RR Auction: Fine Autographs and Artifacts

Signed book: A Promised Land. Deluxe first edition. NY: Crown, 2020. Clothbound hardcover with slipcase, 6.75 x 9.75, 751 pages. Signed on an opening

Felt tip signature, "Barack Obama," on a 5.75 x 8.25 page, on which a copy of his 'Certificate of Live Birth' has been printed. In...

ALS as president, one page both sides, 7.75 x 9.75, September 17, 1856. Handwritten letter from Washington, ostensibly to his private White House secr

Color satin-finish 8 x 10 photo of Reagan in a lovely up-close pose, signed and inscribed in the lower border in black felt tip, "To Julia Winb...

Program for a 1977-78 lecture series at Towson State University, 5.5 x 8.5, signed on the reverse in black ballpoint by Ronald Reagan. In fine conditi

Vintage ballpoint signatures and inscriptions, "Good Luck Joe, Ronald Reagan" and "To Joe, Best Wishes, Nancy Davis,” on an off...

Color satin-finish 8 x 10 photo of the Reagans with their Cavalier King Charles Spaniel, Rex, signed and inscribed in blue felt tip, "To Joachi...

Signed book: An American Life. First edition. NY: Simon & Schuster, 1990. Hardcover with dust jacket, 6.5 x 9.5, 748 pages. Signed on an opening...

Program from the 'Goldwater-Miller Ninth Inning Rally' held in Los Angeles on October 30, 1964, 8.5 x 11, signed and inscribed in ballpoint ...

Souvenir typescript of a testimonial honoring President Reagan, one page, 8.5 x 11, signed at the conclusion in blue ballpoint, "George P. Schu...

White House card, 4.25 x 2.75, signed neatly in ink by First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt. In very fine condition. Accompanied by the original White House m

Three items: an unsigned original vintage 5.5 x 3.25 photograph of William H. Taft in a car at Abraham Lincoln's tomb in Springfield, Illinois, ...

Fountain pen signature as chief justice, "Wm. H. Taft,” on an off-white 3.25 x 2.5 card. In fine condition. Reverse of card is dated to A...

Early TLS signed “Wm. H. Taft,” three pages, 8 x 10, Department of Justice, Office of the Solicitor General letterhead, February 2,

Two items: an ALS signed “Bess W. Truman,” one page, 6 x 9.25, no date [1956], personal letterhead, addressed to Lionel Aucoin of Sp

Matte-finish 14 x 11 photo of Truman speaking at a Fleet Reserve Association event, signed and inscribed in blue ballpoint, "To Mike Velky, kin...

City Bank of Kansas City check, 6.25 x 2.75, filled out and signed by Harry S. Truman, payable to Ray Bengert for $5, June 29, 1925. In fine condition

Mailing envelope, 8.75 x 4, addressed in type to “Mr. Lionel Aucoin, 49 Chestnut Street, Spencer, Massachusetts,” and signed in the

Boldly signed ALS as governor of Massachusetts, one page, 7.25 x 8.75, April 10, 1788. Handwritten letter to physician Cotton Tufts, in full: "...

Remarkable Revolutionary War-dated manuscript DS, signed “John Adams" and "John Hancock,” one page both sides, 7.25 x 12, Dece...

ALS, one page, 7 x 7.75, January 19, 1772. Addressed from Caroline, Virginia, a handwritten letter to an unidentified recipient discussing the sale of

ALS signed “Rich'd Stockton,” one page both sides, 8.25 x 12.25, May 3, 1771. Handwritten letter to a "Mr. Hunt," consisti...

Original portrait painting of Margaret Todd Kellogg, the half-sister of Mary Todd Lincoln, who commissioned her niece Katherine Helm to paint this por

Attractive 2.5 x 4 carte-de-visite head-and-shoulders portrait of Lincoln, signed in ink, "Robert T. Lincoln." Reverse bears a "Colle...

