RR Auction: Fine Autographs & Artifacts

Exceedingly rare string-bound printed pamphlet of Peter Thacher’s speech known as ‘An Oration Delivered at Watertown, March 5, 1776: To Commemorate th

ALS signed “Tho Penn,” one page both sides, 7.5 x 9, October 9, 1762. Letter to Edward Penington in Philadelphia, in part: “As I mentioned you to my N

Powerful AQS on an off-white 5 x 8 sheet. In full: “A queen on a scaffold is a less pitiful sight than a woman on the auction block.” Sumner signs at

Pencil signature, “Cordially, Helen Keller,” on an off-white 4.5 x 1.5 slip. Matted with an image of Keller reading braille to an overall size of 14 x

Unsigned and untranslated letter typed in braille, four sheets, 9 x 11, no date. Three sheets are a heavier cardstock and contain three to five lines

Signed book: Vi Kan Inte Vanta [Why We Can't Wait]. Later printing. Stockholm, Sweden: Gummesons Bokforlag, 1964. Hardcover with dust jacket, 5....

Large ballpoint signature, “Martin Luther King,” on a light blue 6 x 4 Montreat–Anderson College stationery sheet bearing an inscription in another ha

TLS, one page, 8.5 x 11, The Muslim Mosque, Inc. letterhead, May 25, 1964. Letter to Robert Franke, in part: “Thank you very much for your letter of M

Buffalo Bill’s Wild West & Pawnee Bill’s Far East business check, 8.5 x 3.5, filled out in another hand and signed by Cody, “W. F. Cody,” payabl...

Incredibly bold ink signature, “Geronimo,” on an off-white 4.5 x 2 card. In very good condition, with stray ink blots affecting a few letters and slig

Satin-finish 8.5 x 9.75 head-and-shoulders photo of Gotti in court, signed and inscribed in black ballpoint, “To Rebecca, Your friend, John Gotti”; an

ALS, one page both sides, 5.5 x 9, July 1, 1905. Letter to W. R. Barnhart, written from Skibo Castle in Scotland. In full: “The first Grand House I ev

TLS signed “J. P. Morgan,” two pages, 8.25 x 10, 23 Wall Street letterhead, June 19, 1918. Letter to Secretary of the Treasury William McAdoo, in part

Financier and Pennsylvanian official (1733–1808) who served as a militia officer in the American Revolutionary War. ALS signed “J. Nixon,” one page, 7

Partly-printed DS, signed “Henry Wells” and “Wm. G. Fargo,” one page, 12 x 8, October 7, 1863. Handsomely engraved certificate for one share of capita

TLS, one page, 7 x 6.75, personal letterhead, January 31, 1917. Letter to Miss Agnes Shand of the Dana Hall School. In part: “It gives me pleasure to

ALS in French, signed “M. Curie,” one page, 5.25 x 8.5, April 6, 1934. Letter to physicist Jean Surugue. In part (translated): "Returning from ...

ALS signed “Ch. Darwin,” two pages on two adjoining sheets, 5 x 8, no date. A memorandum headed, “Index for Mr. Darwin's work on the Variation o...

ALS signed “Thos. A. Edison,” one page, 8.5 x 11, Laboratory of Thomas A. Edison letterhead, June 5, 1910. Letter to Maria Taylor Ottis, a neighbor fr

Desirable 8.75 x 7.25 paperstock photo of Edison walking with Hamilton Holt, the president of Rollins College, prior to Edison receiving an honorary d