RR Auction: Fine Autographs & Artifacts

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Headquartered in Boston’s North End, RR Auction is a globally recognized and trusted source for rare documents, manuscripts, autographs, and historic artifacts. Since its inception in 1980, RR has achieved countless record-setting prices in over 425 successful sales, including Truman Capote’s hand-notated manuscript for Breakfast at Tiffany’s for over $300,000, President Kennedy’s 1963 convertible for $318,000, and a pair of Bonnie and Clyde’s guns for over $500,000. Internationally known and frequently featured in all media outlets—with appearances on NBC’s Today Show, CBS This Morning, Fox News, the New York Times Sunday Magazine, and the London Times—RR Auction prides itself on selling authentic material, thoroughly examined by in-house experts and third-party authenticators, to uphold the guarantee of authenticity. With a stunning full-color print catalog and a massive online presence, RR Auction continues to achieve record prices for clients around the world.
ALS - Autograph Letter Signed
ANS - Autograph Note Signed
AQS - Autograph Quotation Signed
AMQS - Autograph Musical Quotation Signed
DS - Document Signed
FDC - First Day Cover
Inscribed - “Personalized”
ISP - Inscribed Signed Photograph
LS - Letter Signed
SP - Signed Photograph
TLS - Typed Letter Signed
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Lyndon B. Johnson103 - Lyndon B. Johnson
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TLS signed “Lyndon,” one page, 6 x 7, United states Senate letterhead, April 23, 1956. Letter to fellow Texas Democrat and former Senator Earle Bradfo
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Lyndon B. Johnson104 - Lyndon B. Johnson
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Color glossy 7.5 x 9.5 photo of President Johnson, affixed to a mount with a calligraphic inscription to Herbert H. Houston, signed below, “Lyndon B.
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Richard Nixon105 - Richard Nixon
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Signed book: The Real War. First edition, NY: Warner Books, 1980. Hardcover with slipcase, 6.25 x 9.25, 341 pages. Signed on the designated page in bl
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Richard Nixon106 - Richard Nixon
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Signed book: Real Peace. First edition, first printing. NY: Privately printed, 1983. Hardcover with dust jacket, 5.75 x .5, 106 pages. Signed on the f
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Richard Nixon107 - Richard Nixon
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TLS as president signed “RN,” one page, 6.5 x 9, White House letterhead, November 9, 1973. Letter to Republican Congressman Carlos J. Moorhead of Cali
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Gerald Ford108 - Gerald Ford
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Collection of four copies of the miniature book The Tenth Convention, hardcovers with slipcases, measuring only 2.75 x 2, 26 pages. Each is a limited
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Gerald Ford109 - Gerald Ford
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TLS as president signed “Jerry Ford,” one page, 6.75 x 8.75, White House letterhead, August 21, 1974. Letter to Bob Rasmussen, in full: “Thanks so muc
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Gerald Ford110 - Gerald Ford
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Color paperstock 8 x 10 photo of President Ford with his arms crossed, signed and inscribed in the lower border in black felt tip, “To Paul Herbert, w
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Gerald Ford and George Bush111 - Gerald Ford and George Bush
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Signed book: The War Powers Resolution: A Constitutional Crisis? Limited first edition, unnumbered presentation copy. California: Butte College Press,
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Ronald Reagan112 - Ronald Reagan
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Handsome vintage matte-finish 8 x 10 photo of Reagan during his time as a screen actor, signed and inscribed in fountain pen, “To Ruth & Carl, T...
