RR Auction: Fine Autographs and Artifacts Featuring Royalty

Vintage matte-finish 3.5 x 5.5 postcard photo of the great German theologian by the N. & C. Hess Studio, signed and inscribed in the lower borde...

ANS in German, penned on the reverse of a 5.5 x 3.5 postcard of Lambarene, June 21, 1935. An untranslated handwritten note from Albert Schweitzer send

FDC with a cachet honoring 'Progress in Electronics,' signed in black ballpoint by William Shockley, "W=Shockley," with a sketch o...

TLS signed "N. Sihanouk," one page, 7.25 x 9, personal letterhead, May 29, 1969. Letter to ornithologist Jon Wanamaker, in full: "I t...

Partly-printed DS, one page, 13.5 x 8.5, September 1, 1876. Bond for $1000 issued by the Old Colony Rail Road Company, signed in ink by Onslow Stearns

Vintage matte-finish 8 x 10 photo of Sumner standing outdoors in a handsome three-quarter-length pose, signed in the lower border in fountain pen, &...

LS in French, signed "Ch. Maur. Talleyrand," one page, 8 x 12.25, February 10, 1802. Untranslated Napoleonic decree headed "Bonaparte...

Two glossy 5 x 7 photos of physicist Edward Teller from the same sitting, both signed in the lower border in either blue or black ink. In overall fine

Color glossy 8 x 10 close-up photo of Margaret Thatcher, signed nicely in black felt tip. In very good to fine condition, with scattered light creases

Signed book: The Downing Street Years. First edition. NY: HarperCollins, 1993. Hardcover with dust jacket, 6.5 x 9.5, 914 pages. Signed and inscribed

A thin 1.75″-long sliver of wood, originally part of the ship's oak wheelhouse door, recovered from the Atlantic Ocean after the sinking o...

Vintage semi-glossy 3.5 x 5.5 postcard photo containing religious imagery and text memorializing the tragic sinking of the RMS Titanic, signed in blue

Partly-printed DS, signed "Geo. D. Widener," one page, 11.5 x 8, October 3, 1905. Stock certificate issued to George C. Thomas for 100 sha...

Glossy 8 x 10 photo of the anti-apartheid and human rights activist with his hands raised, signed in blue ballpoint, "God bless you, Desmond Tu...

Partly-printed DS, signed "W. M. Tweed," one page, 8.5 x 7, December 10, 1868. Receipt from the Bureau of Wharves, Piers and Slips Street ...

Manuscript DS in Italian, signed "Umberto di Savoia," one page both sides, 9.5 x 14.25, September 7, 1945. Untranslated official document ...

Vintage matte-finish 7 x 5 photo of James Van Allen, the award-winning space scientist, standing in front of a large satellite dish, signed in bold bl

Partly-printed DS, one page, 15 x 9.75, March 20, 1885. Pine Creek Railway Company bond for $1000 issued to C. L. Rossiter, signed along the bottom in

Manuscript DS in Italian, signed "Vittorio Emanuele," one page, 10 x 14.5, May 24, 1874. Untranslated official document neatly signed at t...

Manuscript DS in Italian, signed "Vittorio Emanuele," one page both sides, 9.75 x 15, November 9, 1919. Untranslated official document pro...

Partly-printed DS, signed "W. Wagner," one page, 11.25 x 8.75, April 1, 1880. Stock certificate issued to A. T. Thomas for 30 shares in th...

Manuscript DS, signed "Robert Walsh, U.S. Consul," three pages on two adjoining sheets, 8.75 x 13.5, April 5, 1848. Walsh certifies a manu...

LS, one page, 8.5 x 11, Tuskegee Normal & Industrial Institute letterhead, May 30, 1913. Letter to Mrs. A. S. Ashbridge, a potential benefactor,...

Partly-printed DS, signed "W. S. Webb," one page, 11.75 x 8, April 23, 1899. Stock certificate issued to George B. Wilson for 100 shares i...

Scarce ink signature, "Tho. F. Pendel, White House, Nov. 3 1864, Dc 8, 1897," on an off-white 4 x 2.25 sheet. In fine condition, with a sm...

