. Roosevelt
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Signed book: The Roosevelt Omnibus. First edition. NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 1934. Hardcover with dust jacket, 7.25 x 9.75. Signed on the first free end pa
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Harry S. Truman61 - Harry S. Truman
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TLS as president, one page, 7 x 8.75, White House letterhead, January 10, 1952. Letter to the Hon. Edmond M. Hanrahan, who had served as chairman of t
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Harry S. Truman62 - Harry S. Truman
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DS as president, one page, 8 x 10.5, no date. Official citation for the Medal of Freedom, in full: "Mr. Gordon Thorpe Jackson, American Red Cro...
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Dwight D. Eisenhower63 - Dwight D. Eisenhower
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Three TLSs as president by Eisenhower, two signed "Dwight D. Eisenhower" and one signed "D. E.," each one page, White House lett...
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Dwight D. Eisenhower64 - Dwight D. Eisenhower
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Souvenir typescript of General Dwight Eisenhower’s 'Order of the Day' on June 6, 1944, delivered upon the D-Day invasion of France, 6 ...
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Dwight D. Eisenhower65 - Dwight D. Eisenhower
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TLS as president, one page, 7 x 10.5, White House letterhead, June 29, 1956. Letter to "the Louis Dembitz Brandeis Centennial Commission,"...
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Dwight D. Eisenhower66 - Dwight D. Eisenhower
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TLS signed “with warm regard, sincerely, Dwight D. Eisenhower,” one page, 7.25 x 9.5, personal monogrammed letterhead, December 28,
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Jacqueline Kennedy67 - Jacqueline Kennedy
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ALS signed “Jackie,” two pages, 5 x 8, White House letterhead, no date. Letter to photographer Mark Shaw, in full: "Your pictures we
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John F. Kennedy68 - John F. Kennedy
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President Kennedy’s personally-owned and -worn navy blue silk neck tie with small embroidered gray design accents, made by A. Sulka & Comp...
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John F. Kennedy69 - John F. Kennedy
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TLS signed “John,” one page, 6.25 x 9, House of Representatives letterhead, April 21, 1950. Letter to John G. W. Mahanna, country ed
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John F. Kennedy70 - John F. Kennedy
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Pamphlet from The Reader's Digest containing a condensed version of John Hersey's 'Survival,' six pages, 5.5 x 7.5, signed on the fi...
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Lyndon B. Johnson71 - Lyndon B. Johnson
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War-dated TLS as president, one page, 6.75 x 8.75, White House letterhead, February 13, 1968. Amidst the Vietnam War, President Johnson sends his cond
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Lyndon B. Johnson72 - Lyndon B. Johnson
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TLS as president, one page, 6.75 x 8.75, White House letterhead, July 29, 1965. Letter to Ben Oehlert, in part: "Your telegram gave me a real b...
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Richard Nixon73 - Richard Nixon
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Partly-printed DS, one page, 22.5 x 18.5, November 12, 1969. President Nixon appoints Ralph E. Carpenter, Jr., of New York as "a Member of the ...
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Nancy Reagan74 - Nancy Reagan
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Nancy Reagan's personally-owned beige canvas clutch purse by Christian Dior, featuring a flap with snap closure and decorative jeweled disc. In ...
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Nancy Reagan75 - Nancy Reagan
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Nancy Reagan's personally-owned purple satin-and-velour purse by Renaud Pellegrino of Paris, France, featuring a flap with snap closure and deco...
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George W. Bush76 - George W. Bush
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Souvenir typescript of President Bush's historic statement on September 11, 2001, two pages, 5 x 8.25, mock White House letterhead, signed at th...
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George Bush77 - George Bush
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Color glossy 17 x 13 print of an artistic rendering of the George Bush Presidential Library and Museum at Texas A&M University, signed in the lo...
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George Bush78 - George Bush
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Two identical vice presidential gift pens made by Parker, featuring silver-colored cube paperweight bases engraved on one side with Bush's facsi...
