305 - Nelson MandelaRR Auction
Important TLS signed “N. Mandela,” two pages, 5.75 x 8.25, personal letterhead, November 30, 1998. Letter concerning peace in the Middle East, in part
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307 - J. Paul GettyRR Auction
Fascinating ALS signed “Paul,” five pages, 5 x 6.25, The Plaza, New York letterhead, August 19, 1933. Letter to his mother, Sarah Catherine McPherson
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308 - J. Pierpont MorganRR Auction
Uncommon twice-signed partly-printed DS, one page both sides, 13.5 x 9.5, August 20, 1863. A declaration of dividends made payable between August 10 a
No Online Bidding For This LotEstimate : 800.00 - 1,200.00
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309 - Eli LillyRR Auction
American soldier and pharmacist (1838-1898) who founded the Eli Lilly and Company pharmaceutical corporation; Lilly enlisted in the Union Army and was
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310 - Richard S. Reynolds, SrRR Auction
Nephew (1881–1955) of tobacco magnate R. J. Reynolds, who made his own name as the founder of the US Foil Company; today, his company's 'Rey...
No Online Bidding For This LotEstimate : 4,000.00 - 6,000.00
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311 - John D. RockefellerRR Auction
Partly-printed DS, one page, 11.5 x 7.5, February 1, 1889. Stock certificate issued to Rockefeller for five hundred shares in the Northwest Equipment
No Online Bidding For This LotEstimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
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312 - Carl Mayer von RothschildRR Auction
German-born banker (1788–1855) in the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies who founded the Rothschild banking family of Naples. LS in Italian, signed “Carlo Bo
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313 - Samuel SlaterRR Auction
English-American industrialist (1768-1835) called the 'Father of the American Industrial Revolution,' known for importing British textile te...
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314 - John WanamakerRR Auction
Department store magnate (1838–1922) who also served as Postmaster General from 1889 to 1893. ALS, three pages on two adjoining sheets, 5 x 8, Bellefo
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315 - Frank W. WoolworthRR Auction
Retail pioneer (1852-1919) who founded the iconic chain of five-and-ten-cent stores that bear his name. Unusual fine disbound book for a meeting of th
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316 - Johann II BernoulliRR Auction
Youngest of the three sons of Johann Bernoulli, who studied law and mathematics (1710–1790). He succeeded his father as professor of mathematics at th
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317 - Niels BohrRR Auction
TLS in German, one page, 5.25 x 8.25, October 11, 1935. Letter to "Architect Jensen," thanking him for flowers and congratulations on his ...
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318 - Max BornRR Auction
ALS in German, three pages both sides, 5.75 x 8.25, April 5, 1955. Long letter to Nobel Prize–winning physicist James Franck in Chicago, who had just
No Online Bidding For This LotEstimate : 10,000.00 - 15,000.00
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319 - Pierre CurieRR Auction
Rare ALS in French, signed “P. Curie,” two pages on two adjoining sheets, 5.25 x 8.25, Ecole Municipale de Physique letterhead, December 30, 1899. Let
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320 - Charles DarwinRR Auction
ALS signed “C. D.,” one page, 5.5 x 2.75, personal "Mrs. C. Darwin" letterhead with the "s" struck through, January 1, [no year]...
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321 - Thomas EdisonRR Auction
TLS signed “Thos. A. Edison,” one page, 7.75 x 10.5, From the Laboratory of Thomas A. Edison letterhead, July 12, 1923. Letter to Mrs. Frederic C. Hir
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322 - Enrico FermiRR Auction
Scarce ALS in Italian, one page, 5 x 8, Reale Accademia d'Italia letterhead, November 19, 1938. Letter to an "illustrious senator," th...
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323 - Henry FordRR Auction
Automotive pioneer (1863–1947) who founded the Ford Motor Company and championed the development of the assembly line technique of mass production. La
No Online Bidding For This LotEstimate : 500.00 - 700.00
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324 - Albert EinsteinRR Auction
DS, signed “A. Einstein,” one page, 8 x 10.5, April 19, 1950. Official letter from Didier Publishers of New York, in full: "We are preparing fo...
No Online Bidding For This LotEstimate : 8,000.00 - 10,000.00
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325 - Albert EinsteinRR Auction
TLS signed “A. Einstein,” one page both sides, 8.5 x 11, embossed personal letterhead, January 14, 1954. Letter to Walter Stern, in full: "I ag...
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326 - Francis GaltonRR Auction
English Victorian statistician, progressive, polymath, sociologist, psychologist, anthropologist, eugenicist, tropical explorer, geographer, inventor,
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327 - Robert KochRR Auction
German medical scientist (1843–1910) regarded as the father of bacteriology. He isolated the tuberculosis bacillus and the anthrax virus, and received
No Online Bidding For This LotEstimate : 100.00 - 150.00
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328 - Max PlanckRR Auction
ALS in German, signed “Planck,” four pages on two adjoining sheets, 4.5 x 7, September 23, 1925. Significant letter to physicist Wilhelm Wien, about t
No Online Bidding For This LotEstimate : 10,000.00 - 15,000.00
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329 - Max PlanckRR Auction
Nobel Prize-winning German physicist (1858–1947) who pioneered the understanding of quantum theory. ALS in German, signed “M. Planck,” one page, 5 x 4
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330 - Albert SabinRR Auction
American medical researcher (1906–1993) best known for developing a practical oral polio vaccine. AMS, signed on a title sheet, "Albert B. Sabi...
