Fine Autograph and Artifact Auction: Featuring Pop Culture

TLS, one page both sides, 7.25 x 10.5, personal letterhead, April 8, 1942. Letter to Miss Lyla Olson, making frequent mention of her companion Polly T

TLS, two pages, 7.25 x 10.5, personal letterhead, no date but circa 1941–1945. Letter to Dr. Kingdon, in full: "Nothing could have made me beli...

TLS, one page, 8.5 x 11, Southern Christian Leadership Conference letterhead, June 25, 1964. Letter to Miss Willie Mackey, in part: "This will ...

Visitor's hardcover guest book, 11.25 x 8.25, signed on the reverse of the first page in red ballpoint, "Malcolm X," listing his occup...

Gorgeous color limited edition 26 x 19.75 lithograph entitled 'The Lighthouse' from Mandela's 'My Robben Island' suite, numbered...

Uncommon color 6.75 x 18 ballot for the 1994 Republic of South Africa general elections, signed on the space dedicated to the African National Congres

ALS signed “F. Nightingale,” four pages on two adjoining sheets, 4.5 x 7, September 1, 1856. Letter to nurse Mary Erskine, in part: "I hope tha...

Handwritten draft letter, unsigned, one page both sides, 7.75 x 12.5, December 16, 1800. Draft letter to Sir John Sinclair, written as governor of New

Revolutionary War–dated handwritten draft of a letter by Jay, unsigned, five pages on three sheets, 5.75 x 8, September 8, 1781. A draft to William Bi

Handwritten draft of a letter by Jay, unsigned, one page, 9.75 x 15.5, July 2, 1798. Written as the second governor of New York, a draft addressed to

Handwritten draft letter, unsigned, one page both sides, 7.25 x 8.75, November 16, 1789. Draft of a letter to the youngest signatory of the Declaratio

Handwritten manuscript draft of a speech by Jay, unsigned, one page, 8 x 9.75, no date but circa 1801. Draft of a speech delivered by Jay "to t...

ALS, three pages on two sheets, 7.5 x 9, December 22, 1783. Written from Bath, a letter to his wife, Sarah Livingston Jay, whom he affectionately call

ALS, one page, 7.75 x 9.25, September 13, 1819. Written from Bedford, a letter to his son Peter concerning the family lands, domestic and financial ma

ALS as Chief Justice of the United States, one page both sides, 7.75 x 9.5, May 20, 1792. Written from Boston, a letter to his wife, Sarah Livingston

American jurist and politician (1785–1861) who served in Congress, as postmaster general, and as an associate justice of the Supreme Court. ALS, one p

ALS, three pages on two adjoining sheets, 4.5 x 7, personal letterhead, January 24, 1908. Letter to a close friend on his fiftieth birthday, in full:

Co-creator of the first commercially produced automobile (1861–1938). TLS signed in pencil, “Duryea,” one page, 8.5 x 11, personal letterhead, April 4

Fascinating grouping of four letters, three signed “W. R. Hearst” and one signed in full, five total pages, dated between 1930 and 1940; the lot consi

German-born banker (1788–1855) in the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies who founded the Rothschild banking family of Naples. LS in Italian, signed “Carlo Bo

DS, signed “Thos. A. Edison,” one page both sides, 7.25 x 10.5, May 27, 1918. Document for 'Minutes of a Special Meeting of the Stockholders of ...

TLS in German, signed “Sigm.,” one page both sides, 6 x 8.5, personal letterhead, December 24, 1923. Letter to his niece Lucy, in full (translated):...

LS signed “R. J. Gatling,” two pages, 5.75 x 9, February 21, 1898. Written from Cataract, Indiana, a letter to William J. Dornup, in part: "In ...

French physician and politician (1738–1814) whose name became synonymous with the 'humane' instrument of execution whose use he proposed to ...

ALS in French, signed “L. Pasteur,” one page, 7.75 x 9.75, September 24, 1874. Letter to an unidentified dean and colleague, in full (translated): &...