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Ronald Reagan113 - Ronald Reagan
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ALS signed “Dutch,” one page, 7.25 x 10.5, December 14. A letter to his longtime friend Lydia ‘Hup’ MacArthur. In full: “So much has happened this pas
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Ronald Reagan114 - Ronald Reagan
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TLS as president signed “Ron,” one page, 6.75 x 8.75, White House letterhead, December 3, 1986. Letter to Ward Quaal, in part: “There is nothing I val
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Ronald Reagan115 - Ronald Reagan
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Typescript, one page, 6.25 x 9, embossed presidential letterhead, November 20, 1991. A statement concerning an award given to popular composer Henry M
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Ronald Reagan116 - Ronald Reagan
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Ballpoint signature, “Ronald Reagan,” on an off-white 4 x 5.25 sheet of White House stationery. In fine condition, with the end of the signature a few
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Ronald Reagan117 - Ronald Reagan
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Signed book: Where’s the Rest of Me? First edition. NY: Duell, Sloan and Pearce, 1965. Hardcover with dust jacket, 5.75 x 8.5, 316 pages. Signed on th
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George Bush118 - George Bush
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Official Rawlings American League (Brown) baseball signed in black felt tip on a side panel, “Good luck, George Bush.” In very good condition, with ev
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George Bush119 - George Bush
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TLS as vice president, signed “George Bush,” on an embossed 6.25 x 4.25 vice presidential card, November 15, 1985. Letter to J. Knox McConnell, in ful
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George Bush120 - George Bush
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ALS, one page both sides, 6.25 x 8.5, personal letterhead, February 8, 1997. Letter to Louisiana State University’s men’s basketball coach Dale Brown,
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Hillary Clinton121 - Hillary Clinton
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Official Rawlings Major League baseball signed in black felt tip on the sweet spot, “Hillary Rodham Clinton.” In fine condition, with a couple scatter
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Bill Clinton122 - Bill Clinton
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Official Rawlings Major League baseball signed in black felt tip on the sweet spot. In very fine condition. Consignor notes that signature was obtaine
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Hillary and Chelsea Clinton123 - Hillary and Chelsea Clinton
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Official Rawlings Major League baseball signed in black felt tip on one side panel by Hillary Clinton and on another side panel by Chelsea Clinton. In
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Bill and Hillary Clinton124 - Bill and Hillary Clinton
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Two books: a hardcover first edition of Back to Work, signed on the title page in black felt tip by Bill Clinton; and a softcover edition of Living Hi
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Bill Clinton125 - Bill Clinton
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Glossy 10.5 x 13.5 photo of Boys Nation delegate Bill Clinton shaking hands with President John F. Kennedy on June 6, 1963, at the White House, signed
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Bill Clinton126 - Bill Clinton
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Color glossy 10 x 8 photo of Clinton talking on the phone in the Oval Office, signed in black felt tip. In fine condition, with an authentication labe
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Bill Clinton127 - Bill Clinton
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TLS as president signed “Bill, Thanks,” one page, 6.75 x 8.75, White House letterhead, January 18, 1994. Letter to Kathy Lynn McClanahan, in full: “Th
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George W. Bush128 - George W. Bush
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Printed biography sheet for Governor of Texas George W. Bush, 8.5 x 11, signed in the lower right in blue felt tip, “G. W. Bush.” In fine condition, w
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Barack Obama129 - Barack Obama
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Signed book: Dreams from My Father. Revised edition. NY: Three Rivers Press, 2004. Paperback, 5.25 x 8, 457 pages. Signed on the title page in black f
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Benjamin Franklin130 - Benjamin Franklin
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Choice partly-printed DS, signed “B. Franklin,” one page, 12 x 7, June 12, 1786. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania document attesting that William Webb is
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John Hancock131 - John Hancock
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Manuscript DS one page, 7.5 x 7.25, November 15, 1767. A receipt for 10 cords of wood delivered by Samuel Hartley to the hospital on Rainsford’s Islan
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John Hancock132 - John Hancock
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Partly-printed DS filled out in Hancock’s hand but unsigned, one page, 9 x 4.5, June 28, 1762. A bill of lading filled out by Hancock, incorporating h
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Francis Hopkinson133 - Francis Hopkinson
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Manuscript DS, signed “Fra’s Hopkinson,” one page, 12.5 x 8, May 3, 1785. An order to examine a ship in the port of Philadelphia. In part: “Applicatio
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Pierce Butler135 - Pierce Butler
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Soldier and statesman (1744–1822) who served in the Continental Congress, Constitutional Convention, and the US Senate. LS signed “P. Butler,” one pag
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Congressional Articles 1783136 - Congressional Articles 1783
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Contemporary manuscript copy of an article presented to the Continental Congress on May 26, 1783, three pages on two adjoining sheets, 7.25 x 8.75, pr
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Thomas Fitzsimons137 - Thomas Fitzsimons
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American merchant and statesman (1741–1811) who represented Pennsylvania in the Continental Congress, the Constitutional Convention, and the US Congre
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Horace Greeley138 - Horace Greeley
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Autograph manuscript, unsigned, one page, 7.5 x 12, entitled “How Shall I Vote?” This seemingly unpublished manuscript reads, in part: “Vote as Franz
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John Jay139 - John Jay
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American statesman (1745–1829) who served variously as president of the Continental Congress, diplomat, and, from 1789 to 1795, first chief justice of
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Helen Keller140 - Helen Keller
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Outstanding matte-finish 9.5 x 8 photo of Keller with her teacher, Anne Sullivan, and Anne’s husband, displayed in its original 11.25 x 9.75 presentat
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Martin Luther King, Jr141 - Martin Luther King, Jr
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Signed book: Stride Toward Freedom. First edition, second printing. NY: Harper & Brothers, 1958. Hardcover with dust jacket, 5.75 x 8.5, 230 pag...
