RR Auction: Fine Autograph & Artifact Auction

Civil War–dated ALS signed “Jeffer. Davis,” one page both sides, 8.5 x 4, The Southern Telegraph Companies letterhead, July 5, 1864. Letter to Governo

Union naval officer (1803–1865) who made significant contributions to the modernization of the US Navy, despite being blamed for the Union’s failure a

Civil War–dated manuscript DS, one page, 10 x 15.5, September 23, 1861. As president of the Confederacy, Davis appoints James M. Mason of Virginia “to

Early ALS signed “T. J. J.,” three pages on two adjoining sheets, 8 x 10, January 1, 1846. Letter to his sister Laura Jackson Arnold, written from Wes

War-dated autograph endorsement, signed “J. A. Early,” one page, 3.25 x 8, December 8, 1863. Endorsement in which C. S. Hart, Captain of AQM, asks for

Confederate general (1821–1877) who earned a reputation as the greatest cavalry officer of the Civil War. Crisp ink signature, “N. B. Forrest,” on an

Sought-after 2.5 x 4 carte-de-visite bust portrait of Lee in his military uniform, prominently signed on the mount in ink, “R. E. Lee.” In very good t

Ink signature, “Very resp’y your obt servt, R. E. Lee,” on an off-white 3.75 x 1 slip clipped from the conclusion of a letter. Includes an ALS from hi

Partly-printed DS, one page, 11.5 x 6.5, October 31, 1871. Stock certificate issued to George Ingram for five shares of the New Orleans & North ...

ALS signed “Jno. S. Mosby,” one page, 5 x 8, United States Consulate, Hong Kong letterhead, August 24, 1880. In part: “Whenever I receive your letter…

Ink signature, “Jno: S. Mosby,” on an off-white 3.75 x 2 card bearing collector’s ink notations. In very good condition.

LS signed “M. F. Maury, C. Navy,” 23 pages, 7.75 x 9.75, August 4, 1862. Letter to Robert Fitz Roy in London, giving an account of the war in an effor

Third-person ADS entirely in Pickett’s hand, signed within the text five times by Pickett and at the conclusion by Longstreet, three pages on two adjo

Civil War–dated manuscript DS, signed “W. T. Sherman, Maj. Genl,” one page, 15.5 x 9.75, May 1862. A document headed "Roll of a private on extr...

Partly-printed DS, signed “J. E. B. Stuart, 1st Lt. 1st Cav.,” one page, 17.5 x 7, January 1859. The lower portion of a muster-roll type accounting do

Hand-addressed mailing envelope, 8 x 3.5, addressed by Custer to his wife, “Mrs. Genl. Custer, 339 Penn Avenue, Washington, D. C.,” bearing an affixed

Judge, politician, and an important Confederate cavalry general (1820–1888) who fought in the Virginia campaigns during the Civil War. Civil War-dated

Large printed map of the Koblenz bridgehead zone in Germany with watercolor annotations, consisting of nine sheets taped together to a size of 45.5 x

War-dated ALS signed “Rene,” one page, 7 x 10.25, United States Marines letterhead, Parris Island, South Carolina, June 26, 1943. Letter to his future

Souvenir typescript, signed “Montgomery of Alamein, F. M.,” two pages, 8.5 x 11, bearing an affixed postage stamp honoring Dwight D. Eisenhower with a

TLS signed “G. S. Patton, Jr.,” one page, 7.25 x 10.5, personal letterhead, June 3, 1938. Letter to Dan Casement, in full: “I am giving myself the ple

Swiss army officer, bridge engineer and topographer (1787–1875) who served under Napoleon I and held the office of General to lead the Swiss forces to

Distinguished general (1848–1896) who was second-in-command of the Cuban army during the War of Independence against Spain. ALS in Spanish, signed “An

Cased Tranter 1st Pattern Revolver, serial number 20826Y, .44 caliber, 6.5? octagon barrel with a fine, bright bore that has some mild freckling withi

Desirable Ames Model 1850 foot officer’s sword identified to Lieutenant Frederick T. Brown of Company ‘K’ in the 44th Regiment, Massachusetts Voluntee

Desirable US Model 1836 Pistol by Waters, no serial number, .54 Caliber, 8.5? barrel with a very good, lightly pitted bore. This is an 1837 dated pist

Civil War–era British Beaumont–Adams Army Revolver with London retailer's markings, serial #41116, .442 Caliber, 5 3/4? barrel with a very good,...

