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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George Bush81 - George Bush
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ALS as vice president on both sides of a 6.25 x 4.25 vice presidential card, May 26, 1986. Letter to Peter Senopoulos, in full: "What a magnifi...
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George Bush82 - George Bush
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TLS, one page, 8.5 x 11, Republican National Committee letterhead, March 19, 1973. Letter to Gene Lerner of the Record Fulfillment Center, in full: ...
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George and Barbara Bush83 - George and Barbara Bush
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Signed book: Random House Webster's Pocket American Dictionary. First edition. NY: Random House, 1998. Softcover with blue plastic George Bush P...
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George and Barbara Bush84 - George and Barbara Bush
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Two books, both hardcover with dust jacket: a first edition of Looking Forward: An Autobiography, published by Doubleday in 1987, signed in black ball
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George W. Bush85 - George W. Bush
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Three gold-tone presidential seal men's accessory gifts from the administration of George W. Bush, including: cufflinks in their original box, g...
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George W. Bush86 - George W. Bush
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Signed book: 41: A Portrait of My Father. First deluxe edition. NY: Crown Publishers, 2014. Hardcover with slipcase, 6 x 9, 294 pages. Signed on the f
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The Bushes87 - The Bushes
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Four books, each hardcover with dust jacket, individually signed by a Bush family member in ink or felt tip on a bookplate affixed to the first free e
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Jimmy Carter88 - Jimmy Carter
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Group of ten books signed by Jimmy Carter, consisting mostly of hardcovers with dust jackets, with titles including: Our Endangered Values, The Virtue
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Jimmy Carter89 - Jimmy Carter
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Group of eight books, the majority of which are first edition hardcovers with dust jackets, each signed inside on an opening page in ink or felt tip,
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Jimmy Carter90 - Jimmy Carter
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Official oversized White House Christmas card print from 1977, 16 x 10, signed at the bottom in black felt tip, "J. Carter." The card also...
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