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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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768Woody GuthrieRR Auction
ALS signed “Pvt. Woody Guthrie, 42234634,” two pages both sides, 8.5 x 11, December 8, 1945. A pensive, humorous, and moving letter
769Woody GuthrieRR Auction
DS, one page, 8.5 x 11, no date. The final page of a contract agreement between Woody Guthrie and a music publishing firm, with the former signing in
770Jimi HendrixRR Auction
Fantastic vintage ballpoint signature, "Love, Jimi Hendrix," with a small sketch of a heart on an off-white 3.75 x 2.25 slip. In fine cond...
771BeatlesRR Auction
Vintage red leather-bound autograph book, 5.5 x 4, signed inside in blue ballpoint, “Beatles, Paul McCartney,” “Ringo Starr
772Eric ClaptonRR Auction
Signed book: 24 Nights. Limited edition, numbered 2450/3500. Surrey, England: Genesis Publications Limited, 1991. Hardcover with clamshell case, 9.25
773Beatles: John LennonRR Auction
Brilliant original ink sketch by John Lennon, unsigned, entitled 'Lady Flying on a Wire,' penned on an off-white 10 x 8 sheet, which depicts...
774Pink FloydRR Auction
Hugely sought-after The Wall album by Pink Floyd, signed on the front cover in in black felt tip by Richard Wright and Roger Waters, and in blue felt
775Wilhelm BackhausRR Auction
Vintage matte-finish 3.5 x 5.5 portrait of the German pianist by the Fayer Studio of Vienna, signed and inscribed in the lower border in fountain pen,
776Leonard BernsteinRR Auction
AMQS on an off-white 5 x 3 card, signed and inscribed in black felt tip, "For L. B. Larson—Leonard Bernstein, 1980." Bernstein pens ...
777John CageRR Auction
Signed book: Silence. Fourth printing. Middletown, CT: Wesleyan University Press, 1979. Softcover, 7 x 8.25, 276 pages. Signed and inscribed on the ha