RR Auction: Fine Autograph and Artifact Auction Featuring Civil War

Signed book: Memoirs by Harry S. Truman, Volume One: Year of Decisions. Special Kansas City Edition, limited to 20,615 copies: Doubleday, 1955. Hardco

Unique glossy 8.25 x 6.75 photo of Harry S. Truman and Filipino diplomat Carlos P. Romulo meeting with Soviet delegate Andrey Vyshinsky at the United

TLS, one page, 7.25 x 10.5, personal letterhead, October 24, 1955. Letter to Kenneth Browne, in part: "I am glad to sign the picture for you. I...

Signed book: Mr. Citizen. Later printing. NY: Bernard Geis Associates, 1960. Hardcover, 6.25 x 9.25, 315 pages. Signed on the half-title page in fount

TLS as president, one page, 7 x 8.75, White House letterhead, August 9, 1946. Letter to Assistant Solicitor General George Thomas Washington, in full:

Partly-printed DS as president, one page, 23 x 19.25, October 17, 1947. President Truman appoints J. Klahr Huddle of Ohio as "Ambassador Extrao...

TLS, one page, 7 x 9.75, personal letterhead, April 26, 1955. Letter to Mr. Gilbert J. Tilbury, in full: "Thank you a lot for yours of the 15th...

Signed book: The Art of the Deal. First edition. NY: Random House, 1987. Hardcover with dust jacket, 6.5 x 9.5, 246 pages. Signed on the first free en

Signed book: Trump: The Art of the Comeback. First edition. NY: Random House, 1997. Hardcover with dust jacket, 6.5 x 9.5, 244 pages. Signed on the fi

Iconic red "Make America Great Again" trucker snapback cap popularized during the presidential campaign of Donald Trump, prominently signe...

ALS signed “M. V. Buren,” one page both sides, 4.75 x 8, November 16, 1826. Letter to American lawyer and politician John Vernon Henry, in part: &qu...

Partly-printed DS as president, one page, 23 x 19, September 5, 1919. President Wilson appoints J. Klahr Huddle of Ohio as a "Consul of Class s...

Partly-printed DS, one page, 15.75 x 12.5, October 19, 1792. As governor of Massachusetts, Hancock appoints Benjamin Wares as "Lieutenant of a ...

Manuscript DS, signed “Geo. Walton,” one page, 11.75 x 7.25, April 26, 1784. Official document issued in the County of Richmond, Georgia, in part: &...

American diplomat during the American Revolutionary War (1740–1792) who helped negotiate the Treaty of Alliance with France in 1778. Free franked addr

ALS, one page, 7.75 x 12.75, December 9, 1851. Letter to Simon Perkins, in full: "John & myself reached here last night after being twice u...

AQS on an off-white 5.25 x 3.5 card, in full: "Perfect equality of rights for women—civil & political—is the demand of yours sincerely, Sus...

ALS in Gujarati, signed “Blessings of Bapu to all of you,” one page both sides, 2 x 4, no date. Letter to Chi Jamna Bahen, in full (translated): &qu...

ALS signed “M. K. Gandhi,” penned on both sides of a 3.5 x 5.5 India postal card, July 26, 1932. Written while incarcerated at the Yerawada Central Pr

Remarkable program in Norwegian for the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony held in Oslo for Dr. King on December 10, 1964, 5.25 x 7.5, signed on the front cov

Signed book: The Autobiography of Malcolm X. First edition. NY: Grove Press, 1965. Hardcover with dust jacket, 6.25 x 9.25, 455 pages. Signed and insc

Handsome limited edition 19.75 x 25.75 lithograph reproducing Mandela's handwritten artist's motivation for his 'My Robben Island' s...

Beautiful ink signature, "Florence Nightingale,” on an off-white 4.25 x 1 slip matted with an image to an overall size of 7.5 x 11.5. In fine c...

