RR Auction: Fine Autographs & Artifacts

American physicist (1910–1989) and, more controversially, eugenicist, who won the 1956 Nobel Prize in Physics for his development of the transistor. G

Japanese physicist (1906–1979) who shared the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1965 with Richard Feynman and Julian Schwinger for their fundamental work in q

Vintage matte-finish 10.25 x 13.75 soft-focus portrait of Smith, affixed to its original 13.75 x 17.75 Tiffany Photographers mount, signed and inscrib

TLS signed “W. T. Stead,” one page, 8 x 10, The Review of Reviews letterhead, November 13, 1891. Letter to Edith K. Harper, in full: “I have much plea

American politician (1811–1874) and Massachusetts senator best known as a radical Republican and a staunch opponent of slavery. In 1856, Sumner was se

Color semi-glossy 10 x 8 photo of Thatcher touching the flag-draped coffin of Ronald Reagan, signed in black felt tip. In fine condition, with trivial

Three items: a color satin-finish 4.75 x 6.75 half-length portrait of Thatcher wearing a blue dress, signed in blue felt tip; a 3.75 x 5 bookplate fea

Longtime leader of Yugoslavia (born 1892) from 1945 until his death in 1980. Pearl-finish 6.5 x 8.5 photo of Tito in his extravagantly decorated unifo

London & Westminster Bank Limited check, 7.25 x 3.25, filled out and signed by Lincoln, “Robert T. Lincoln,” payable to John Creber for £6....

German communist politician (1893–1973) who led East Germany from 1960 until his death. New Year’s card sent to celebrate the beginning of 1968, measu