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