RR Auction: August 2016 Fine Autograph and Artifact Auction

ALS signed “R. J. Gatling,” one page, 5 x 7.75, January 12, 1894. Written from Hartford, Connecticut, a letter to Lee Slyman, in full: “In compliance

Italian doctor (1628–1694) who gave his name to several physiological features and played an important part in the discovery of the microscope and stu

Italian physicist and inventor who devoted his life to experiments in wireless communication, and was awarded with the Nobel prize in 1909. Vintage ma

AQS in French, signed “L. Pasteur,” one page, 4 x 6, no date. Pasteur pens a thoughtful quote, in full (translated): "Science does not have its...

ALS in French, signed “L. Pasteur,” one page, 4.5 x 7, December 18, 1887. Response to a colleague, in part (roughly translated): "I hasten to t...

ALS in German, signed “Freud,” one page, 5.75 x 8.75, personal letterhead, August 22, 1918. Letter to Hoda Klion, in full (translated): "Most l...

ALS in Latin, signed “Pius PP. X.,” one page, 6.5 x 9, May 29, 1909. An Apostolic Blessing for Francis Wegg-Prosser, who established the Benedictine c

LS, one page, 7.75 x 9.75, September 30, 1854. Letter to John F. Callun, written as governor of the Utah Territory. In full: “In compliance with your

Scarce partly-printed DS in Spanish, one page, 8.5 x 12.25, November 16, 1825. As president of Peru, Bolivar appoints a captain to active service in t

TLS signed “W. S. Churchill,” one page, 7.5 x 9.5, personal letterhead, March 6, 1963. Letter to H. P. Moll, in full: “I am indeed obliged to you all

Signed book: The World Crisis. First abridged edition. NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1931. Hardcover, 7 x 9.5, 866 pages. Signed on the first fre...

Ink signatures, “Winston S. Churchill” and “Clementine S. Churchill,” the latter adding the date, “7.5.24,” on an off-white 6.25 x 1.5 slip. Matted an

Scarce circa 1921 ink signature of Hirohito in Japanese on an off-white 7.25 x 5.5 album page. Also signed below in ink by Prince Kan'in Kotohit...

Premier of the People's Republic of China (1921–2008) who served from 1976–1980; he was eventually outmaneuvered by Deng Xiaoping, who forced hi...

Scarce pair of ink signatures in Cyrillic, “N. Khrushchev, 27/IV-56,” and “G. Malenkov, 30-3-56,” on individual pink 4.5 x 3.5 album pages still conta

Second wife of Emperor Napoleon I of France (1791-1847). ALS in French, signed “Louise,” 4.5 x 6.75, September 5, 1832. Written from Schonbrunn, a let

Partly-printed DS rapidly signed “Napol,” one page, 23.25 x 17.75, August 24, 1811. Document conferring the title of “Baron of Our Empire” upon Franco

Autograph endorsement, “Refuse, Np,” penned in the left margin of a manuscript document in French, signed “C. de Hunebourg,” one page, 8.75 x 12.75, M

TLS in French signed by Dmitri Shostakovich, Yuri Gagarin, Galina Ulanova, Nikolay Semyonov, Sergey Konenkov, and Sergei Gerasimov, two pages, 8.25 x

TLS in Spanish, one page both sides, 8.5 x 13.25, Liberation Army Headquarters letterhead, June 7, 1916. Circular issued by Zapata concerning rival re