RR Auction: Rare and Obscure Signed Photography

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Headquartered in Amherst, NH, RR Auction is globally recognized as the trusted source for authentic autographed memorabilia and rare signed documents. Since its inception in 1976, the firm has published over 360 consecutive monthly autograph catalogs, which are distributed internationally. The firm recently auctioned the autographed photo of Albert Einstein with his tongue wagging for a record $74,340 and the check astronaut Neil Armstrong signed the day he left for the moon for $27,350.
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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Samuel S. Yoder409 - Samuel S. Yoder
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Politician and lawyer from Ohio (1841–1921). Original 4 x 6.5 deckle-edge cabinet photo by C. M. Bell of Washington, D. C., signed in the lower border
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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3rd Massachusetts Artillery Officers420 - 3rd Massachusetts Artillery Officers
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Original albumen photo of the officers of companies, F and K, 3rd Regiment Massachusetts Artillery, posing out in front of a building at Fort Stevens
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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John Quincy Adams421 - John Quincy Adams
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Enlisted in the US Navy in 1861 and served on board the receiving ships Ohio and St. Lawrence. Original 2.25 x 4 carte-de-visite photo by an anonymous
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John P. Alden422 - John P. Alden
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Union infantry officer who served with the 1st Kansas Infantry. Original 2.25 x 4 carte-de-visite photo by Morse and Peaslee of Nashville, identified
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William R. Alden423 - William R. Alden
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Original 2.25 x 4 carte-de-visite photo, signed in the lower border in black ink, adding his unit and the date on reverse. Signature a few shades ligh
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Abraham (Abram) Allen424 - Abraham (Abram) Allen
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Union naval officer who was acting master of the Constellation. Original 2.25 x 4 carte-de-visite photo by Hodgend and Degoix, signed on the reverse i
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Louis J. Allen425 - Louis J. Allen
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Union naval officer who served on the sloops Dacotah and Adirondack. Original 2.5 x 4 oval carte-de-visite photo by Valparaiso, signed on the reverse
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Adelbert Ames426 - Adelbert Ames
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Union general and Medal of Honor recipient. Ames was the last general officer of the Civil War from either side to die, passing away at 93 years of ag
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Sullivan D. Ames427 - Sullivan D. Ames
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Union naval officer who served on board the Dacotah and was also stationed at the Naval Academy. Original 2.25 x 4 carte-de-visite photo by Bradley an
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George W. Armentrout428 - George W. Armentrout
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Union naval officer. Original 2.25 x 4 carte-de-visite photo by Valparaiso, signed horizontally on the reverse in black ink, “Yours ever, Geo. W. Arme
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Thomas Armstrong429 - Thomas Armstrong
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Union naval officer. Original 2.25 x 4 full-length carte-de-visite photo by T. Lilienthal of New Orleans, signed at the bottom in black ink, “Yours tr
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C. C. Augur430 - C. C. Augur
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Military officer (1821–1898) most noted for his role in the American Civil War. Original 4.25 x 6.5 cabinet photo, signed in the lower border in black
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Sylvanus Backus431 - Sylvanus Backus
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Union naval officer who served on board the Constellation. Original 2.5 x 3.75 carte-de-visite photo by Hodgend and Degoix, signed on the reverse in b
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George B. Bacon432 - George B. Bacon
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Union naval officer. ALS, two pages on two adjoining sheets, 5 x 8, USS Commodore McDonough, March 14, 1863. Letter to surgeon Henry F. McSherry, stat
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William H. Baer433 - William H. Baer
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Union naval officer. Original 2.25 x 4 carte-de-visite photo by Landy of Cincinnati, signed on the reverse in black ink, “Yours truly, W. H. Baer, USN
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John F. Bankhead434 - John F. Bankhead
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Union naval officer who commanded the steamer Florida. Partly-printed DS, signed “J. P. Bankhead,” one page, 8.25 x 2.5, September 1, 1848. Bankhead c
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Michael H. Barckley435 - Michael H. Barckley
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Union officer (1840–1864) who served with the 113th New York Volunteers. He was wounded at Cold Harbor on June 5, 1865, and died the next day during a
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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William E. Barrows436 - William E. Barrows
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Union officer and aide-de-camp, probably to General Alexander Webb. Original 2.25 x 4 carte-de-visite photo by Gardner Galleries, signed in the lower
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Cornelius Bartlett437 - Cornelius Bartlett
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Ensign in the Union navy who served on board the Ohio, the Saginaw, and Sagamore. Original 2.25 x 4 carte-de-visite photo by Silas Selleck of San Fran
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George W. Beaman438 - George W. Beaman
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Union naval officer who served as assistant paymaster on board the steam gunboat Seneca. Original 2.5 x 4 oval carte-de-visite photo by Hermanos of Li
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Robert Burns Beath439 - Robert Burns Beath
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Union soldier wounded at the Second Battle of Bull Run. Original 4.25 x 6.5 cabinet photo by W. Curtis Taylor & Co. of Philadelphia, signed at t...
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P. G. T. Beauregard440 - P. G. T. Beauregard
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Unsigned original 2.25 x 4 carte-de-visite bust portrait of Beauregard, by Vannerson & Jones of Richmond, Virginia. In very good condition, with...
