RR Auction: Fine Autographs & Artifacts

Twice-signed manuscript DS, one page, 7.75 x 9.75, April 4, 1844. Document approving the purchase of candles. In part: “Genl Sam Houston, For Executiv

American carpenter (1810–1885) who discovered gold in California’s American River while constructing a mill for John Sutter, setting the stage for the

Original 8 x 8 wanted poster for Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow, issued on May 21, 1934, by the Department of Justice for a violation of the National

Original 8 x 8 wanted poster for John Dillinger, issued on March 12, 1934, by the Department of Justice for a violation of the National Motor Vehicle

Outlaw and older brother of Jesse James (1843–1915). Scarce hand-addressed mailing envelope, 6 x 3.25, addressed by James to his wife, “Mrs. Frank Jam

Scottish soldier, adventurer, land speculator, and charlatan (1786–1845) who fought in the South American struggle for independence but became best kn

ALS in pencil, signed “WR,” one page on the reverse of a 3.5 x 5.5 postcard depicting two women from Tangiers smoking a hookah, no date. Unusual lette

Handsome DS, one page both sides, 9.5 x 13.5, June 30, 1886. A one-hundred year bond issued by the New Jersey Junction Railroad Company for $1000, sig

Signed book: Proceedings at the Complimentary Dinner given to Hon. Simeon B. Chittenden, by his Friends, on the Occasion of his Retirement from Busine

ALS, one page, 6 x 9.25, The Post-Dispatch letterhead, April 19, 1882. Letter to newspaper editor and politician William Henry Smith. In part: “I neve