ALS, four pages on two adjoining sheets, 5 x 8, personal letterhead, June 17, 1884. Letter to Edmund Boulnois of the Marylebone Infirmary thanking him

Revolutionary War–dated handwritten draft of a letter by John Jay, unsigned, one page, 7.5 x 9, March 22, 1779. Written as president of the Continenta

Large engraved portrait of Associate Justice Holmes by Franklin F. Ward, published by Charles Barmore of Princeton, N. J., signed below in black ink,

ALS signed “J. Marshall,” one page both sides, 6.25 x 7.5, September 18, 1832. Letter to his son, James K. Marshall, concerning the sale of some bank

American machinist, inventor, engineer, and automotive entrepreneur (1843–1932) who founded the luxury automotive brands Cadillac and Lincoln. Remarka

DS, three pages, 8.5 x 14, January 8, 1937. Casinghead gas contract between J. Paul Getty and J. E. Crosbie, Inc., in which the former "hereby ...

ALS signed “Ch. Darwin,” three pages, 4.75 x 8, personal letterhead, November 11, [1870]. Letter to Philip Lutley Sclater, who has been reading the pr

TLS signed “James D. Watson,” one page, 5.5 x 8.5, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory letterhead, July 13, 1988. Letter to Dr. Wolfgang Heil in Dusseldorf,

Edison Botanic Research Corporation business check, 8.25 x 3, filled out in another hand and signed by Edison, "Thos A. Edison," payable t...

Classic pencil signature, "Thos. A. Edison,” on an off-white 3 x 2.5 card. In fine condition, with old mounting remnants on the reverse.

Partly-printed DS, signed “Thos. A. Edison,” one page, 8.75 x 4, February 25, 1921. Edison Storage Battery Co. promissory note, in part: "On th...

Autograph endorsement in pencil, "Blinne, Yes—TAE," on a letter written to him by F. S. Blinne, one page. 8.5 x 11, no date but circa 1924...

Third-person ANS in German, signed “Albert,” one page, 4.5 x 6.75, no date. Below a printed facsimile poem celebrating his fiftieth birthday (dated Ma

Remarkable scientific AMS in German, signed "A. Einstein," one page, 8.5 x 11, no date but circa 1938 or earlier. An important working man...

ALS in German, signed “A. Einstein,” one page, 8.5 x 11, blindstamped Princeton letterhead, [January 23, 1947]. Letter to Ruth Daman, mentioning both

Italian mathematician and painter of the Baroque period (1639–1703). Manuscript from Ficatelli's personal library, signed on the front flyleaf i...

Austrian 1944 series five schilling banknote issued by the Allied Military Authority, 4.5 x 2.75, no. 12H571323, signed vertically in fountain pen, ...

German naturalist and explorer (1769–1859) who wrote Kosmos, a massive five-volume study which attempted to unify the various branches of man's ...

Influential Russian-born theoretical physicist and cosmologist (1904–1968) who was a leading advocate of the 'Big Bang' theory. Extremely ra...

Exceptional LS in Swedish, nine pages on five sheets, 8 x 12.75, August 19, 1743. Untranslated letter written on behalf of the "Consistorium Ac...

American artist and inventor (1791–1872) whose development of the telegraph revolutionized worldwide communication. ALS signed “Sam'l F. B. Mors...

Czech anatomist and physiologist (1787–1869) who was one of the most well-known scientists of his time. Rare manuscript DS, in Czech, signed “Purkyne,

Russian chemist and inventor (1834–1907) who formulated the Periodic Law and created a predictive version of the periodic table of elements. Remarkabl

Scottish chemist (1852-1916) who discovered the noble gases and won the 1904 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. ALS, one page both sides, 4.5 x 7, Beechcroft,

Polish-Swiss chemist (1897–1996) awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1950 for his work on hormones of the adrenal cortex which culmin

Soviet agronomist, botanist and geneticist best known for having identified the centers of origin of cultivated plants (1887–1943). Rare ALS in Russia

Fabulous thank-you card sent following his 80th birthday, 6 x 4.75, May 1936, signed in fountain pen, "Freud." The printed text, in German...

