RR Auction: Fine Autographs and Artifacts Featuring The Founding Fathers

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

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

Youngest child and only daughter (1926–2011) of Soviet Premier Joseph Stalin and Nadezhda Alliluyeva; later known as Lana Peters, she caused an intern

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

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

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

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

Three items related to Churchill's publication of the biography Marlborough: His Life and Times, including: a TLS signed "Yours sincerely, ...

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

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

DS, in Spanish, signed “Che,” one page, 14 x 11, February 7, 1961. A provisional certificate for a $6,000,000.00 bank bond from the Cuban National Ban

Hungarian-born Austrian founder of Zionism (1860–1904). ALS in German, signed “Th. Herzl,” one page, 5.75 x 8.75, Neue Freie Presse letterhead, April

TLS in Cyrillic, signed "N. Khrushchev," two pages, 8 x 11.25, September 29, 1948. Letter to Comrade G. M. Malenkov, in part (translated):...

Controversial leader of the early stages of the French Revolution (1749–1791). Boldly penned ALS in French, signed "de Mirabeau," one page...

Mixed-race politician born free in Norfolk, Virginia, who emigrated to Liberia in 1829 and became the nation's first president in 1848 (1809–187...

Partly-printed DS in French, signed “Robespierre,” one page both sides, 8 x 12.5, August 29, 1793. An extract from the Register of the Decrees of the

TLS, one page, 8.5 x 11, January 5, 1938. Letter to his editor Max Schachtman, in full: "I received your explanation of the misfortune with my ...

LS in Cyrillic, 7 x 4.25, no date. A telegram in pencil, written in another hand and signed at the conclusion in ink by Trotsky, sent to the Commissar

Rare and desirable TLS, in Spanish, signed “Francisco Villa,” two pages, 8.5 x 11, March 24, 1915. Villa writes to Enrique C. Llorente, “Confidential

Two signed books: a softcover first edition of Robbing Banks Was My Business, published by Palo Duro Press in 1973, signed on the half-title page in r