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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Brigitte Bardot890 - Brigitte Bardot
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Four glossy photos of Bardot in various poses, 8 x 10 to 8 x 12, each signed in felt tip. In overall fine condition.
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Brigitte Bardot and Sophia Loren891 - Brigitte Bardot and Sophia Loren
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Enticing group lot of eight color glossy 8 x 10 and 10 x 8 photos of Brigitte Bardot and Sophia Loren at various stages of their career, each signed i
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Warren Beatty and Elia Kazan892 - Warren Beatty and Elia Kazan
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Impressive DS, 21 pages, 8.5 x 11.5, April 17, 1960. Agreement between NBI/Elia Kazan and Warren Beatty for him to render services "in the port...
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Ingrid Bergman893 - Ingrid Bergman
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Lovely vintage matte-finish 3.5 x 5.5 postcard photo of Bergman, signed in the lower border in fountain pen. In very good to fine condition, with smal
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Sarah Bernhardt894 - Sarah Bernhardt
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Two ALSs in French: the first is two pages, March 29, 1882, in full (translated): "I repeat indeed in Naples, dear Friend; I could not answer y...
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Billy Bevan895 - Billy Bevan
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Fantastic vintage matte-finish 5 x 7.5 Mack Sennett Comedies promo photo of Bevan in costume, neatly signed in fountain pen, "Sincerely yours, ...
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Fanny Brice896 - Fanny Brice
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Six items signed by Fanny Brice, including: a vintage glossy 8 x 10 photo of her in costume, signed in black ink; a color 5.5 x 3.5 postcard of her re
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James Cagney and George Raft897 - James Cagney and George Raft
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Glossy 10 x 8 photo of James Cagney as Frank Ross and George Raft as 'Hood' Stacey in the 1939 gangster film Each Dawn I Die, signed and ins...
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Frank Capra898 - Frank Capra
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Glossy 8 x 10 studio photo of Frank Capra standing alongside Harry Lachman and Robert Riskin on the set of the 1937 film When You're in Love, si...
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Casablanca: Madeleine Lebeau899 - Casablanca: Madeleine Lebeau
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Scarce vintage glossy 4 x 5.75 photo of Lebeau by the Harcourt Studio of Paris, signed in blue fountain pen, "My best wishes, Madeleine Lebeau....
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