RR Auction: Fine Autographs and Artifacts

Partly-printed DS, signed “Rob't Morris,” one page, 12.5 x 9.75, April 17, 1795. Document certifying that "James Bruce Nicholls of Alexandr...

British-born American politician and lawyer (1811-1884) who, after serving in the US Senate and rejecting nomination to the Supreme Court, served vari

ALS signed “H. Clay,” one page, 8 x 9.75, February 7, 1836. Letter to Elijah Haywood in Zanesville, Ohio. In part: "I am obliged by your letter...

Rare 1757 booklet of "Acts and Laws Passed by the Great and General Court or Assembly of His Majesty's Province of the Massachusetts–Bay,&q...

Postmaster general, secretary of war, and secretary of state under Washington (1745–1829). ALS signed “T. Pickering,” one page, 7.75 x 9.75, March 5,

Collection of 17 items signed and/or written by Charles Sumner, including: an assemblage of 14 ALSs, amounting to 25 total pages, ranging in size from

ALS signed “Edward,” three pages on two adjoining sheets, 7.5 x 9.75, November 9, 1858. Letter to "My dear Emily" from a young whaler name...

ALS, one page both sides, 8.5 x 11, National American Woman Suffrage Association letterhead, April 11, 1900. Letter to a "dear young friend,&qu...

ALS, two pages on two adjoining sheets, 5 x 8, January 13, 1891. Letter to "Mr. Halford," written from Port-au-Prince, in full: "I ha...

Rare handwritten notes in English, unsigned, one page, 5.25 x 6.75. Gandhi's notes penned on the reverse of a letter sent to him by a Western fo...

Sought-after ink signature, "M. K. Gandhi, 28–12–38, Segaon-Wardha,” on an off-white 3.25 x 2 card. Matted and framed with a large photo of the...

Father (1889-1980) of Jewish World War II diarist Anne Frank, and the only member of his family to survive the concentration camps. Scarce TLS in Germ

Vintage matte-finish 9.25 x 7.25 full-length photo of Helen Keller sitting with her Great Dane and Anne Sullivan's Scottish Terrier, signed and ...

Signed book: Strength to Love. First edition. NY: Harper & Row, 1963. Hardcover with dust jacket, 5.75 x 8.5, 146 pages. Signed and inscribed on...

Visitor's hardcover guest book, 11.25 x 8.25, signed on the reverse of the first page in red ballpoint, "Malcolm X," listing his occup...

Temperance agitator (1846-1911) known for smashing saloons with a hatchet. ALS signed “C. N.,” one page on the reverse of a color 5.5 x 3.5 postcard o

Ink signature, "A verbal answer, please, by messenger, ever yours sincerely, F. Nightingale,” on an off-white 5 x 2 slip. Matted and framed wit...

Revolutionary War–dated handwritten draft of a letter by Jay, unsigned, five pages on three sheets, 5.75 x 8, September 8, 1781. A draft to William Bi

Group of six items, including five ALSs by P. T. Barnum and one check signed by John Ringling, chronicling the business dealings of ‘The Greatest Show

Crisp ink signature, "Henry Ford,” on an off-white 3.75 x 2 slip. Handsomely cloth-matted and framed with a portrait of the automotive pioneer ...

Scarce DS, one page, 8.5 x 14, January 15, 1896. Pulitzer appoints a proxy for a stockholders meeting, in part: “I, Joseph Pulitzer…do hereby constitu

Group of nine autographs of astronomers and mathematicians, primarily comprised of letters, dated from 1787–1873, including: M. Chasles, J. B. J. Dela

TLS, one page, 8 x 10.5, Beinn Bhreagh letterhead, August 4, 1920. Letter to Paul Brockett at the Smithsonian Library in Washington, D.C., in full: ...

