RR Auction: Fine Autographs and Artifacts Featuring Animation

TLS signed “W. McKinley,” one page, 5.5 x 9.25, personal letterhead, April 6, 1896. Letter to Ohio Governor Asa S. Bushnell, in full: "I refer ...

TLS as president, one page, 7 x 10.25, White House letterhead, May 7, 1969. Letter to Ben Oehlert, the ambassador to Pakistan, in full: "It was...

Three signed books: Real Peace: A Strategy for the West. First edition, first printing. NY: Privately printed, 1983. Hardcover with dust jacket, 5.75

TLS as president signed “RN,” one page, 6.75 x 8.75, White House letterhead, September 18, 1972. Letter to longtime Ohio Congressman Samuel L. Devine,

TLS as president, signed “RN,” three pages, 8 x 10.5, White House letterhead, October 18, 1969. Letter to investment banker Howard Butcher III, in par

Signed book: RN: The Memoirs of Richard Nixon. Collector's edition. Norwalk, Connecticut: Easton Press, 1988. Leather-bound hardcover, 6.5 x 9.5...

Spooky off-white 4.5 x 5.5 Halloween card bearing an orange pumpkin, an upset cat, and a printed greeting, "The Nixon Family Wishes You a Safe ...

Color 7.5 x 11 paperstock photo of Senator Barack Obama, signed in black felt tip. Typed notations on reverse indicate that the photo was signed at th

ALS signed “Nancy,” three pages, 6.25 x 9.25, personal Executive Mansion letterhead, July 28, 1972. Letter to columnist Aileen Mehle, in part: "...

TLS as president signed “Ron,” one page, 6.75 x 9, White House letterhead, February 19, 1986. Letter to Preston H. Long, in part: "I, too, enjo...

Ink signature, "Ronald Reagan,” on an off-white 5 x 3 card bearing typed collector's notations dating the signature to the Westward Ho in P...

Color semi-glossy 10 x 7.75 photo of Reagan posing with an unidentified woman, signed and inscribed in black ink, "To Sam Claude—With best wish...

TLS, one page, 6.5 x 8.5, personal letterhead, November 14, 1993. Letter to Myra Goldwater, in part: "From one dedicated Republican to another,...

Color satin-finish 8 x 10 photo of Reagan in a denim jacket, signed and inscribed in the lower border in black felt tip, "To Daryl Booth—With e...

Color satin-finish 8 x 10 photo of the first couple in the White House, signed and inscribed in the lower border in black felt tip, "To Preston...

ALS, two pages on two adjoining sheets, 4 x 5.5, October 4, no year. Letter to "My dear Louise," in part: "This is just a line to say...

TLS as governor, one page, 8 x 10.5, State of New York, Executive Chamber letterhead, February 4, 1929. Letter to Arnold T. Koch of the firm Roosevelt

TLS as president-elect, one page, 7.25 x 10.5, personal letterhead, February 25, 1933. Letter to friend and philanthropic partner Basil O'Connor...

TLS signed “Wm. H. Taft,” one page, 6.75 x 9.25, personal letterhead, November 16, 1914. Letter to pastor and magazine editor John Wesley Hill, in ful

TLS signed “Wm. H. Taft,” one page, 5.5 x 8.5, personal letterhead, November 17, 1908. Letter to Mrs. Dr. Fremont-Smith, in full: "I beg to ack...

TLS signed “Wm. H. Taft,” one page, 8 x 10.5, Supreme Court of the United States letterhead, July 5, 1924. Letter to Jules Hart, in full: "I ha...

ALS as president, signed “H.S.T.,” 5 x 7.75, White House letterhead, January 4, 1950. A handwritten memo to Mr. West, in full: "Call Jill's...

Signed book: Mr. Citizen. Limited special edition, numbered 419/1000. NY: Bernard Geis Associates, 1960. Hardcover, 6.25 x 9.25, 315 pages. Signed on

DS as president, one page, 8 x 10.5, White House letterhead, December 19, 1946. Memorandum for Katherine C. Blackburn, in part: "You are hereby...

