Fine Autographs and Artifacts

Ink signature, "James Madison, on a 2.5 x 1 slip affixed to a slightly larger cardstock mount. In very good to fine condition, with an old tape...

Collection of 13 pieces of unsigned ephemera associated William McKinley's administration, predominately featuring inaugural items, including: a...

TLS signed W. McKinley, one page, 5.5 x 8.25, personal letterhead, June 16, 1896. Letter to O. H. Kimball of South Amherst, Massachusetts, in full: ...

Signed book: In the Arena. First edition. NY: Simon & Schuster, 1990. Hardcover with dust jacket, 6.5 x 9.5, 384 pages. Signed on a Nixon Librar...

Signed book: The Real War. First UK edition. London: Sidgwick & Jackson, 1980. Hardcover with dust jacket, 6.25 x 9.25, 341 pages. Signed in blu...

Signed book: Leaders. First edition, limited issue, numbered 131/2500. NY: Warner Books, 1982. Leatherbound hardcover, 6.5 x 9.5, 371 pages. Signed on

Signed book: Real Peace: A Strategy for the West. First edition, first printing. NY: Privately printed, 1983. Hardcover with dust jacket, 5.75 x 8.5,

Autograph bookplate for the 1978 autobiography RN: The Memoirs of Richard Nixon, 4 x 5, signed and inscribed in black ink, "Paul Leo, with best...

Glossy 10 x 8 photo of Richard Nixon and Pat Nixon together in formalwear, signed in black felt tip by both. In fine condition.

Appealing official 8.25 x 11 invitation to the inauguration of President Richard Nixon and Vice President Spiro Agnew on January 20, 1973, signed in t

Three books signed individually by former American Presidents Richard Nixon, Jimmy Carter, and Gerald Ford: Leaders. First edition. New York: Warner

Felt tip signature, "Barack Obama," on a 5 x 7 page, on which the first page of the House Resolution impeaching President Donald Trump has...

Signed book: The Audacity of Hope. First paperback edition. NY: Three Rivers Press, 2006. Softcover, 5.25 x 8, 375 pages. Signed on the title page in

Signed book: Dreams from My Father. Later printing. NY: Three Rivers Press, 2004. Softcover, 5 x 8, 453 pages. Signed on the title page in black felt

Signed book: Becoming. First deluxe edition, first printing. NY: Crown, 2018. Hardcover with presentation box, 6.5 x 9.5, 430 pages. Signed on a free

Signed book: The Audacity of Hope. First edition. NY: Crown Publishers, 2006. Hardcover with dust jacket, 6.5 x 9.5, 375 pages. Signed and inscribed o

Neat ink signature, "James K. Polk, on an off-white 4.5 x 1.75 slip. In fine condition, with a block of light toning from prior display.

Glossy 8 x 10 full-length publicity photo from her Hollywood heyday, signed in black felt tip, "Nancy Reagan." In fine condition, with sca...

Ink signatures, "Ronald Reagan" and "Nancy Reagan, on a 'Library Edition' 3.5 x 5 bookplate from 'The Ronald Reagan Presi...

Highly desirable official 8.5 x 11.5 invitation to the inauguration of President Ronald Reagan and Vice President George Bush on January 20, 1981, sig

Vintage matte-finish 7.75 x 9.75 Bachrach portrait of the first lady in a gown, taken in 1941, signed in fountain pen, "Eleanor Roosevelt."...

Commemorative cover with a cachet honoring the memory of Franklin D. Roosevelt, signed in blue ballpoint by Eleanor Roosevelt. In fine condition.

Series 1935 A one-dollar silver certificate bill, signed vertically on the portrait side in bold fountain pen by Eleanor Roosevelt. In very good to fi

TLS, one page, 6 x 7, personal 'Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt' letterhead, February 13, 1954. Letter to Mr. Krevolin, in full: "In reply t...

TLS, one page, 6 x 9.25, White House letterhead, April 18, 1935. Letter to "Mrs. William Randolph Hearst," the silent star Marion Davies, ...