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Robert Livingston, Sr142 - Robert Livingston, Sr
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Lawyer, politician, and diplomat from New York (1746–1813). Scarce ALS signed “R. R. Livingston,” one page, 6.25 x 8.25, June 18, 1784. Letter to Gera
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Timothy Pickering143 - Timothy Pickering
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Revolutionary War-dated LS, one page, 7.25 x 8, October 26, 1779. Letter written to an unknown recipient. In part, “We have received your letter hinti
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Texas: Sam Houston144 - Texas: Sam Houston
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Choice ALS, four pages on two adjoining sheets, 7.75 x 9.75, Huntsville, Texas, October 8, 1853. Letter to Secretary of the Senate Asbury Dickins. In
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Harry A. Blackmun146 - Harry A. Blackmun
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Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1970 until 1994, best known as the author of the Court's opinion in Roe v. Wade...
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John Marshall147 - John Marshall
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ADS, signed “J. Marshall,” one page, 7.25 x 5.5, May 22, 1790. A financial document. In full: “Recd from Mr. Isaac Hite fifty shillings the moity of a
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Kit Carson148 - Kit Carson
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American scout and soldier (1809–1868) who takes a place among the most colorful personalities in the Old West. Ink signature, “C. Carson,” on an off-
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William F. ‘Buffalo Bill’ Cody149 - William F. ‘Buffalo Bill’ Cody
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Exceptional 9.5 x 7.5 photo of Cody and his daughter Irma in a horse-drawn carriage, affixed to the original 14.75 x 12.25 photographer’s mount, signe
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William F. ‘Buffalo Bill’ Cody150 - William F. ‘Buffalo Bill’ Cody
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Handsome unsigned oversized 8.25 x 13.25 gelatin silver portrait of Cody wearing a cowboy hat by Charlie Fitch, presented in its original frame to an
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William F. ‘Buffalo Bill’ Cody151 - William F. ‘Buffalo Bill’ Cody
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Vivid color 11 x 9 chromolithographic print depicting Buffalo Bill dismounted from his horse, both dressed in fabulous vibrant Western garb. Produced
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Josie Earp152 - Josie Earp
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Captivating matte-finish 4 x 10.5 gelatin silver photo of Wyatt Earp’s wife Josie, showing her dressed in a sheer robe. Blindstamped at the bottom wit
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Wyatt Earp153 - Wyatt Earp
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Collection of eight bone gambling chips from the Dexter Saloon in various colors and denominations, measuring approximately 1.5? in diameter, includin
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Gamblers and Gunslingers154 - Gamblers and Gunslingers
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Two original tintypes, both approximately 2.5 x 3.5, one showing a group of four men playing cards and drinking around a small table; the other showin
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Geronimo155 - Geronimo
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Unsigned 5.25 x 6.5 cabinet photo of Geronimo by William Irwin, showing the legednary warrior in a fringed leather shirt while holding a revolver. Per
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Chief John Grass: Frank Bennett Fiske156 - Chief John Grass: Frank Bennett Fiske
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Chief of the Blackfoot Sioux (1836–1918) who fought at the Battle of the Little Bighorn. Exquisite matte-finish 7.75 x 11.25 portrait of Chief John Gr
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John Wesley Hardin157 - John Wesley Hardin
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John Wesley Hardin’s rawhide stagecoach trunk, 14 x 8.5 x 8.5, constructed of wood with brown rawhide tacked to the exterior and a soft cloth lining t
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John Wesley Hardin158 - John Wesley Hardin
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Section of wood from the house of John Wesley Hardin, 4 x 2.5 x .5, taken from a board that had been a part of the ‘honeymoon’ cottage that he and his
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Jesse James159 - Jesse James
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Fantastic color 18 x 28 poster advertising a traveling show based on the exploits of the legendary American outlaw, entitled, “The Sensational Western
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Kemp Sisters160 - Kemp Sisters
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Double-sided 10.5 x 28 poster advertising the Kemp Sisters’ ‘Frontier Exhibition,’ billing it as “A Superb Western Spectacle” with “More Realism Than
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Two Guns White Calf161 - Two Guns White Calf
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Blackfoot chief (1872–1934) best known for the durable though still-controversial claim that he served as one of the models for sculptor James Earle F
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Francisco ‘Pancho’ Villa162 - Francisco ‘Pancho’ Villa
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TLS in Spanish, signed “Francisco Villa,” two pages, 8.5 x 11, Ejercito del Norte letterhead, October 3, 1915. Letter to General Felipe Riveros. In pa
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John Wilkes Booth163 - John Wilkes Booth
