RR Auction: Fine Autographs and Artifacts Featuring WWII

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RR Auction's August Fine Autographs and Artifacts sale is highlighted by a special World War II section, which features classic hand-painted A-2 leather flight jackets, a remarkable naval dispatch about Pearl Harbor, and extraordinary letters by its leading figures (Dwight D. Eisenhower, Omar Bradley, George S. Patton, and Douglas MacArthur). Other top lots span a dozen genres, and include an autograph letter by President Abraham Lincoln, a fully signed Led Zeppelin III album, autographs of Apollo 11 astronauts Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, and Michael Collins, and a comprehensive Frank Lloyd Wright architectural archive. 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 August 2019.
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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Matthew Ridgway404 - Matthew Ridgway
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TLS signed “Ridgway,” one page, 7.25 x 10.5, Headquarters, Eighth United States Army (EUSAK) letterhead, January 17, 1951. Letter to Lt. Gen. Leslie R
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Matthew Ridgway and James M. Gavin405 - Matthew Ridgway and James M. Gavin
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Uncommon 5.75 x 9 book photo of Ridgway and Gavin discussing plans for an Allied counterattack after the Bulge, a decision that took Gavin's 82n...
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Christopher Raymond Perry Rodgers406 - Christopher Raymond Perry Rodgers
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Officer in the United States Navy (1819–1892) who served in the Mexican–American War, the Civil War, as Superintendent of the Naval Academy, President
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Christopher Raymond Perry Rodgers407 - Christopher Raymond Perry Rodgers
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ALS from Christopher Raymond Perry Rodgers, signed “Ever your aff't father,” three pages on two adjoining sheets, 7.75 x 9.75, June 15 [1863]. W...
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Charles F. Smith408 - Charles F. Smith
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Career United States Army officer (1807-1862) who served in the Mexican–American War and as a Union General in the American Civil War; during the latt
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Moxley Sorrel409 - Moxley Sorrel
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Staff officer and brigadier general (1838–1901) in the Provisional Army of the Confederate States. Manuscript DS, signed “G. M. Sorrel,” one page, 7 x
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Soviet Propaganda410 - Soviet Propaganda
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Uncommon collection of over 100 pieces of German-language propaganda leaflets, handouts, and flyers printed by the Soviet Union during World War II as
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William B. Taliaferro411 - William B. Taliaferro
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United States Army officer (1822–1898), lawyer, legislator, and Confederate general in the American Civil War. ALS signed “Wm. B. Taliaferro,” three p
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Maxwell Taylor412 - Maxwell Taylor
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Two different glossy 10 x 8 aerial reconnaissance photos of ballistic missile launch sites in Cuba taken amidst the Cuban Missile Crisis in October–No
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USS Constitution413 - USS Constitution
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Block of wood removed from the hull of the USS Constitution during the frigate's historic 1927 restoration, measuring 4.75 x 4.5 x .75, with the...
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USS Constitution414 - USS Constitution
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Foundry cast bronze ashtray made from metal reclaimed during the 1927 restoration of the USS Constitution. The ashtray measures 6.25 x 4.5 x 1, with b
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Richard Varick415 - Richard Varick
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American soldier and statesman (1753-1831) who was aide-de-camp to Benedict Arnold prior to the latter's defection to the British. Varick later ...
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Jonathan M. Wainwright416 - Jonathan M. Wainwright
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Front cover from a copy of The Presidio Sun from September 20, 1945, Vol. 2, No. 30, 8 x 10.5, depicting General Jonathan M. Wainwright in his militar
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Gideon Welles417 - Gideon Welles
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Secretary of the Navy during the Civil War under Lincoln and Johnson (1802-1878). Civil War-dated LS, one page, 7.75 x 10, August 1, 1863. Written fro
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Courtney Whitney418 - Courtney Whitney
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Artifact related to the early career of Courtney Whitney, who is best known as the loyal aide of Douglas MacArthur and one of the authors of the postw
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Henry A. Wise419 - Henry A. Wise
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American statesman and diplomat (1806-1876) who served as a brigadier general in the Confederate army, where he fought beside Lee at Appomattox Court
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World War II420 - World War II
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Six items signed by figures associated with World War II, including: Paul Tibbets (signature), James H. Doolittle (signature), Matthew B. Ridgway (sig
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Marcus J. Wright421 - Marcus J. Wright
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Confederate general (1831-1922) wounded at Shiloh and fought at Chickamauga and Missionary Ridge. ALS, one page, 8 x 10.75, War Department, War Record
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WWII Aviators422 - WWII Aviators
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Five items signed by American World War II aviators, including: Paul Tibbets (check), Gregory 'Pappy' Boyington (check), Joe Foss (FDC), and...
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WWII Generals423 - WWII Generals
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Group lot of nine items signed by a notable general of World War II, consisting mostly of signed cards, photos, and letters, with signers including: M
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