RR Auction: Fine Autographs and Artifacts Featuring Pop Culture

Fantastic 7.75 x 5.75 album photograph of Teddy Roosevelt greeting the masses from the back of a train, affixed to a 9.5 x 7.5 mount. In fine conditio

Appealing sterling silver key chain given to friends and White House staff as a Christmas gift by President Roosevelt in 1940, featuring a 1.25? charm

Group lot of seven items, mostly covers or FDCs, ranging in size from 3.75 x 1.75 to 6.5 x 3.75, each signed in ink or fountain pen by a former Americ

TLS signed “Wm. H. Taft,” two pages, 8 x 10.5, Supreme Court letterhead, December 15, 1928. Letter to Senator Robert F. Wagner, in part: "There...

TLS signed “Wm. H. Taft,” two pages on two adjoining sheets, 7 x 9.25, personal letterhead, July 19, 1921. Letter to the Hon. Myron T. Herrick, Americ

TLS as president, signed “Wm. H. Taft,” one page, 7 x 8.75, White House letterhead, July 7, 1912. Letter to General James H. Wilson, in full: "...

Attractive engraving of the White House, 6.25 x 4, signed below the vignette in ink, "Wm. H. Taft." In fine condition, with light overall ...

Partly-printed DS as president, signed “Wm. H. Taft,” one page, 16.75 x 13.5, May 9, 1910. President Taft appoints Anson C. Merrick as "Postmas...

Two items: Signed book: Harry S. Truman: The Memorable Words of The Man From Missouri. Kansas City: Hallmark Editions, 1970. Hardcover with dust jac

Three items: a ballpoint signature, "Harry S. Truman," on a white 6 x 4 autograph request card; an FDC with a cachet honoring Franklin D. ...

TLS as president, one page, 7 x 8.75, White House letterhead, June 9, 1947. Letter to Senate Majority Leader Wallace H. White, Jr. of Maine, in full:

TLS, one page, 7.25 x 10.5, personal letterhead, January 10, 1956. Letter to Lt. Col. Zeb Strickland, in part: "It was a pleasure to meet your ...

TLS, one page, 8 x 10.5, United States Senate letterhead, April 29, 1937. Letter to Arnold F. Gates, in full: "Replying to your request of the ...

Two items: TLS, one page, 7.25 x 10.5, personal letterhead, April 1, 1964, to "Mr. Edward T. Corby, President, Interstate Mushroom Company,&quo...

Two items: TLS, one page, 7.25 x 10.5, personal letterhead, October 6, 1967, to Mr. Luzio Cinalli, in full: "Thank you for your recent letter, ...

Ballpoint signature, "Harry S. Truman,” on an off-white 4 x 2.5 embossed White House place card belonging to "Mr. Connelly." In fine ...

Attractive leather-bound pocket calendar given as a Christmas gift to White House staff by President Truman in 1947, 4.25? x 2.75?, gilt-stamped on th

Uncommon tan leather key holder given to White House staff by President Truman as a Christmas gift in 1949, measuring 3? x 1.25?, gilt-stamped on one

LS from Postmaster General John McLean to New York Senator Martin Van Buren, respectively signed "John McLean" and "M. Van Buren,&quo...

Group of four color lithographic posters for Easter at the White House, ranging in size from 16 x 20 to 17 x 21.75, including: one for 2000 (designed

TLS, one page, 6 x 8, personal Princeton letterhead, November 12, 1910. Letter to the Rev. H. L. Bowlby, in full: "I have time for only a line ...

ALS, 5.25 x 5.75, November 19, 1908. Letter to Mr. H. O. Knerr, written from Princeton, in full: "Your kind letter of November seventeenth was ...

Partly-printed DS, signed "John Hancock" as governor and "S. Adams" as lieutenant governor, one page both sides, 11 x 16.75, Mar...