Signed book: Memoirs by Harry S. Truman, Volume Two: Years of Trial and Hope. Special Kansas City Edition, limited to 11,500 copies. NY: Doubleday, 19

TLS, one page, 7.25 x 10.5, personal letterhead, May 29, 1972. Letter to Arnold Gates, the president of the Civil War Round Table of New York, in full

Group of items representing the meeting between President Harry S. Truman and General Douglas MacArthur at the Wake Island Conference, where they disc

Signed book: Crippled America. Limited first edition, numbered 5065/10000. NY: Threshold Editions, 2015. Hardcover with dust jacket, 5.75 x 8.75, 193

Block of wood removed from the White House during the Truman administration's renovations in 1950, measuring 2.5? x 1.75? x 2?, with a mounted m...

TLS, one page, 8 x 10.5, March 30, 1903. Letter to Warner E. Cohille, in full: "I take pleasure in sending you under another cover two copies o...

Signer of the Declaration of Independence from Maryland (1737–1832) who was the longest-lived among his colleagues. ALS signed “Ch. Carroll of Carroll

Signer of the Declaration of Independence from Rhode Island (1727-1820). ADS, one page, 6.25 x 3.5, October 4, 1784. Delivery order for "Storag...

Partly-printed DS, one page, 15.75 x 12.25, July 2, 1792. As governor of Massachusetts, Hancock appoints Adolphus Spring as "Ensign of a Compan...

Partly-printed vellum DS, signed “Tho. M:Kean,” one page, 21 x 12, July 10, 1806. As governor of Pennsylvania, McKean grants "a certain tract o...

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

Signer of the Declaration of Independence from Pennsylvania (1730–1779). Manuscript DS, signed “G: Ross,” one page, 7.75 x 12.25, January 1750. Signif

American politician from South Carolina who was the youngest signer of the Declaration of Independence (1749–1800). ALS, one page, 7 x 4.5, December 7

Signer of the Declaration of Independence from New Hampshire (1714–1803). Manuscript DS, signed “Matthew Thornton,” one page, 7.5 x 5.75, September 6,

Vintage matte-finish 9 x 12 half-length photo of William Jennings Bryan seated in profile, signed and inscribed in fountain pen, "To Hon. C. H....

ALS signed “W. J. Bryan,” one page, 8.5 x 5.5, personal The Commoner letterhead, January 30, 1901. In full: "I have rec'd a copy of the Sen...

ALS signed “M. K. Gandhi,” one page, 5 x 7.25, October 10, 1946. Letter to Lord Pethick-Lawrence, Secretary of State for India and Burma, written from

Vintage fountain pen signature, "M. K. Gandhi," on a purple 2.25 x 1 slip, affixed within an autograph album containing a variety of autog...

Appealing vintage matte-finish 7.75 x 10.75 formal portrait of Keller seated, signed and inscribed in the lower border in pencil, "To Mr. Rolan...

Signed book: Where Do We Go From Here: Chaos or Community? First edition. NY: Harper & Row, 1967. Hardcover with dust jacket, 6 x 8.5, 209 pages...

Limited edition color 26 x 20 lithograph entitled 'The Harbour' from Mandela's 'My Robben Island' suite, numbered 59/500, signed...

Desirable ink signature, "R. Wallenberg," on an off-white 3.5 x 2 sheet clipped from the close of a letter. In fine condition, with a hori...

ALS signed “J. Marshall,” one page both sides, 6.25 x 7.5, September 18, 1832. Letter to his son, James K. Marshall, concerning the sale of some bank

Partly-printed DS, signed “Henry Wells" and "Wm. G. Fargo,” one page, 12 x 8.5, May 1, 1866. Handsomely engraved stock certificate for fiv...