Unmarked Confederate ‘D’ Guard Bowie knife measuring 24.5? in overall length with a 19? double-edged blade with a spear point. The hilt has a dark woo

Civil War–period leather belt of the style worn by Confederate soldiers, measuring approximately 38? long and 3? wide, featuring two thin leather stra

Confederate Light Artillery saber with an unmarked 31 3/8? blade featuring a fuller stopped at the ricasso. The blade washer is absent and the 3/8? ga

Handsome Confederate officer’s brown leather haversack identified to Major James B. Eustis, measuring 12 x 10, featuring a tooled pinwheel design patt

Handsome Union cavalry enlisted man’s shell jacket retaining its original brown and red checkered body lining, white cotton sleeve lining, and handsom

Sought-after imported transition Model 1840/60 sword manufactured by the W. Clauberg firm of Solingen, Prussia, identified to First Lieutenant John V.

Savage Revolving Fire-Arms Co. Navy Model Revolver, serial #7557, .36 caliber, 7? octagon barrel with a fine, bright bore that has a small amount of m

High quality post-1870 two-piece uniform that consists of a gray worsted shell jacket and matching trousers. The jacket has seven gilt metal buttons d

Antique Winchester Model 1894 rifle in .32-40, serial #109733, with a 26? octagon barrel with a fair, lightly pitted bore. This 1897–made rifle has an

Kentucky pioneer, soldier, and politician (1742–1802) who was second-in-command of all the state’s militia during the American Revolutionary War. ALS,

Two letters: an LS by signer of the United States Constitution and Secretary of War James McHenry, one page, March 1, 1798, in part: “There being more

Five items: an ALS from Henry Knox signed “H. Knox,” November 16, 1785, written by Knox while serving as secretary of war for the Continental Congress

Revolutionary War general (1753–1807) who commanded a company of light infantry and took part in the Battle of Bunker Hill before serving under Israel

Commodore in the United States Navy (1774–1833) best known for his victory over the HMS Java in the War of 1812. ALS signed “Wm. Bainbridge,” one page

American naval officer (1779–1820) who cemented a reputation as a hero for his leadership during the Barbary Wars and the War of 1812. ADS, one page,

Three one-page ALSs, various sizes, all dated between 1891–1896, and signed by former Confederate soldiers Colonel J. B. E. Sloan, Young John Pope, an

ALS signed “M. C. Perry,” one page, 8 x 9.75, January 6, 1829. Letter to Captain John D. Henley of the Portsmouth Naval Station, in full: “On the rece

Prominent American explorer, military officer, and politician (1813–1890). ALS signed “J. C. Fremont,” one page both sides, 4.75 x 8, February 3, 1865

ALS signed “J. E. Johnston,” one page, lightly-lined, 7.75 x 9.75, House of Representatives letterhead, June 4, 1880. Letter to W. G. Le Duc, the comm

ALS, one page, lightly-lined, 8 x 10, December 23, 1848. Letter to General Robert Jones, in part: “Bt. Lt. Colo. Montgomery, Senior member of the Cour

Manuscript document, two large pages, 16 x 20, March 19, 1860. Document headed “Report & Manifest of the Cargo laden on board the Sarah E. Petti...

