RR Auction: Fine Autographs and Artifacts

Russian-born American sociologist and political activist (1889–1968) who is best known for his contributions to the social cycle theory. A leader amon

American industrialist and politician (1824–1893) who cofounded the Central Pacific Railroad and later established Stanford University. Ink signature,

Notorious criminal (1890–1963) who, while imprisoned, became a self-educated authority on birds and earned the nickname 'The Birdman of Alcatraz...

Signed book: Statecraft. Collector's edition. Norwalk, CT: Easton Press, 2002. Leather-bound hardcover, 6.25 x 9.5, 486 pages. Signed on the col...

Signed book: The Path to Power. Later printing. NY: HarperCollins, 1995. Hardcover with dust jacket, 6.5 x 9.5, 656 pages. Signed on the title page in

Limited edition color 24.75 x 32 print of Leonard Boden's lovely portrait of Margaret Thatcher, numbered 263/850, signed in the lower right in b...

Group of four items signed by Millvina Dean, last remaining survivor of the sinking of the Titanic, each signed in ink or felt tip, including: a 6.25

Souvenir typescript from the foreword of A Night to Remember, one page, 8.5 x 11, signed and inscribed at the conclusion in black felt tip, "Fo...

LS as Secretary of the Navy, signed “G. Welles,” one page, 7.75 x 9.75, Navy Department letterhead, January 30, 1868. Letter to Commodore John R. Gold

British politician, evangelist and philanthropist (1759–1833) who played an important role in the movement to abolish slavery. Signed book: A Practica

Continental Army officer from Pennsylvania during the American Revolution (1748–1805). Manuscript DS, signed “Thos. Butler, Lt. Col.,” one page both s

Major general in the Revolutionary War (1727–1800) who was second in command to George Washington, and, later, congressman from Massachusetts. Scarce

ANS signed “J. L. Chamberlain,” one page, 5 x 8, blindstamped "C" letterhead, November 28, 1875. A brief note headed "Bible Class,&qu...

ALS signed “J. L. Chamberlain,” one page, 5 x 8, April 17, 1877. Letter to "Mr. Cousins," in full: "Please deliver the key to chapel ...

Civil War–era medical kit owned by John Campbell, who was commissioned as a surgeon into the Ohio 178th Infantry in September 1864. The kit is compris

Wife of explorer and politician John C. Fremont (1824-1902), who was the daughter of the famed Senator Thomas Hart Benton, as well as an author of sev

Extraordinary ALS signed “John H. Brooks,” 24 total pages on a set of six 5 x 8 sheets, lightly lined, (the first 11 pages in ink, the balance in grap

An 1863 leather-wrapped pocket diary kept by William W. Weller of Littleton, New Hampshire, who enlisted in the Union Army on April 20, 1861, as a pri

ALS, one page both sides, 6 x 9.5, December 24, 1888. Letter to the Hon. John S. Wise in New York, in part: "Not advised of the feeling opposed...

ALS, one page, 6 x 8, January 22, 1888. Letter to the Hon. John S. Wise in New York, in part: "Your pleasing letter of the 17th instant is rece...

ALS signed “Jno. S. Mosby,” one page, 8 x 10, personal "Office of John S. Mosby, Attorney at Law" letterhead, September 28, 1874. Letter t...

Handsome 2.5 x 4 carte-de-visite photo of General George A. Custer in uniform, seated in a three-quarter-length pose, by John Goldin & Co. of Wa...

Impressive deep navy blue Union cape identified to Benjamin D. Pritchard, who is remembered as one of the four men who captured Confederate President

Exceptional vintage matte-finish 6.5 x 11.25 full-length photo of the French commander in his military uniform, signed in black ink, "F. Foch.&...

Finnish military leader and statesman (1867–1951). Large archive of untranslated Mannerheim family correspondence consisting of over 150 letters, incl

Signed book: To Hell and Back. Second printing before publication. NY: Henry Holt and Company, 1949. Hardcover with dust jacket, 5.75 x 8.25, 274 page

Manuscript DS in French, signed “Bonaparte,” one page, 9 x 12.5, August 15, 1797. Military document issued to Brigadier-General Lafon, in part (transl

Manuscript DS in French, signed “NP,” one page, 8 x 12.5, March 31, 1811. Napoleon responds to an official appeal made by Count Louis Mole, who expres

Scarce ALS signed “Nelson,” one page, 7.25 x 9.25, January 9, 1801. Letter to a "Dear Friend," in part: "Lt. Young I know to be a ver...

Military leader and politician (1583–1634) who offered his services during the Thirty Years' War to the Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand II. He beca...

Signed book: Rovering to Success. Twelfth printing. London: Herbert Jenkins. Custom-bound hardcover in three-quarter leather, 5 x 7.25, 247 pages. Bol

Civil War Army officer (1833–1892) who received the Medal of Honor for valiant leadership of his regiment while wounded. Fantastic 2.25 x 4 carte-de-v

ALS signed “Omar N. Bradley,” one page, 7 x 10, personal five-star letterhead, June 14, 1963. Letter to longtime Democratic Party strategist Charles T

Civil War–dated printed orders, one page, 5 x 8, December 4, 1863. Issued at Richmond, Virginia, headed "General Orders, No. 159," issued ...