Collection of ephemera related to the administration of President Franklin D. Roosevelt, including: a ticket for the National Press Club Dinner honori

World War I-dated TLS, one page, 7 x 9.25, Assistant Secretary of the Navy letterhead, September 27, 1915. Letter to W. H. Lawson, in full: "Ve...

Bold ink signature as president, "Theodore Roosevelt, Oct. 31st 1905, on an off-white 4 x 1 slip, affixed to a 4 x 5.5 albumen portrait. In ver...

Five items from President Theodore Roosevelt's second inauguration on March 4, 1905, including: a Congressional invitation packet, complete with...

Five pieces of ephemera from Taft's administration, including four inaugural items and a later luncheon program signed by one of his opponents f...

Unique White House place card belonging to "Mrs. Clifford," ostensibly Margery Kimball, the wife of Clark Clifford, who served as Presiden...

DS as president, one page, 8 x 10, no date but circa 1946. Citation to accompany the award of "The Air Medal to Captain Zack T. Mosley, 2-1-466...

Sharp vintage matte-finish 8.75 x 11.75 portrait of Truman at his desk by Harris & Ewing, signed and inscribed in fountain pen, "Kind regar...

Fantastic official 6.5 x 10 Congressional invitation to the second inauguration of President Harry S. Truman on January 20, 1949, nicely signed at the

TLS signed Harry, one page, 8 x 10.5, US Senate letterhead, April 8, 1938. Letter to John W. Snyder, in full: There is a gentleman by the name of Cyri

Huge color 23 x 30 print of Truman's official White House portrait painted by Greta Kempton, signed in the lower border in fountain pen, "T...

Handsome engraving of President Truman in profile, 7.75 x 9.5, signed and inscribed in fountain pen, "To Jerome Miller, Kindest regards, Harry ...

TLS, one page, 7.25 x 10.5, personal letterhead, November 7, 1969. Letter to artist C. G. Morehead, in full: "I am informed that the printed co...

Ink signature, "Donald Trump, on a light pink 5.5 x 4.5 album page. In very fine condition.

Rare pair of two signed items: an official 6.5 x 10 invitation for the inauguration of President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence on January

ALS signed M. Van Buren, three pages on two adjoining sheets, 7.75 x 9.75, January 6, 1845. Handwritten letter to John Milton Niles, who served as pos

Uncommon color 19.5 x 15.25 salesman's sample of a calendar for January 1933 entitled Hands Across the Sea, which features artwork of William Fu...

Appealing color 19.5 x 15 salesman's sample of a calendar for January 1934 entitled 'He Fought the Good FightHe Finished the Course, which f...

Two ALSs signed Sam. Bayard, eight total pages, both 8 x 10, October 14 and 18, 1834. Handwritten letters to Lawrence Washington, regarding the estate

TLS, one page, 7 x 9.5, personal letterhead, April 12, 1923. Letter to his son-in-law William Gibbs McAdoo, who had served as his Treasury Secretary.

TLS, one page, 7 x 9, personal letterhead, July 25, 1922. Letter to Dr. Joseph Mayer of New York City, in full: "Assurances such as are brought...

Five pieces of unsigned ephemera associated with the inaugural ceremonies for President Woodrow Wilson, including: a menu from The Raleigh for Preside

TLS, one page, 6 x 8.25, Princeton University letterhead, February 13, 1907. Letter to Frank Munsey, the editor of The Scrap Book, a magazine founded

Manuscript DS, signed John Hancock, one page, 12.5 x 7.75, August 1, 1789. As governor of Massachusetts, Hancock appoints Samuel Buffington as "...

Rare American Revolution-dated issue of The New-York Gazette, &c. Extraordinary from Friday, December 27, 1765, Printed by John Holt, near the E...