Partial ALS signed “Geo. Meade,” one page on the second integral page of an adjoining letter, 8 x 9.75, September 15, 1867. Letter to the recent widow

Civil War-dated ALS, one page, lightly-lined, 8 x 10, October 24, 1863. Letter to the superintendent of the Eaglewood Military Academy, in part: “I en

War-dated partial ALS, four pages, lightly-lined on two adjoining sheets, 7.75 x 9.75, Head Quarters 3d Division letterhead, March 1864. Letter to his

American military figure (1822–1866) who served as assistant adjutant general of the Union's Army of the Potomac during the Civil War. Three Civ...

ALS, one page both sides, 6 x 9.5, Prince George Hotel letterhead, September 7, 1907. Letter to Mutual Benefit Life Insurance, in part: “My affairs wi

German naval officer (1881–1966) who earned the nickname ‘Sea Devil’ for his legendary maritime exploits during World War I. Four items: a hardcover c

Pickett County Bank & Trust Co. check, 6.25 x 2.75, filled out and signed by York, payable to Corman Greer for $30, November 8, 1951. In fine co...

Color semi-glossy 7.75 x 9.75 Mutual of Omaha head-and-shoulders portrait of General James H. Doolittle in his military uniform, signed and inscribed

Issue of the New York Times from July 1, 1943, late city edition, 38 pages, 16.75 x 22.75, featuring the headline: “M’Arthur Starts Allied Offensive i

Ink signature, “G. S. Patton, Lt. Col. NA.,” on a tan 3 x 1.5 slip clipped from an envelope. In fine condition.

French military officer (1859–1935) whose central role in the Dreyfus Affair, which tore French society apart and shook their faith in the military, t

Four untranslated items signed by Napoleonic Marshals of France, including: Pierre Augereau (LS), Jacques MacDonald (ALS), Louis-Gabriel Suchet (DS),

Impressive lot of thirteen items, primarily consisting of signatures, FDCs, and signed photos, each signed by a military leader, including: Leslie Gro

Five items: an ink signature from P. G. T. Beauregard, “G. T. Beauregard, 1878,” on an off-white 4.5 x 2.5 slip; an untranslated ALS in French, signed

Six items: a glossy 8 x 10 photo of the Hiroshima mushroom cloud, signed in black felt tip, “George R. Caron, Hiroshima, 8/6/45,” and in blue felt tip

Businessman (1857–1911) who served in Theodore Roosevelt’s cabinet as Secretary of the Navy for one year from 1904 to 1905. Partly-printed DS, one pag

Signed book: Combined Operations. First edition. London: His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1943. Softcover, 5.25 x 8.25, 144 pages. Signed and in...

Choice airmail cover with a stamped cachet honoring the first flight of the hourly airplane passenger service between Newark, Washington, and Philadel

Program for a dinner honoring the great aviators Jim Mollison and his wife Amy Johnson, given by the Canadian Club of New York at the Waldorf Astoria

Partly-printed DS, signed twice in pencil, “Amelia Earhart,” one page both sides, 8 x 7, March 25, 1937. United States Department of Agriculture bagga

Lovely vintage matte-finish 10 x 13.25 photo of Earhart in a stylish dress pinned with aviator wings, posing next to a motion picture camera, signed o

Block of nine dark blue ten-cent postage stamps honoring Lindbergh’s nonstop solo transatlantic flight from New York to Paris on May 20-21, 1927, meas

Appealing color 16 x 20 print for the SR-71 Blackbird Symposium held at the Pima Air and Space Museum in Tucson, Arizona on February 21–22, 2009, sign

TLS, one page, 7.25 x 10.25, personal letterhead, October 12, 1934. Letter to Donald M. Boyer, in full: “Please extend to the Trustees and Faculty of

The Winters National Bank check, 7.5 x 3, filled out and signed by Lorin Wright, “Orville Wright, L,” payable to Katharine Wright for $250, January 26

Flown original component from Gus Grissom’s Liberty Bell 7 spacecraft, recovered from the Atlantic Ocean on July 20, 1999. The piece measures approxim

Flown original piece of film from Gus Grissom’s Liberty Bell 7 spacecraft, issued in commemoration of the 40th anniversary of the flight. The piece me

