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

Manuscript DS in Spanish, signed “Yo la Reyna,” one page both sides, 8 x 11.75, January 15, 1501. Document ordering the queen’s chamberlain, Sancho de

King of England and Ireland (1566–1625) under whom the ‘Golden Age’ of Elizabethan literature and drama continued. Untranslated LS in Early Modern Eng

Manuscript DS in French, signed “Payez, Marie Antoinette,” one page, 9.5 x 14.25, December 1786. Document issued at Versailles addressed to the treasu

Partly-printed vellum DS, signed “Victoria R,” one page, 15 x 10.5, November 18, 1837. Queen Victoria appoints “Our Most Dear Cousin Prince George Wil

Archduke of Austria (1863–1914) whose assassination precipitated the start of World War I. ALS in pencil in German, signed “Franz,” three pages on two

Partly-printed DS, signed as king, “Edward R. I.,” three pages on two adjoining sheets, 8.5 x 13.25, November 21, 1936. Conferral of the Decoration of

Lovely and uncommon matte-finish 4.75 x 7 candid photo of the duchess standing on the sidewalk, signed in fountain pen, “Wallis Windsor.” In fine cond

ALS signed “Diana,” three pages on two sheets, 4.75 x 7.5, Kensington Palace letterhead, December 25, 1987. Letter to Janet Filderman, in full: “You a

Captain of the Carpathia (1869–1940) responsible for rescuing Titanic survivors on the morning of April 15, 1912. Exceedingly rare matte-finish 5 x 8

Scarce partly-printed DS, signed “E. J. Smith,” one page, 7.75 x 6, 1895. A certificate of discharge issued to S. Taylor, a boatswain on board the Maj