TLS in German, signed “C. G. Jung,” one page, 7.75 x 8.5, personal letterhead, September 16, 1950. Letter to Herr R. Schoch, in full (translated): &...

Prominent German Jewish philosopher (1729–1826) and grandfather of composer Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy. Untranslated ALS in German, one page, 8 x 5.

Rare TLS in German, signed “Wilh. Reich,” one page both sides, 9 x 12, Internationales Institut fur Sexual Okonomische Forschung letterhead, August 14

Highly influential Austrian-British philosopher (1889–1951) whose greatest contributions were in the fields of logic, philosophy of mathematics, and l

Born Giulio di Giuliano de Medici in 1478, he served as pope from November 1523 until his death in 1534; the Sack of Rome and English Reformation occu

Scarce color satin-finish 5.75 x 8.25 full-length photo of Cardinal Bergoglio standing alongside Pope Benedict XVI, signed in person in black felt tip

Statesman, author, orator, political theorist, and philosopher (1729–1797) who, after relocating to England, served for many years in the House of Com

ALS signed “Edm. Burke,” one page both sides, 7.25 x 9, October 28, 1792. Written from Bath, a letter addressed to an unnamed Lord, in which he commen

ALS signed “Edm. Burke,” three pages on two adjoining sheets, 7.25 x 9, [circa 1791]. Letter to British diplomat William Fawkener, who in 1791 was sen

ALS signed “Edm. Burke,” one page both sides, 7.5 x 9, October 16, 1793. Reply to a letter from Henry Dundas, Home Secretary of Great Britain, in part

ALS signed “Edm. Burke,” four pages on two adjoining sheets, 7.25 x 9, January 21, 1795. Letter to Lady Inchiquin, in part: "In explaining any ...

Statesman, author, orator, political theorist, and philosopher (1729–1797) who, after relocating to England, served for many years in the House of Com

Statesman, author, orator, political theorist, and philosopher (1729–1797) who, after relocating to England, served for many years in the House of Com

DS, in Spanish, one page, 8.5 x 13, June 29, 1960. Ministerial decree, No. 144, in which Castro accepts the resignation of Navio Pablo Bruno Alfonso C

Signed book: Nach dem Kriege [The Aftermath]. Zurich: Amalthea-Verlag, 1930. Hardcover, 7 x 9.75, 449 pages. Signed on the half-title page in ink, &...

World War I-dated TLS signed “Winston S. Churchill,” one page, 8 x 10, embossed Ministry of Munitions of War letterhead, May 30, 1918. Letter to Henry

TLS in French, signed “C. de Gaulle,” one page, 7 x 8.75, July 31, 1940. Letter to Helen Smith of the Interval Club, a London-based theatre group. In

Partly-printed DS in French, signed “Robespierre,” one page both sides, 8 x 12.5, August 29, 1793. An extract from the Register of the Decrees of the

Scarce ALS in French, signed “Le p'ce de Talleyrand duc de dino,” one page, 8 x 12.25, January 1, 1818. Crisply penned letter to King Louis XVII...

Highly skilled and influential diplomat (1754-1838) who served the French government from the reign of Louis XVI through that of Louis-Philippe. ALS i

TLS in German, signed "L. Trotsky," one page both sides, 8.5 x 11, January 18, 1931. Letter to a publisher concerning the contract and del...

TLS, one page, 8.5 x 11, January 5, 1938. Letter to his editor Max Schachtman, in full: "I received your explanation of the misfortune with my ...

TLS in German, signed “With best communist regards, Yours, L. Trotsky,” one page, 8.75 x 13, November 13, 1932. Letter addressed to "The Leader...

TLS signed “Yours, L. Trotsky,” one page, 8.25 x 8.5, November 25, 1933. Letter to "Comrade Schactman," the German-American Communist publ...

TLS in German, signed “With best regards, Yours, L. Trotsky,” one page, 8.5 x 11, June 1, 1931. Letter to Comrade Shachtman, in full (translated): &...