Hand-addressed mailing envelope, 5 x 3, addressed by Custer to "Mrs. Gen'l Custer, 339 Penn. Avenue, Washington, D. C." Encapsulated i...

General during the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812 (1751-1829) who served as secretary of war under Thomas Jefferson. LS as Secretary of War, si

United States Army corporal (1919–2006) who served as a combat medic with the 77th Infantry Division in World War II. He saved 75 men during the Battl

Three items: a glossy 8 x 10 photo of George R. Caron, the tail gunner, the only defender of the twelve crewmen, aboard the B-29 Enola Gay, signed in

Two covers: an uncommon FDC, 7.5 x 4.25, bearing an Atomic Bomb stamp and exact replica in genuine 22kt gold, postmarked September 3, 1995, signed in

Glossy 8 x 10 photo of Enola Gay pilot Paul Tibbets and Bockscar pilot Charles Sweeney shaking hands just before Sweeney's flight to Nagasaki, s...

Three items signed by multiple members of the Flying Tigers, including: two uncommon FDCs, both 7.5 x 3.75, and bearing a color cachet honoring the fi

Signed book: From Pearl Harbor to Golgotha. First edition. San Jose, CA: Sky Pilots Press, 1953. Hardcover, 5.5 x 7.5, 94 pages. Signed on the title p

Army officer (1896-1970) who headed the Manhattan Project and oversaw the construction of the Pentagon. Signed book: Now It Can Be Told. First edition

Confederate military officer and politician (1818-1902) who replaced J. E. B. Stuart as Lee's Chief of Cavalry following Stuart's death on t...

Signed book: The Untold Story of Douglas MacArthur. Second printing. NY: The Devin-Adair Company, 1954. Hardcover with dust jacket, 6 x 8.5, 533 pages

Commemorative cover with a cachet honoring General Douglas MacArthur, postmarked in Manila, Philippines, February 3, 1948, with a Third Anniversary En

Signed book: The Path to Leadership. First edition. London: Collins, 1961. Hardcover with dust jacket, 5.75 x 8.5, 256 pages. Signed on the first free

Signed book: Brave Men. Fourth printing before publication. NY: Henry Holt and Company, 1944. Hardcover with dust jacket, 5.75 x 8.5, 328 pages. Signe

Revolutionary War-dated ALS signed “Joram Place,” one page both sides, 7.25 x 9, January 22, 1776. A letter to his wife, in part (grammar and spelling

Naval officer (1839–1911) who commanded the destruction of the Spanish fleet at Santiago de Cuba and who led the expedition to rescue Adolphus Greeley

ALS signed “Alexander H. Stephens,” one page, 4.75 x 6, March 25, 1875. Letter of introduction and recommendation to the Hon. William Walter Phelps, i

German flying ace (1896–1941) whose 62 victories during WWI made him the country's second-highest scoring ace, outdone only by Manfred von Richt...

A framed original color 14 x 20 American World War II propaganda poster from 1942, depicting the hand of Uncle Sam over a man's mouth, reading, ...

Original color 20 x 28 Office of War Information poster published in 1944 by the US Government Printing Office (1944-O-602442), featuring a portrayal

Two original color 20 x 28 Office of War Information posters published in 1944 by the US Government Printing Office: one featuring a photograph of a w

Two original color 18.5 x 26 Office of Defense Transportation posters published in 1945 by the US Government Printing Office: one featuring four carto

Two original color nurse recruitment posters published by the Public Health Service, Division of Nurse Education: a 20 x 28 poster printed by the US G

Original color 22 x 28 Office of War Information poster (No. 14) published in 1942 by the US Government Printing Office (1942-O-491977), featuring a p

Signed book: Sergeant York and His People. First edition. NY: Funk & Wagnalls, 1922. Hardcover, 5.25 x 7.5, 292 pages. Signed on the first free ...

ALS in French, signed "Marguerite," three pages on two adjoining onionskin sheets, 5 x 8, November 29, 1870. Untranslated letter providing...

Sleek model of the supersonic Concorde jet crafted from polished aluminum, made by Restoration Hardware, measuring approximately 45 x 22 x 18 and weig

German aircraft designer and manufacturer (1888–1958) whose company produced the world's first turbojet airplane and the first rocket-powered ai...

Very desirable ALS signed “Howard,” three pages, 8.5 x 13.25, March 28, 1968. Letter to his assistant, confidant, and former FBI agent, Robert "...

Color glossy 8 x 10 photo of Kittinger performing his then record-breaking skydive, signed in black felt tip, “Joe W. Kittinger." In fine condi...

TLS, one page, 8.5 x 11, Church Street Station letterhead, November 2, 1984. Letter to John Strizzi, in full: "Thank you for your letter. Enclo...

Exceptional pairing of unsigned items flown on Howard Hughes's triumphant 1938 around-the-world flight: a superb large 12 x 8 silk flag for the ...

