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