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332 - Walter BenjaminRR Auction
German philosopher and cultural critic (1892–1940) who made enduring and influential contributions to aesthetic theory and Western Marxism. Substantia
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333 - Emile CioranRR Auction
Romanian philosopher and essayist (1911–1995) who was awarded the prestigious Rivarol Prize in 1950 for his first French book, A Short History of Deca
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334 - Sigmund FreudRR Auction
ALS in German, signed “Freud,” one page, 5.5 x 3.5, no date but postmarked June 8, 1938. Letter to Oscar Philipp in London, in full (translated): &q...
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335 - Georg Wilhelm Friedrich HegelRR Auction
Influential German philosopher (1770-1831) who espoused a dialectical method by which an idea (thesis) was challenged by its opposite (antithesis) and
No Online Bidding For This LotEstimate : 12,000.00 - 15,000.00
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336 - Martin HeideggerRR Auction
Important German philosopher (1889–1976) whose Being and Time was a fundamental text in the development of existentialism. Handwritten draft of a lett
No Online Bidding For This LotEstimate : 500.00 - 700.00
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337 - Wilhelm ReichRR Auction
Rare TLS in German, signed “Wilh. Reich,” one page both sides, 9 x 12, lnternationales Institut fur Sexual Okonomische Forschung letterhead, August 14
No Online Bidding For This LotEstimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
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338 - Ferdinand and IsabellaRR Auction
Manuscript DS in Spanish, signed by Ferdinand, "Yo el Rey [I the King]," and by Isabella, "Yo la Reyna [I the Queen]," one page,...
No Online Bidding For This LotEstimate : 15,000.00 - 20,000.00
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339 - King Charles IRR Auction
Printed act, ten pages, 6.25 x 10, entitled "An Act for Exposing to Sale divers Castles, Houses, Parks, Lands and Hereditaments, Belonging to t...
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340 - King Louis XIRR Auction
King of France (born in 1423) who reigned from 1461 until his death in 1483. Vellum manuscript DS, in French, signed “Louis,” one page, 12.25 x 9.5, M
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341 - Queen Elizabeth IIRR Auction
Large ink signature, "Elizabeth R., July 10th 1975,” on an off-white 10.75 x 7.75 guest book page affixed to a slightly larger sheet. In fine c...
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343 - Queen VictoriaRR Auction
Signed book: Eternal Hope. London: Macmillan, 1878. Hardcover, 5.25 x 7.5, 227 pages. Signed and inscribed on the half-title page in black ink to Prin
No Online Bidding For This LotEstimate : 100.00 - 150.00
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344 - MormonsRR Auction
Manuscript document, one page, 5.25 x 16, July 2, 1857. Page from an accounting ledger for the Mormon Perpetual Emigrating Fund, headed, "Trial...
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345 - MormonsRR Auction
Manuscript document, one page, 5.25 x 16, July 2, 1857. Page from an accounting ledger for the Mormon Perpetual Emigrating Fund, headed, "Trial...
No Online Bidding For This LotEstimate : 1,200.00 - 1,500.00
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346 - Pope John XXIIIRR Auction
Italian pope (1881–1963), born Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli, who ascended the papal throne in 1958 and served until his death. As the guiding force behind
No Online Bidding For This LotEstimate : 3,000.00 - 5,000.00
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347 - Martin LutherRR Auction
ALS in German, signed “Martinus Luther D,” one page both sides, 8 x 12, [circa September 1, 1543]. An extensive, uncommonly well-preserved letter to G
No Online Bidding For This LotEstimate : 300,000.00 - 500,000.00
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348 - Svetlana AlliluyevaRR Auction
Youngest child and only daughter (1926–2011) of Soviet Premier Joseph Stalin and Nadezhda Alliluyeva; later known as Lana Peters, she caused an intern
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349 - BarcelonaRR Auction
Partly-printed vellum DS in Spanish, one page, 16 x 12, 1758. Untranslated certificate for the Royal Trade Company of Barcelona, number 1173 for 250 p
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350 - Fidel CastroRR Auction
DS, in Spanish, one page, 8.5 x 13, June 29, 1960. Ministerial decree, No. 144, in which Castro accepts the resignation of Navio Pablo Bruno Alfonso C
No Online Bidding For This LotEstimate : 400.00 - 600.00
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351 - Chiang Kai-shekRR Auction
Fantastic matte-finish 5.5 x 7 photo of Chiang Kai-shek in uniform, signed in ink in Chinese. Reverse bears a Wu Chung-Yee credit stamp. In fine condi
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352 - Winston ChurchillRR Auction
ALS signed “Winston S. Churchill,” two pages on two adjoining sheets, 4.75 x 6.5, Villa Kazbeck letterhead, April 14, 1903. Letter to Arthur Elliot on
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353 - Winston ChurchillRR Auction
Three items related to Churchill's publication of the biography Marlborough: His Life and Times, including: a TLS signed "Yours sincerely, ...
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354 - Winston ChurchillRR Auction
World War I-dated TLS signed “Winston S. Churchill,” one page, 8 x 10, embossed Ministry of Munitions of War letterhead, May 30, 1918. Letter to Henry
No Online Bidding For This LotEstimate : 1,500.00 - 2,500.00
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355 - French HuguenotsRR Auction
Exceedingly rare pin-pricked manuscript note from an unknown French Huguenot prisoner, one page, 7.75 x 6.25, no date but circa 1686. The message read
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