RR Auction: Fine Autograph & Artifact Auction

Two ALSs signed “Geo. Bancroft,” both one page, 5 x 7.75 and 4.75 x 6.5, dated April 29 and May 6, 1876. Both are addressed to Adjutant General W. S.

Matte-finish 6.75 x 9 half-length portrait of Batista in a handsome suit and tie, signed in fountain pen, adding “Autograph” above and the date, “July

Continental Congressman from Delaware and a delegate to the 1787 US Constitutional Convention (1747–1812). Manuscript DS, signed “Gunning Bedford,” on

French chemist and politician (1827–1907). Untranslated ALS in French, signed “M. Berthelot,” one page both sides, 5.25 x 8.25, Assemblee Nationale le

Statesman (1745–1821) who served as vice president of Pennsylvania. Vellum manuscript DS, signed “Cha. Biddle,” one page, 15.25 x 13.75, March 13, 178

Younger brother of Napoleon (1775–1840) who served in various official capacities. Partly-printed DS in French, signed twice, “L. Bonaparte,” one page

ALS, one page, 4.5 x 6.75, Supreme Court of the United States letterhead, December 13, 1931. Brief letter to Lee M. Friedman, in full: “Let me thank y

Collection of six unsigned telegrams and messages, dating from 1973–1991, all to Robert C. Marrington. Five are from Queen Elizabeth II, including one

German Jewish philosopher and writer (1878–1965) who evolved a philosophy inspired by study of Hasidism. Ink signature, “Martin Buber,” on an off-whit

Western legend (1849–1919) who beat out Wyatt Earp for the position of first sheriff of the notorious Deadwood camp. Partly-printed DS, one page, 11 x

ALS as vice president, signed “J. C. Calhoun,” one page, 4.5 x 7, no date. Letter to W. Dickens, in part: “I wrote you a note two or three days since

Lincoln’s controversial first secretary of war (1799–1889). ALS, one page both sides, 8 x 10, April 5, 1829. Letter to J. D. Barnam concerning a lette

Founding Father of the United States (1730-1796). He was a prominent member of one of America's great colonial families that included his cousin...

English physicist (1891–1974) who was awarded the 1935 Nobel Prize in Physics for his discovery of the neutron in 1932, thus paving the way towards th

French chemist (1756–1832) who introduced the process of adding sugar to wine, called ‘Chaptalization.’ Manuscript DS in French, signed “J. Chaptal,”

Set of four satin-finish 10 x 8 photos of John Lewis and Andrew Young during the Civil Rights movement, two of which picture Martin Luther King, Jr.,

First Governor of Louisiana (1772/75–1817). Bank of the United States check, 6 x 2, filled out and signed by Claiborne, “William C. C. Claiborne,” pay

Autograph check, 8 x 3.75, entirely filled out and signed by Clay, “H. Clay,” directed to “The Cashier of the Bank of the U. States,” January 30, 1821

Influential British statesman (1804–1865) associated with John Bright in the formation of the Anti-Corn Law League; an immensely important figure in c

Signed book: My Attainment of the Pole. Later printing. NY: Mitchell Kennerley, 1913. Hardcover, 5.5 x 7.75, 610 pages. Neatly signed and inscribed on