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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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790 - Richard StraussRR Auction
Hand-addressed mailing envelope, 5.75 x 4.75, addressed by Strauss to a gentleman in Berlin, signed in the return address on the flap, "Richard...
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791 - Igor StravinskyRR Auction
Ballpoint signature and inscription, "To Hans Stroot, Sincerely, Igor Stravinsky, Hollywood, Febr. 16/60,” on an off-white 3.5 x 2 card. ...
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792 - Conchita SuperviaRR Auction
Fountain pen signature, “Conchita Supervia,” on a trimmed 5.5 x 4 magazine page with affixed portrait of the singer. The page is mou
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793 - Arturo ToscaniniRR Auction
Unique original pencil drawing of the great conductor accomplished by Seymour Halpern on an off-white 4 x 5.5 sheet, signed below by the subject in in
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794 - Ermanno Wolf-FerrariRR Auction
Hand-addressed mailing envelope, 6 x 4, addressed in Wolf-Ferrari's hand to "Herrn Bruno von Niessen" at the Reichstheaterkammer in Be...
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795 - Irving BerlinRR Auction
Two items: a green fountain pen signature, "Irving Berlin," on an off-white 4.25 x 6.25 album page with an affixed image; and a TLS, one p...
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796 - Nat King ColeRR Auction
Vintage glossy 8 x 10 publicity photo for 'Nat Cole of the King Cole Trio,' signed and inscribed in fountain pen, "To Jim, Best wishes,...
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797 - Benny GoodmanRR Auction
Vintage glossy 8 x 10.25 photo of Goodman surrounded by instruments, signed in fountain pen, "Best wishes, Benny Goodman." In very good co...
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798 - Oscar HammersteinRR Auction
Vintage sheet music booklet for the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical South Pacific, published by Williamson Music, Inc., 172 pages, 9 x 12, signed on t
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