Quality Autograph Auction

DS, signed “Thos. A. Edison,” one page, 7.75 x 11, August 31, 1922. Minutes of a Meeting of the Board of Directors of Thomas A. Edison, Inc., held Thu

ALS, in pencil, signed “Edison,” three pages, 5.5 x 8, no date. Edison writes to a member of his phonograph factory work force. In part: “There are so

Crisp “umbrella” ink signature, “Thomas A. Edison, Oriental Hotel, July 5, 1887,” on an off-white 4.75 x 7.5 album page. In fine condition, with light

ALS signed “Thos. A. Edison,” one lightly-lined page, 8 x 9.5, September 3, 1887. Letter to F. W. Gesswein. In full: “List received—on some articles y

Incredible ALS in German, signed “A. Einstein,” one page, 8.5 x 11, December 26, 1936. A rejection letter to a gentleman who had submitted a manuscrip

TLS in German, signed “A. Einstein,” one page, 8.5 x 11, blind stamped personal letterhead, December 27, 1946. Letter to Alice K. Orlan in Santa Monic

TLS signed “A. Einstein,” one page, 8.5 x 11, Emergency Committee of Atomic Scientists letterhead, July 22, 1948. Letter to William Adams Delano. In f

ALS in German, signed “A. E.,” one page, 8.25 x 9, no date. Letter written to “My dear little Lebach!” In full: “This is just a short letter today, be

Bank check, 6.25 x 2.75, filled out in another hand and signed by Einstein, “Albert Einstein,” payable to Helene Dukas for $67.10, July 31, 1953. Acco

Signed hardcover book, Electron Optics, from his personal library, signed on the first free end page, “March 1962, Philo T. Farnsworth,” and bearing h

Duke of Parma from 1765 to 1802. LS in Italian, signed “Ferdinando,” one page, 7.25 x 9.5, July 29, 1795. Letter to the King of Two Sicilies, announci

American industrialist (1868–1938) who organized the Firestone Tire & Rubber Company in 1900. He later became a close associate of Henry Ford an...

Scottish bacteriologist (1881–1955) who shared the 1945 Nobel Prize in Medicine for his role in the discovery and isolation of penicillin. TLS, one pa

Glossy 8 x 10 photo of Malcolm Forbes, signed in the lower border in black felt tip; and a glossy 5 x 7 photo of Donald Trump, signed and inscribed in

Sister of philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche and the creator of the Nietzsche Archive in 1894. Third-person ALS in German, on the correspondence side of

Full free frank, 7.75 x 6.25, folded to an overall size of 5.25 x 3.5, completed in Franklin’s hand to “To The Rev. Mr. Clap, President of the College

Beautiful vellum DS, signed “B. Franklin, Presidt.” [of the Supreme Executive Council], one page, 20 x 11.25, November 23, 1785. A grant for a parcel

King of Denmark from April of 1947 until his death in 1972. ALS in German, signed “Frederick,” one page, 6 x 7.5, Fredensborg Slot letterhead, Septemb

Boss of New York’s most powerful crime family (1902–1976) and model for the title character in Mario Puzo’s The Godfather. S. G. S. Associates busines

Two items: an FDC bearing a cachet honoring Mahatma Gandhi, signed in black ink; and a blue ballpoint signature on an embossed 3.75 x 2.5 off-white ca