German chemist (1811–1899) who discovered the elements cesium and rubidium, and who developed the laboratory burner that now bears his name. ALS in Ge

Swiss mathematician and physicist (1700–1782) known for his applications of mathematics to fluid mechanics. ALS in French, one page, 7.25 x 9.75, July

Polish-born French physicist (1867–1934), she and her husband Pierre discovered two new elements, polonium and radium, in 1898. In 1911 she won the No

Desirable ANS signed “C. Darwin,” one page on a 4.75 x 3 postcard, postmarked October 27, 1872. Written from his Down House in Beckenham, Kent, a brie

Extremely desirable ink signature, "Charles Darwin, from your well-wisher, April 15, 1882,” on an off-white 5 x 2.75 slip. In fine condition, w...

TLS signed “Thos. A. Edison,” one page, 7.5 x 10.5, From the Laboratory of Thomas A. Edison letterhead, February 1, 1923. Letter to W. H. Vernon, disc

Letter to Thomas Edison from his son Charles, endorsed at the top by Thomas Edison in pencil, “OK if no fire risk to us, E,” two pages, 8.5 x 11, Sept

TLS in German, signed “A. Einstein,” two pages, 8.5 x 11, blindstamped Princeton letterhead, December 17, 1953. Remarkable letter to Max Fishler, in p

Partly-printed DS, signed "Einstein" and "A. Einstein," one page, 11.5 x 8.75, May–August 1920. Official Berlin University trans...

Remarkable ALS in German, signed “Albert,” one page on a 3.5 x 5.5 postcard, postmarked March 17, 1918. An untranslated letter to his first wife, phys

British physicist and chemist (1791–1867) best known for his development of the first dynamo and the discovery of electromagnetic induction. ALS signe

German naturalist and explorer (1769–1859) who wrote Kosmos, a massive five-volume study which attempted to unify the various branches of man's ...

Scottish bacteriologist (1881–1955) who shared the 1945 Nobel Prize in Medicine for his role in the discovery and isolation of penicillin. Autograph p

Scottish bacteriologist (1881–1955) who shared the 1945 Nobel Prize in Medicine for his role in the discovery and isolation of penicillin. ALS signed

Desirable grouping of 11 letters and signatures from ten medical pioneers, including: Frederick Banting (TLS, signed “F. G. Banting,” one page, Univ

ALS in German, signed "R. Koch," one page, 4.25 x 7, August 7, 1899. Letter to a young fellow, apparently Giovanni Galli, who regularly co...

Handwritten responses by Oppenheimer to a series of four questions from "Whole World Inquiry," one page, 8.25 x 12.25, April 24, 1958. The...

Brilliant American physicist (1904-1967) who directed the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton and who spearheaded the Manhattan Project, leading

ALS in French, signed “L. Pasteur,” one page, 7.75 x 9.75, September 24, 1874. Letter to an unidentified dean and colleague, in full (translated): &...

Nobel Prize-winning Austrian theoretical physicist (1887–1961) who achieved fame for his contributions to quantum mechanics, known especially for form

German theoretical physicist (1868–1951) who pioneered developments in atomic and quantum physics. ALS in German, signed "A. Sommerfeld," ...

German mathematician and theoretical physicist (1885–1955) and an associate of Einstein at Zurich and Princeton. Scarce ALS in German, signed “H. Weyl

Literary theorist and philosopher (1915–1980) whose ideas explored a diverse range of subjects, including structuralism, semiotics, social theory, and

French polymath (1717–1783) known for his contributions in the realms of mathematics, physics, philosophy, and music theory; he served as co-editor of

TLS in German, signed “Freud,” one page, 6 x 8.75, personal letterhead, September 10, 1924. Letter to a "Dear Colleague," in part (transla...

Dutch jurist and philosopher (1583–1645) who laid the foundations for international law with his book De jure belli ac pacis, and played a key role in

German psychiatrist and philosopher (1883–1969) who attempted to develop an innovative philosophical system. Two ALSs, totaling three pages on two she