RR Auction: Fine Autographs & Artifacts

Born Bartolomeo Alberto Cappellari (1765-1846), he served as pope from 1831 to 1846. Strongly conservative and traditionalist, he opposed democratic a

Born Count Vincenzo Gioacchino Raffaele Luigi Pecci (1810–1903), he served as pope from 1878 to 1903. LS in Italian, signed “G. Card. Pecci Vesc. di P

Born Giovanni Battista Enrico Antonio Maria Montini in Italy in 1897, Paul VI reigned as pope from 1963 until his death in 1978. TLS signed “G.B. Mont

Pope born Ambrogio Damiano Achille Ratti, who ascended the papal throne in 1922 and issued encyclicals condemning communism, fascism, and racism (1857

Born Eugenio Maria Giuseppe Giovanni Pacelli (1876–1958), he served as pope from 1939 until his death. TLS in Italian, signed “E. Card. Pacelli,” one

Rare partly-printed note of Mormon currency in the amount of fifty cents, 3.75 x 2, filled out in another hand to N. K. Whitney, signed in ink by Brig

Prussian statesman and First Chancellor of the German Empire (1815–1898). Serious vintage matte-finish 6.5 x 9 half-length portrait of von Bismarck in

LS in Spanish, signed “Bolivar,” one page both sides, 8 x 9.75, September 28, 1829. Letter to brigade commander Colonel Jose Felix Blanco. In part (tr

Partly-printed DS in Spanish, one page, 7.5 x 12, August 22, 1819. As president of Venezuela, Bolivar promotes Leon Galindo to captain in the infantry

Older brother of Napoleon (1868–1844) who served as King of Spain from 1808 to 1813, and King of Naples from 1806 to 1808. ALS in French, signed “Jose