RR Auction: Remarkable Rarities

Boldly penned ALS, one page both sides, 7.75 x 9.75, April 8, 1824. Letter to Iona Dayton of New Jersey. In part: “The situation in which the good fee

ALS signed “A. Lincoln,” one page, 5 x 8, Executive Mansion letterhead, dated by the president, “Sep 14,” 1863. Letter to Secretary of State William H

War-dated DS as president, signed on the reverse “A. Lincoln,” and twice signed “U. S. Grant, Lt. Gen. USA,” one page both sides, 5.5 x 3, War Departm

Incredible blood-stained 4.5 x 5 swatch of fabric cut by actress Laura Keene from the dress she was wearing on the night of President Abraham Lincoln’

LS signed “Mrs. Lincoln,” one page, 5 x 8, Executive Mansion letterhead, April 3, 1865. In full: “This is to certify that John F. Parker, a member of

ALS signed “Jeffer. Davis,” one page, 6.5 x 8, July 11, 1860. Letter to David Funsten of Virginia, who would serve in the Confederate Congress. In ful

An outstanding collection of personal possessions of Private Samuel Creese, a member of the Company ‘F,’ 2nd Independent Pennsylvania Light Artillery,

Sharps New Model 1859 full stock .52 caliber percussion rifle carried by regimental sharpshooter Dem Youngers of the 151st New York Infantry during th

Civil War-used “U.S.” Marked Colt Third Model Dragoon Percussion Revolver. Made in 1859, serial number 18236, caliber .44 with a 7 ½? part roun...

Serial number 1165, caliber .36 with a 7 ½? barrel having the rounded top barrel lug contour. Bears matching serial numbers on the frame, barre...

These formidable revolvers had a nine-shot .42 caliber cylinder revolving around a central axis that was a .63 caliber smoothbore barrel for buckshot.

Confederate staff and field officer’s sword with a 31? blade and a cast brass guard with large raised letters “CSA” on the bottom below the blade edge

Partly-printed DS as president, one page, 8 x 10, May 21, 1881. President Garfield directs the “Secretary of State to cause the Seal of the United Sta

Francis Marion Arthur’s Confederate Officer’s sword captured at Gettysburg during Pickett’s Charge. This unique Confederate officer’s sword is similar

ALS as president signed “FDR,” one page, 6.5 x 8.5, White House letterhead, no date. Letter to Norman Davis, chairman of the Red Cross and president o

Typed memorandum signed as president, one page, 8 x 10.5, White House letterhead, dated March 26, 1945. Memorandum sent to the Vice President

Typescript of a speech Senator Harry S. Truman delivered in Hannibal, Missouri, on October, 25, 1935, entitled “’Mark Twain and the Presidency,’” five

Historic Nazi flag captured by General George Patton at the Battle of the Bulge and given to General Hoyt Vandenberg. The flag measures 48 x 80 and is

Rare glossy 8 x 10 photo, boldly signed and inscribed in black fountain pen “To Gen Kenner, from G. S. Patton, Jr.” In very good condition, with neat

TLS signed “GSP, Jr.,” one page, 8.25 x 10.5, Headquarters, Third United States Army, Office of the Commanding General letterhead, September 16, 1945.