Terrific ALS signed “A. Graham Bell,” four pages on two adjoining sheets, 5.25 x 8.25, January 9, 1874. Written from Salem, Mass., and addressed to Pr

Polish-born French physicist (1867–1934), she and her husband Pierre discovered two new elements, polonium and radium, in 1898. In 1911 she won the No

ALS, one page, 5 x 8, December 8, 1858. Letter to his land agent John Higgins regarding rent collected from his farm at Beesby, in full: "I beg...

Extremely desirable ink signature, "Charles Darwin, from your well-wisher, April 15, 1882,” on an off-white 5 x 2.75 slip. In fine condition, w...

Signed book: Albert Einstein: Philosopher–Scientist. First edition presentation copy. Evanston, Illinois: The Library of Living Philosophers, 1949. Ha

ALS in German, signed “A. Einstein,” one page, 3.5 x 5.5, postcard letterhead, April 1926. Letter to Hans Reichenbach in Stuttgart, Germany, concernin

TLS in German, signed “A. Einstein,” one page, 8.5 x 11, blindstamped Princeton letterhead, February 25, 1942. Letter to Austrian novelist Hermann Bro

Superb vintage pearl-finish 7 x 9.5 photo of Alexander Fleming peering into a microscope, signed in black ink. In very good condition, with profession

German theoretical physicist (1901-1976) awarded the 1932 Nobel Prize in physics for the creation of quantum mechanics. Scarce fountain pen signature,

TLS in French, signed “C. G. Jung,” one page, 8 x 11.5, personal letterhead, March 4, 1954. In part (translated): "I knew Mr. Einstein when he ...

Scarce 3.5 x 5 photo of the Nobel Prize-winning inventor, signed in the lower border in thick black ink, "G. Marconi." In fine condition, ...

American chemist and inventor (1853–1927) best known for several innovations related to explosives, including smokeless gunpowder. TLS, one page, 8 x

Swedish chemist, engineer, inventor, businessman, and philanthropist (1833–1896) known for inventing dynamite and for bequeathing his fortune for the

ALS in French, signed “L. Pasteur,” one page, 4.25 x 7, October 30, 1885. Amusing letter responding to a proposal. In full (translated): "Madem...

Brilliant American physicist (1904–1967) who directed the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton and who spearheaded the Manhattan Project, leading

Pioneer of quantum physics (1900–1958) who received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1945 after being nominated by Albert Einstein. ALS signed “W. Pauli,

German sociologist, philosopher, and musicologist (1903–1969) known for his critical theory as a leading member of the Frankfurt School. ANS in German

Collection of over 475 commemorative covers and FDCs signed by a wide variety astronauts, cosmonauts, athletes, aviators, authors, scientists, enterta

Untranslated ANS in German, signed “Freud,” one page, 4.5 x 2.75, December 28, 1924. Reverse features the address of Dr. Siegfried Bernfeld, which rea

Extraordinary matte-finish 9 x 11.75 photo of the pioneering psychoanalyst, signed in fountain pen, "Sigm. Freud, 1922." In very good cond...

Influential economist (1899-1992) known for his defense of classical liberalism, who shared the Nobel Prize in Economics with Gunnar Myrdal for '...

Trappist monk, writer, and mystic (1915-1968) known for his best-selling autobiography The Seven Storey Mountain. Fascinating spiral-bound scrapbook c

Wonderful glossy 8 x 10 photo of Mother Teresa with her hands clasped in prayer, signed in blue felt tip, "God bless you, M. Teresa mc." I...

Matte-finish 4 x 5.5 photo of Pope Benedict XV affixed to its original 8.5 x 12 mount, inscribed on the mount in fountain pen with an apostolic blessi

Anglican cleric and theologian (1703–1791) who founded Methodism and was said to have preached 40,000 sermons in his lifetime. Rare ALS signed “J. Wes

Older brother of Napoleon (1868-1844) who served as King of Spain from 1808 to 1813, and King of Naples from 1806 to 1808. ALS in French, signed “Jose

Vintage ink signature, "Mayling Soong Chiang,” on an off-white 11.5 x 8.5 sheet bearing affixed images of the President and First Lady of the R...

