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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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Lee Surrender: Union Soldier's Letter on Appomattox2083 - Lee Surrender: Union Soldier's Letter on Appomattox
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ALS signed "O. B. Clark," three pages on two adjoining sheets, 5.25 x 8, April 13, 1865. Handwritten letter to his son, Lt. D. W. Clark, w...
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Estimate : 750.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Robert E. Lee's Surrender: Handwritten Telegram2084 - Robert E. Lee's Surrender: Handwritten Telegram
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Civil War-dated handwritten telegram, two pages, lightly-lined, 7.75 x 10, April 10, 1865. Transcription in an unknown hand of a telegram sent by the
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Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
 
 
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John Wilkes Booth: Killing of Booth Newspaper2085 - John Wilkes Booth: Killing of Booth Newspaper
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Complete issue of Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper from May 13, 1865, 16 pages, 11.5 x 16.5, featuring a front-page engraving of "The K...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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John Wilkes Booth: Union Soldier's Letter on Booth's Burial2086 - John Wilkes Booth: Union Soldier's Letter on Booth's Burial
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ALS signed "Henry Perkins," one page, 6.5 x 8, United States Sanitary Commission letterhead, May 1, 1865. Handwritten letter to his cousin...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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John Wilkes Booth Carte-de-Visite Photograph2087 - John Wilkes Booth Carte-de-Visite Photograph
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Uncommon 2.5 x 4 carte-de-visite photograph of Lincoln assassin John Wilkes Booth standing in a three-quarter-length pose, wearing a heavy winter coat
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John Wilkes Booth: Maggie Mitchell Carte-de-Visite Photograph2088 - John Wilkes Booth: Maggie Mitchell Carte-de-Visite Photograph
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American actress and Confederate sympathizer (1832-1918) remembered as close friend and reputed lover of Lincoln assassin John Wilkes Booth. Desirable
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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John Wilkes Booth: Union Soldier George Weest Archive2089 - John Wilkes Booth: Union Soldier George Weest Archive
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Uncommon grouping of photographs of Captain George Weest of the 95th Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, highlighted by a fine, half-cased sixt
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Lincoln Assassination: Execution Stand Scaffold Segment2090 - Lincoln Assassination: Execution Stand Scaffold Segment
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Splinter of wood attributed to the execution stand scaffold used to carry out the death sentences of Lincoln assassination conspirators Mary Surratt,
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Lincoln Assassination: Edwin Bedee Signed Photograph2091 - Lincoln Assassination: Edwin Bedee Signed Photograph
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Union Army captain (1837-1908) who was an eyewitness to the Lincoln assassination at Ford's Theatre on April 14, 1865. He reportedly saw Booth l...
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Lincoln Assassination: Ford's Theatre Playbill Souvenir2092 - Lincoln Assassination: Ford's Theatre Playbill Souvenir
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Printed playbill, 6 x 17.5, contemporary after April 14, 1865, reading, in part, "FORD’S THEATRE…Season 11...
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Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
 
 
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