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P. G. T. Beauregard441 - P. G. T. Beauregard
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Unsigned original 2.25 x 2.75 oval portrait of Beauregard in uniform, by an anonymous studio, affixed to a 4.25 x 5.25 mount. In very good condition,
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P. G. T. Beauregard442 - P. G. T. Beauregard
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Brigadier General of the Confederate Provisional Army (1818–1893) who commanded the forces at Charleston, where he ordered the bombardment of Fort Sum
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P. G. T. Beauregard443 - P. G. T. Beauregard
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Distinguished original 4 x 6.5 cabinet photo of Beauregard in a suit and overcoat, his hand tucked into his jacket by Anderson of New York, identified
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George E. Belknap444 - George E. Belknap
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US Naval officer (1832–1903) who served on board the St. Louis and the New Ironsides. Original 4 x 6.5 seated cabinet photo, by an unknown studio, sig
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Wilson Berryman445 - Wilson Berryman
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First lieutenant in the 32nd US. Colored Troops Infantry, Company G. Original 2.5 x 4 carte-de-visite bust portrait of Berryman in uniform by an anony
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David B. Birney446 - David B. Birney
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Union general (1825–1864). Colonel of the 23rd Pennsylvania Infantry. He fought as a division commander of General Sickles 3rd Corps at Gettysburg, an
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Edward Bishop447 - Edward Bishop
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Acting assistant paymaster aboard the USS Arkansas. Original 2.5 x 4 carte-de-visite half-length portrait of Bishop in uniform by Whitney & Para...
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James Blenkinsop448 - James Blenkinsop
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Third assistant engineer on board the steamer Massachusetts. Original 2.25 x 4 carte-de-visite photo by Washburn’s of New Orleans, signed on the rever
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William Sinclair Blunt449 - William Sinclair Blunt
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Union naval officer who served on board the Morning Light. Original 2.25 x 4 carte-de-visite photo by Bradley and Rulofson of San Francisco, signed in
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Benjamin B. Blydenburgh450 - Benjamin B. Blydenburgh
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Union naval officer who served on board the Constitution from 1861–1863. Original 2.5 x 4.25 full-length carte-de-visite photo of Blydenburgh in full
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Thomas Bondren451 - Thomas Bondren
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Original 2.25 x 4 carte-de-visite photo by Patridge of Bridgeport, Connecticut, signed in the lower border in black ink, “Thos. Bondren, Maj 25th U.S.
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Theodore Shelton Bowers452 - Theodore Shelton Bowers
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Adjutant general on Grant’s staff. Original 2.5 x 4 carte-de-visite portrait of Bowers in uniform by an anonymous studio, signed at the bottom of the
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Alexander Hamilton Bowman453 - Alexander Hamilton Bowman
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Career Army officer (1803–1865) who served as Superintendent of the United States Military Academy at West Point. Original 2.5 x 4 carte-de-visite pho
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Edward S. Boynton454 - Edward S. Boynton
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Union naval officer who served as an engineer on board the Iroquois and the gunboat Winona. Original 2.25 x 4 carte-de-visite photo of Boyton in his u
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John Milton Brannan455 - John Milton Brannan
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Union general who saw action in the Battle of Chickamauga and Atlanta Campaign (1819–1892). Original 2.5 x 4 carte-de-visite bust portrait of Brannan
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Edward P. Brown456 - Edward P. Brown
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Original 2.25 x 4 carte-de-visite photo of Brown in his kepi and coat by Manchester Brothers of Providence, R. I., signed in black ink, “Capt. E. P. B
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Jeremiah P. Brown457 - Jeremiah P. Brown
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Union officer in the 4th Rhode Island Volunteers. Original 2.25 x 4 carte-de-visite photo of Brown in his kepi by B. Moses of New Orleans, signed belo
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Don Carlos Buell458 - Don Carlos Buell
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American military officer (1818–1898) who served in the Seminole, Mexican-American, and Civil Wars. His actions in the last were the source of much co
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Don Carlos Buell459 - Don Carlos Buell
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American military officer (1818–1898) who served in the Seminole, Mexican-American, and Civil Wars. His actions in the last were the source of much co
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Don Carlos Buell460 - Don Carlos Buell
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American military officer (1818–1898) who served in the Seminole, Mexican-American, and Civil Wars. His actions in the last were the source of much co
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Robert Lee Bullard461 - Robert Lee Bullard
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US general (1861–1947) who served in conflicts in the American western frontier, the Philippines, and World War I. Vintage 9.5 x 13.75 Harris and Ewin
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William W. Bullock462 - William W. Bullock
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Union officer in the 30th Massachusetts Infantry who fought at Port Hudson. Original 2.25 x 4.25 full-length carte-de-visite photo of Bullock and his
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Alex D. Burns463 - Alex D. Burns
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Member of the New York Sharp Shooters who died of disease in Virginia in 1864. Original unsigned 2.25 x 4 carte-de-visite photo of Burns by Moore of J
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William Wallace Burns464 - William Wallace Burns
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Union general (1825–1892) who was among the commanders of the famed Philadelphia Brigade, most notably during McClellan's Peninsular Campaign in...
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Matthew Calbraith Butler465 - Matthew Calbraith Butler
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Soldier and politician (1836–1909) who served as a major general in the Confederate Army during the Civil War, a three-term US senator, and a major ge
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Charles Candy466 - Charles Candy
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Union general (1832–1910) who fought at Cedar Mountain, Lookout Mountain, and Gettysburg, where he played a role in the defense of Culp's Hill. ...
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Eugene A. Carr467 - Eugene A. Carr
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Union general (1830–1910) who served in the Indian Wars and Vicksburg. Original 2.25 x 4 carte-de-visite photo by an anonymous studio, signed below th
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Joseph Bradford Carr468 - Joseph Bradford Carr
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Union general (1828–1895) who was distinguished for gallantry at Gettysburg, where he was wounded, but his men held their ground near the Peach Orchar
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