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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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41 - Theodore RooseveltRR Auction
Signed book: Message of the Governor of the State of New York, 1900. Bound in soft black leather wrappers with gilt stamping, 8.25 x 10.25, 53 pages.
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42 - Theodore RooseveltRR Auction
Signed book: Through the Brazilian Wilderness. First edition. NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1914. Hardcover bound in brown cloth with gilt stampi...
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43 - Theodore RooseveltRR Auction
TLS, one page, 6.75 x 7.5, The Outlook letterhead, May 27, 1912. Letter to G. B. Daniels of the Oakland Enquirer, in full: "It was fine to hear...
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44 - Theodore RooseveltRR Auction
Partly-printed vellum DS as president, one page, 15 x 20.5, January 9, 1909. President Roosevelt appoints Rhodric Winfield Browne as a "First L...
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45 - Theodore RooseveltRR Auction
Ink signature, "Theodore Roosevelt,” on an off-white 4 x .5 slip, which is archivally matted and framed with an engraving to an overall s...
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46 - William H. TaftRR Auction
ALS signed “Wm. H. Taft,” two pages on two adjoining sheets, 5.75 x 7.75, Supreme Court of the United States letterhead, December 17
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47 - William H. TaftRR Auction
Unsigned book from the library of William H. Taft: The American's Guide, Comprising the Declaration of Independence; the Articles of Confederati...
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48 - William H. TaftRR Auction
Signed book: William Howard Taft: American by Robert Lee Dunn. First edition. Boston: Chapple Publishing Co., 1908. Hardcover bound in tan cloth with
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49 - William H. TaftRR Auction
Handsome vintage 4.25 x 6.5 cabinet portrait of William H. Taft by the Somers Studio, signed in the lower border in fountain pen, "With warm es...
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50 - William H. TaftRR Auction
Handsome vintage matte-finish 9.5 x 13.75 portrait of Chief Justice Taft in his judicial robe by the Harris & Ewing Studio, signed and insc...
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