Magnificent and extremely early 5 x 8 mounted albumen photo of Churchill by J. Heyman & Co., showing him in uniform as a lieutenant in the 4th Q...

Complete book set: The Second World War, Volumes I–VI. First British editions. London: Cassell and Co. Ltd., 1948-1954. Hardcovers with dust jackets,

Exceedingly rare ink signature, "Best greetings from Ho Chi Minh, 12. 1959,” on an off-white 3.75 x 2.25 calling card belonging to Ho Chi Minh....

Vintage ink signatures of Nikita Khrushchev, Nikolai Bulganin, and Georgy Malenkov on individual pages of a 5.25 x 3.75 autograph album. In fine condi

First wife of Napoleon and thus the first empress of the French (1763–1814). LS in French, signed “Josephine,” one page, 7.25 x 9, November 6, 1812. L

Founding father and first president of the Republic of China (1866-1925). Ink signature in English and Chinese on a 5 x 1.75 slip affixed to a 7.5 x 6

Exceptional LS in Spanish, signed “Yo el Rey," [I the King] and "Yo el Reyna," [I the Queen], one page, 8.5 x 9, October 12, 1499. In...

Vellum manuscript DS in French, signed “Charles,” one page, 16.75 x 11.5, January 31, 1570. Financial document regarding expenses generated in Brittan

King of England, Scotland, and Ireland (born 1600) from 1625 until his execution in the wake of the English Civil War in 1649. Manuscript DS, signed “

Signed book: Pot-Pourri from A Surrey Garden. Later printing. London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1897. Three quarter leather hardcover with gilt-decora...

Signed book: HRH The Prince of Wales Watercolours. First edition. Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1991. Hardcover with slipcase, 11.25 x 9.5, 159 p

Beautiful color satin-finish 10 x 12 portrait of Princess Diana in a lovely front-facing pose, affixed to the original mount, which is signed in fount

Desirable Christmas card from 1985, embossed on the front with the Prince of Wales’s feathers and Order of the Garter motto and the Spencer family arm

Signed book: The Life of His Royal Highness the Prince Consort by Sir Theodore Martin. Later printing. London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1882. Hardcov...

British archaeologist and Egyptologist (1874–1939) whose discovery of the tomb of Tutankhamun in Egypt's 'Valley of the Kings' proved to...

Desirable ink signature, "W. F. Cody, 'Buffalo Bill,' 1900,” on an off-white 4 x 2.5 sheet affixed to a slightly larger mount. In very ...

Civil War–era partly-printed DS, one page, 9.75 x 5.5, April 14, 1864. Stock certificate for 10 shares in the Wall Street Gold & Silver Mining C...

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

Very rare vintage glossy 7.5 x 9.5 half-length photo of Hauptmann smiling in court during the Lindbergh kidnapping trial, signed and inscribed in foun

ALS signed “Love, Dad,” one onionskin page, lightly lined, 8.5 x 10.75, December 31, 1970. Letter to his daughter Sandra and her husband Vince Lombard

Remarkable partly-printed DS, signed twice, “Alphonse Capone,” one page, 7.75 x 2.25, November 18, 1926. An interest note for "Loan No. 6223,&q...

Two items: a 5.25" Floppy Disk signed in silver ink by Steve Wozniak, "Woz"; and a personal business card belonging to Ronald Wayne, ...

Pair of 3-cent Constitution Sesquicentennial postage stamps, 1.5 x 1, both signed in fountain pen by Louis Brandeis. In overall fine condition. Both a

Ballpoint signature and inscription, "Hi Steve—Warren Buffett,” on a 8.5 x 11 news release from Dairy Queen dated January 5, 1998. In fine cond...

ALS signed “A. Burr,” one page both sides, 6 x 8.25, March 1791. Letter to New York Senator Samuel Jones, in part: "Several gentlemen have call...