RR Auction: Fine Autographs & Artifacts

President of South Vietnam (1923–2001) who resigned and fled the country only a few days before the fall of Saigon. Dignified matte-finish 7 x 9.25 ph

Important contributor to food and nutrition (1737–1813), who was a promoter of the potato as a food source and established the first mandatory smallpo

Pioneering American entrepreneur and philanthropist (1795–1869) who lent his support to such venerable institutions as the Peabody Institute in Baltim

DS in Spanish, one page, 19.75 x 13.25, 1951. Certificate awarded to Pat McCormick for winning a gold medal in diving at the 1951 Pan American Games i

French mathematician and physicist (1781–1840). ADS in French, signed “Poisson,” one page, 7.25 x 4.25, April 1, 1837. Untranslated receipt written by

Austrian journalist and intellectual (1873–1955). ALS in German, one page, 5.75 x 8.25, Urban Hotel Garni letterhead, May 17, 1949. Untranslated lette

Duke of Gloucester and Edinburgh (1776–1834) who was the great-grandson of King George II. Untranslated LS in French, one page both sides, 8.25 x 10.2

TLS signed “Y. Rabin,” one page, 8.5 x 11, Embassy of Israel letterhead, no date. Stock letter reaching out for funds, with the recipient and date fie

Scottish chemist (1852–1916) who discovered the noble gases and won the 1904 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. ALS signed “W. Ramsay,” two pages on two adjoin

French sinologist (1788–1832) best known as the first chair of sinology at the College de France. ALS in French, signed “J. P. Abel-Remusat,” one page