RR Auction: Fine Autographs & Artifacts

Five unsigned items, including: an embossed copper shell badge cardboard jugate 1892 campaign pin, 1.25 x 1.25, featuring albumen portraits of Clevela

Eight unsigned items: a humorous pull-tab caricature card depicting Van Buren, showing him with either “A beautiful goblet of White House Champagne” o

Two unsigned items: a large engraved invitation to Buchanan’s “Grand National Inauguration Ball,” on March 4, 1857, one cardstock page, 7 x 10.5, issu

Magnificent Revolutionary War–dated ALS signed “B. Franklin,” one page, 7 x 9, March 13, 1779. Letter to “the Representative of the Author of Experime

Vellum manuscript DS, signed “B. Franklin,” one page, 15.75 x 13.5, June 11, 1787. Land grant issued by the Supreme Executive Council of the Commonwea

Exquisite ALS signed “Jno. Hancock,” three pages on two adjoining sheets, 7 x 8.75, December 27, 1760. Letter to his brother, Ebenezer Hancock, in par

Partly-printed DS, one page, 14.5 x 12, October 1, 1792. As governor of Massachusetts, Hancock appoints James Walker as “Junior Second Lieutenant of a

Signer of the Declaration of Independence from Pennsylvania (1725–1777) who also chaired the committee that wrote the Articles of Confederation. Revol

Signer of the Declaration of Independence from Rhode Island (1707–1785) who served as the colony’s governor in the 1750s and 1760s. Manuscript DS, sig

Signer of the Declaration of Independence from New Jersey and delegate to the Continental Congress (1730–1781). Scarce ADS, signed twice within the te

Signer of the Declaration of Independence from Maryland (1743–1787). Rare manuscript DS, signed “T. Stone,” one page, 8.25 x 13, no date but concernin

ALS signed “A. Burr,” one page, 7.75 x 9.25, July 31, 1816. Letter to Josiah Woodbridge, in part: “Tim. Edwards, son of Richard, has been informed tha

Wonderful vintage matte-finish 11 x 14 bust-length portrait of Kennedy, signed and inscribed in the lower border in fountain pen, “To Judge Irving Kau

Collection of three items, including: an ALS by William Jennings Bryan, signed “W. J. Bryan,” November 9, 1900, just three days after he was defeated

Appealing collection of sixty-nine books signed by a variety of explorers, politicians, entrepreneurs, entertainers, and many other historical figures

ALS in English, signed “Bapu,” one page, 5.5 x 3.5, October 14, 1941. In full: “I admit your sincerity but not your experiment. You should do as your

Signed book: Helen Keller’s Journal. First edition. NY: Doubleday, Doran & Company, 1938. Hardcover with dust jacket, 5.75 x 8.25. Signed and in...

Highly appealing matte-finish 6.5 x 9 photo of Keller when she graduated from Radcliffe College, affixed to its original 10.5 x 13.25 mount, signed on

Signed book: Alcoholics Anonymous Comes of Age. First edition. NY: Alcoholics Anonymous Publishing, Inc., 1957. Hardcover with dust jacket, 6 x 8.5, 3

ADS, signed “J. Marshall,” one page, 7.25 x 5.5, May 22, 1790. A financial document. In full: “Recd from Mr. Isaac Hite fifty shillings the moity of a

Influential French physicist (1775–1836) who pioneered the discovery and understanding of electromagnetism; a unit of electric current was named in hi

Partly-printed DS, signed “Thos. A. Edison,” one page, 15 x 8, August 19, 1899. Stock certificate issued to Edison for one hundred shares of capital

Morse’s personal copy of a pamphlet entitled Slavery Sanctioned by the Bible: A Tract for Northern Christians, published by J. B. Lippincott & C...

Endorsement in pencil, “TAE,” at the top of a handwritten memo from his son Charles, two pages, June 13, 1923. Memo regarding an employee’s promotion.

