RR Auction: Fine Autographs and Artifacts

Civil War-dated ALS, two pages on two adjoining sheets, 5 x 8, January 8, 1865. Letter to General Benjamin F. Butler, about a surgeon, "a Nativ...

ALS signed “Your Affectionate Unworthy Father, John Brown,” one page, 8 x 12.5, July 27, 1853. Written from Akron, Ohio, a letter to

Three items associated with the Voting Rights Act of 1965: a 10-page official publication entitled "Public Law 89-110, 89th Congress, S. 1564, ...

ALS signed “Fred'k Douglass,” one page, 5 x 8, March 31, 1877. Letter to attorney and pioneering civil rights activist Albion Tourge

TLS, one page, 5.75 x 8.25, personal letterhead, November 3, 1979. Letter to Livros de Brasil, publishers of a Portuguese translation of The Diary of

Two original issues of Time Magazine featuring Mohandas Gandhi on the cover: an issue of Time from January 5, 1931 (Vol. XVII, No. 1), 8.5 x 11.5, 48

DS, signed “J.E.H.,” four pages, 8 x 7, December 13, 1951. Official United States Government office memorandum from FBI Director J.

DS, signed “J.E.H.,” five pages, 8 x 10.5, January 8, 1952. Official United States Government office memorandum from FBI Director J.

TLS signed “Martin,” two pages, 7 x 10.5, personal letterhead, December 20, 1960. Letter to entertainer Sammy Davis, Jr., in full: "

TLS signed “Malcolm X,” four pages, 8.5 x 11, March 25, 1959. Letter to his prophet and teacher Elijah Muhammad, touching on deeply

Exceedingly rare Organization of Afro-American Unity (OAAU) membership card issued to Earl Grant, 4 x 2.25, dated June 1964, signed below in ballpoint

Three publications about Malcolm X: an issue of Ebony magazine from June 1969 with a cover story on "The Legacy of My Husband Malcolm X" b...

Extremely rare original program from the funeral of Malcolm X on February 27, 1965, twelve pages, 5 x 7.5, with the front cover reading: "In Me...

Complete issue of the New York Times 'Late City Edition' from Monday, February 22, 1965, 15.5 x 23, 42 pages, with the banner headline: &quo...

Excessively rare first issue of the newspaper Mr. Muhammad Speaks (Volume 1, Number 1, May 1960), founded by Malcolm X for The Nation of Islam, 16 pag

Highly desirable TLS as president signed “N. Mandela,” one page, 8.25 x 11.75, Office of the President letterhead, November 29, 1997

Impressive official South African Post Office stamp booklet entitled "The many faces of Nelson Mandela," 7.25 x 3.75, signed on the front ...

Commemorative cover, 7.5 x 4, with an attractive cachet honoring the presidential inauguration of Mandela on May 10, 1994, signed in black felt tip,...

Exceptional glossy 16.5 x 12 photo of Nelson Mandela posing in his Robben Island jail cell, affixed to its original cardstock mount, signed on the mou

Title page removed from an Abacus edition of Long Walk to Freedom: The Autobiography of Nelson Mandela, 5 x 7.75, signed and inscribed in black felt t

Uncommon color 6.75 x 12 ballot for the 1994 Republic of South Africa general elections, signed in the upper border in black felt tip, "N. Mand...

Color glossy 10 x 7.25 photo of Nelson and Winnie Mandela standing side-by-side with raised fists, not long after the former's release from pris...

Important Civil Rights legal complaint submitted by Thurgood Marshall and Robert Lee Carter, 19 mimeographed pages, 8.5 x 14, New York, [1955]. Compla

Iconic original 14 x 22 poster for the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) featuring an image taken by photographer Danny Lyon, with &q...

Two original magazines covering the tragic story of the Emmett Till lynching: an issue of Look from January 24, 1956, 10.5 x 13.25, 104 pages, with a

DS in German and Hungarian, quickly signed by Wallenberg with an ink scribble (as he commonly did on documents of this type), one page, 8.25 x 13.25,

ALS, one page, 7.5 x 11.5, February 23, 1820. Letter to General John Coffee, in part: "I have recd a letter from Mr. James Jackson advising me ...

Lengthy ALS, twelve pages, 5.25 x 8.25, September 8 and 11, 1858. Written from Geneva, Switzerland, a letter to his former private White House secreta

Partly-printed DS as president, one page, 8 x 10, April 8, 1861. President Lincoln directs the Secretary of State to "affix the Seal of the Uni...

Civil War-dated partly printed DS as president, one page, 17.75 x 12, January 22, 1862. President Lincoln appoints Robert H. Pruyn of New York to be...

Copper-plated bust of Abraham Lincoln in profile mounted on a wooden 8 x 11 frame, with label on the reverse: "From The Lincoln Home, Springfie...

Scarce lithographic broadside of the Emancipation Proclamation, 19 x 25.5, with "The original entirely designed and executed with a Pen by Gilm...

Partly-printed DS as president, one page, 8.5 x 11, June 23, 1868. In full: "I hereby authorize and direct the Secretary of State to affix the ...

