RR Auction: Fine Autographs & Artifacts

Bold fountain pen signature, “Ernest Shackleton, Explorer, 20. 4, [19]21,” on an off-white 3.5 x 2.25 custom-made collector’s card. In fine condition,

ALS, two pages on two adjoining sheets, 4.5 x 6, personal letterhead, April 11, 1895. Letter to James Forsythe, in part: “I have no criticism to make…

First Chancellor of West Germany (1876-1967). Semi-glossy 7 x 9.5 head-and-shoulders portrait of Adenauer, signed in the lower border in blue fountain

Ink signature, “Perfect equality of rights for women—civil & political—in the demand of Susan B. Anthony, Rochester, N. Y.,” on an off-white 3.2...

Color glossy 8.25 x 10.75 photo of Major and Arafat posing together, affixed along the top edge to its original 9.75 x 12.5 mount, signed on the mount

Printed House of Representatives report, eight pages, 5.75 x 9, June 22, 1874. A report submitted by the Committee on War-Claims concerning “the petit

Lincoln’s controversial first secretary of war (1799–1889). ALS, two pages on two adjoining sheets, 5.25 x 8.25, April 3, 1869. Letter to Mrs. Lippenc

Physicist (1910–1995) who, with William A. Fowler, won the 1983 Nobel Prize for Physics for key discoveries that led to the currently accepted theory

Chinese-born American physicist (born 1922) who received the Nobel prize in physics in 1957. Appealing glossy 5 x 7.25 head–and–shoulders portrait of

Soviet politician (1911–1985) and the fifth General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. Uncommon Russian greeting card from 1978 fea

Handsome matte-finish 3.75 x 5.75 head-and-shoulders portrait, signed in Chinese in black ink. Reverse bears a Hu Chung Hsien photographer’s stamp. In

Crisp black ink signature in Chinese on an off-white 3.75 x 5.75 sheet with raised lettering reading, “The President of the Republic of China,” below

TLS signed “W. P. Chrysler,” one page, 7.25 x 10.25, personal letterhead, March 31, 1932. Letter to New York Supreme Court Judge Morgan J. O’Brien, in

Manuscript DS, signed “Geo. Pitkin,” one page, 7.25 x 4.75, February 26, 1763. Document issued to pay for the prosecution of a man accused of fraud. I

American statesman (1760–1824) who was the youngest signer of the US Constitution and who later served as the fourth Speaker of the House of Represent

Prominent Connecticut statesman (1721–1807) who served in the French and Indian War and was a delegate to the Continental Congress. Partly-printed DS,

Swiss neuroanatomist, psychiatrist, and eugenicist (1848–1931) considered a co-founder of the neuron theory. AQS on an off-white 6.25 x 8 sheet, signe

Illegitimate son of Benjamin Franklin (1730–1813) who served as the last colonial governor of New Jersey. ALS signed “W. F.,” one page, 6.5 x 8, May 5

Italian philosopher and politician (1875–1944) who established his own system of philosophy, actual idealism. ALS in Italian, signed “Sen. Giovanni Ge

Pair of color satin-finish 10 x 8 photos of Goodall with an orphaned chimpanzee, both signed in black felt tip, “With love, Jane Goodall.” In overall