ALS signed “R. J. Gatling,” one page, 7.75 x 5.75, November 6, 1898. Letter to Lynds. E. Jones, in full: “Absence from home has prevented an earlier r

Biologist (1894–1956) who in 1947 founded the Institute for Sex Research at Indiana University, and whose research on human sexuality created the mode

Canadian-born physician and researcher (1849–1919) who was a founding professor of Johns Hopkins Hospital. ALS signed “Wm. Osler,” one page, 4.5 x 6,

ALS signed “Geo. Westinghouse, Jr.,” one page, 8.25 x 10.75, Westinghouse Air Brake Co. letterhead, November 24, 1879. Letter to John Newell, presiden

Uncommon May Day greeting card with a glossy gilt image of Moscow’s Red Square on the front, measuring 8.25 x 7.5 open, signed inside in ink below a p

Highly appealing matte-finish 5.5 x 7.5 head-and-shoulders portrait of Chiang Kai-shek, affixed to its original 8.5 x 11 photographer’s mount, signed

DS, signed “W. S. Churchill,” one page both sides, 7.25 x 9.55, July 12, 1952. A page from Churchill’s tax return for the tax year ending on April 5,

TLS signed “Winston S. Churchill,” one page, 7.25 x 9, Chartwell letterhead, November 7, 1960. Letter to Major A. E. Carey Foster, a veterinarian and

TLS signed “Winston S. Churchill,” one page, 7 x 9, Office of the Prime Minister letterhead, November 27, 1951. Letter to Mrs. James Forrestal, in ful

Menu for the Third Reunion Dinner of the Officers of the Tank Corps, held at the Hyde Park Hotel on November 19, 1921, 4 x 5.5, signed on the back cov

Partial DS, one page, 5 x 3.25, no date but circa September 1903. The concluding portion of a form for an event at “Sheffield, on Thursday, Oct. 1st,

World War II-dated telegram signed in Cyrillic, one page, 8 x 6, March 13, 1942. Letter to Leonid A. Sosnin, in full (translated): “A shortage of ceme

Signed book: Long Walk to Freedom. Collector’s Edition. Norwalk, CT: Easton Press, 2000. Leatherbound hardcover, 6.25 x 9.5, 558 pages. Signed on the

DS in Japanese, one page, 23.75 x 18.25, circa 1890–1912. Untranslated document in which the emperor of Japan confers the Sixth Class, Order of the Ri

Manuscript DS in French, signed “Bonaparte,” one page, 8.25 x 11.75, February 1800. In part (translated): “According to the plan evinced by the First

Partly-printed DS in French, signed “Np,” one page, 8 x 12.25, January 22, 1810. Untranslated military report concerning the resignation of an officer

Partly-printed DS in Italian, signed “Nap,” one page both sides, 7.5 x 12, February 28, 1810. An untranslated draft and summary of four articles relat

Exceptional matte-finish 7.25 x 9.5 photo of Trotsky conversing with Communist artist Diego Rivera, signed and inscribed on the reverse in fountain pe

TLS in Spanish, one page both sides, 8 x 10.5, Correspondencia particular del General Emiliano Zapata letterhead, July 31, 1917. Letter to Don Genovev

Queen consort of France (1573–1642) as the second wife of King Henry IV of France. She herself was a member of the wealthy and powerful House of Medic

Pair of boldly penned letters in old Spanish. First, an LS signed by King Ferdinand at the center, "Yo el Rey,” [I the King] one page 8 x 11.5,...

Two items: a partly-printed document endorsed by King Louis XV, “Pay, Louis,” one page, 9.5 x 14.25, July 1, 1772, ordering the royal treasurer to pay

Manuscript DS, signed “George R.,” one page, 16.25 x 12, August 27, 1777. King George appoints Arthur Holdsworth as “Captain and Governor of our Castl

Manuscript DS, signed “George R,” one page both sides, 7.75 x 12.5, December 31, 1820. Warrant directing “the Great Seal of Our United Kingdom of Grea

Official souvenir of the Royal Wedding between Charles, Prince of Wales, and Diana Spencer, 8.25 x 11.75, thirty-two pages, signed on the inside of th

Rare manuscript DS in Arabic, one page, 6.75 x 8.25, received May 2, 1903. Document directed to the director of the General Archaeology Directorate, i