RR Auction: Fine Autographs and Artifacts

Partly-printed DS, one page, 7.5 x 3.25, February 1, 1790. Receipt issued from the comptroller's office at Hartford, in part: "Received of ...

ALS signed “H. Clay,” one page, 7.75 x 5.75, January 10, 1836. Letter to publisher Mathew Carey, marked "Confidential," in par...

LS as Secretary of the Treasury, signed “A. Hamilton,” three pages on two adjoining sheets, 8 x 9.75, September 23, 1790. Important

Partly-printed DS, signed “P. Henry,” one page, 12.5 x 16.5, June 1, 1782. As governor of Virginia, Henry grants "John White, assign

ALS signed “P. Henry,” one page, 8 x 4.5, September 11, 1796. In part: "Write me whether Billy Hodges is at Liberty to distill my Gr

John F. Kennedy, Jr.'s personally-used antique French mahogany child’s high chair/chamber pot from the second half of the 19th century, us...

Extremely rare ALS signed “Tho. Prence,” one page, 7 x 5.75, no date. Difficult to decipher letter beginning, "Brother, I cannot but

Signed book: The Story of My Life. Later printing. NY: Grosset & Dunlap, 1905. Hardcover, 5.5 x 8.25, 441 pages. Signed on the first free end pa...

Rare vintage matte-finish 5.25 x 7.25 studio portrait of Henry Ford, signed neatly in fountain pen. In very fine condition. A splendid uninscribed por

Fascinating softcover 1937 Harley-Davidson Factory Service School technician's training binder, 9 x 11.5, 18 total pages, signed in ink on a doc...

DS, signed “Howard R. Hughes, president,” three pages, 8.5 x 13, April 28, 1928. Hughes's Caddo Company loans actor Louis Wolheim to

Extremely rare vintage 1972 Triadex Muse Analog Sequencer Synthesizer manufactured in limited quantities by Triadex Incorporated in Newton, Massachuse

Handwritten manuscript in English and French by Edmond Becquerel (plus five lines in the hand of his son, Henri Becquerel), four pages on two adjoinin

Booklet entitled "Analyse succincte des travaux scientifiques de M. Edmond Becquerel," published in Paris in 1850 by Firmin Didot, 8.25 x ...

ALS in French, signed “P. Curie,” one page, postmarked December 18, 1903. Letter to mathematician Paul Emile Appell, in full (transl

Vintage matte-finish 7 x 10 studio portrait of Thomas Edison by Walter Scott Shinn of New York, signed in the lower border in fountain pen with his ...

Edison Botanic Research Corporation business check, 8.25 x 3, filled out in another hand and signed by Edison, "Thos. A. Edison," payable ...

Exceptionally rare handwritten working mathematical manuscript in French by Peter Gustav Lejeune Dirichlet, four pages on two adjoining sheets, 7 x 9,

Extraordinary TLS signed “A. Einstein,” one page, 8.5 x 11, blindstamped personal Princeton letterhead, September 17, 1953. Succinct

TLS in German, signed “A. Einstein,” one page, 8.5 x 11, March 1, 1935. Letter to Jesse M. Mendheim, in full (translated): "Thank yo

Autograph poem in German, signed "A. Einstein," one page, 5.75 x 5.5, January 2, 1935. Einstein pens eight lines of original doggerel vers...

Excellent vintage glossy 6.5 x 8.5 photo of Albert Einstein wearing a doctoral gown during a commencement speech, signed in the lower border in black

Highly displayable original color ‘pop art’ painting of Albert Einstein by acclaimed artist Allison Lefcort entitled ‘Geniu

Extremely rare original drawings of steam engine parts by Robert Fulton, accomplished in ink and graphite on both sides of two off-white sheets, 9.75

ALS signed “Rob't Fulton,” one page, 4.75 x 6.5, no date. Letter addressed on the integral leaf by Fulton to "Mr. Leavenworth,&...

Three autograph letters by George Gamow, two signed "G. Gamow" and one with signature clipped out and absent, each one page, dated from 19...

TLS signed “R. H. Goddard,” one page, 8.25 x 11, Clark College letterhead, March 7, 1921. Letter to William L. Straus, Jr., in full:

Handwritten syllabus for a course of lectures by Lardner, eleven pages, 7.25 x 9, signed in the third-person within the heading: "Outline of a ...

Choice vintage matte-finish 3.5 x 5.25 postcard photo of Marconi, signed in fountain pen, "G. Marconi." In fine condition.

ALS signed “Sam'l F. B. Morse,” one page, 7.75 x 9.75, June 21, 1854. Letter to Samuel Colgate, requesting proxy votes from him, app

ALS signed “Sam: F: B: Morse,” one page, 5 x 7.75, December 24, 1841. Letter to chemist James J. Mapes, in part: "My cousin Samuel B

Stock certificate for shares in the explosives manufacturing firm founded by Alfred Nobel, Nitroglycerin Aktiebolaget, three pages on two adjoining sh

ALS in French, signed “L. Pasteur,” one page, 4.5 x 3.5, November 2, 1888. Letter to veterinarian Achille Maucuer, in part (translat

ALS in French, signed “L. Pasteur,” one page, 5 x 5, July 25, 1886. Written from Paris, a letter to Narboux, in full (translated): "

Extremely rare first edition book by Alan Turing: Programmers' Handbook for Manchester Electronic Computer Mark II, with errata sheets dated Mar...

Extremely rare Liveright Publishing Corporation business check, 8.5 x 3, filled out in another hand as payable to Sigmund Freud for $787.50, February

TLS in German, signed “Prof. Dr. Freud,” one page, 8.75 x 8.5, personal letterhead, June 4, 1938. A glowing letter of recommendation

TLS signed “JMK,” one page, 5.5 x 3.5, personal letterhead, January 20, 1943. Letter to noted art critic Clive Bell, in full: "If Mi

Manuscript DS in French, signed “Armand Card. de Richelieu,” two pages on two adjoining sheets, 8.5 x 13.75, May 28, 1627. Before a

TLS as prime minister, signed “Yours sincerely, Winston S. Churchill,” one page, 7.5 x 9.5, 10 Downing Street, Whitehall letterhead,

DS, signed by the prime minister, "Winston S. Churchill," and the king, "App'd GRI," one page, 6.75 x 8.5, 10 Downing Street...

Interesting lot highlighted by two autograph documents in French by Honore Gabriel Riqueti, comte de Mirabeau, including: An autograph acknowledgment

Manuscript DS, signed “Charles R,” one page, 9.75 x 14.5, May 26, 1677. Document issued to Lord Chancellor Heneage Finch, directing

Edward, Duke of Windsor's personally-owned and -worn jacket, dress shirt, and tie artfully arranged and displayed in a quilted fabric-backed sha...

Rare unsigned book bound for King Louis XV: Les Statuts de l'Ordre du St. Esprit estably par Henri IIIme du nom Roy de France et de Pologne au m...

Manuscript DS in Spanish, signed “Yo El Rey,” three pages on two adjoining sheets, 8.25 x 12, January 6, 1589. Untranslated. Signed

Gorgeous color satin-finish 8 x 9.75 photo of Princess Diana wearing a black velvet dress and posing against an artistic backdrop, an image originally

Vintage matte-finish 8 x 11 photo of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip posing with their young children, Prince Charles and Princess Anne, and thei

Exceedingly rare AMQS on an off-white 9.25 x 3, titled "Ah You Roguey" and signed below, "By Liliuokalani of Hawaii." Queen Lili...

Signed book: Windsor: A Description of the Castle, Park, Town and Neighbourhood. First edition, limited issue, one of 100 Large Paper copies (this bei