RR Auction: Fine Autographs and Artifacts

TLS in Polish, signed “Karol card Wojtyla,” one page, 8.25 x 5.75, Kuria Metropolitalna letterhead, June 10, 1978. In part (roughly translated): “We a

Pope Pius XII’s personally-owned and -worn white zucchetto skullcap, measuring 6.5? in diameter, with a small label inside, “Societas Mariae Reparatri

Early DS in Spanish, two pages, 9 x 13.5, February 20, 1959. Ministry of Education document, issued just four days after Castro took office as Cuba’s

ALS signed “Winston S. Churchill,” one black-bordered page, 5 x 8, The Home Secretary letterhead, November 9, 1910. Letter to John William Gulland, in

Ink signature, “Winston S. Churchill,” on an off-white 4 x 3.5 sheet of War Office letterhead. Attractively cloth-matted and framed with two engraved

Desirable manuscript DS in Japanese, one page, 23.5 x 18, April 18, 1940. Document in which the Emperor of Japan confers the Imperial Order of Meiji u

DS in Japanese, one page, 23 x 18, circa 1890–1912. Untranslated document in which Emperor Meiji confers the Order of the Golden Kite upon a distingui

Vintage matte-finish 10.5 x 13.5 full-length portrait of Mussolini sitting proudly atop his horse, signed in fountain pen, “Benito Mussolini—3 dicembr

Spanish monarchs best known as the sponsors and patrons of Christopher Columbus. Manuscript DS in Spanish, signed “Yo el Rey,” [I the King] and “Yo el

Extremely rare manuscript DS, in Early Modern English, boldly signed at the top, “Elizabeth R,” one page both sides, 9 x 12, September 4, 1570. Elizab