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Desirable printed broadside playbill, 5.75 x 12.75, advertising Booth’s last performance in The Coriscan Brothers at the Boston Museum on February 14,
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Lee Harvey Oswald164 - Lee Harvey Oswald
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Hand-addressed May Day pictorial airmail envelope, 6.25 x 4.5, addressed by Oswald to his brother, “U.S.A., Fort Worth, Texas, 7313 Davenport St., Rob
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John Dillinger and J. Edgar Hoover165 - John Dillinger and J. Edgar Hoover
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Original wanted poster for Dillinger issued in 1934 by J. Edgar Hoover for a violation of the National Motor Vehicle Theft Act, 7.5 x 7.75, showing Di
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William M. ‘Boss’ Tweed166 - William M. ‘Boss’ Tweed
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Partly-printed DS, signed “W. M. Tweed,” one page, 8.25 x 14, August 22, 1867. Receipt for a payment of $230.75 for a purchase of office supplies for
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Robert Stroud167 - Robert Stroud
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Notorious criminal (1890–1963) who, while imprisoned, became a self-educated authority on birds and earned the nickname ‘The Birdman of Alcatraz.’ ALS
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William Randolph Hearst168 - William Randolph Hearst
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Seven pages of poetry handwritten by Hearst, the first in pencil on five sheets and the other in ink on two sheets. The pencil poem, apparently an ode
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John D. Rockefeller169 - John D. Rockefeller
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Signed book: Forest Hill, September 26, 1905. Limited edition, numbered 99/425. Cleveland: The Vinson and Korner Co., 1905. Hardcover, 7.5 x 10. Nicel
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Henry Villard170 - Henry Villard
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American journalist, publisher, and railway tycoon (1835–1900). ALS in German, signed “Heinrich,” three pages on two adjoining sheets, 4.75 x 6.5, Dec
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Francois Arago171 - Francois Arago
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French Catalan mathematician, physicist, astronomer, and politician (1786-1853). ALS in French, signed “F. Arago,” one page, 8 x 10.25, August 25, 183
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Alexander Graham Bell172 - Alexander Graham Bell
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TNS, one page, 5.5 x 2.75, no date. Brief response to an autograph request. In full: “In response to your request for my autograph, which has been for
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Henri Becquerel173 - Henri Becquerel
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French physicist (1852–1908) whose experiments with uranium salts led to the discovery of spontaneous radioactivity; for this breakthrough he shared t
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John Dalton174 - John Dalton
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English chemist, meteorologist, and physicist (1766–1844) best known for his pioneering work in the development of modern atomic theory. Third-person
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DNA: Francis Crick175 - DNA: Francis Crick
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Two TLSs: a TLS signed “Francis Crick,” one page, 8.5 x 11, The Salk Institute letterhead, September 22, 1977. Letter of recommendation for Dr. Hans J
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Charles Darwin176 - Charles Darwin
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LS signed “Ch. Darwin,” five pages on three sheets, 5 x 8, personal letterhead, April 4, 1866. Letter to Rudolf Suchsland, the son of German publisher
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Thomas Edison177 - Thomas Edison
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Color postcard depicting Edison’s birthplace in Milan, Ohio, 5.25 x 3.5, signed in fountain pen, “Thomas A Edison.” Collector’s notation below indicat
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Thomas Edison178 - Thomas Edison
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Ink ‘umbrella’ signature, “Thos A. Edison,” on an off-white 4.75 x 2 clipped slip. Affixed to a slightly larger card. Central horizontal fold (passing
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Thomas Edison179 - Thomas Edison
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Edison Botanical Research Corporation business check, 8.5 x 3, filled out in another hand and signed by Edison, “Thos. A. Edison,” payable to H. Nehrl
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Thomas Edison180 - Thomas Edison
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Iconic matte-finish 7 x 9 head-and-shoulders portrait of Edison by Walter Scott Shinn, signed and inscribed in the lower border in fountain pen, “To m
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Albert Einstein181 - Albert Einstein
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Striking matte-finish 4 x 5.75 bust-length portrait of Einstein affixed to its original 6.25 x 8.25 mount, signed and inscribed on the mount in founta
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Estimate : 6,000.00 - 8,000.00
 
 
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Albert Einstein182 - Albert Einstein
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TLS in German, signed “A. Einstein,” one page, 8.5 x 8.5, California Institute of Technology letterhead, February 24, 1931. Untranslated letter to Cha
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Albert Einstein183 - Albert Einstein
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ALS in German, signed “Albert,” one page, 8.5 x 11, August 11, 1952. Letter to his cousin Alfred. In full (translated): "Thank you for relaying...