ALS signed “Walter M. Schirra, Jr.,” one page, 8 x 10, Project Mercury letterhead, no date. Letter to Frank, in full: “I have been going over some of

Rare pairing of two items from Gus Grissom’s personal collection: a flown Gemini 3 sterling silver Fliteline medallion, approximately 1? in diameter,

Rare glossy 8 x 10 photo of the Gemini IV launch, neatly mounted and lacquered on a 11 x 13 wooden frame, signed and inscribed on top of the lacquer i

Original remnant of gold-colored Mylar insulation flown to the moon on the Apollo 11 command module Columbia. Insulation is affixed to a printed 8 x 2

Highly desirable color vintage semi-glossy 4.75 x 3.5 candid photo of an aerial view of the USS Hornet, the recovery ship of the Apollo 11 crew, signe

Official color 8 x 10 NASA lithograph of Armstrong posing in his white space suit against a lunar backdrop, signed and inscribed in blue felt tip, “To

Sought-after uninscribed official color 8 x 10 NASA lithograph of Armstrong in his white space suit against a lunar background, signed in black felt t

Apollo 12 ‘Type 1’ insurance cover bearing a mission emblem cachet with navy wings underneath, postmarked Kennedy Space Center, Florida, November 14,

Two items: an appealing commemorative cover with an affixed color cachet honoring the Apollo 12 splashdown, entitled “Triumphant Return to Earth,” pos

Remarkable color limited edition 33 x 22.5 offset lithograph on stretched, textured canvas of an Alan Bean painting entitled ‘Lone Star,’ numbered 164

Color limited edition 23 x 31 print of an Alan Bean painting entitled ‘The Hammer and the Feather,’ numbered “AP 52/60,” signed in the lower border in

Flown fabric state flag of Kansas, 5.75 x 4, affixed to a 19.5 x 15.5 mount bearing an affixed caption stating, “This flag carried to the moon aboard

Flown embroidered President’s Council on Physical Fitness & Sports patch carried on the Apollo 13 mission, measuring 3? in diameter, lightly sig...

Flown swatch of fabric from the backing material of the astronauts’ couches inside the Apollo 13 Command Module, approximately 1 x .75. Encased in a l

Flown American flag carried aboard the Space Shuttle Atlantis, 5.75 x 4, affixed to a presentation sheet signed by NASA administrator Charles F. Bolde

Desirable matte-finish 3.75 x 4.75 head-and-shoulders photo of Gagarin in uniform, signed vertically in blue ballpoint. In fine condition, with trimme

Official Rawlings Major League (Selig) baseball signed in silver ink on the sweet spot, “Scott Carpenter, original Mercury astronaut.” In fine conditi

Glossy 10.75 x 8 photo of Glenn climbing inside his Friendship 7 capsule, signed in black felt tip. In fine condition, with a couple trivial creases t

TLS, one page, 8.5 x 11, personal letterhead, no date. In part: “The idea of taking a few commemorative medallions aboard Apollo 7 was to provide a la

Exceptional color satin-finish 10 x 8 photo of Aldrin standing beside the American flag on the moon’s surface, signed in silver ink, “First Lunar Land

Color satin-finish 8 x 10 photo of Aldrin standing on the surface of the moon, looking at the camera, signed in blue felt tip, “First Lunar Landing, B

Four items: two Research & Engineering Consultants business checks, both 6 x 2.75, filled out and signed by Aldrin, dated March and April of 198...

Uncommon FDC with a viewing window for a sealed Apollo 12 commemorative metal, signed in brown felt tip, “Dick Gordon,” in blue ballpoint, “Charles Co

A 9 x 9 swatch of Beta cloth with a printed 3? diameter Apollo XII mission insignia in the center, signed in blue ballpoint by Alan Bean and Richard G

Set of four books signed by various Apollo astronauts, including: a first edition of Carrying the Fire, softcover, signed on the title page in black i