RR Auction: Fine Autographs & Artifacts

Businessman who was the first prominent member of the Astor family and the first multimillionaire in the United States (1763–1848). LS, one page, 8 x

TLS, one page, 8.25 x 11.75, personal letterhead, February 14, 1911. Letter to New York Supreme Court Judge Morgan J. O’Brien, in full: “I hear that M

Legendary French chef, restaurateur, and culinary writer (1846–1935) who was one of the most important leaders in the development of modern French cui

Collection of seven checks, ranging in size from 8.25 x 3 to 8.5 x 3.5, six filled out in type and one filled out by Getty, all signed “J. Paul Getty,

Collection of four TLSs sent to Mary Cassiday, including two by Hearst, signed “W. R. Hearst,” and two by Davies, signed “Marion,” dated from 1940 to

Carbon DS, one page, 8 x 13, October 20, 1900. An unusual legal document headed, “In the matter of the Requisition by Hon Jos. D. Sayers, Governor of

TLS signed “John D. Rockefeller, Jr.,” one page, 8 x 10.5, October 8, 1918. Letter to New York Supreme Court Judge Morgan J. O’Brien, in part: “Your a

Partly-printed DS, signed “Henry Wells” and “Wm. G. Fargo,” one page, 12.25 x 8.5, October 13, 1865. Handsomely engraved certificate for three shares

German chemist (1835–1917) who synthesized indigo and was the 1905 recipient of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry. ALS in German, signed “Adolf Baeyer,” on

German chemist (1811–1899) who discovered the elements cesium and rubidium and who developed the laboratory burner that now bears his name. Certificat