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George Bush79 - George Bush
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Collection of press passes and booklets from the presidency of George Bush, including a total of 22 passes associated with trips to Germany; Poland; J
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George Bush80 - George Bush
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TLS signed “George,” one page, 8.5 x 11, personal letterhead, August 21, 1987. Letter to Peter Senopoulos, in part: "I am delighted
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George Bush81 - George Bush
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ALS as vice president on both sides of a 6.25 x 4.25 vice presidential card, May 26, 1986. Letter to Peter Senopoulos, in full: "What a magnifi...
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George Bush82 - George Bush
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TLS, one page, 8.5 x 11, Republican National Committee letterhead, March 19, 1973. Letter to Gene Lerner of the Record Fulfillment Center, in full: ...
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George and Barbara Bush83 - George and Barbara Bush
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Signed book: Random House Webster's Pocket American Dictionary. First edition. NY: Random House, 1998. Softcover with blue plastic George Bush P...
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George and Barbara Bush84 - George and Barbara Bush
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Two books, both hardcover with dust jacket: a first edition of Looking Forward: An Autobiography, published by Doubleday in 1987, signed in black ball
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George W. Bush85 - George W. Bush
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Three gold-tone presidential seal men's accessory gifts from the administration of George W. Bush, including: cufflinks in their original box, g...
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George W. Bush86 - George W. Bush
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Signed book: 41: A Portrait of My Father. First deluxe edition. NY: Crown Publishers, 2014. Hardcover with slipcase, 6 x 9, 294 pages. Signed on the f
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The Bushes87 - The Bushes
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Four books, each hardcover with dust jacket, individually signed by a Bush family member in ink or felt tip on a bookplate affixed to the first free e
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Jimmy Carter88 - Jimmy Carter
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Group of ten books signed by Jimmy Carter, consisting mostly of hardcovers with dust jackets, with titles including: Our Endangered Values, The Virtue
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Jimmy Carter89 - Jimmy Carter
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Group of eight books, the majority of which are first edition hardcovers with dust jackets, each signed inside on an opening page in ink or felt tip,
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Jimmy Carter90 - Jimmy Carter
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Official oversized White House Christmas card print from 1977, 16 x 10, signed at the bottom in black felt tip, "J. Carter." The card also...
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Jimmy Carter91 - Jimmy Carter
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Collection of items associated with the trips of President Jimmy Carter, including: a brown zippered briefcase marked in gold, "President Carte...
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Jimmy Carter92 - Jimmy Carter
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Color satin-finish 8 x 10 head-and-shoulders portrait of President Jimmy Carter, signed in black felt tip, "J. Carter." In very fine condi...
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Jimmy Carter, Bill Clinton, and Gerald Ford93 - Jimmy Carter, Bill Clinton, and Gerald Ford
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Color satin-finish 10 x 8 photo of former presidents Gerald Ford, Bill Clinton, and Jimmy Carter posing together at an event held at the Harry S. Trum
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Frances Cleveland94 - Frances Cleveland
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Large official Executive Mansion card, signed in ink, "Frances F. Cleveland, 3rd Nov. 1884." In fine condition, with some light soiling, a...
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Grover Cleveland95 - Grover Cleveland
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Official Executive Mansion card, signed in ink during his first term as president, "Grover Cleveland, Nov. 15, 1886." In very good to fine...
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Grover and Frances Cleveland96 - Grover and Frances Cleveland
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Desirable pair of official Executive Mansion cards, individually signed in ink, "Grover Cleveland, May 1895" and "Frances F. Clevelan...
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Bill Clinton97 - Bill Clinton
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Satin-finish 14 x 11 photo of Boys Nation delegate Bill Clinton shaking hands with President John F. Kennedy at the White House on June 6, 1963, signe
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Bill Clinton98 - Bill Clinton
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Color glossy 10 x 8 photo of President Clinton celebrating his 50th birthday with his daughter and a huge American flag cake, signed and inscribed in
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Bill Clinton99 - Bill Clinton
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Signed book: The Comeback Kid: The Life and Career of Bill Clinton. First edition. NY: Birch Lane Press, 1992. Hardcover with dust jacket, 6.25 x 9.25
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Bill Clinton100 - Bill Clinton
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Signed book: Back to Work. First edition. NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 2011. Hardcover with dust jacket, 6 x 8.75, 196 pages. Signed on the title page in blac
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