RR Auction: Fine Autographs and Artifacts

TLS, one page, 6.25 x 8.75, personal letterhead, November 1, 1961. Letter to Mr. Brown about Charles Douglas Jackson. In full: "I first met C. ...

Postal cover with a personalized cancellation stamp dated September 30, 1966, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, 7.25 x 4, signed in black ballpoint by Eisenho

Fountain pen signature, "Dwight D. Eisenhower,” on an off-white 4 x 1 slip. Nicely matted and framed with a portrait of General Eisenhower to a...

Collection of eight TLSs, each signed “Jerry” or “Jerry Ford,” each one page, 7 x 9 and 8 x 10.5, dated between 1963 and 1974. Seven of the letters ar

TLS signed “Jerry Ford,” two pages, 7.25 x 10.5, personal letterhead, February 8, 1999. Letter to Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan, in part: "I&...

Partly-printed DS as president, one page, 15 x 19, May 21, 1921. President Harding appoints Arthur MacArthur as "a Captain in the Navy." B...

Pencil signature, "Benj. Harrison, Indianapolis, Ind'a,” on an off-white 7.75 x 10 guest book page for the "Second Annual Banquet of t...

Signed book: The Memoirs of Herbert Hoover: The Cabinet and the Presidency, 1920–1933. Second printing. NY: Macmillan, 1952. Hardcover with dust jacke

TLS, one page, 7.25 x 10.5, personal letterhead, April 6, 1940. Letter to his personal attorney Edward D. Lyman, in full: "I am enclosing herew...

Two books: a second printing of A White House Diary, hardcover with dust jacket, signed and inscribed on a bookplate affixed to the first free end pag

TLS signed “Lyndon,” one page, 7.5 x 9.5, Congress of the United States, House of Representatives letterhead, December 17, 1948. Letter to John Fische

TLS signed “LBJ,” one page, 8 x 10.5, United States Senate letterhead, July 13, 1959. Letter to Hon. Adrian Spears, who would later be appointed as ch

Original vintage color glossy 5 x 5 photo of President John F. Kennedy speaking with Minister of External Affairs of India, Lakshmi N. Menon, upon her

Wonderful original vintage color glossy 5 x 5 photo of President John F. Kennedy attending a convocation at the University of Maine, Orono, on October

Ticket stub for the third session of the 1960 Democratic National Convention at which John F. Kennedy was nominated for president, 5.5 x 2.75, held at

Original vintage color glossy 10 x 8 photo of President John F. Kennedy wearing sunglasses as he inspects military troops and equipment at Fliegerhors

Fantastic original vintage color glossy 5 x 7 photo of John F. Kennedy, Jr., wearing a helmet and holding a toy sub-machine gun on the grounds of the

Scarce 2.25 x 4 carte-de-visite portrait of Mary LIncoln seated in profile with a bouquet of flowers. Published by E & H. T. Anthony of New York...

Uncommon double-sided newsprint flyer distributed by the Union Veterans' Patriotic League to rally support for Republican presidential candidate...

TLS as governor, signed “Wm. McKinley, Jr.,” one page, 7.25 x 9.5, State of Ohio, Executive Department letterhead, May 25, 1893. Letter to his future

ALS signed "RN," one page, 7.25 x 10.5, personal letterhead, February 20, 1984. Nixon contacts a journalist identified as "Dick"...

TLS as president, signed “RN,” one page, 6.5 x 9, White House letterhead, November 9, 1973. Letter to Republican Congressman Carlos J. Moorhead of Cal

Glossy 8 x 10 photo of Nixon shaking hands with Judge Louis Heller at the Brooklyn Bar Association annual dinner on December 2, 1964, signed and inscr

TLS as president signed “RN,” one page, 6.75 x 8.75, White House letterhead, October 15, 1971. Letter to Jack Dreyfus of the Dreyfus Medical Foundatio

Sesame Street children's coloring and puzzle booklet entitled 'Hip Hip Hooray for Dot to Dots, Mazes, and More,' 32 pages, 8 x 10.25, si...

