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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Florence Nightingale262 - Florence Nightingale
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ALS, one page both sides, 4.25 x 7, black-bordered 10 South Street letterhead, February 17, 1891. Letter to J. G. Wainwright, the treasurer of St. Tho
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Raoul Wallenberg263 - Raoul Wallenberg
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DS, in Hungarian, signed “R. Wallenberg,” one page, 8.25 x 5.75, September 28, 1944. Document associated with the issuance of a Schu
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Raoul Wallenberg264 - Raoul Wallenberg
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Desirable ink signature, "R. Wallenberg," on an off-white 3.5 x 2 sheet clipped from the close of a letter. In fine condition, with a hori...
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Booker T. Washington265 - Booker T. Washington
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TLS, one page, 8.75 x 11, Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute letterhead, May 16, 1903. Letter to Kansas Senator Joseph R. Burton, in part: &qu...
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Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr266 - Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr
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ALS signed “O. W. Holmes,” one page, 5 x 8, Supreme Court of the United States letterhead, March 9, 1930. Letter to George Wharton P
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Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr267 - Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr
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Excellent vintage matte-finish 9.5 x 13.75 portrait of Justice Holmes in his judicial robe by the Harris & Ewing Studio, signed below in fountai...
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Vinson Supreme Court268 - Vinson Supreme Court
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Outstanding vintage matte-finish 13.25 x 10.25 Bachrach portrait of the Vinson Supreme Court, affixed to its original 17 x 15.25 mount, signed on the
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Andrew Carnegie269 - Andrew Carnegie
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Signed book: Triumphant Democracy: Sixty Years' March of the Republic. Later printing. NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1912. Hardcover, 6.25 x ...
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Albert Einstein270 - Albert Einstein
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Scarce vintage 4 x 5.75 silver gelatin portrait of Einstein by German press photographer John Graudenz, affixed to the original studio mount, which is
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Albert Einstein271 - Albert Einstein
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TLS in German, signed “A. Einstein,” one page, 8 x 11, March 19, 1927. Letter to German philosopher Paul Feldkeller, referring to hi
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