RR Auction: Fine Autographs & Artifacts

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Headquartered in Boston’s North End, RR Auction is a globally recognized and trusted source for rare documents, manuscripts, autographs, and historic artifacts. Since its inception in 1980, RR has achieved countless record-setting prices in over 425 successful sales, including Truman Capote’s hand-notated manuscript for Breakfast at Tiffany’s for over $300,000, President Kennedy’s 1963 convertible for $318,000, and a pair of Bonnie and Clyde’s guns for over $500,000. Internationally known and frequently featured in all media outlets—with appearances on NBC’s Today Show, CBS This Morning, Fox News, the New York Times Sunday Magazine, and the London Times—RR Auction prides itself on selling authentic material, thoroughly examined by in-house experts and third-party authenticators, to uphold the guarantee of authenticity. With a stunning full-color print catalog and a massive online presence, RR Auction continues to achieve record prices for clients around the world.
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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James A. Walker409 - James A. Walker
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Confederate general and US congressman (1832–1901) who earned the nickname ‘Stonewall Jim’ for his days as commander of the famed Stonewall Brigade. C
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Artemas Ward410 - Artemas Ward
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Major general in the Revolutionary War (1727–1800), second in command to George Washington, and, later, congressman from Massachusetts. Partly-printed
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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World War II411 - World War II
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Collection of over sixty items belonging to WWII Army General Robert C. Richardson III, consisting of his medals, ribbons, bars, and other awards. Amo
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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World War II412 - World War II
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Rare printed broadside edition of Japan's declaration of war on the United States and Great Britain, one page, 7.25 x 10.25, no date but circa D...
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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World War II Generals413 - World War II Generals
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FDC, 6.5 x 3.75, bearing a 3-cent US Army postage stamp, signed in black ink, “Omar N. Bradley,” “C. H. Hodges,” and “Mark W. Clark.” Addressed and no
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Confederate Artifacts415 - Confederate Artifacts
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Attractively displayed collection of eight items, including an 1864 $30 Confederate bond note, a brass button excavated from a Confederate campsite, a
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Confederate Artifacts416 - Confederate Artifacts
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Nicely displayed collection of seven items, including an 1863 Confederate $10 bill and six bullets excavated from the Chancellorsville battlefield in
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Confederate Currency417 - Confederate Currency
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Collection of four banknotes originating from the personal belongings of Confederate soldier Private H. K. W. Sharp of ‘D’ Company in the Tennessee 3r
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Confederate Flag Remnants418 - Confederate Flag Remnants
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Two large white and red remnants from a Confederate flag, each measuring approximately 3 x 3, sent home during the Civil War by Captain John D. Conley
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Confederate Harpers Ferry Musket419 - Confederate Harpers Ferry Musket
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Harpers Ferry Model 1841 musket lightly carved on the stock in large letters, “TN,” and believed to have been carried by Confederate Thomas J. Northco
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Confederate Musket420 - Confederate Musket
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Classic US Model 1816/22 Springfield Conversion Musket identified as belonging to a Confederate soldier from North Carolina, deeply carved on the che
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Confederate Signal Corps Telescope421 - Confederate Signal Corps Telescope
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Exceedingly rare Confederate Army Signal Corps four-tiered brass-bodied telescope, measuring 40? long at full extension with a 2.5? diameter objective
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Estimate : 5,000.00 - 6,000.00
 
 
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Confederate Sword422 - Confederate Sword
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Rare Confederate officer’s sword belonging to First Lieutenant James H. Young, a member of ‘D’ Company in the 42nd Georgia who was killed during the V
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Estimate : 8,000.00 - 10,000.00
 
 
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Drumsticks423 - Drumsticks
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Pair of Civil War–era wooden drumsticks, each measuring approximately 17.25? long with a .75? diameter base. In overall fine condition, with general w
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Union Drum424 - Union Drum
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Attractive Civil War US regulation eagle snare drum, measuring 16.5? in diameter and 15? tall, featuring the standard colorful painting of an eagle ca
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Estimate : 6,000.00 - 8,000.00
 
 
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Union Knapsack425 - Union Knapsack
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Civil War knapsack carried by Private Charles D. Bingham, an artilleryman of the ‘M’ Battery, 3rd New York Light Artillery. The typical Federal knapsa
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Union Navy426 - Union Navy
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Desirable Civil War enlisted man’s naval uniform including both the jumper and trousers, entirely hand-stitched and constructed of fine blue wool. The
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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Union Navy Cutlass427 - Union Navy Cutlass
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Federal naval cutlass model 1860, manufactured in 1861 by Ames Mfg. Co. in Chicopee, Massachusetts, measuring an overall 31.5? long and fitted to an 1
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Union Signal Core Fuel Canteen428 - Union Signal Core Fuel Canteen
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Civil War US-issue Signal Corps copper fuel canteen, measuring approximately 9.5? in diameter and 3? thick, attached to its original leather sling. Th
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Utensils429 - Utensils
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Collection of six Civil War–era accouterments, including: a bone-handled fork and spoon set, the knife with a ‘Lamson & Goodnow’ maker mark and ...