Ellsworth Bunker (1894-1984), who served the United States in various capacities under seven presidents, was without a doubt one of the most important

Partly-printed DS, signed J. C. Calhoun, one page, 7.5 x 10, May 31, 1820. Revolutionary claim from the War Department certifying that Richard Grinnel

ALS signed H. Clay, one page, 8 x 10, September 28, 1847. Handwritten letter to Nicholas Dean, thanking him for sending some poetic verses written abo

ALS signed H. Clay, one page, 8.25 x 10.5, May 28, 1849. Handwritten letter to Nicholas Dean, referring to Dean's recent attempts and successes ...

LS signed A. Hamilton, Sec'y of the Treasury, three pages on two sheets, 8 x 10, October 14, 1789. Treasury Department circular letter to Benjam...

Manuscript DS, signed Fred'k Douglass, one page, 3.25 x 7.75, April 20, 1885. Deed for a transaction between H. N. Bowen and Horatio Easley, sig...

Important ALS in Gujarati, one page both sides, 4.25 x 6, September 3, 1930. A handwritten letter sent from Yerwada prison in Poona, addressed to his

ALS signed "As Salaam Alaikum, your Brother, Malcolm X," six pages on three sheets, 8.5 x 11, March 9, 1950. Handwritten letter to a fello...

Rare vintage matte-finish 8 x 10 bust-length portrait of Pankhurst by Underwood & Underwood Studios of New York, signed below in fountain pen, &...

ALS, one page, 7.75 x 9.5, March 24, 1810. Letter to Superintendent of Indian Trade John Mason concerning the fur trade, in part: "I have your ...

Jay Cooke & Company bank check, 8 x 3, filled out in another hand and signed by Cooke, "Jay Cooke & Co.," payable to "Ourselv...

Partly-printed DS, signed J. Piermont Morgan & Co, one page, 12.25 x 8, November 20, 1882. Preferred stock certificate issued to Drexel, Morgan ...

Scarce DS, signed J. Pierpont Morgan" and "J. S. Morgan, one page, 11.5 x 8, March 2, 1881. First preferred stock certificate issued to J....

Scarce partly-printed DS, one page, 11.5 x 7.25, July 1, 1891. Antique stock certificate issued to John D. Rockeller for 100 shares in the Missouri, K

Partly-printed DS, signed J. D. Rockefeller and "H. M. Flagler," one page, 11.75 x 7.75, October 3, 1887. Stock certificate for one share ...

Partly-printed DS, signed J. D. Rockefeller, "H. M. Flager," and "J. A. Bostwick," one page, 11.5 x 7.75, May 11, 1882. Stock ce...

Sought-after ink signature, "C. Vanderbilt, on an 11 x 7 partial ledger page. In fine condition.

Very rare ALS in German, signed G. Cantor, penned on a 5.5 x 3.5 postal card, February 18, 1906. Addressed from Halle, Germany, a short handwritten le

Handwritten notes by Thomas Edison, signed with his initials, "T.A.E.," on an off-white 7.25 x 3 lined sheet. In part: "Wind it up &a...

Historic stamp sheet featuring 15 Luxembourg postage stamps honoring refugee workers, 7 x 10.25, signed in the upper left in fountain pen, "Alb...

Rare 4.5 x 3.5 steward's admission pass for the "Professor Einstein Meeting" held at the Royal Albert Hall on October 3, 1933, imprint...

Segment of the first transatlantic telegraph cable from 1858, measuring 4 long, made into a souvenir and sold by Tiffany & Co. The cable is wrap...

ALS in German, one page, 5.25 x 8.25, no date. Handwritten letter to "Monsieur Savoye," care of the chief of the German Panorama, in part ...

