RR Auction: Fine Autographs and Artifacts

Vintage sepia pearl-finish 7.25 x 11 three-quarter length portrait of Queen Victoria, signed in the upper left in fountain pen, "Victoria RI, 1...

Two original Marconigrams sent from the Carpathia after the sinking of the RMS Titanic on April 15, 1912. Both are affixed to opposite sides of a 13.7

Two original Marconigrams sent on behalf of two survivors of the Titanic by operator Harold Cottam while aboard the Carpathia. Both are stamped

Manuscript DS in Arabic, signed “Howard Carter,” one page, 8.25 x 7.75, October 4, 1901. Untrans

Spectacular vintage glossy 10 x 8 photo of Edmund Hillary, John Hunt, and Tenzing Norgay posing with a scale model of Mount Everest during their press

Exceedingly rare 5.25 x 8.5 Boudoir cabinet card portrait of Mata Hari wearing a lovely flowing lace gown and seated in a large ornate chair, signed a

TLS signed “xxx, Mary Jo,” one page, 6 x 9, United States Senate letterhead, August 14, 1967. Le

ALS signed “Meyer,” two pages, 7.5 x 10.5, September 9, 1977. Handwritten letter to his Israeli

ALS signed “G. B. Airy,” one page, 5 x 8, Royal Observatory Greenwich letterhead, October 23, 18

Russian greeting card slip sent to Valentina Ivanov for the 1971 New Year, 7 x 4, signed in blue ballpoint by Yuri Andropov. In very fine condition.

Color glossy 14 x 11 photo of an Apple-1 computer, signed in felt tip by two of Apple's co-founders, "Think Different, Woz" and "...

Three items signed by two of Apple's cofounders: a desirable felt tip signature and quote by Steve Wozniak, "Think Different, Woz," on...

Two items: a glossy 8 x 10 photo of Steve Wozniak at the Apple II introduction event held at the at the West Coast Computer Faire, signed in blue felt

Glossy 7.25 x 10 photo of Yasir Arafat in a jovial pose, signed in red ink, "Y. Arafat." Reverse bears a pair of wire photo stamps and cap...

TLS, one page, 8.5 x 11, personal letterhead, June 15, 1945. Letter to "Mrs. Stadler,"discussing order fulfillment and logistics. In part:...

ALS signed “H. H. Asquith,” one page, 4.75 x 3, 20 Cavendish Square letterhead, November 7, 1902

Rare ALS signed “F. W. Aston,” two pages on two adjoining sheets, 4.5 x 7, Trinity College lette

Scarce and early 4.25 x 6.5 cabinet photo of Balfour in formal attire by Russell & Sons, boldly signed in ink, "Arthur James Balfour."...

ALS, one page, 4.5 x 7, personal letterhead, June 21, 1895. Handwritten letter to "Mr. Rideing," marked "Private." In part: &quo...

LS signed “Jno. Barrow,” one page, 8 x 12.5, March 8, 1838. As secretary to the admiralty, Barro

LS signed “Aug. Belmont,” one page, 8 x 7.5, April 16, 1874. Letter to a bank cashier, in part:

ALS signed “N. Biddle Pres't,” one page, 7.75 x 10, August 27, 1823. Handwritten letter to Caesa

AMS in French, signed “J. B. Biot,” one page, 8.25 x 10.75, no date. Page from a handwritten dra

LS in German, signed “Bismarck,” one page, 8.5 x 13.25, November 1, 1867. Untranslated letter si

ALS signed “W. J. Bryan,” one page, 8.5 x 5.5, The Commoner letterhead, January 30, 1901. Handwr

Uncommon 4.25 x 6.5 cabinet photo by Pach Bros., signed on the mount in ink, "Yours Truly, W. J. Bryan." In very good to fine condition, w...

Color satin-finish 8 x 10 photo of the 15th Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court, affixed to a white 11 x 14 cardstock mount, signed on th

Vintage matte-finish 7.5 x 11 photo of Byrd in uniform, signed in fountain pen, "October 2, 1927, Best wishes, R. E. Byrd." Reverse bears ...

Group of four items signed by Cerf: a handwritten statement on an 8.5 x 11 sheet, "I hope people will appreciate that Bob Kahn and I gave the I...

Vintage matte-finish 6.25 x 7.5 photo of Chamberlain seated in a wicker chair by H. J. Whitlock & Sons, photographers to the King, affixed to it...

Glossy 8 x 10 half-length photo of Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar posing outdoors in a fine suit, signed in black ink, “S. Chan

LS in German, signed “Carl,” one page, 7.5 x 12.5, February 15, 1718. Untranslated letter in Ger

ALS signed “S. P. Chase,” one page, 5.5 x 8.75, June 1, 1861. Handwritten letter to Secretary of

Vintage semi-glossy 8 x 10 close-up photo of the labor leader and civil rights activist, signed in ballpoint, "Cesar E. Chavez, with best wishe...

Glossy 5 x 7 photo of Chiang Ching-kuo at his desk, signed in ink in Chinese. Reverse is stamp-dated June 9, 1978 by the First Bureau of the Office of

ALS signed “Randolph S. C.,” three pages both sides, 5.25 x 8.25, March 18, 1887. Handwritten le

ALS signed “H. Clay,” one page, 8 x 7, April 19, 1826. Handwritten letter to John Smith, making

ADS signed "H. Clay," on a 5 x 1.75 slip, March 27, 1835. Handwritten financial receipt, in full: "Rec'd the within amt in full t...

ALS signed “Ric. Cobden,” one page, 5.5 x 8.25, March 16, 1865. Handwritten letter to "Mr. Troup

Glossy 7 x 9 photo of Davis with her fist powerfully raised, signed in black felt tip, "Yours in struggle! Angela Y. Davis, 20 yrs later, 4/15/...

ALS signed “H. Davy,” one page, 6.25 x 7.75, April 28, 1809. Handwritten letter to Thomas Reynol

Appreciably scarce 2.5 x 4 carte-de-visite portrait of Benjamin Disraeli, signed in black ink, "B. Disraeli." Published by Poulton of Lond...

Ballpoint signature, "James D. Watson," penned at the bottom of an off-white 8.5 x 11 sheet containing a three-question interview with Wat...

TLS, one page, 8.5 x 11, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory of Quantitative Biology letterhead, April 22, 1970. Letter to Harvey Granat, in full: "I...

Scarce vintage matte-finish 8 x 10 photo of controversial Haitian politician Jean-Claude 'Baby Doc' Duvalier, signed in blue ballpoint, &quo...

Four items signed by Edison, including: a TLS on Department of the Navy letterhead, February 28, 1940, authorizing the San Francisco News Junior to pu

Sharp original vintage circa 1910s glossy 9.25 x 7.5 photograph of Thomas Edison with two dapper gentlemen outdoors, all wearing long overcoats. Inher

Two ink signatures of the seafaring explorers, "J. Y. Cousteau" and "Thor Heyerdahl, 18.2.1981," on individual white 5.5 x 3.5 c...

Segment of the first transatlantic telegraph cable from 1858, measuring 3.5˝ long, made into a souvenir and sold by Tiffany & Co. The

Manuscript DS in German, signed “Friedrich Wilhelm,” one page, 8.5 x 11, July 13, 1878. Untransl