RR Auction: Fine Autographs & Artifacts

American forger (1887-1950?) who forged letters from American luminaries. Joseph Cosey forgery of a document signed by Benjamin Franklin, one page, 9

American forger (1887-1950?) who forged letters from American luminaries. Joseph Cosey forgery of a partial Abraham Lincoln handwritten and signed leg

American forger (1887-1950?) who forged letters from American luminaries. Joseph Cosey forgery of a partial Edgar Allan Poe handwritten and signed let

Original 9 x 16 wanted poster for John Dillinger, issued on June 23, 1934, by the US Department of Justice, featuring an image of him at the top. The

New Mexico lawman (1850–1908) who killed his former gambling partner, the fabled outlaw Billy the Kid, in 1881. Partly-printed DS, signed twice “P. F.

ADS, one page, lightly-lined, 7.5 x 12.25, November 26, 1881. Letter addressed “To the Public” in which Guiteau seeks to raise the necessary money to

The National Shawmut Bank of Boston check, 6.25 x 2.75, filled out in another hand and signed by Lansky, payable to Boston Consolidated Gas Company fo

Two original 2.5 x 2.5 negatives of Lee Harvey Oswald, one showing him holding a rifle in an open field and the other showing him holding a baby. Incl

TLS, one page, 8.25 x 10.75, personal letterhead, April 25, 1917. Letter to esteemed mineralogist Dr. George F. Kunz, in full: “Words fail me in thank

German industrialist and inventor (1812–1887) who expanded his father’s steel foundry. AQS in pencil on an off-white 6.5 x 8 sheet, signed at the conc