LS signed "Frederick Douglass," one page, 8.25 x 10.25, September 21, 1889. Letter to Ebenezer Bassett, the United States' first Afric...

Civil War-dated DS, signed "I am, Dear Sir, Yours Truly, Fred'k Douglass, Rochester, Sept. 6th 1864," one page, 5 x 8, August 25, 1864...

LS signed “M. K. Gandhi,” four pages on two sheets, 5.5 x 8.75, Sevagram, Wardha, C.P. letterhead, December 10, 1940. Letter to Dist

Rare vintage matte-finish 8.5 x 6.5 photo of Keller and her assistant, Polly Thomson, seated in their home in Forest Hills, New York, with other guest

Signed book: Stride Toward Freedom: The Montgomery Story. NY: Harper & Brothers, 1958. Hardcover with custom quarter-leather slipcase, 6.25 x 9,...

Magnificent Santini scarf of the flag of South Africa, with the black isosceles triangle featuring an image of Nelson Mandela and a white facsimile si

Signed book: The Sceptred Flute: Songs of India. Later printing. NY: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1928. Hardcover, 5.5 x 8.25, 231 pages. Signed on the...

Unsigned handwritten notes by Booker T. Washington for an address given before the Birmingham Lyceum on March 30, 1899, one page, 8.5 x 11, penned on

ALS signed “Benjamin N. Cardozo,” two pages, 8 x 10.5, State of New York Court of Appeals letterhead, November 28, 1919. Early lette

TLS in German, signed “Diesel,” one page, 8.5 x 11.5, personal letterhead, February 11, 1911. TLS in German, signed “Diesel

Permission slip signed “Francis Crick,” one page, 8.5 x 14, October 18, 1983, reproducing his letter of April 20, 1983 to Paul Rifki

Vintage matte-finish 7.5 x 7.25 photo of Thomas and Mina Edison together in his study, matted to an overall size of 12 x 13.5, boldly signed and inscr

Early, fully operational three-rotor Enigma I electromechanical cipher machine made for the German military in Berlin in 1935 (most likely by Heimsoet

Handsome vintage matte-finish 9.25 x 11.75 photo of Senator Marconi wearing his captain's hat, signed and inscribed in the lower border in Itali...

ALS in French, signed “L. Pasteur,” one page, 4.5 x 3.5, January 28, 1885. Important letter about his research on a rabies vaccine,

Rare ALS, one page, 8 x 11, February 26, 1783. Letter written from Birmingham, recommending the noted Unitarian minister William Hazlitt. In full: &...

ALS signed "John H. Card. Newman," one page, 4 x 5, September 28, 1881. Letter to Mrs. Combs, in part: "I am very much concerned to h...

LS in Italian as papal vice-chancellor, signed "Vr. Giu. Vice Cancell.," one page, 8.5 x 11.5, Florence, May 11, 1522. Letter to Paolo Vet...

Vintage matte-finish 6.75 x 9.25 portrait of Pope Pius X, affixed to its original 9.5 x 13 mount, inscribed on the mount with a six-line apostolic ben

LS, one page both sides, 5 x 8, June 19, 1868. Written from Salt Lake City, a letter to "Miss Jane Ire, Barrington, Yates County, Pennsylvania,...

British Airways menu for a mid-Atlantic dinner on the Boeing Clipper flying boat RMA 'Berwick' on January 16, 1942, 4 x 6.5, signed in fount...

ALS signed “Winston S. Churchill,” one page, 5 x 8, Ashby St. Ledgers letterhead, February 3, 1905. Handwritten letter to Mr. Morris

TLS signed “Winston S. Churchill,” one page, 7.5 x 9.5, Hyde Park Gate letterhead, March 30, 1950. Letter to editor and publisher De

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...

Manuscript DS in French, signed "Danton," one page, 7.75 x 7.25, circa 1793. Document outlining charges brought against an enemy of the st...

