RR Auction: Fine Autographs & Artifacts

Fountain pen signature, “W. R. Hearst,” on an off-white 3 x 2 card. Nicely double-matted and framed with a bust portrait of the publisher to an overal

Nobel Prize–winning Hungarian radiochemist (1885–1966) recognized for his key role in the development of radioactive tracers to study chemical process

TLS, one page, 7 x 9, September 23, 1943. Letter to Walter White, an executive at the NAACP. In full: “Congratulations. I am happy to extend to you my

TLS, one page, 8 x 10.5, Federal Bureau of Investigation letterhead, April 14, 1950. Letter to Willis Thornton, in part: “Certainly the editorial you

Politician (1913–2010) who concurrently served as the vice-minister of foreign affairs and the foreign minister of China from 1976 to 1982. Blue ballp

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

DS, signed “C. P. Huntington,” one page, 11.5 x 15.5, September 26, 1889. Attractive stock certificate for 100 shares of the Newport News and Mississi

TLS signed “Robert Kennedy” and “Ethel Kennedy,” one page, 8.5 x 11, Robert Kennedy for U.S. Senator letterhead, October 28, 1964. Letter to his suppo

TLS signed “Bob Kennedy,” one page, 6 x 9, United States Senate letterhead, January 23, 1968. Letter to Charles Drons, in full: “Mrs. Kennedy and I wa

TLS, one page, 8 x 10.5, United States Senate letterhead, October 22, 1965. Letter to Peter Gotte, in full: “Thank you for your recent letter. I am de