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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Confederate Belt453 - Confederate Belt
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Civil War–period leather belt of the style worn by Confederate soldiers, measuring approximately 38? long and 3? wide, featuring two thin leather stra
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Confederate ‘D’ Guard Bowie Knife454 - Confederate ‘D’ Guard Bowie Knife
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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
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Estimate : 2,500.00 - 3,500.00
 
 
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Confederate Belt Buckle455 - Confederate Belt Buckle
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Attractive two-part belt buckle with a ‘snake’ pattern, 3.5 x 2.5, designed to accommodate a two-inch leather belt. The ornate decoration in the cente
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Confederate Block A456 - Confederate Block A
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Scarce Confederate local Block ‘A’ brass button as worn on the uniform of a Southern enlisted artilleryman, measuring approximately 1? in diameter, wi
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Confederate Block C457 - Confederate Block C
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Confederate Block ‘C’ brass button as worn on the uniform coat of a Southern cavalryman, measuring approximately 1? in diameter, with a face featuring
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Confederate Flag458 - Confederate Flag
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Beige fabric swatch from a battle flag of the 5th Texas Infantry commanded by John B. Hood, 2 x 1.75, removed from a flag belonging to Ensign W. C. Cl
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Confederate Infantry459 - Confederate Infantry
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Coat-size brass button as worn on the uniform coat of Confederate soldiers, measuring approximately 1? in diameter, with a gilt face featuring a stipp
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Confederate Navy460 - Confederate Navy
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Cuff-size brass button as worn on Confederate naval uniforms, measuring approximately .5? in diameter, with a face featuring the letters “CN” below cr
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Confederate Light Artillery Saber461 - Confederate Light Artillery Saber
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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
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Estimate : 3,000.00 - 4,000.00
 
 
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Gettysburg Bullet Cartridges462 - Gettysburg Bullet Cartridges
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Three unfired Civil War cartridges, including two .52 caliber Spencer cartridges and one .54 Burnside cartridge, obtained by John Geiselman from the D
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Libby Prison463 - Libby Prison
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Section of wood from an original beam from Libby Prison, measuring approximately 3.75 x 3 x .25, double-matted with descriptive text and two reproduce
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Union Cavalry Spurs464 - Union Cavalry Spurs
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Choice pair of intact Federal regulation brass cavalry spurs of wartime manufacture in a large size, measuring 3.5? across the boot opening and 5.25?
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Union Soldier’s Lincoln Memento465 - Union Soldier’s Lincoln Memento
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Unique arrangement of dried flowers presented to a Union soldier by President Lincoln at the beginning of the war, affixed to a 4.5 x 6 card with a pe
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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The Vicksburg Daily Citizen466 - The Vicksburg Daily Citizen
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Copy of the Confederate newspaper The Vicksburg Daily Citizen ‘Grant Edition’ reproduced in 1885, one page, 13 x 19, headed “This is a Re-Production o
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Virginia Soldier467 - Virginia Soldier
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Coat-size brass button as worn on many Virginia soldiers’ uniforms, measuring approximately 1? in diameter, featuring a Seal of the Commonwealth of Vi
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Robert Baden-Powell468 - Robert Baden-Powell
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Vintage matte-finish 3.25 x 5.52 postcard photo of Baden-Powell in his scout uniform, signed in fountain pen, “Robert Baden-Powell, Pax-hill, Oct. 27t
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William Bainbridge469 - William Bainbridge
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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
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Omar Bradley470 - Omar Bradley
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TLS, one page, 7 x 10, December 13, 1965. Letter to MGM executive Robert Weitman. In part: “I deeply appreciate your expressions of sympathy. The conc
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Zebulon Butler471 - Zebulon Butler
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Soldier and politician (1731–1785) who served in the Connecticut Assembly and commanded the garrison of Forty Fort in the Wyoming Valley during the Re
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Civil War472 - Civil War
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ALS signed “Fred,” nine pages two sets of adjoining sheets (one page cross-written), 4.5 x 7.5, September 17, 1863. Letter home to “Pa.” In part (spel
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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