Manuscript DS in French, signed “Toussaint Louv…,” one page, 7.75 x 12.5, Germinal 7, 1798. An official letter from

Rare 4 x 6.5 cabinet photo of the Russian emperor in uniform, nicely signed below the image in ink. A notation on the reverse reads: "Given us ...

Important LS signed “Your Good Friend, George R. I.,” three pages on two adjoining sheets, 7.25 x 9.25, royal coat of arms letterhea

Royal Christmas card from 1989, measuring 14.5 x 5.5 open, featuring an affixed color photo of the royal couple posing with their two young sons on a

Manuscript DS, signed “Marye the Quene,” one page, 7.75 x 5.75, June 22, 1557. Royal warrant ordering the livery of her plumber and

Four items associated with the Erie Canal, highlighted by an official invitation to Chancellor Lansing for its opening in 1825. The invitation is one

Rare and sought-after Civil War–era ink signature, "C. Carson,” on an off-white 3.75 x 1.75 slip clipped from a letter, with his ran

Third-person ALS signed within the text, "Gen'l Houston," and with an elaborate paraph, one page, 5 x 8, January 1, 1858. In part: &qu...

Oversized original felt tip sketch of "President Kennedy's Wounds, 11/22/63" on a white 20 x 16 sheet, signed "Drawn by Robert Mc...

ALS, four pages on two adjoining sheets, 5 x 8, Nassau Hall letterhead, April 28, 1865. Handwritten letter by Princeton student Lewis T. Stevens to hi

ALS in French, signed “Adelon,” three pages on two adjoining sheets, 5 x 7.5, January 7, 1851. Untranslated letter to Ferdinand Deni

Ink signature, "Johnny Baker, Buffalo Bill's Wild West, 1903,” on an off-white 4.25 x 7 sheet of gold-embossed "E. Ranch, Olympi...

TLS, one page, 5 x 8, University of London letterhead, July 4, 1967. Letter to Albert Laprade, in part: "I am sorry that Balleroy cannot have M...

ALS in French, signed “Bougainville,” one page, 7 x 9.25, January 12, 1791. Untranslated. In fine condition, with scattered light fo

Uncommon 2.5 x 4 carte-de-visite photograph of Bouley by P. Sauvanaud, signed and inscribed on the reverse in ink, "A Paul Gibier, souvenir api...

Scarce 2.5 x 4 carte-de-visite photograph of the youthful Brentano by Emilie Bieber, signed at the bottom of the image in ink, "Lujo Brentano, ...

Mailing envelope addressed in the hand of John Brown, 5 x 3, [April 6, 1852], sent to "Fras. W. Tappan Esqr., Ravenna, Portage Co., Ohio,"...

Book from the personal library of Chief Justice Warren E. Burger: Memoir of Roger Brooke Taney, LL.D., Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Unite

Program for a concert held as part of the 'III Conferencia Ibero-Americana de Chefes de Estado e de Governo' at Sao Paolo's Museo de Art...

Group of five original glossy wirephotos of Fidel Castro, ranging in size from 9 x 5.75 to 8 x 10, dating from 1959 to 1971. The photos show Castro sp

Untranslated ALS in French, signed “J. B. Charcot,” one page both sides, 5.5 x 4, December 14, 1910. In fine condition.

Vintage ballpoint signature, "Mayling Soong Chiang,” on an off-white 4 x 1.75 slip. In fine condition, with faint stains to the corners. ...

ALS signed “Clementine S. Churchill,” one page, 5 x 8, 25 Park Lane letterhead, December 3 [1929]. Handwritten letter to Millicent H

Untranslated ALS in French, one page both sides, 6 x 3.75, Rue Octave Feuillet stationery card, January 19, 1931. In very good to fine condition, with

ADS in French, signed “Clairaut,” one page, 6.5 x 8, May 6, 1741. Document stating that he has examined, for the Academie, a "Memoir

Important book: The Columbian Magazine, or Monthly Miscellany, Containing a View of the History, Manners, Literature & Characters of the Year 17...