Huge original 15 x 17.75 albumen portrait of Ulysses S. Grant in uniform taken by Frederick Gutekunst of Philadelphia after Lincoln's assassinat...

Partly-printed DS as president, signed “U. S. Grant,” one page, 7.5 x 9, November 12, 1874. President Grant directs the Secretary of

Ink signature, "U. S. Grant,” on an off-white 2.25 x .75 slip. Matted and framed with an engraved portrait bearing a facsimile signature ...

ALS, two pages on two adjoining sheets, 4 x 6, Sagamore Hill letterhead, November 9, 1898. Letter concerning a photograph, written the day after he ha

ALS as president signed “F. D. R.,” one page, 7 x 9, White House letterhead, [September 9, 1938]. Letter to "Uncle Fred," his ...

Impressive 10.5 x 13.5 print of a sketched portrait of Franklin Delano Roosevelt done by Russian-American artist Jacob H. Perskie for the 1932 preside

DS, eight pages, 9.75 x 16 (with signed page trimmed to 9.75 x 7), January 19, 1931. As governor of New York, Roosevelt submits to the state legislatu

Typed biographical chronology of Franklin D. Roosevelt's life, totaling more than 425 pages, from the papers of documentary filmmaker Pare Loren...

TLS, one page, 7.25 x 10.5, personal letterhead, June 9, 1971. Letter to Winston Dabney, Chairman of the Los Alamos Veterans Reunion Committee, in Los

TLS, one page, 7 x 8.75, White House letterhead, May 12, 1945. Letter to Martin A. Lewis, in full, “Your kind message regarding my Proclamati

ALS, one page, 6.25 x 8, United States Senate letterhead, November 25, 1944. Letter to "Miss Taggart," in full: "Thanks very, very mu...

Scarce authentically signed and postally used free-franked mailing envelope, 6.25 x 4.25, addressed in type to the Hon. and Mrs. David Edelstein in Ne

TLS as president, one page, 8 x 10.5, White House letterhead, October 30, 1947. Letter to Budget Bureau director James Webb. In full: "The Acti...

Hand-corrected partial draft of Dwight D. Eisenhower's last speech from his 1956 re-election campaign, two pages, 8 x 10.5, boasting nearly 50 w...

ALS signed twice, “Jacqueline Kennedy, Mrs. John F. Kennedy,” one page, 6.5 x 8.5, personal letterhead, February 1, 1960. Letter to

ALS signed “Jackie,” one page both sides, 4.5 x 3.5, White House stationery card, no date. Letter to "Bob," Robert McNamara, P...

Amazing collection of five original vintage circa 1945 glossy candid photos, 3.5 x 5.25 and 5.25 x 3.5, portraying the 16-year-old Jacqueline Bouvier

Official White House photographer Cecil Stoughton's personal photo album containing 34 original vintage color 8 x 10 and 10 x 8 photos of the fu...

TLS signed “John Kennedy,” one page, 8 x 10.5, United States Senate letterhead, June 6, 1957. Letter to Bascom N. Timmons, a White H

ALS signed "Dutch," one page both sides, 6.25 x 4.25, personal letterhead, no date. Letter to Lydia Hupfer McArthur, in full: "Just a...

ANS as president, one page, 6.25 x 9.25, White House letterhead, no date. In full: "To the People of K'Ogelo—Thank you for the prayer...

Color satin-finish 12 x 8 photo of the situation room during the raid on Osama bin Laden, signed in black felt tip by Joe Biden, Mike Mullen, John Bre

Appealing campaign sign from the 2020 Democratic presidential primary in New Hampshire, 22 x 14, signed and inscribed in black felt tip, "Lisa

Attractive campaign sign from the 2020 Democratic presidential primary in New Hampshire, 22 x 14, prominently signed and inscribed in black felt tip,

Color satin-finish 8 x 10 photo of Senator Biden in a suit and tie, signed in silver ink, "Joe Biden, USS, 90." In very fine condition.

Two items: a first edition of the book Promise Me, Dad, hardcover with dust jacket, published by Flatiron Books in 2017, signed on the first free end

Color satin-finish 10 x 8 photo of Joe Biden and Jill Biden waving from the steps of Air Force Two during his vice presidency, signed in black felt ti

ALS as president signed “George Bush,” one page on a 6.25 x 4.25 presidential stationery card, May 16, 1991. Letter to Pulitzer Priz

ALS as president, on both sides of a 6.25 x 4.25 presidential stationery card, October 25, 1989. Letter to Dolores Breeskin, widow of Washington Redsk

Official White House card featuring a vignette of the executive mansion, 3.75 x 2.5, boldly signed in black ink by George Bush, and annotated along th

Color 11.25 x 15.25 print of the front page of The Sun featuring George W. Bush and Tony Blair, signed and inscribed in black felt tip to conservative

Two photos: an official color satin-finish 10 x 8 White House photo of Jimmy Carter and Leonid Brezhnev signing the SALT-II nuclear treaty on June 18,

TLS as president, one page, 7 x 8.75, White House letterhead, November 21, 1925. Letter to noted New York investment banker, mining magnate, and phila

Vintage glossy 10 x 8 photo of Eisenhower with Ethiopian ambassador Berhanu Dinke and his daughter during the presentation of a book from Emperor Hail

Vintage matte-finish 7.5 x 9.5 close-up photo of Dwight D. Eisenhower, signed neatly in the lower border in fountain pen. In fine condition, with trim

Fountain pen signature as president, "Dwight D. Eisenhower,” on an off-white 7 x 10.25 sheet of blank official White House letterhead. In...

