Fine Autographs and Artifacts Featuring Civil War

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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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Gerald Ford121 - Gerald Ford
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Signed book: A Time to Heal. First edition. NY: Harper and Row, 1979. Hardcover with dust jacket, 6.5 x 9.5, 454 pages. Signed on the first free end p
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Gerald Ford122 - Gerald Ford
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Three items: an ink signature, "Gerald R. Ford," on an off-white 7 x 3 sheet from the Office of the Vice President, dated July 30, 1975; a...
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Gerald and Betty Ford123 - Gerald and Betty Ford
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Three books: a special edition of The Warren Commission Report, hardcover with dust jacket, signed in blue ink on a prefatory page featuring a copy of
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Gerald Ford and Arnold Palmer124 - Gerald Ford and Arnold Palmer
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Color semi-glossy 8 x 10 photo of President Gerald Ford and Arnold Palmer playing golf at the 1974 World Golf Hall of Fame Tournament in Pinehurst, No
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Gerald Ford and John Paul Stevens125 - Gerald Ford and John Paul Stevens
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Glossy 10 x 8 photo of President Ford meeting with Chief Justice Warren E. Burger and the newly appointed John Paul Stevens, signed in the lower borde
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Gerald and Betty Ford and Nancy Reagan126 - Gerald and Betty Ford and Nancy Reagan
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Color semi-glossy 10 x 8 photo of the Reagans and Fords seated in the Oval Office, signed in the lower border in blue felt tip, "Gerald R. Ford...
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James A. Garfield127 - James A. Garfield
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Three unsigned items: a black-bordered souvenir engraving from the Congressional memorial service for James A. Garfield held on February 27, 1882, pro
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Warren G. Harding128 - Warren G. Harding
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Marion County Bank check, 6 x 2.75, filled out and signed by Harding, "W. G. Harding," payable to F. W. Peters for $8.90, February 1, 1909...
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Warren G. Harding129 - Warren G. Harding
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DS as president, one page, 20 x 16, March 16, 1921. President Harding appoints Roger C. Heimer as a "Second Lieutenant of Engineers in the Coas...
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Benjamin Harrison130 - Benjamin Harrison
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Fletcher's Bank check, 7.25 x 2.75, filled out and signed by Harrison, "Benj. Harrison," payable to A. M. Luke for $7, October 16, 188...
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Caroline Scott Harrison131 - Caroline Scott Harrison
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Official Executive Mansion card, neatly signed in ink by the first lady, "Caroline Scott Harrison." In very good to fine condition, with l...
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Herbert Hoover132 - Herbert Hoover
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Signed book: An American Epic, Vol. I. Chicago: Henry Regnery Company, 1959. Hardcover with dust jacket, 6.5 x 9.5, 477 pages. Signed and inscribed on
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Herbert Hoover133 - Herbert Hoover
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Two books: a first printing of The Memoirs of Herbert Hoover: 1929–1941, The Great Depression, hardcover with dust jacket, signed and inscrib
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Herbert Hoover134 - Herbert Hoover
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Two first edition books: The Challenge to Liberty, hardcover with glassine jacket, published by Charles Scribner's Sons in 1934, signed and insc...
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Herbert Hoover135 - Herbert Hoover
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Four TLSs, each one page, 7.25 x 10.5, personal letterhead, December 1933–January 1936, all to A. B. Cargill. Hoover sends thanks for editori
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Lyndon and Lady Bird Johnson136 - Lyndon and Lady Bird Johnson
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Two books: a first edition of The Vantage Point: Perspectives of the Presidency, 1963–1969, hardcover with dust jacket, signed by Lyndon B. J
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Lyndon B. Johnson137 - Lyndon B. Johnson
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Uncommon 17 x 23 paperstock portrait of LBJ by the International Photo-Engravers Union of North America, signed and inscribed in the lower border in b
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Lyndon B. Johnson138 - Lyndon B. Johnson
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TLS, one page, 7 x 8.75, personal letterhead, February 25, 1969. Letter to the Hon. Ben Oehlert, American ambassador to Pakistan, in part: "It ...
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Lyndon B. Johnson139 - Lyndon B. Johnson
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TLS as president, one page, 6.75 x 8.75, White House letterhead, March 8, 1968. Letter to Jennings Randolph, wishing the West Virginia senator a happy
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John F. Kennedy140 - John F. Kennedy
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Collection of John F. Kennedy trading cards, including: 17 cards printed by Rosan in 1963; 13 cards from the 1964 Topps JFK set; and 37 oversized trad
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