American astronomer, physicist, and aviator (1834-1906), who conducted some of the first manned flights with his Army-funded Aerodrome aircraft. ALS s

Group of five postal covers honoring legendary test pilots, each bearing typed information fields, with all but one filled out and signed in ink or fe

Impressive FDC with a cachet honoring the 11-cent Air Mail Stamp, Series of 1971, signed in various ink types by thirteen legendary pilots, including:

Four multi-signed covers: an FDC with a color cachet honoring Chuck Yeager's Bell X-1 first supersonic flight, signed in ballpoint or felt tip b...

Vintage 6.25 x 4.5 cardstock photo of the Wright Brothers’ first flight, captioned at the bottom ‘First Man-Flight, December 17, 1903, Kitty Hawk, N.

Program issued for the "Orville Wright Dinner of the Society of Automotive Engineers, Inc.," held in Dayton, Ohio, on June 17, 1918, thirt...

Vintage matte-finish 7.5 x 9.5 studio portrait of Orville Wright wearing a tuxedo, signed in fountain pen. In fine to very fine condition.

The Winters National Bank & Trust Co. check, 8.5 x 3, filled out in another hand and signed by Wright, payable to Mabel Beck for $73.85, May 14,...

Limited edition flown FDC carried at Mach 1 by Yeager on the 50th anniversary of the first supersonic flight, numbered 976/1000, signed along the top

Tremendous collection of 103 postcards, FDCs, and commemorative covers, with several bearing launch dates and mission-specific cachets, ranging in siz

Tremendous color limited edition 27.25 x 34 textured canvas print of an Alan Bean painting entitled ‘Reaching for the Stars,’ numbered 823/1500, stret

Six KNIGA covers, all with cachets commemorating Russian space achievements, issued and canceled to mark one of the first six Russian manned space mis

Superb vintage color glossy 13.25 x 10.75 full-length photo of the original Mercury astronauts posing in front of a Convair F106-B aircraft at Langley

Official color 9.75 x 7.75 NASA lithograph of the original Mercury astronauts posing in front of a Convair F106-B aircraft at Langley Air Force Base o

Postal cover with a stamped cachet honoring the Apollo 8 mission and reading, "Flight Around the Moon," postmarked December 24, 1968, sign...

Launch day postal cover with a stamped cachet honoring the Apollo 10 mission, the second manned moon orbital flight, postmarked May 18, 1969, signed i

Official color 10 x 8 NASA lithograph showing images of the Sea of Tranquility landing site and Apollo 10 spacecraft, signed in black felt tip, &quo...

Official color 10 x 8 NASA lithograph of the Apollo 11 crew posing in their white space suits against a lunar background, signed and inscribed in blac

Vintage color glossy 10.75 x 13.75 full-length photo of Buzz Aldrin standing on the lunar surface, his visor showing a small reflection of the photogr

Extremely desirable Apollo 11 'Type 1' insurance cover with a color cachet depicting the moon landing, bearing several July 20, 1969, Housto...

Official color glossy 10 x 8 red-numbered NASA photo of the the Darney Chi, Tau, and Lambda craters on the lunar surface, signed in black felt tip, ...

Apollo 16 insurance cover with a cachet of the mission insignia and two sets of astronaut wings, bearing an April 16, 1972, Kennedy Space Center launc

A flown white 5 x 5 swatch of Beta cloth featuring the ASTP mission insignia, carried on the Apollo-Soyuz mission, signed in black ink by Tom Stafford

Color semi-glossy 7.5 x 8.75 photo of McAuliffe wearing her blue flight suit and holding a model of the Space Shuttle Orbiter, signed in black felt ti

Color satin-finish 8 x 10 full-length photo of Aldrin standing on the lunar surface, his visor showing a small reflection of the photographer, Neil Ar

Color semi-glossy 8 x 10 photo of Aldrin posing in his white space suit against a lunar background, signed in blue felt tip, “Buzz Aldrin, Apollo XI.”

Color satin-finish 10 x 8 full-length profile photo of Aldrin posing near the American flag on the lunar surface, signed in silver ink, “First Lunar L

Three books, each hardcover with dust jacket, signed on the title page in blue or black ink by Aldrin, with titles including: Mission to Mars; Reachin

Flown heatshield plug recovered from the Apollo 10 Command Module Charlie Brown, presented in a cylindrical Lucite display, measuring 3? in diameter a

Limited edition flown 2.5 x 2 section of the Earth Landmark Map carried to the moon during the Apollo 10 mission, numbered 50/50, affixed to a Space L

Small package of flown fragments from the Apollo 13 command module Odyssey's ablative aft heat shield, affixed to an 11 x 8.5 certificate of aut...

A flown .25 x .25 swatch of Kapton foil removed from the Apollo 13 Command Module Odyssey. The foil is affixed to a 3.5 x 2.5 presentation sheet beari

Satin-finish 8 x 10 photo of the damaged Apollo 13 Service Module, signed in gold ink, "Gene Kranz, 'Flight,'" and "'We m...

Flown 1 x 1 swatch of Beta cloth carried into lunar orbit during the Apollo 14 mission, affixed to an off-white 8 x 10.5 sheet of NASA letterhead pres