RR Auction: Military and the Cold War

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Travel back in time with RR Auction’s military and Cold War auction. Take a look at some items from significant points in national and global history such as this autograph penned by Napoleon during his exile on St. Helena. We also have some featured items from the Cold War era such as a John F. Kennedy handwritten statement on the United Nations, a Soviet Union Fialka cipher machine, and a GRiD Compass 1101 military computer. Other exciting pieces include a Treaty of Versailles pamphlet, a Winston Churchill signed edition of The Second World War, and a notebook and signed check from ballplayer-turned-spy Moe Berg. Join us in May 2023 to take a trip through history.
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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Lincoln Assassination: Joseph H. Hazleton Signed Souvenir Typescript2093 - Lincoln Assassination: Joseph H. Hazleton Signed Souvenir Typescript
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Souvenir typescript entitled "The Assassination of President Lincoln by Joseph H. Hazleton (An eye witness)," one page, 8.5 x 11, signed a...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Lincoln Assassination: Calvin E. Keach Signed Typescript2094 - Lincoln Assassination: Calvin E. Keach Signed Typescript
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Typescript of Keach's dramatic eyewitness account of the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln, two pages, 6.5 x 9, signed at the conclusio...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Lincoln Assassination: Calvin E. Keach Autograph Letter Signed2095 - Lincoln Assassination: Calvin E. Keach Autograph Letter Signed
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ALS signed "Calvin E. Keach," one page, 6.5 x 9, February 25, 1915. Handwritten letter to John Boos, in full: "I am glad to give you ...
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Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
 
 
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Lincoln Assassination: Laura Keene Signature2096 - Lincoln Assassination: Laura Keene Signature
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Stage actress and manager (1826-1873) whose company was playing Our American Cousin at Ford's Theatre on the night of Lincoln's assassinatio...
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Lincoln Assassination: John F. Parker Autograph Note Signed2097 - Lincoln Assassination: John F. Parker Autograph Note Signed
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Police officer (1830-1890) in Washington's Metropolitan Police Department who was supposed to guard President Lincoln's box at Ford's Th...
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Lincoln Assassination: Mary Surratt's Hair Taken at Hanging2098 - Lincoln Assassination: Mary Surratt's Hair Taken at Hanging
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Several strands of Surratt's hair, encapsulated in clear plastic and affixed to an 8.5 x 11 certificate, headed: "The hair of Lincoln consp...
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Union Soldier's Letter on Lincoln's Assassination and Lee's Surrender2099 - Union Soldier's Letter on Lincoln's Assassination and Lee's Surrender
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ALS in pencil, three pages on two adjoining sheets, 5 x 8, U. S. Sanitary Commission letterhead, April 15, 1865. Handwritten letter home from "...
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Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
 
 
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Abraham Lincoln Funeral Flag Swatch2100 - Abraham Lincoln Funeral Flag Swatch
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Red-and-white silk flag fragment, 7.25" x 1", removed from a 36-star flag that adorned one of the cars in the Lincoln funeral train while ...
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Abraham Lincoln Funeral: Union Surgeon's Letter2101 - Abraham Lincoln Funeral: Union Surgeon's Letter
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Civil War-dated ALS by Surgeon Aaron S. Oberly, signed "A—," four pages on two adjoining sheets, 8 x 9.75, April 20, 18...
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Abraham Lincoln Mourning Button2102 - Abraham Lincoln Mourning Button
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Small gold-tone Abraham Lincoln mourning button, measuring 13 mm in diameter, featuring a portrait of the fallen president in profile. In fine conditi
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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