Auction Details
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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403Rosa ParksRR Auction
FDC with a cachet honoring 'Law and Order,' depicting a police officer speaking with two small boys, signed in black ink, "Rosa Parks, ...
404Timothy PickeringRR Auction
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...
405Pope John Paul IIRR Auction
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...
406Pope Pius XIRR Auction
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
407Prince PhilipRR Auction
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...
408Prince PhilipRR Auction
Signed book: His Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh's Study Conference on the Human Problems of Industrial Communities within the Commonwealth...
409Yitzhak RabinRR Auction
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: "
410Yitzhak RabinRR Auction
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...
411RailroadRR Auction
Group lot of four handsomely engraved stock certificates for railroad enterprises dating between 1850 and 1928, which includes: the Little Miami Railr
412Thomas Mann Randolph, JrRR Auction
Partly-printed DS, signed “Tho. M. Randolph,” one page, 7.75 x 7.25, July 13, 1822. As governor of Virginia, Randolph commissions "D