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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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728 - Henry BordeauxRR Auction
Seven untranslated ALSs in French by Henry Bordeaux, totaling twelve pages on eight sheets, dated from 1919 to 1933. In overall fine condition. Accomp
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729 - Paul BourgetRR Auction
Collection of five ALSs by Paul Bourget, plus an ink signature and one of his personal calling cards with a handwritten note. One letter, in part (tra
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730 - Paul BourgetRR Auction
Vintage matte-finish 6 x 7.75 portrait of Bourget in a near-profile pose, affixed to a 7.25 x 9.5 mount, signed on the mount in fountain pen, "...
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731 - Ray BradburyRR Auction
TLS, one page, 8.5 x 11, personal letterhead, September 7, 1975. Letter to Evelyn Greenwald, in part: "The poem you ask about, The Last Briton,...
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732 - Gamaliel BradfordRR Auction
Collection of seven TLSs by Gamaliel Bradford, each one page, dated from 1919 to 1930. Bradford discusses publishing and his work. One letter, in part
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733 - British WritersRR Auction
Four items signed by British writers, including: a one-pence banknote, signed by Noel Coward and Sybil Thorndike; a check filled out and signed by Tom
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735 - Alphonse DaudetRR Auction
Group lot of six ALSs in French, all untranslated, signed either "Alph. Daudet" or "Alphonse Daudet," each one page in length, e...
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736 - Robert FrostRR Auction
Signed book: The Collected Poems of Robert Frost. Second printing. NY: Halcyon House, 1939. Hardcover with dust jacket, 6.5 x 8.75, 432 pages. Signed
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