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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Menachem Begin313 - Menachem Begin
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Glossy 4.75 x 6.75 postcard with an image of The Jerusalem Post from March 27, 1979, with headline, "Israel and Egypt sign peace treaty declari...
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August Belmont314 - August Belmont
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Uncommon LS, one page, 7.75 x 13, March 1853. Written from New York, a letter to President Franklin Pierce nominating a purser in the Navy, in part:
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David Ben-Gurion315 - David Ben-Gurion
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TLS in Hebrew, one page, 8.5 x 11, prime minister letterhead, December 9, 1957. Letter to Rabbi Maimon, in part (translated): "The government h...
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David Ben-Gurion316 - David Ben-Gurion
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Block of six four-cent postage stamps honoring Dag Hammarskjold as secretary-general of the United Nations, signed in fountain pen by the Israeli prim
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David Ben-Gurion317 - David Ben-Gurion
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Vintage glossy 3.5 x 5 close-up photo of the Israeli prime minister, signed in fountain pen, "D. Ben-Gurion." In very good to fine conditi...
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Yitzhak Ben-Zvi318 - Yitzhak Ben-Zvi
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Group of nine checks in Hebrew, each 6 x 2.75, dated to 1948, each filled out in another hand and signed in black ink by Yitzhak Ben-Zvi. In overall f
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Thomas Hart Benton319 - Thomas Hart Benton
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ALS signed “Thomas H. Benton,” one page both sides, 6.5 x 8.25, February 4, 1857. Letter to educator John James Hooker of Cincinnati
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Stephen William Blount320 - Stephen William Blount
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Docketing endorsement signature, “S. W. Blout, Pmr,” one page, 8.25 x 3.75, June 28, 1851. Envelope addressed in another hand to Hen
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Richard Branson and Andrew Grove321 - Richard Branson and Andrew Grove
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Two books: Business Stripped Bare, hardcover with dust jacket, signed on the title page in black felt tip by Richard Branson; and Only the Paranoid Su
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Leonid Brezhnev322 - Leonid Brezhnev
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DS in Cyrillic, one page both sides, 8.25 x 12, March 13, 1946. Untranslated declaration issued to Major D. Djachenko, which promotes him to head of t
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