Russian geographer, zoologist, and political theorist (1842–1921) best known for his advocacy of anarchist communism. Collection of eighteen ALSs and

Glossy 8 x 10 photo of Mother Teresa and another nun holding a chicken, signed in black felt tip, "God bless you, M. Teresa mc." In fine ...

Signed book: Something Beautiful for God. Later printing. London: Collins/Fount Paperbacks, 1980. Softcover, 4.25 x 7, 156 pages. Signed on a prefator

Pope Benedict XVI's personally-worn white zucchetto skullcap (worn as pope emeritus), measuring 7? in diameter, featuring a light suede white li...

TLS in Hebrew, one page, 6.25 x 8, State of Israel letterhead, February 22, 1956. Letter to Itzhak Tabenkin, a member of the Knesset, Kibbutz Ein-Haro

Statesman, author, orator, political theorist, and philosopher (1729–1797) who, after relocating to England, served for many years in the House of Com

DS in Spanish, signed "Fidel Castro" and "R. Castro Ruz," one page, 8.25 x 12.75, September 13, 1975. An untranslated order conc...

Uncommon glossy 6 x 9.75 photo of Madame Chiang Kai-shek and Chinese statesman Wellington Koo, signed in ink by both, "Mayling Soong Chiang&quo...

Classic matte-finish 3.25 x 4.5 portrait of a serious Churchill in a polka-dot bow tie, affixed to a 4.5 x 6.5 mount, crisply signed on the mount in f

DS, signed “Winston S. Churchill,” one page, 8 x 10, October 1959. A consent to the sale of property, "Title No. LN. 168889, Property—Nos. 7 &a...

World War II–dated TLS in Cyrillic, one page, 7.25 x 11.25, March 11, 1944. Letter to the Metal Factory of Dzerginskiy—to Comrades Fomenko, Schepanski

Irish orientalist (1801–1878) known for translating and publishing a number of important medieval Arabic texts. Two ALSs in French, each signed &quo...

Scarce DS in Cyrillic, one page, 8 x 11.25, August 20, 1937. Official letter issued to Georgy Malenkov, Alexander Alemasov, and Alfred Lepa, which con

Chinese revolutionary (1866–1925) who helped to overthrow the centuries-old Qing Dynasty in 1911 to become the first president of the Republic of Chin

TLS in German, signed “Ihr L. Trotsky,” one page, 8.25 x 10.75, November 2, 1933. Letter to Lilly and Ludwig Lore, in part (translated): "I am ...

The most renowned and the longest-ruling female leader of Russia, reigning from July 9, 1762 until her death in 1796 at the age of 67. Vellum DS in Cy

Magnificent LS in French, signed “Charles,” three pages on two adjoining sheets, 9 x 13.5, April 1568. Lengthy letter to Monsieur de Fourquevaulx, Cha

Printed pamphlet of an act issued by King George II, entitled "An Act for the more easy Recovery of Debts in His Majesty's Plantations and ...

ALS in French, signed “CP,” one page both sides, 6 x 7.25, July 3, 1795. The future king writes in the aftermath of the French Revolution, in part (tr

Partly-printed DS, signed “George R. I.” and "Elizabeth R," one page, 12.5 x 15.25, January 1, 1938. King George VI appoints "Albert ...

King of Bavaria from 1825 until the 1848 revolutions in the German states (1786–1868). ALS in German, signed “Ludwig,” one page, 6.5 x 8.25, June 3, 1

Holy Roman Empress and Queen of Bohemia (1717–1780) who was the mother of Marie Antoinette. ALS in German, signed “M,” one page both sides, 6.25 x 7.7

Mary of Guise (1515–1560), also called Mary of Lorraine, ruled Scotland as regent from 1554 until her death; her daughter, famously known as Mary, Que

Queen consort of France (1575-1642) as the second wife of King Henry IV of France. She herself was a member of the wealthy and powerful House of Medic

Immensely desirable signed book: Dresses from the Collection of Diana, Princess of Wales. Limited edition, numbered 202/250. NY: Christie's, 199...

