RR Auction: Fine Autographs and Artifacts

Iconic glossy 8 x 10 close-up portrait of the Everest climber in his coat, signed in black felt tip, "E. P. Hillary." In very good to fine...

TLS signed “E. P. Hillary,” one page, 8.25 x 11.75, Himalayan Trust letterhead, postmarked Septe

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

DS, one page, 8.5 x 5.5, April 27, 1981. Memorandum from New York's Department of Correctional Services, which reads: "Received 2 yellow pa...

Desirable vintage fountain pen signature with his full title, "Washington, DC, October 18, 1930, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Associate Justice, Supr...

Important British botanist and explorer (1817–1911) who was Charles Darwin's closest friend; he served as director of the

Group lot of six TLSs from J. Edgar Hoover to Maurice J. White of the Federal Bureau of Investigation in Chicago, each one page, 7.25 x 9.25 and 8 x 1

TLS, one page, 8 x 10.5, personal United States Department of Justice letterhead, February 4, 1971. Letter to A. H. Stedman II, clarifying a news stor

English biochemist (1861–1947) who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1929, with Christiaan Eijkman,

Vintage matte-finish 7.75 x 13.25 portrait of Hughes by Harris & Ewing, signed and inscribed in fountain pen, "To Mr. Lawrence Gruen, With ...

German naturalist and explorer (1769–1859) who wrote Kosmos, a massive five-volume study which attempted to unify the vari

Eminent British evolutionary biologist (1887–1975) and brother of writer Aldous Huxley. Cardstock 4.25 x 4.75 photo of Hux

General and politician (1828–1896) who served as the president of Haiti from 1889 to 1896, devoting his administration to

Sovereign of the Spanish Netherlands in the Low Countries and the north of modern France (1566–1633), together with her hu

Khedive of Egypt and conqueror of Sudan from 1863 to 1879, remembered for the modernization of Egypt through investments in industrial and economic de

Five Israeli commemorative covers, each signed in ink by a prime minister, including: Yitzhak Rabin, Menachem Begin, Yitzhak Shamir, Shimon Peres, and

Scottish naturalist and mineralogist (1774–1854) remembered as a teacher of Charles Darwin and for building Great Britain'

American politician (1780–1850) who served as vice president under Martin Van Buren, and was said to have been the soldier

Welsh orthopedic surgeon (1857–1933) who helped to establish the modern specialty of orthopedic surgery in Britain and pio

Holy Roman Emperor (1741–1790) from 1765 until his death, and ruler of the Habsburg lands; eldest son of Empress Maria The