Five ink signatures of Dwight D. Eisenhower on individual off-white slips removed from the close of letters, with Eisenhower signing his name in diffe

TLS, one page, 7 x 10.5, personal letterhead, October 26, 1961. Letter to Gilbert Darlington, in part: "Thank you so much for giving me, when I...

Hand-addressed and free franked mailing envelope, 4.5 x 2.75, addressed in another hand to "M. B. Anderson, L.L.D., Rochester, N. Y.," and...

ALS signed “Gerald R. Ford,” one page, 6.25 x 8.5, personal letterhead, December 27, 1992. In full: "Thanks so much for remembering

Souvenir typescript on an off-white 6.25 x 8.5 sheet of personal letterhead with an embossed presidential eagle, signed in blue felt tip, "Gera...

Two photos: a color semi-glossy 8 x 10 double-weight photo of Gerald Ford posing in his office, signed in the lower border in blue felt tip; and a glo

Three glossy 10 x 8 photos, with two signed in the lower border in blue or black felt tip by Gerald Ford, “Gerald R. Ford,” and one

Printed document issued by the "Headquarters, Department of Michigan, Grand Army of the Republic," one page, 5 x 8.5, July 23, 1885. Annou...

Partly-printed DS, one page, 7.75 x 3.5, September 12, 1910. Promissory note by which Harding agrees to pay The Duplex Printing Press Company of Battl

The Marion Star business check, 8 x 3.25, filled out and signed by Harding, "W. G. Harding," payable to American Press Ass'n for $77.7...

Partly-printed DS, signed “W. G. Harding,” one page, 8.25 x 7, July 13, 1912. Voucher from The Harding Publishing Company (The Mario

Fletcher's Bank check, 7.25 x 2.75, filled out and signed by Harrison, "Benj. Harrison," payable to N. Y. Draft for $250, November 6, ...

Vintage matte-finish 9.25 x 12 Bachrach photo of Hoover, signed and inscribed in the lower border in fountain pen, "To A. B. Cargill, With The ...

Vintage matte-finish 10.75 x 13.75 Underwood & Underwood studio portrait of Herbert Hoover, signed below in black ink, "Yours faithfully, H...

Attractive and uncommon 'Assistant Sergeant at Arms' badge from the 1932 Republican National Convention held at Chicago Stadium from June 14...

Attractive gold-tone enameled "Entertainment" badge from the 1928 Republication National Convention held in Kansas City from June 12 to Ju...

TLS as president, one page, 7 x 9, White House letterhead, November 22, 1929. Letter to Miss Marion C. Deane, in part: "The passing of Secretar...

Partly-printed vellum DS as president, one page, 15.5 x 9.75, September 9, 1831. President Jackson grants Daniel Roberts of Preble County, Ohio, a tra

Commemorative cover with a cachet honoring Kennedy's christening of the nuclear submarine USS Lafayette in 1962, signed in fountain pen, "J...

Two original color photos: a glossy 10 x 8 full-length photo of President Kennedy standing in the Oval Office next to Connecticut Congressman-at-Large

Lovely Italian-made silver-tone Virgin Misericordia (Virgin of Mercy) religious medal gifted to John and Jacqueline Kennedy upon the birth of their so

Very desirable original vintage color glossy 5 x 7 photo of President Kennedy walking with his son, John F. Kennedy, Jr., along the West Wing colonnad

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

Unusual vintage matte-finish 5.5 x 7.5 photo of McKinley, displayed in a 10 x 12 mat, signed on the mat in ink, "William McKinley," with a...

TLS, one page, 7 x 9, Office of the Vice President letterhead, March 30, 1955. Letter to Mr. and Mrs. Neil Carothers III, in full: "This is jus...

Three first edition books signed by Nixon: The Memoirs of Richard Nixon, hardcover, published by Grosset & Dunlap in 1978, signed on the colopho...

Personal calling card, 3.5 x 2, imprinted with his name and office suite address in Woodcliff Lake, New Jersey, signed in blue ink, "Richard Ni...

President Barack Obama’s tri-fold score card from the South Course at Andrews Air Force Base in Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, measuring 12 x

Uncommon blank unissued vellum presidential military commission document, 15.25 x 18.25, no date but circa 19th century. Matted to an overall size of

Color satin-finish 8 x 10 photo of Nancy Reagan in a lovely up-close pose, signed in the lower border in black felt tip. In fine condition.

DS in pencil, eight pages, 8.5 x 11, January 19, 1955. Document headed "Minutes of the Annual Membership Meeting of the Motion Picture Industry...