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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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22 - Franklin PierceRR Auction
ALS as president, three pages on two adjoining sheets, 7.75 x 9.75, March 3, 1857. Letter to his secretary Sydney Webster, written on the second-to-la
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24 - James BuchananRR Auction
Partly-printed vellum DS as president, one page, 14.5 x 17.75, June 22, 1860. President Buchanan appoints Montgomery Fletcher as "a Chief Engin...
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25 - Abraham LincolnRR Auction
Civil War–dated partly-printed vellum DS as president, one page, 14 x 17.5, March 13, 1863. Lincoln promotes D. D. Wager to the rank of
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26 - Abraham LincolnRR Auction
Civil War–dated endorsement as president, signed "Abraham Lincoln, March 16, 1865," at the conclusion of a manuscript document, one ...
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27 - Abraham LincolnRR Auction
Bold ink signature as president, "A. Lincoln, July 16, 1864,” on an off-white 4 x 1.75 slip. Handsomely matted with a CDV-style portrait ...
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28 - Mary Todd LincolnRR Auction
Unsigned handwritten letter by Mary Todd Lincoln, four pages on two adjoining sheets of black-bordered mourning stationery, 5.25 x 8, October 28, 1869
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29 - Andrew JohnsonRR Auction
Partly-printed vellum DS as president, one page, 15.75 x 19.75, April 20, 1865. President Johnson appoints William H. Penrose of the U.S. Volunteers t
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30 - U. S. GrantRR Auction
Partly-printed vellum DS as president, one page, 15 x 19.25, April 11, 1876. President Grant appoints Benjamin F. Gibbs as a “Medical Inspect
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