AUTOGRAPHS OF ROBERT E. LEE AND JEFFERSON DAVIS DISPLAYED AT GREENE MUSEUM.

Large framed clipped autograph of Jefferson Davis framed with engraved image of Davis as President of the Confederacy. Robert E. Lee is signed as Captain of Engineers in 1838 on document concerning improvement of the Mississippi river. It is interesting to note that this document is also signed by Mary Custis Lee October 2 1917 as a gift to W. S. Copland just a year before Lee’s daughter died at the age of 84. The largest archive of Lee papers is a group of 4000 items Mary Custis Lee stored this same year, later to be archived at the Virginia Historical Society. SIZE: Lee: 8″ h x 2″ l Davis: 1-1/2″ l x 4″ l. PROVENANCE: From the Greene Museum of Southern History. CONDITION: Both items are framed and were not unmounted but both have good browning signatures with good contrast. Lee document has small crack unaffecting text or signatures, light fading and foxing. 9-28007 (1,500-2,500) – Lot 1393

Auction: Fine Art, Antiques & Asian - February 2015

Please Note: All prices include the hammer price plus the buyer’s premium, which is paid by the buyer as part of the purchase price. The prices noted here after the auction are considered unofficial and do not become official until after the 46th day.

Image	Lot	Price	Description
	1393	$1,852.50	AUTOGRAPHS OF ROBERT E. LEE AND JEFFERSON DAVIS DISPLAYED AT GREENE MUSEUM. Large framed clipped autograph of Jefferson Davis framed with engraved image of Davis as President of the Confederacy. Robert E. Lee is signed as Captain of Engineers in 1838 on document concerning improvement of the Mississippi river. It is interesting to note that this document is also signed by Mary Custis Lee October 2 1917 as a gift to W. S. Copland just a year before Lee’s daughter died at the age of 84. The largest archive of Lee papers is a group of 4000 items Mary Custis Lee stored this same year, later to be archived at the Virginia Historical Society. SIZE: Lee: 8″ h x 2″ l Davis: 1-1/2″ l x 4″ l. PROVENANCE: From the Greene Museum of Southern History. CONDITION: Both items are framed and were not unmounted but both have good browning signatures with good contrast. Lee document has small crack unaffecting text or signatures, light fading and foxing. 9-28007 (1,500-2,500) – Lot 1393 Auction: Fine Art, Antiques & Asian - February 2015 Please Note: All prices include the hammer price plus the buyer’s premium, which is paid by the buyer as part of the purchase price. The prices noted here after the auction are considered unofficial and do not become official until after the 46th day.

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AUTOGRAPHS OF ROBERT E. LEE AND JEFFERSON DAVIS DISPLAYED AT GREENE MUSEUM.