Gorgeous semi-glossy 8.5 x 10.75 head-and-shoulders portrait of Princess Diana by famed photographer Lord Snowdon, matted to an overall size of 11.75

TLS signed “Yours most sincerely, Charles and,” and "Diana," one page, 8 x 13, Buckingham Palace letterhead, October 7, 1981. Letter to Mr...

Christmas card from 1985 embossed on the front with the Prince of Wales’s feathers and Order of the Garter motto and the Spencer family arms, measurin

Royal Christmas and New Year's card from 1982, with front embossed with the Prince of Wales’s feathers and Order of the Garter motto and the Spe...

Uncommon Royal Christmas and New Year's card from 1958, with a gilt-embossed crown on the front, measuring 18.25 x 7.75 open, featuring a color ...

Desirable ALS signed “VR,” four pages on two adjoining sheets, 4.5 x 7, black-bordered Balmoral letterhead, November 1, 1873. Letter to Lady Leila Err

Fabulous matte-finish 8 x 10 full-length portrait of the Duke and Duchess of Windsor by Harris & Ewing, signed in fountain pen, "Edward, Du...

Tremendous original 13.75 x 11 matte-finish close-up photo of Titanic Collapsible Lifeboat D floating in the waters of the North Atlantic. The photogr

Huge original 13.75 x 11 matte-finish photo of Titanic Emergency Lifeboat No. 1 floating in the waters of the North Atlantic. The photograph, taken by

Author, explorer, and special correspondent for the New York Herald (1841–1904), most famous for his inquiry, ‘Dr. Livingstone, I presume?,’ upon find

Highly sought-after pencil signature, “Geronimo,” on an off-white 3.5 x 1.75 slip affixed within a leatherbound scrapbook containing about thirty affi

Republic of Texas Supreme Court Justice and Texas Ranger (1804–1859). At the age of 15, he contracted tubercular arthritis that caused his right leg t

American military pilot (1929–1977) who attained worldwide notoriety in 1960 when the U-2 spy plane he was piloting was shot down over the Soviet Unio

Unique and historic archive consisting of five bullets attributed to J. D. Goss’s ballistic tests in the case against Bonnie Parker’s sister, Billie M

Desirable grouping of six checks from the first half of the 19th century, each signed by a notable early American figure, including: Louis McLane, Sec

DS, one page, 8.5 x 11, Anheuser-Busch letterhead, February 21, 1952. Document submitted to the St. Louis Union Trust Company, in part: "Pursua...

British naval administrator and explorer (1764–1848) who mapped the interior of South Africa and promoted the exploration of the Arctic; the Barrow St

Glossy 3.5 x 5 head-and-shoulders photo of Begin as prime minister of Israel, signed in the lower border in black felt tip, "M. Begin." In...

German engineer and designer (1890–1963) who founded the Borgward group, which produced four brands of cars: Borgward, Hansa, Goliath, and Lloyd. The

General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, presiding over the country from 1964 until his death in 1982. D

Attractive pair of vintage matte-finish portraits of William Jennings Bryan and his wife Mary Baird Bryan, both are matted to an overall size of 10.25

Ballpoint signature, "Warren E. Buffett,” on a green 5.25 x 5.25 sheet made of recycled money, printed with a portrait of Buffett and the text,...

ALS signed “Warren,” two pages on two adjoining sheets, 5.75 x 7.75, Supreme Court letterhead, August 5, 1969. Letter to the Hon. George T. Washington

American Internet pioneer (born 1943) and one of 'the fathers of the Internet,' who developed TCP/IP technology and the first commercial ema...

American labor leader and civil rights activist (1927–1993) who, with Dolores Huerta, co-founded the National Farm Workers Association in 1962. TLS si