Substantial collection of more than 60 items signed by figures associated with the Confederate States of America, including members of the Confederate

Baltimore lawyer (1779–1843) who was inspired to write the ‘Star-Spangled Banner’ after he witnessed the bombardment of Fort McHenry by the British in

Large collection of over 175 autographs associated with unsuccessful presidential and vice presidential candidates from the 1800s to today, including

Teacher and humanitarian (1821–1912) best known for founding the relief organization the American Red Cross. ALS, four pages on two adjoining sheets,

Highly desirable TLS as president signed “N. Mandela,” one page, 8.25 x 11.75, Office of the President letterhead, November 29, 1997. Letter to South

Signed book: Long Walk To Freedom: The Autobiography of Nelson Mandela. First edition. South Africa: MacDonald Purnell, 1994. Hardcover with dust jack

Civil War-dated ALS signed “F. Nightingale,” one black-bordered page, both sides, 4.5 x 7, 4 Cleveland Row letterhead, July 14, 1863. Letter to Mr. Ch

Leader in the Civil Rights Movement, the American labor movement, and socialist political parties (1889–1979). Booklet entitled "A. Philip Rand...

Rare DS in German and Hungarian, neatly signed by Raoul Wallenberg in the lower right, one page, 8 x 11.75, November 4, 1944. A two-language "l...

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

ALS signed “A. Graham Bell,” two pages on two adjoining sheets, 5.25 x 8, January 16, 1874. Letter to Professor Abel S. Clarke at the American Asylum

Danish physicist (1885–1962) who was awarded the 1922 Nobel Prize in Physics for his theory of atomic structure. Vintage matte-finish 3 x 4.75 portrai

LS signed “Ch. Darwin,” one page both sides, 4.25 x 7, Down letterhead, August 29, 1871. In part: "The most convenient time for your clerk to c...

Signed book: Out of My Later Years. First edition. NY: Philosophical Library, 1950. Hardcover, 5.75 x 8.75, 282 pages. Neatly signed on the first free

ALS in German, signed “Freud,” one page, 9 x 11.25, personal letterhead, June 22, 1938. Letter referencing his important 1939 book Moses and Monotheis

Tremendously influential philosopher (1711–1776) considered one of the most important figures in the history of Western philosophy. Exceedingly rare A

Russian geographer, zoologist, and political theorist (1842–1921) best known for his advocacy of anarchist communism. AQS in fountain pen on an off-wh

Scottish economist (1671–1729) known as a monetary reformer and as the originator of the 'Mississippi scheme' for the development of French ...

Sought-after personal check belonging to F. Montague Handley, 6.75 x 3.5, filled out in another hand and made payable to "His Holiness Leo XIII...

Pope, born Ambrogio Damiano Achille Ratti (1857–1939), who reigned from 1922 until his death and issued encyclicals condemning communism, fascism, and

Japanese stamp block commemorating the hundred years between 1860 and 1960, 4.75 x 3, neatly signed by the Japanese emperor and empress in ink, &quo...

TLS signed “Mayling Soong Chiang,” one page, 7.75 x 9.75, July 4, 1975. Written from Taipei, a letter to Edward Calral, in full: "Thank you ver...

End portion of a cigar, measuring 2.25? in length, presented to Sir George Elliston by Prime Minister Winston Churchill during a meeting at 10 ...

Splendid oversized matte-finish 14 x 18 photo of the Queen Mother in her crown jewels, affixed to its original 15.5 x 20 mount, signed on the mount in

Sovereign Prince of Orange (1650–1702) who served as King of England, Scotland, and Ireland from 1689 until his death. Manuscript DS, signed “William

ALS signed “Diana,” one page both sides, 4.75 x 3.75, personal letterhead, no date but circa October 1988. Letter to "Janet," in full: &qu...

Program for the Whitbread Championships at the Badminton Horse Trials held in Badminton, Gloucestershire from May 2–6, 1990, 104 pages, 5.75 x 8.25, s