RR Auction: Fine Autographs and Artifacts Featuring Military

ALS signed “H. Hamlin,” one page, 6.25 x 4.5, December 31, 1857. Letter to a gentleman, in part: "Can you give me the information desired in th...

Federal judge (1896–1985) who swore in Lyndon B. Johnson as President of the United States on Air Force One after JFK's assassination. Souvenir ...

American politician (1780–1850) who served as vice president under Martin Van Buren, and was said to have been the soldier who killed the Shawnee chie

Swedish business magnate (1926–2018) who founded the innovative retail furniture company IKEA. Uncommon 8.5 x 11 laserprint photo of Kamprad in an ear

TLS, one page, 7.25 x 10.5, personal letterhead, December 1, 1945. Letter to Joseph H. Dion of the Economic Club of Chicago, in full: "Thank yo...

TLS signed “RFK,” one page, 8 x 10.5, United States Senate letterhead, March 25, 1958. Letter to Arthur G. Kaplan of the Select Committee on Improper

Vintage glossy 8 x 5 photo of Kennedy in the presidential limousine during the Dallas motorcade, taken by a member of the general public and reproduce

Original Martin Luther King, Jr. Center program for King Week '91, a "Celebration of the Sixty-Second Birthday Anniversary of The Reverend ...

Group of four 4.25 x 6.25 cabinet photos of King Edward VII and his royal family: a photo of Edward, Prince of Wales (later King Edward VII) in regal

Matte-finish 5.5 x 7.75 photo of King Faisal in his robes, signed and dated in the lower border in blue ink. Affixed within its original 6.75 x 9.5 pr

Manuscript DS, signed “approved, GR,” one page, 7.5 x 9.5, December 25, 1806. King George approves a military promotion. In full: “Most humbly submitt

Partly-printed DS, signed “George R. I.,” three pages on two adjoining sheets, 8.25 x 13.25, March 10, 1922. King George grants George Hollngsworth Hu

Two color 8.5 x 11 laserprint photos, one showing Kenyan paleoanthropologist Richard Leakey, who has signed in black ink, "Richard Leakey,"...

Soviet politician and Communist Party leader (1901–1988) who became closely aligned with Joseph Stalin and who was given sole responsibility for the S

Pioneer aviator, engineer, and inventor (1885–1956) who conceived and built numerous vehicles, both three and four-wheeled, consisting mostly of proto

American chemist and inventor (1853-1927) best known for several innovations related to explosives, including smokeless gunpowder. Two TLSs, both one

Matte-finish 3.5 x 4.75 photo of Meir in a tranquil head-and-shoulders pose, signed in black ink. In fine condition.

Color satin-finish 10 x 8 photo of Angela Merkel, signed in blue felt tip. In very fine condition.

AQS on an off-white 3.25 x 5 card bearing an affixed image of Mother Teresa with an infant. In full: "Be Holy—because God who made you is Holy,...

Fountain pen signature, "Jawaharlal Nehru, 1957,” on an off-white 4 x 1.25 album page. Matted with a photo of the Indian leader to an overall s...

Group of six unsigned carte-de-visite portraits of noted 19th-century figures, including: David Livingstone, Laura Bridgman, Louis Agassiz, John Tynda

FDC with a cachet honoring Martin Luther King, Jr., signed and inscribed in black ballpoint, "To Tom Grafton, with my best wishes, Rosa L. Park...

Group lot of seven color photos, semi-glossy and laserprint, ranging in size from 5 x 7 to 11.75 x 8.25, each signed in ink or felt tip by the picture

Ink signature, "Joseph Card. Ratzinger," on an off-white 3.5 x 5.75 presentation card in German, reading (translated): "Presented wit...

Four items, each signed in ink or felt tip, "Caroline de Monaco," including: a color glossy 3.5 x 5.5 photo of Caroline in a bikini; a col...

Commemorative cover, 6.5 x 3.75, with a color cachet honoring the birth of Princess Caroline Louise Marguerite on January 23, 1957, signed in black fe

FBI agent and archetypical ‘G-Man’ (1903–1960) responsible for the capture of John Dillinger, ‘Pretty Boy’ Floyd, ‘Baby Face’ Nelson, and other notori

Queen consort of the United Kingdom as the wife of King William IV (1792–1849). Three items by Queen Adelaide: an ALS signed "Ad.," four p...

Large ink signature, "Victoria R,” on an off-white 4.5 x 2.25 slip. In very good to fine condition, with scattered light foxing and a light cen...

Two handsome cabinet photos: a 4.25 x 6.5 photo of Queen Victoria in a regal outfit, by Alexander Bassano of London; and a 4.25 x 6.25 photo of Prince

TLS, one page, 8 x 10.5, Supreme Court of the United States letterhead, October 8, 1945. Letter to Harold Roland Shapiro, in full: "Thank you f...

TLS, one page, 8.25 x 10.75, September 30, 1938. Written from Leavenworth Penitentiary, a letter to Fred E. Daw, in part: "I will send the bird...

Group of six items signed by justices of the Supreme Court, including: Melville Fuller (signature), Harlan F. Stone (TLS), Chales E. Hughes (TLS), Fre

Vintage matte-finish 7.5 x 9.25 Harris & Ewing portrait of Sutherland seated in his judicial robe, affixed to the original studio mount, signed ...

Hungarian-born nuclear physicist (1908–2003) who worked with Fermi on the Manhattan Project and later assumed a leading role in the development of the

Patriot leader (1729–1824) in Philadelphia during the American Revolution and the secretary of the Continental Congress (1774–1789) throughout its exi

TLS, one page, 4.75 x 7.5, blindstamped House of Commons letterhead, November 27, 1961. Letter to Mrs. M. Weston at the Conservative & Unionist ...

A page from the April 6, 1912 issue of The Illustrated London News, 10.5 x 15.5, featuring a large central image of the Titanic, advertising: "...

Commemorative cover honoring the 25th anniversary of the British Philatelic Bureau, featuring a steamship postage stamp, signed in ink by two sibling

ALS, one page on an 8.5 x 11 copy of a Stackpole Books catalog page for his book Out of the Darkness: The Planet Pluto, August 24, 1982. Letter to H.

Governor of Connecticut who was the only colonial governor to side with the Americans during the Revolutionary War (1710–1785). Revolutionary War–date

Collection of 22 items signed by vice presidents of the United States, consisting predominately of letters, including: Daniel D. Tompkins (two DSs), G

TLS, one page, 8.5 x 11, The Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute letterhead, May 26, 1908. Letter to Charles B. Newcomb, in full: "I beg t...

Set of three laserprint photos, 8.5 x 11 and 11 x 8.5, each showing a harrowing image from the Hindenburg disaster, individually signed in ballpoint o

English aviatrix (1903–1941) who became the first female pilot to fly alone from Britain to Australia; she later drowned after bailing out over the Th

Gargantuan original painting honoring Charles Lindbergh and the first solo transatlantic flight, measuring 95? long and 29? tall, portraying his famed

American astronomer, physicist, and aviator (1834-1906), who conducted some of the first manned flights with his Army-funded Aerodrome aircraft. ALS s

Unique matte-finish 11 x 14 photo of President Calvin Coolidge awarding Charles Lindbergh with the Medal of Honor after the aviator's heroic ret...

Romanian and German physicist and engineer (1894–1989) considered one of the founding fathers of rocketry and astronautics. Handwritten and typed repo

TLS signed “Wm. T. Thomas,” one page, 8.25 x 11, Thomas Brothers Aeroplane Co. letterhead, September 17, 1914. Letter to Henry Woodhouse, in part: &...