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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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738 - Langston HughesRR Auction
Vintage fountain pen signature, "Langston Hughes,” on an off-white 5.75 x 1.5 slip, nicely matted and framed with a portrait and plaque t...
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739 - Washington IrvingRR Auction
ALS, one page, 7.25 x 9.5, May 14, 1844. Written from Madrid, Spain, a letter to landscape painter Edwin Landseer, in part: "I take the liberty...
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740 - Harper LeeRR Auction
Souvenir typescript, one page, 8.5 x 11, signed in green felt tip, "With my best wishes, Harper Lee." The opening of To Kill a Mockingbird...
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741 - Harper LeeRR Auction
Scarce glossy 8 x 10 close-up photo of the reclusive author of To Kill a Mockingbird, signed in black felt tip by Harper Lee. In fine condition.
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742 - Maurice MaeterlinckRR Auction
ALS in French, signed “M. Maeterlinck,” three pages on two adjoining sheets, 4.5 x 7, March 18, 1902. Letter concerning an "introduc
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744 - Eugene O'NeillRR Auction
Ink signature, “With all good wishes, Eugene O’Neill, Sept. 1949,” on an off-white 4.75 x 6.75 album page with affixed capt
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745 - Maurice PernotRR Auction
Autograph manuscript in French, signed "Marucei Pernot," seven pages, 8.25 x 10.5, circa 1930. An untranslated article entitled "Gand...
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746 - Mario PuzoRR Auction
ALS signed “Mario F. Puzo,” one page, 8.5 x 11, July 16, 1965. Letter to Ernest Manfred, in full: "Thank you very much for your very
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747 - Salman RushdieRR Auction
Signed book: The Satanic Verses. First edition. London: Viking Press, 1988. Hardcover with dust jacket, 6.5 x 9.5, 547 pages. Signed and inscribed on
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