RR Auction: Fine Autographs & Artifacts

DS, one page, 7.25 x 4, August 10, 1787. A financial document concerning funeral expenses, listing the costs of “Digging Grave for Negro Woman,” “Cash

Iconic twice-signed matte-finish 12.75 x 10.5 photo Nimitz signing the Japanese surrender aboard the USS Missouri, signed and inscribed in fountain pe

Exceptional matte-finish 6.5 x 8.5 photo of Patton in uniform, binoculars in hand, humorously signed and inscribed in fountain pen, “To Allie, from Ge

ALS in pencil, signed “George,” one page both sides, 5.5 x 9, April 29, 1916. Letter to his sister Anne, “Nita,” while on the march to Mexico during t

Signed book from Patton’s personal library: Seven Seas on a Shoestring by Dwight Long. Third edition. NY: Harper & Brothers, 1938. Hardcover, 6....

Confederate officer (1832–1865) who fought with distinction at Murfreesboro and Chickamauga; he was killed in action in a skirmish at Hatcher’s Run, V

Signed book: My Experiences in the World War, Volumes I and II. Limited author’s autograph edition, numbered 608/2100. NY: Frederick A. Stokes Company

Striking matte-finish 11 x 14 bust portrait of Pershing in uniform, signed and inscribed in the lower border in fountain pen, “For Mr. Roy Carruthers,

Virginia-born Confederate officer (1825–1875) who famously led the eponymous ill-fated charge at Gettysburg. Civil War–dated handwritten endorsement,

Military leader and politician (1583–1634) who offered his services during the Thirty Years' War to the Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand II. He beca...

Revolutionary War–dated partly-printed DS, one page, 8.25 x 13.25, July 4, 1776. An appointment of “Henry Smith to be a Coroner in the County of Suffo

Extraordinary early Civil War–era ALS signed “W. H. T. Walker, Major Gen’l Geo Vols,” three pages on two adjoining sheets, 7.75 x 9.75, April 1, 1861.

Ink signature, “G. T. Beauregard, 1878,” on an off-white 4.5 x 2.5 slip. In fine condition, with trivial show-through from tape remnants to reverse co

Ink signature, “Very truly yours, S. B. Buckner,” on an off-white 5.25 x 1 lightly-lined slip clipped from the conclusion of a letter. In fine conditi

ALS signed “A. E. Burnside,” one page, 4.5 x 3.5, black-bordered stationery card, May 30, 1877. In full: “If you have not already ordered the cards yo

Partly-printed DS, one page, 14.5 x 8.75, January 1, 1873. Official war damages reimbursement certificate stating that a “duly approved and registered

ALS signed “W. G. Henderson,” three pages on two adjoining sheets, 8.5 x 10.75, Camp 19th Regt Connecticut Vols letterhead, December 22, 1862. Fascina

Commander of the World War II Tuskegee Airmen (1912–2002). Glossy 8 x 10 photo of Davis in uniform, signed in fountain pen, “B. O. Davis, Jr., Lt. Gen

Ink signature, “Respectfully, Jefferson Davis, 23d, Dec. 1875,” on a beige 3.5 x 2.25 slip clipped from an autograph page. Affixed to a same-size shee

Manuscript DS, signed “Geo. Dewey, Captain, Commanding,” one page, 7.75 x 12.5, September 20, 1886. Document issued from the USS Pensacola, flagship o