A Series 2017 one dollar bill, signed on the left side in black felt tip by Elon Musk. In fine condition. Accompanied by a full letter of authenticity

ALS signed NikolaTesla, one page on vellum parchment, 6.75 x 9, July 15, 1937. Fascinating handwritten letter to Universal Pictures co-founder Carl La

Limited edition 9 x 11 etching of Sigmund Freud in profile done by Hermann Struck in 1914, numbered 13/150, signed in the lower right corner in pencil

Rare and important ALS in French, signed Karl Marx, three pages on two adjoining sheets, 5 x 8.25, March 7, 1872. Handwritten letter to the publisher

Untranslated LS in Italian, signed Il Card'le di Ascoli, one page, 7.75 x 10.25, 1639. In very good to fine condition, with ink erosion affectin...

Scarce oversized glossy 7.75 x 10.5 photo of Chiang Kai-shek, affixed to its original 14.5 x 17.5 mount, signed and inscribed on the mount in black in

TLS, two pages, 8.25 x 10.75, Office of the President, China letterhead, February 20, 1954. Letter to Illinois Congresswoman Marguerite S. Church, in

LS in German, signed Dr. K. Liebknecht, one page, 5.5 x 8.75, personal letterhead, May 10, 1902. Untranslated letter to a colleague, neatly signed at

LS in German, signed Maximilian, five pages on two sets of adjoining sheets, 5 x 8, personal letterhead, February 4, 1866. Letter written from Cuernav

LS in German, one page, 7.5 x 9.5, January 5, 1751. Untranslated letter signed by Frederick the Great. In fine condition.

Fantastic 1981 royal Christmas card embossed on the front with the Prince of Wales's feathers and Order of the Garter motto and the Spencer fami...

Manuscript DS, in French, signed Rene, one page, 8.5 x 9.25, no date. Untranslated letter signed at the conclusion by Ren II, Duke of Lorraine. In ver

Flown American flag carried by Richard E. Byrd over the North Pole in the Fokker F.VIIa/3m tri-motor monoplane 'Josephine Ford' on May 9, 19...

Rare manuscript DS in French, signed Laperouse, one page, 6 x 4, August 19, 1781. Financial document, in part (translated): "I beg Mr. Green to...

ALS signed R. Scott, one page both sides, 8 x 10, British Antarctic Expedition 1910 letterhead, August 26, 1910. Handwritten letter to a gentleman, ma

TLS, one page, 8.5 x 5, April 3, 1937. Letter to "Bert," in part: "I got your letterand hasten to tell you not to give up, but keep o...

Superb ALS signed Sam Houston, one page both sides, 7.5 x 9.75, May 5, 1851. Beautifully penned handwritten letter to Nicholas Dean, regarding the pro

Four LSs in Spanish, each ending "Dios y Libertad," ("God and Freedom") and signed "Ramon Musquiz"; letters forward co...

Unique archive from the papers of Dr. Alexander MacDonald, an expert witness in the trial of Charles Guiteau for the murder of President James A. Garf

Personal check, 7.25 x 3, filled out in another hand and signed by Hamer, "Frank A. Hamer," payable to Texas Employment Commission for $35...

ALS signed by Marina on behalf of herself and her husband, Kenneth and Marina Porter, one page, 5.75 x 4.25, October 7, 1981. Handwritten letter to at

ALS signed Marina Porter, one page, 4 x 5.75, August 1980. Handwritten letter to David Lawrence inside a card featuring a Japanese painting of a frog,

ALS, signed "Jack Ruby" and "Jack R.," three pages on two sheets, 7.25 x 10.5, Cabana Motor Hotel of Dallas letterhead, 1963. Ha...

Scarce geometric pencil drawing accomplished by Jack Ruby while imprisoned in the Dallas County Jail., 7 x 4.75, signed and inscribed on the reverse i

ALS, signed "Robert Stroud" and "Robert Stroud 594, one page both sides, lightly lined, 8 x 10.25, December 8, 1952. Letter to his si...

Two items: a stock certificate for 100 shares in the Oregon and Transcontinental Company issued to Ames, June 22, 1886, endorsed on the reverse in ink

ALS signed Amherst, one page, 7.5 x 9.25, July 7, 1834. Addressed from Amherst's residence in Grosvenor Street in London, England, handwritten l...