RR Auction: Fine Autographs & Artifacts

Handsome red leather shoe with leather sole attributed to Pope Pius IX, measuring 11.25? long, featuring discolored yellow-gold bands trimming the edg

LS, one page, 5.25 x 8.5, April 12, 1860. Letter to “Bro. Horace,” written from “Great Salt Lake City.” In full: “In making these purchases it may be

TLS in Hebrew, one page, 5.5 x 7.5, official letterhead, September 6, 1955. Letter to Prime Minister Moshe Sharett, written while serving as minister

DS in Japanese, one page, 23.25 x 17.75, circa 1890–1912. Untranslated document in which the emperor of Japan confers the Order of the Rising Sun upon

British politician (1866–1941) who served as governor-general of Canada and as viceroy and governor-general of India. Scarce matte-finish 6 x 8 full-l

Manuscript DS in French, signed “Bounoparte,” one page, 8.5 x 13.5, no date but circa 1796. Untranslated official missive written by Captain Chauvin,

LS signed “Np,” one page, 6.75 x 7.25, March 15, 1812. Letter to Minister for War Jean-Girard Lacuee, Comte de Cessac, with instructions for providing

Jewish chemist and statesman (1874–1952) who helped secure the Balfour Declaration of 1917, served as president of the World Zionist Organization, and

TLS signed “Ch. Weizmann,” one page, 4.5 x 6.25, Oakwood letterhead, December 23, 1932. Letter to journalist Aron G. Hermoni. In part: “I am extremely

Uncommon oversized matte-finish 8.75 x 11.5 portrait by Alfred Bernheim affixed to a 10 x 14 mount, signed and inscribed on the mount in black ink, “T