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American Soldiers430 - American Soldiers
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Three items, each signed by a notable American military figure, including: Henry Halleck (clipped autograph endorsement), David D. Porter (signature),
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Robert Anderson431 - Robert Anderson
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Union general in command of Fort Sumter who refused a formal demand for his surrender, leading to the bombardment of the fort and start of the Civil W
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Hap Arnold432 - Hap Arnold
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TLS signed “H. H. Arnold,” one page, 6.75 x 9, Headquarters, Army Air Forces letterhead, February 1, 1946. Letter to Colonel F. W. Clark, in full: “Ju
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Pietro Badoglio433 - Pietro Badoglio
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Italian general during both World Wars who succeeded Benito Mussolini as prime minister (1871–1956). World War II–dated TLS in Italian, signed “Badogl
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Italo Balbo434 - Italo Balbo
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Italian Blackshirt leader who popularized aviation in Italy and was killed by friendly fire early in WWII (1896–1940). World War II–dated TLS in Itali
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Bock’s Car435 - Bock’s Car
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Glossy 10 x 8 photo of the Bock’s Car crew, signed in black and blue ink, “C. D. Albury—Pilot, ‘Bockscar’ Nagasaki, Aug. 9, 1945,” “Lt. Fred J. Olivi,
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Bock’s Car: Leonard Godfrey436 - Bock’s Car: Leonard Godfrey
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ALS signed “Len Godfrey,” one page both sides, 8.5 x 9.75, no date. Fantastic letter describing his role in the events of August 9, 1945, and the bomb
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Ambrose E. Burnside437 - Ambrose E. Burnside
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Union general and one-time commander of the Army of the Potomac (1824–1881); the distinctive whiskers he sported gave rise to the word ‘sideburns.’ Ci
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Ivan Chernyshyov438 - Ivan Chernyshyov
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Russian field marshal and general admiral (1726–1797) prominent during the reign of Catherine the Great. Third-person ALS in French, one page, 7.25 x
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Pavel Chichagov439 - Pavel Chichagov
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Important Russian naval reformer (1767–1849) best known for letting Napoleon slip past his blockade of the Berezina River in November of 1812. ALS in
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Civil War440 - Civil War
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ALS in pencil by John S. Burr, signed “John S. B.,” three pages on two adjoining sheets, 5 x 8, July 4, 1862. Letter home to his parents from City Poi
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Civil War Reports441 - Civil War Reports
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Two documents headed “Morning Report of the Surgeon of a Regiment, Post or Garrison,” signed “J. H. Bennett, Asst. Surg. 46th U. S. C. Inf.,” each one
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John A. Dahlgren442 - John A. Dahlgren
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Naval leader (1809–1870) who headed the Union Navy's ordnance department during the Civil War and developed a number of guns and cannons. War-da...
