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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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567 - Project VanguardRR Auction
Impressive historic archive of John Neilon, the long-time Director of NASA’s Unmanned Launch Operations, chronicling the development of Proje
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568 - Buzz AldrinRR Auction
Magnificent oversized color matte-finish 10.75 x 13.5 portrait of Apollo 11 LMP Buzz Aldrin in a stoic half-length pose, dressed in his white space su
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569 - Buzz AldrinRR Auction
Three books signed by Aldrin, all hardcovers with dust jackets, including: Return to Earth, signed and inscribed in black felt tip, "To Gordon,...
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570 - Buzz AldrinRR Auction
Personal check, 6 x 2.75, filled out and signed by Aldrin, "Edwin E. Aldrin, Jr.," payable to Brentwood-Chenault Condo Homeowners Ass'...
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571 - Buzz AldrinRR Auction
Apollo 11 recovery cover with a stamped cachet honoring the splashdown, postmarked at Kennedy Space Center on July 24, 1969, signed in black felt tip
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572 - Apollo 15RR Auction
Two covers: a lunar landing day cover with a cachet honoring Apollo 15, postmarked at Kennedy Space Center on July 30, 1971, signed and inscribed in b
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573 - Apollo 17RR Auction
Commemorative cover with a stamped cachet of the Apollo 17 insignia, postmarked on the mission launch date of December 7, 1972, signed in black ink,...
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574 - Apollo AstronautsRR Auction
Three Project Apollo covers: a recovery cover for Apollo 7, postmarked on the USS Essex on October 22, 1968, signed in black ballpoint by Walt Cunning
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575 - AstronautsRR Auction
Six books signed by astronauts, all hardcovers with dust jackets, including: Jim Irwin (To Rule the Night, inscribed), Jim Lovell (Apollo 13), Alan Sh
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576 - AstronautsRR Auction
Six personal checks filled out and signed by Mercury and Apollo astronauts, including: Deke Slayton (2, "Donald K. Slayton"), Walt Cunning...
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