RR Auction: Fine Autograph & Artifact Auction

Partly-printed DS, one page, 11.5 x 7.5, February 1, 1889. Stock certificate issued to Rockefeller for five hundred shares in the Northwest Equipment

English auctioneer and antiquary (1771–1842) who was a founding father of the famous auction house. ALS signed “S. Leigh Sotheby,” one page, 7.5 x 9,

Retail pioneer (1852–1919) who founded the iconic chain of five-and-ten-cent stores that bear his name. Unusual fine disbound book for a meeting of th

Department store magnate (1838–1922) who also served as Postmaster General from 1889 to 1893. ALS, three pages on two adjoining sheets, 5 x 8, Bellefo

TLS, one page, 7 x 3.25, no date. Letter to Master Frank, in full: “Thank you for your note of February 4. In response to the request for my autograph

Booklet containing a printed speech in Danish by Bohr given for a student anniversary in 1928, seven pages, 6.5 x 8.75, signed and inscribed inside th

Three of Colt’s signed retained drafts of documents sent to Commissioner of Patents Henry L. Ellsworth, circa 1837-38, all with a few additions, delet

Influential Swiss mathematician (1667–1748) known for his contributions to infinitesimal calculus. Rare LS in French, signed “Bernoulli Pere,” one pag

Oversized matte-finish 7.5 x 9.5 photo of the inventor seated with his hands clasped in his lap, affixed to a 9.5 x 12 mount, signed and inscribed on

Attractive fountain pen ‘umbrella’ signature, “Thos. A. Edison,” on an off-white 4 x 6.5 card bearing a tastefully affixed image of the great inventor

Ink ‘umbrella’ signature, “Thos. A. Edison,” on an off-white 4 x 1.25 clipped slip. In fine condition.

Handsome 1934 portrait etching of Einstein by German printmaker J. J. Muller, 7 x 9, signed in the lower border in fountain pen, “Albert Einstein,” an

TLS signed “A. Einstein,” one page, 8.5 x 12, airmail letterhead, March 24, 1954. Letter to Mr. Joseph Levine in Israel. In part: “Any physical theory

Detailed limited edition etching of Einstein in near profile, 8.5 x 11, numbered 59/100, signed in the lower right in pencil, “Albert Einstein.” Also

Scarce ALS in Italian, one page, 5 x 8, Reale Accademia d’Italia letterhead, November 19, 1938. Letter to an “illustrious senator,” thanking him for a

Prominent French mathematician and physicist (1768–1830) generally credited with the discovery of the ‘greenhouse effect.’ Untranslated manuscript DS

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

American businessman (1855–1932) who invented a best-selling version of the safety razor and is widely credited with inventing the so-called razor and

German theoretical physicist (1901–1976) awarded the 1932 Nobel Prize in physics for the creation of quantum mechanics. Ink signature, “Werner Heisenb

American educator and physician (1728–1829) who contributed pioneering work in the advancement of smallpox vaccinations. ADS, signed “E. A. Holyoke,”