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Napoleon Dana443 - Napoleon Dana
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Union general and Mexican-American War soldier (1822–1905). Uncommon war-dated ALS signed “N. J. Dana, Maj Gnl,” one page, 7.75 x 9.75, Head Quarters,
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James H. Doolittle444 - James H. Doolittle
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TLS signed “J. H. Doolittle,” one page, 7.25 x 10.5, personal letterhead, postmarked July 25, 1932. Letter to Anne Madison Washington of the George Wa
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Enola Gay445 - Enola Gay
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Exceptional 10 x 8 cardstock photo of the crew of the Enola Gay, signed in various color inks, “Dutch Van Kirk, Navigator—Enola Gay, 6 Aug 1945,” “Pau
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Enola Gay446 - Enola Gay
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Two photos: a satin-finish 8 x 10 photo of the Hiroshima mushroom cloud, signed in blue felt tip, “Paul Tibbets–Pilot, Enola Gay,” “Theodore J. ‘Dutch
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John Ericsson447 - John Ericsson
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ALS signed “J. Ericsson,” one page both sides, 8 x 10, August 8, 1859. Letter to a gentleman. In part: “The young man from Careys & Co called as...
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Walter Goodman448 - Walter Goodman
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Confederate captain who was staff officer to General James Chalmers and delivered Nathan Bedford Forrest’s demand for the surrender of the Union garri
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George Henry Gordon449 - George Henry Gordon
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American lawyer and Union general (1823–1886) who was one of the founders of the Military Historical Society of Massachusetts. War-dated ALS signed “G
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Wade Hampton450 - Wade Hampton
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Confederate military officer and politician (1818–1902) who replaced J. E. B. Stuart as Lee’s Chief of Cavalry following Stuart’s death on the battlef
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Winfield Scott Hancock451 - Winfield Scott Hancock
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ALS signed “Winf’d S. Hancock,” one page both sides, lightly-lined, 5.25 x 8.25, March 21, 1879. Letter from General Hancock to General Thomas H. Ruge
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Winfield Scott Hancock and George Meade452 - Winfield Scott Hancock and George Meade
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Two items: an ink signature, “Winf’d S. Hancock,” on an off-white 3 x 1.5 clipped card; and an ink signature, “Geo. G. Meade, Maj. Genl. of Vols Comd.
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Iwo Jima: John Bradley453 - Iwo Jima: John Bradley
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U.S. Navy Corpsman (1923–1994) who was one of the men who raised the flag on Iwo Jima’s Mount Suribachi. Ballpoint signature, “My best wishes to Georg
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Iwo Jima: Joe Rosenthal454 - Iwo Jima: Joe Rosenthal
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Color 28 x 20 poster depicting the raising of the American flag on Iwo Jima, signed in black felt tip, “Joe Rosenthal, AP Photographer, Iwo Jima 1945.
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Iwo Jima: Joe Rosenthal455 - Iwo Jima: Joe Rosenthal
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Glossy 10 x 8 photo collage of the Iwo Jima flag-raising and Rosenthal with his camera, signed and inscribed in black felt tip, “Best wishes to my fri
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Thomas J. ‘Stonewall’ Jackson: James Gilmore Harris456 - Thomas J. ‘Stonewall’ Jackson: James Gilmore Harris
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Confederate captain whose brigade mistook Stonewall Jackson and his staff for Union troops and fired at them, fatally wounding Jackson. Manuscript DS,
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Benjamin Lincoln457 - Benjamin Lincoln
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Major general in the Continental Army (1733-1810) during the American Revolutionary War, known as the officer who formally accepted the British surren
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Douglas MacArthur458 - Douglas MacArthur
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Signed book: Reminiscences. Limited first edition. NY: McGraw-Hill, 1964. Hardcover with dust jacket, 6.5 x 9.5, 438 pages. Signed on the colophon in
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George C. Marshall459 - George C. Marshall
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Signed book: The Marshall Story. First edition. NY: Prentice–Hall, 1951. Hardcover with dust jacket, 6.25 x 9.25, 344 pages. Signed on the title page
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