RR Auction: Fine Autographs and Artifacts featuring JFK

TLS, one page, 7 x 8.75, White House letterhead, September 20, 1934. Letter to "Mrs. Delano" at the Naval Torpedo Station in Newport, Rhod...

TLS as president signed “FDR,” one page, 7 x 8.75, White House letterhead, December 31, 1943. Letter to "Polly," his favorite cousin Laura...

Signed book: Proceedings at the Ceremony in Commemoration of the One Hundred and Fiftieth Anniversary of the Commencement of the United States under t

State of New York, Executive Mansion card, 5 x 2.75, signed in fountain pen, "Franklin D. Roosevelt.” Upper right corner bears a collector'...

Bold ink signature, "Theodore Roosevelt,” on an off-white 5 x .75 slip affixed to a slightly larger card. In fine condition.

TLS, one page, 5.5 x 6.75, personal Navy Department letterhead, April 15, 1898. Brief letter to Everett P. Wheeler, in full: "I agree with all ...

Partly-printed DS as president, signed “Wm. H. Taft,” one page, 21 x 16, January 17, 1911. President Taft appoints Amos F. Carleton as "Postmas...

Ink signature, "Wm. H. Taft,” on an off-white 3 x 2 sheet bearing typed collector's notations, "New Haven, Conn., February 5, 1917,&qu...

TLS as president, one page, 7 x 9, White House letterhead, September 24, 1947. Letter to the Hon. Margaret Chase Smith, the first woman to serve in bo

TLS as president, one page, 7 x 9, White House letterhead, April 5, 1949. Letter to Tom Miller, the mayor of Austin, Texas, in full: "Speaker R...

TLS as president, one page, 8 x 10.5, White House letterhead, February 8, 1947. Letter to Governor Beauford Jester of Texas, in part: "Last May...

TLS, one page, 7.25 x 10.5, personal letterhead, April 30, 1955. Letter to Kenneth Browne, in part: "Ground-breaking plans for the Library at I...

Matte-finish 8 x 10 close-up portrait of Truman in a suit and tie, signed and inscribed in ballpoint, "To Daycroft School Alumni Library, From ...

Print of a political cartoon by Richard Bullis, 9.5 x 8.5, showing former President Harry S. Truman atop a donkey with a large toddler riding behind a

Glossy 6.75 x 8.25 photo of President Truman shaking hands with Secretary of State Acheson, signed in fountain pen, "Harry S. Truman" and ...

Signer of the Declaration of Independence from Pennsylvania (1739–1813) who served as the first president of the Philadelphia Bank. Philadelphia Bank

Signer of the Declaration of Independence from Maryland (1741–1811) and Associate Justice of the Supreme Court from 1796 until his death. Ink signatur

Striking rice paper engraving of the Declaration of Independence, 25 x 28.75, printed by Peter Force in 1848 for inclusion in his series American Arch

Partial partly-printed DS, one page, 13 x 7.25, May 20, 1788. Partial appointment issued by Hancock as governor of Massachusetts, boldly signed on the

Signer of the Declaration of Independence from Pennsylvania (1719–1806). ADS, signed “James Smith,” one page, 8 x 13, April 1783. Lengthy legal docume

Signer of the Declaration of Independence from New Jersey and delegate to the Continental Congress (1730–1781). Scarce ADS, signed within the text, “R

Signer of the Declaration of Independence from Pennsylvania (1742–1798), and one of only six men who signed both the Declaration and the US Constituti

ALS signed “A. Burr,” one page both sides, 8 x 10, February 4, 1795. Letter to William P. Beers in Albany, in part: "You will receive (enclosed...

LS signed “A. Hamilton,” one page, 8 x 10, December 26, 1793. Official Treasury Department letter to Stephen Moylan, commissioner of loans from Pennsy

Revolutionary War–dated LS as governor, signed “P. Henry, Jr.,” one page, 8 x 12.5, October 29, 1776. Letter to Edmund Pendleton, Speaker of Virgini...

Important South Carolina statesman (1724–1792) who served as president of the Continental Congress. ALS, one page both sides, 7.25 x 8.75, April 10, 1

Group of three items signed by members of President Abraham Lincoln's cabinet, including: Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton (war-dated LS to &qu...

American politician (1753–1813) who served as both attorney general and secretary of state in George Washington's cabinet. ALS signed “Edm: Rand...

LS in Gujarati, signed “Bapu,” penned on both sides of a 3.5 x 5.5 India postal card, postmarked June 1926. Letter to "Jamana Ben," in ful...

TLS, one page, 8.5 x 11, Southern Christian Leadership Conference letterhead, December 5, 1962. Letter to Dr. Robert R. Citron, in part: "I rea...

Vibrant color limited edition 26 x 19.75 lithograph entitled 'The Church' from Mandela's 'My Robben Island' suite, numbered 140/...

Signed book: Long Walk to Freedom. Randburg, South Africa: Macdonald Purnell, 1994. Hardcover with dust jacket, 6.5 x 9.5, 630 pages. Signed and inscr

ALS, four pages on two adjoining sheets, 5 x 8, December 8, 1883. Letter to Edmund Boulnois of the Marylebone Infirmary, in part: "I am truly o...

Attractive color 8 x 12 election ballot for the 1994 Republic of South Africa general elections, signed on the space dedicated to the African National

Commemorative cover, 7.5 x 4, with an attractive cachet honoring the presidential inauguration of Mandela on May 10, 1994, signed in black felt tip,...

Czech-Austrian pacifist and novelist (1843-1914) who became the first woman awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1905. ALS in German, signed “Bertha Suttn

Swiss educational reformer (1746–1827) whose theories laid the foundation of modern elementary education. ALS signed “Pestalozzi,” four pages on two a

Handwritten draft of a letter by John Jay, unsigned, one page, 8 x 10, May 22, 1809. Written from Bedford to Morris S. Miller, replying to the news th

ALS, signed “J. Jay,” one page, 8.5 x 13, August 27, 1771. Letter to Dr. Samuel Kissam, discussing some personal matters, in part: "I am glad t...

ALS signed “J. Marshall,” one page, 7.25 x 9, April 17, 1807. Letter to Lawrence Lewis, a nephew of George Washington, making reference to fellow Supr

Desirable group of three items, comprising an ALS by P. T. Barnum and two signatures by his famous little performer General Tom Thumb: ALS signed &q...

ALS signed “W. R. Hearst,” three pages, 8.5 x 11, 1921. Letter to David Town, one of his newspaper publishing assistants, written amidst the newsprint

French banker (1748–1839) who developed the Caisse d'Epargnes et de Bienfais, better known as Caisse Lafarge, who developed a pioneering investm...

ANS signed “E,” one page both sides, 8.5 x 11, May 11, 1926. Note written at the top of a letter sent to him by F. S. Blinne. Edison writes, in full:

ALS signed “C. Darwin,” four pages on two adjoining sheets, 4.5 x 7.25, "Thursday 8th" [August 8, 1850]. Letter to Nathaniel Thomas Wether...

American inventor, engineer, and entrepreneur (1765–1815) best known for designing the first commercially successful steamboat. His other endeavors in

ALS in German, signed “Albert,” one page, 3.5 x 5.5, October 1, 1924. Letter to "Herrn und Frau Winteler," his sister Maja and her husband...

Welsh judge and physical scientist (1811–1896) who anticipated the general theory of the conservation of energy, and was a pioneer of fuel cell techno

English biochemist (1861–1947) who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1929, with Christiaan Eijkman, for the discovery of vitami

Italian physicist and inventor (1874–1937) who devoted his life to experiments in wireless communication, and was awarded the Nobel Prize in 1909. Bol