Partly-printed DS, one page, 11.75 x 8, November 12, 1894. Stock certificate issued to Robert M. Cox for 20 shares in the Philadelphia Passenger Railw

Signed book: The Fifth Son. First edition. Franklin Center, PA: Franklin Library, 1985. Leatherbound hardcover, 6 x 9, 210 pages. Signed on a free end

ALS, one page, 7.25 x 9.25, September 8, 1784. Handwritten letter from "Brome near Eye," sent to Lt. Gen. Hofer. In full: "I this day...

ALS in English, signed "Lafayette," one page, 6.5 x 6.5, July 6, 1807. Handwritten by the Marquis de Lafayette, referencing the anniversar...

Partly-printed vellum DS in French, signed "Lafayette," one page, 11.5 x 10.5, July 20, 1790. Volunteer's certificate for the "Ba...

Manuscript DS in French, signed "Le cte de Rochambeau," one page, 8.25 x 13.5, August 25, 1771. An untranslated document approved at the c...

ALS, three pages on two adjoining sheets, 4.75 x 8, December 20, 1870. Letter to T. G. Wharton Esquire, marked at the top "Private." In fu...

ALS signed "Jeffn. Davis," one page, 7.25 x 4.5, January 23, 1858. Letter to Myron Smith, written from the "Senate Chamber," in ...

Desirable 2.5 x 4 carte-de-visite photo of an artistic profile portrait of 'Fighting Joe' in uniform, signed below in ink, "Joseph Hook...

Rarely found 2.25 x 3.75 carte-de-visite photo of Robert E. Lee in a near-profile pose, prominently signed in ink, "R. E. Lee." The red ba...

Historic vintage matte-finish 10 x 8 photo of Douglas MacArthur on board the USS Cleveland in 1945, neatly signed in fountain pen, "Douglas Mac...

World War II-dated TLS from Douglas MacArthur, one page, 7.75 x 9.75, General Headquarters, Southwest Pacific Area, Office of the Commander-in-Chief l

Vintage matte-finish 7.75 x 9.75 head-and-shoulders portrait photo of the American five-star general, signed nicely in fountain pen, "Douglas M...

Rare partly-printed DS, in French, signed "Montcalm," one page, 9.25 x 14, April 27, 1748. Document headed "By The King," concer...

ALS in French, signed "J. Napoleon," one page, 7.75 x 9.25, March 27, 1811. Untranslated letter to a government minister. Double-matted an...

Exceedingly rare autograph endorsement signed, "Government etablie par Napoleon," on an off-white 6.5 x 2.25 slip, certified below by Gene...

LS in French, signed "Nap.," one page, 7.25 x 9, April 10, 1809. Untranslated letter to General Clarke regarding military matters, boldly ...

Manuscript DS in French, signed "Vauban," one page both sides, 8.25 x 5.75, 1675. Am untranslated stakeholder receipt from the Generality ...

Rare Civil War-dated mailing envelope, 5 x 3, addressed by another hand to "Mrs. J. H. Carr, Fremont, N.H.," and signed vertically along t...

Vintage matte-finish 8 x 10 photo of General Bradley wearing his four-star jacket and helmet, signed and inscribed in the lower border in fountain pen

Three items: a glossy 10 x 8 photo of Doolittle with his Tokyo bombing crew, signed in black felt tip, "J. H. Doolittle"; a glossy 10 x 8 ...

Vintage matte-finish 3.5 x 5 postcard photo of James Doolittle in uniform seated in his cockpit, signed in fountain pen, "J. H. Doolittle."...

Color 24 x 18 print of a Harley Copic painting entitled ‘Atomic Warfare Is Born,’ which shows the Enola Gay flying over Japan, with

Signed book: Return of the Enola Gay. Columbus, OH: Mid Coast Marketing, 1998. Hardcover, 6.25 x 9.25, 339 pages. Signed below the frontispiece image

Vintage French-language menu for a "Dinner in honor of the Marshals of France, Joffre and Foch," held at Hotel Calridge’s on Decembe...