Collection of 39 portraits of American presidents, from Washington to Harding, consisting of engravings and various book and paperstock photos, rangin

Group of five items signed by American presidents: Benjamin Harrison - Signature Large and bold ink signature, "Benj. Harrison, Indiana,” on a...

Vintage glossy 8 x 9.5 studio photo of a young Reagan seated in a chair and holding a pipe, signed and inscribed in fountain pen, "To Betty, Ro...

Signed book: Sincerely, Ronald Reagan. Second printing. Ottawa, Illinois: Green Hill Publishers, 1976. Paperback, 4 x 7, 163 pages. Signed on the firs

Glossy 9 x 7.25 photo of Ronald and Nancy Reagan posing with a sportscaster, presented in an 11 x 8.5 mat, signed and inscribed on the mat in black fe

String-bound program for the 65th National Governors' Conference held in Lake Tahoe, Nevada on June 5, 1973, four pages, 8.5 x 12, signed on the...

Color satin-finish 10 x 7.75 photo of President Reagan in a White House meeting, signed in the wide lower border in black felt tip, "Ronald Rea...

Single page removed from a Thanksgiving greeting card, no date, 6 x 8.5, signed below a preprinted sentiment in blue felt tip, "Nancy &&quo...

Desirable pairing of a fountain pen signature, "Franklin D. Roosevelt," and a ballpoint signature, "Eleanor Roosevelt, April 1948,&qu...

TLS, one page, 7 x 10, State of New York, Executive Chamber letterhead, June 5, 1931. Letter to Mrs. L. Havemeyer Butt, in full: "It has been v...

Fountain pen signature as governor of New York, "Franklin D. Roosevelt,” on a 7.5 x 4 segment clipped from a larger document, dated March 22, 1...

Appealing color 5.5 x 3.5 postcard of Secretary Taft greeting Datto Piang in the Philippines, signed on the front in black ink, "Sincerely your...

TLS as president signed “Wm. H. Taft,” one page, 7 x 8.75, White House letterhead, November 7, 1912. Letter to Miss Harriet Holmes in Cincinnati, in f

Group of four letters, including one by Harry S. Truman and three by Bess Truman: a TLS as president, signed "Harry S. Truman," one page, ...

Signed book: Harry S. Truman: The Memorable Words of The Man From Missouri. Kansas City: Hallmark Editions, 1970. Hardcover with dust jacket, 4.75 x 7

Group of three TLSs, each one page, personal letterhead, dated from 1964–1967. Truman responds to various invitations and autograph requests. In overa

TLS, one page, 7 x 9.75, personal letterhead, January 23, 1958. Letter to Dwight R. G. Palmer, in full: "The Democratic National Committee may ...

Glossy 5 x 7 publicity photo of the future 45th American president, signed in the lower right corner in blue felt tip by Trump. In very fine condition

Signed book: The Art of the Deal. Later printing. NY: Random House, 1987. Hardcover with dust jacket, 6.25 x 9.5, 243 pages. Signed on the first free

Fantastic Rawlings Official League baseball signed on the sweet spot in black felt tip by Donald Trump, and on the lower panel by Mike Pence. In very

Vintage pair of porcelain salt and pepper shakers, each measuring 2.25? tall, featuring hand-painted portraits of George Washington and Martha Washing

DS, one page, 9 x 11.5, January 20, 1912. As governor of New Jersey, Wilson sends a woman to the "New Jersey State Institution for Feeble Minde...

TLS as president, one page, 7 x 8.75, White House letterhead, November 26, 1918. Letter to Senator Selden Palmer Spencer, written just two weeks after

Vellum manuscript DS, signed "B. Franklin," one page, 15 x 13, March 14, 1788. As president of the Supreme Executive Council of the Common...

Manuscript document, one page, 8 x 4, March 19, 1764. A promissory note issued to Thomas Hancock by Thomas Williams, in full: "At Ten days sigh...

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