Color glossy 4 x 6.5 photo of the Dalai Lama in his iconic red robes, signed in black felt tip. In fine condition.

Scarce color glossy 2.75 x 4.5 prayer card with a portrait of the Dalai Lama, who has signed in Tibetan in blue ballpoint. In fine condition.

Vintage fountain pen signature of the Dalai Lama on an off-white 4.5 x 3 card. In very good to fine condition, with light toning and a diagonal crease

Vintage glossy 4 x 5 photo of de Forest hard at work, signed in blue ballpoint, "Lee de Forest, Mar 18 57." In very good to fine condition...

Two items: a newsletter from The Salk Institute, Summer 1977, No. 16, 8.5 x 11, signed above his image in ink by Francis Crick; and a booklet for the

Artist proof of a John Fischetti political cartoon that hung in the personal chambers of Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas. The proof, which me

Early chapbook entitled "De Vrouwe-Peerle ofte Dryvoudige Historie van Helena de Verduldige, Griseldis de Sagtmoedige, Florentina de Getrouwe&q...

ALS in German, signed “W. Einthoven,” one page, 5.5 x 3.5, January 15, 1910. Letter to his colleague Paul Hertz, a German physicist

Signed book: Garden Islands of the Great East. Later printing. NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1945. Hardcover, 6.5 x 9.5, 239 pages. Signed and in...

Mailing envelope addressed in the hand of Sigmund Freud, 6.25 x 5, sent by Freud to "Frau Kata Levy, Budapest, Szalay ufoza 3.” Postmarke...

ALS, one page, 4 x 6.25, personal letterhead, July 25, 1883. Letter to "Dr. Allchin," in part: "I returned Garencieres this afternoon...

Personal check, 8.5 x 3.25, filled out in type and signed by Getty, "J. Paul Getty," payable to his wife, Louise Dudley Lynch Getty, for $...

Semi-glossy 6 x 9 paperstock photo of Ruth Bader Ginsburg, signed and inscribed in the borders in black felt tip, "Best wishes to Helen Brandt,...

ALS signed “P. H. Gosse,” one page, 4.75 x 7.75, December 31, 1851. Letter to William Parker Hammond, Jr., in full: "Illness has pre

Signed booklet: Grey Owl: A Biographical Note and A Day at Beaver Lodge. London: Lovat Dickson Limited, 1937. Paperback, 6 x 9.75. Signed vertically o

Untranslated ALS in French, signed “Guerlain Aime,” one page, 5.25 x 8.25, Guerlain, Parfumeur letterhead, March 12, 1889. In fine c

Vintage matte-finish 3.5 x 5.5 photo of Hahn, nicely signed in the lower border in fountain pen, "Otto Hahn, Gottingen." In fine condition.

TLS in German, signed “O. Hassel,” one page, 8.75 x 11.5, personal letterhead, September 7, 1931. Letter to chemist Kazimierz Fajans

Nine items signed by medical researchers and heart surgeons, including: Christiaan Barnard (2 SPs, 2 stamps, and a signature), Tim Hunt (sketch), and

Commemorative cover with a cachet and inlaid medallion honoring the 25th anniversary of the first ascent of Mount Everest, 8 x 4.5, signed in black ba

Three items signed by Israeli prime ministers and recipients of the Nobel Peace Prize: a 4.25 x 3.25 clipped image of Menachem Begin and Jimmy Carter

Ink signature, "John Jay,” on an off-white 3 x .75 slip dated 1771 and affixed to a same-size backing sheet. In very good condition, with...

Original broadside issued by Thomas ap Catesby Jones advertising the availability of a "Tavern Stand and Blacksmith's Shop," evidently...

ALS in French, signed “P. Langevin, Professeur au College de France,” one page, 5.5 x 7, November 28, 1924. Untranslated. In fine co

Original vintage glossy 9.75 x 7 silver gelatin photograph of Mao Zedong, Zhou Enlai, and other Chinese officials happily posing with troops. Reverse