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Estimate : 4,000.00 - 6,000.00
 
 
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Albert Einstein184 - Albert Einstein
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Exceptional matte-finish 4.5 x 6.5 photo of Einstein in a serene head-and-shoulders pose, signed and inscribed in the margins in fountain pen in Germa
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Sebastian Kneipp185 - Sebastian Kneipp
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Bavarian priest (1821–1897) who pioneered naturopathic medicine, particularly a form of hydrotherapy known as the Kneipp cure. Appealing 4.25 x 6.5 ca
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Pierre-Simon Laplace186 - Pierre-Simon Laplace
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French scholar whose work was important to the development of mathematics, statistics, physics, and astronomy (1749–1827). Manuscript DS in French, si
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Pierre-Simon Laplace187 - Pierre-Simon Laplace
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French scholar whose work was important to the development of mathematics, statistics, physics, and astronomy (1749–1827). ANS in French, signed “M’is
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Samuel Thomas von Sommering188 - Samuel Thomas von Sommering
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German physician and anatomist (1755–1830) who discovered the macula in the retina of the human eye and is also known for his investigations on the br
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Hendrik Antoon Lorentz189 - Hendrik Antoon Lorentz
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Dutch physicist (1853–1928) who shared the 1902 Nobel Prize in Physics for the discovery and theoretical explanation of the Zeeman effect. Uncommon ma
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Jan Evangelista Purkyne190 - Jan Evangelista Purkyne
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Czech anatomist and physiologist (1787–1869) who was one of the most well-known scientists of his time. ALS in German, signed “Purkyne,” one page both
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Rudolf Virchow191 - Rudolf Virchow
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German doctor and politician (1821–1902), dubbed the ‘Father of Pathology,’ who founded the field of social medicine. Autograph prescription in German
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Paul Gottlieb Werlhof192 - Paul Gottlieb Werlhof
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German physician and poet (1699–1767) known for both his literary output and medical treatises. ALS in German, signed “Werlhof,” one page, 7.25 x 9, A
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Karl Blind195 - Karl Blind
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German revolutionist and writer on politics, history, mythology, and German literature (1826–1907). Rare and lengthy AMS in English, signed within the
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Theodor Adorno196 - Theodor Adorno
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German sociologist, philosopher, and musicologist (1903–1969) known for his critical theory as a leading member of the Frankfurt School. Four TLSs in
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Sigmund Freud197 - Sigmund Freud
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TLS in German, signed “Freud,” one page, 5.75 x 8.75, personal letterhead, September 13, 1924. Letter to a doctor, in part (translated): "It is...
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Sigmund Freud198 - Sigmund Freud
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Unsigned hand-addressed mailing envelope with Freud’s return address printed on the flap, 6.25 x 4.75, addressed by Freud to “Edith Falk” in “Hamburg,
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Milton Friedman199 - Milton Friedman
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Rare autograph manuscript, one page, lightly lined, 8.5 x 11, signed at the top. A copiously hand-corrected second page from a draft of the 1983 essay
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Martin Heidegger200 - Martin Heidegger
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Unsigned handwritten notes, one page, 4 x 5.75, no date. Heidegger lists a series of his philosophical essays. In part (translated): "Interpret...
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Johann Gottfried Herder201 - Johann Gottfried Herder
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German philosopher, theologian, poet, and literary critic (1744–1803) associated with the periods of Enlightenment, Sturm und Drang, and Weimar Classi
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Carl Jung202 - Carl Jung
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TLS signed “C. G. Jung,” one page, 8.25 x 11.75, personal letterhead, December 12, 1935. A letter of recommendation for the artist Margaret Erwin Sche
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Peter Kropotkin203 - Peter Kropotkin
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Russian geographer, zoologist, and political theorist (1842–1921) best known for his advocacy of anarchist communism. ALS in German, signed “P. Kropot
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Max Muller204 - Max Muller
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German-born philologist and Indologist (1823–1900) known as one of the founders of the western academic field of Indian studies and the discipline of
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Bertrand Russell205 - Bertrand Russell
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ALS, one page, 5 x 7, personal letterhead, January 21, 1925. In part: “With regard to ‘Is America becoming imperialistic?,’ please publish it wherever
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Bertrand Russell206 - Bertrand Russell
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TLS, one page, 8 x 10, Plas Penrhyn letterhead, December 4, 1962. Letter to Mansel Davies, in part: “I am sorry that it is not likely I shall be able
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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