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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Rosa Parks403Rosa Parks
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FDC with a cachet honoring 'Law and Order,' depicting a police officer speaking with two small boys, signed in black ink, "Rosa Parks, ...
Timothy Pickering404Timothy Pickering
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Ink signature as secretary of state, "Timothy Pickering,” on an off-white 4.25 x 1 vellum slip. In fine condition, with two vertical fold...
Pope John Paul II405Pope John Paul II
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Desirable woodblock-print diploma from the 1976 Polish Festival of Sacrosong, 9.75 x 13.75, signed in the center in ballpoint, "Karol card. Woj...
Pope Pius XI406Pope Pius XI
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Exceptional official vintage matte-finish 7 x 9 portrait of Pope Pius XI seated, affixed to its original 10.25 x 17.25 mount, prominently signed on th
Prince Philip407Prince Philip
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Limited edition color 13.25 x 21.5 print of a 1986 work by Wendy Bays honoring the '1986 World Dressage Championship,' numbered 39/350, sign...
Prince Philip408Prince Philip
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Signed book: His Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh's Study Conference on the Human Problems of Industrial Communities within the Commonwealth...
Yitzhak Rabin409Yitzhak Rabin
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TLS signed “Y. Rabin,” one page, 6.5 x 8.25, The Prime Minister letterhead, April 29, 1977. Letter to Arthur O. Shackman, in part: "
Yitzhak Rabin410Yitzhak Rabin
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Three items signed by Rabin: a glossy 5 x 7 photo of him as Israel's ambassador to the United States, signed and inscribed in black felt tip, &q...
Railroad411Railroad
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Group lot of four handsomely engraved stock certificates for railroad enterprises dating between 1850 and 1928, which includes: the Little Miami Railr
Thomas Mann Randolph, Jr412Thomas Mann Randolph, Jr
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Partly-printed DS, signed “Tho. M. Randolph,” one page, 7.75 x 7.25, July 13, 1822. As governor of Virginia, Randolph commissions "D