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Churchill. Eisenhower. Bradley. Patton.

These were among the fewer than 20 senior Allied leaders who received Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery's top-secret battle directives.

Preserved from the papers of Major-General Miles Graham, this remarkable archive traces the Allied campaign from D-Day to Germany's surrender in 1945.

Now open for bidding:

https://www.rrauction.com/auctions/lot-detail/351480307430062

Grateful Dead history wasn't just made onstage.

Longtime insider Barbara Whitestone spent decades preserving the backstage—assembling an extraordinary archive filled with psychedelic posters, signed photographs, backstage passes, tour laminates, rare Grateful Dead Records ephemera, production materials, and hundreds of artifacts documenting the band's world from the inside.

Spanning the late 1960s through the mid-1990s, the collection offers a remarkable look at the people, culture, and community surrounding one of music's most influential bands.

Part of RR Auction's Marvels of Modern Music sale, closing June 18.

Happy 100th Birthday, Norma Jeane!
Captured during the summer of 1945, these photographs preserve the moment before the world came to know her as Marilyn Monroe.
View the photographs:
https://www.rrauction.com/auctions/lot-detail/350256707430400

Sold: Sitting Bull’s rare 1885 contract to appear in Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Show sold for $168,213.

The agreement formalized Sitting Bull’s appearance in the show for a four-month season and granted him the exclusive right to sell his own photographs and autographs while on tour.

For complete results, visit RR Auction:
https://www.rrauction.com/auctions/details/742-the-western-americana-auction-of-jochen-zeitz/?fbclid=IwY2xjawR9j-hleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFWVkpIT2V5bktTQWdVcnRsc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHuHv8HMzLb5BXBl-b1MWXEKdSaJUNJIE1KaU9sR18VyGmVcjZSZkddLJx4oT_aem_YrJLskwSLyOpvQcMNGlavw

Final hours at RR Auction: The Western Americana Collection of Jochen Zeitz closes tonight.

Featuring Sitting Bull’s contract to appear in Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Show alongside artifacts and autographs tied to Daniel Boone, Kit Carson, Wyatt Earp, George A. Custer, Wild Bill Hickok, and other iconic figures of the American frontier, the sale brings together an extraordinary group of Western Americana rarities.

https://www.rrauction.com/auctions/details/742-the-western-americana-auction-of-jochen-zeitz/?page=1&itemQty=24&view=gallery&sort=hp&cat=0

Thanks to the Cody Enterprise for the coverage as RR Auction’s Western Americana auction of Jochen Zeitz closes tomorrow.

The agreement guaranteed Sitting Bull $50 per week and the exclusive right to sell his own photographs and autographs while touring with Buffalo Bill Cody’s Wild West.

Bids soar on Sitting Bull’s contract with Buffalo Bill A handwritten contract between William F. Cody and Sitting Bull is part of an online sale by RR Auction of Boston, deadline May 21. On Wednesday morning, the highest bid

A 23-page firsthand Little Bighorn account praising Custer’s “noble stand.”

A hand-drawn battlefield map by Troop G cavalryman Casper Mayer.

Letters discussing Custer’s “dash, spirit, courage.”
The deeper you go into RR Auction’s Custer & Little Bighorn section, the deeper the frontier history gets.

Part of The Western Americana auction of Jochen Zeitz, closing 5/21.

https://www.rrauction.com/auctions/details/742-the-western-americana-auction-of-jochen-zeitz/?page=1&itemQty=96&view=gallery&sort=hp&cat=763

Before Deadwood… there was lovesick Wild Bill Hickok writing home from Kansas.

An exceedingly rare 1858 handwritten letter signed FOUR times by Hickok is now at RR Auction. The deeply personal frontier-era letter references Mary Owen — the woman some historians believe changed the course of his life forever.

Up for bid in The Western Americana auction of Jochen Zeitz, ending May 21.

https://www.rrauction.com/auctions/lot-detail/351234707426054-sitting-bull-rare-and-historic-document-signed-his-1885-contract-to-appear-in-the-buffalo-bill-wild-west-show/

Thomas Cranmer, the “Father of the English Church” — a heavily annotated 1524 theological volume from his personal library sold for $127,680 at RR Auction.

Our May 13 Fine Autographs and Artifacts Featuring John F. Kennedy sale realized $1 million. Head over to RR Auction for complete results.

https://www.rrauction.com/auctions/details/741-fine-autographs-and-artifacts-featuring-john-f-kennedy/

Our monthly Fine Autographs and Artifacts Featuring John F. Kennedy sale wraps tonight.

Included in the auction: a handwritten and hand-corrected 1955 Cold War speech draft from John F. Kennedy discussing NATO and Western Europe:

“NATO has not developed militarily as was earlier presumed—but it has served its purpose—& Western Europe is still free.”
Closing tonight! 5/13 RR Auction

https://www.rrauction.com/auctions/details/741-fine-autographs-and-artifacts-featuring-john-f-kennedy/?page=1&itemQty=24&view=gallery&sort=hp&cat=190