RR Auction: Fine Autographs ans Artifacts

Vintage matte-finish 7.75 x 9.75 close-up photo of Truman, boldly signed and inscribed in fountain pen, "To Russell J. Fornwalt, Kindest regard...

Sharp vintage glossy 6.25 x 8.25 photo of Truman grazing in the White House gardens, signed in fountain pen. Affixed to a same-size mount and annotate

Desirable trio of relics removed from the White House during its expansive renovations undertaken by Harry S. Truman in 1950â€

Partly-printed DS as president, one page, 16.5 x 13, August 18, 1916. President Wilson appoints James H. Walsh as "Postmaster at Leominster, in...

Bold ink signature, "B. Franklin,” on an off-white 3 x 1 slip. Handsomely matted and framed in gray leather with a portrait

Manuscript DS, one page, 16.5 x 13.25, December 30, 1780. As the Governor of Massachusetts, Hancock appoints Azor Orne “to

Partly-printed DS, signed “Tho. Heyward, Jnr.,” one page, 12.75 x 7.5, June 13, 1788. As the Cir

Partly-printed vellum DS, signed “Tho's M:Kean,” one page, 20.5 x 11.25, June 4, 1806. As govern

Ink endorsement signature, "J. P. atto," on the reverse of a manuscript legal document, one page, 8.25 x 3.5, August 2, 1794. Writ order a...

Partly-printed DS, one page, 4.75 x 1.25, May 1772. Clipped document signed by "Caesar Rodney" as Justice of the Peace, adding several wor...

Unsigned handwritten document by Henry Clay, six pages two sets of adjoining sheets, 7.75 x 12.5, July 9, 1823. Penned almost entirely in Clay's...

LS signed “A. Hamilton,” one page, 7.25 x 8.5, June 8, 1792. Treasury Department circular letter

Revolutionary War-dated partly-printed DS, signed “P. Henry,” one page, 8.25 x 6.5, January 29,

Revolutionary War–dated manuscript DS, one page, 14.25 x 12, September 19, 1776. Document issued by the "Government & Peop

Historic archive comprising seven newspapers and a three-volume set of leatherbound books, covering the Constitutional Convention, ratification of the

LS signed “MK Gandhi,” one page both sides, 4.5 x 6.75, March 29, 1946. Addressed from "Seragram

ALS in Gujarati, signed “Blessings from Bapu,” penned on a 3.5 x 5.5 postal card, June 26, 1944.

Partial hand-corrected manuscript by Mohandas Gandhi, one page, 6.5 x 8.25, on the reverse of a letter written in an unknown hand. Gandhi strikes thro

Choice ballpoint signature, “Best wishes, Martin Luther King,” on an off-white 5 x 3 card with a

Signed book: Long Walk to Freedom. Later UK printing. London: Little, Brown and Company, 1994. Hardcover with dust jacket, 6.25 x 9.5, 630 pages. Sign

Signed book: Mandela: The Authorised Portrait. First edition. South Africa: Wild Dog Press, 2006. Hardcover with dust jacket, 9.25 x 12, 355 pages. Si

Vintage matte-finish 3.5 x 5.5 postcard photo of the great German theologian by the N. & C. Hess Studio, signed neatly in the lower left corner ...

Official semi-glossy 17.25 x 12.25 photo of the Burger Court, signed in ink by all nine Supreme Court justices: Byron White, William J. Brennan, Jr.,

Revolutionary War–dated ALS, three pages on two sheets, 8.25 x 13.5, March 5, 1779. Handwritten letter to his wife, Sarah

Partly-printed DS, one page, 14.5 x 8, March 22, 1797. As governor of New York, Jay appoints William Gelston as "Quarter Master of the Regiment...

Ink signature, "J. Marshall, from Atty to Rufus King, Richmond, Va.," on an off-white 3 x 1.5 slip dated April 25, 1896, affixed to a slig...

Original manuscript eulogy and resolutions of remembrance for Chief Justice John Marshall, signed by the Mayor of Richmond, "Joseph Tate, Chair...

Print of the Warren Court as photographed by the Harris & Ewing photography studio, 10.25 x 7.75, entitled 'Supreme Court of the United Stat...

ALS signed “P. T. Barnum,” one page, 5.5 x 8.5, Lindencroft letterhead, June 7, 1866. Handwritte

Rare TLS, one page, 7.25 x 10.5, The Maytag Company letterhead, April 13, 1925. Letter to law firm Campbell & Campbell, in full: â€

Signed book: On the Economy of Machinery and Manufactures. Third edition enlarged. London: Charles Knight, 1833. Leatherbound hardcover with marbled e

ALS signed “G. W. Carver,” one page, 8.5 x 11, Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute letterhe

ALS in French, signed “P. Curie,” two pages, 5.25 x 8.25, Faculte des Sciences de Paris letterhe

Early ALS signed “Edison,” one page on an 8 x 10 sheet of E. T. Gilliland's personal letterhead,

Distinguished vintage matte-finish 7.25 x 10 portrait by Walter Scott Shinn of New York, signed and inscribed in the lower border in fountain pen, &...

Handwritten poem by Thomas Edison entitled “Miss Quay,” one page, 5 x 7, February 4, 1903, signe

Vintage matte-finish 6 x 8.5 head-and-shoulders photo of Albert Einstein looking directly into the camera, signed and inscribed in the lower border in

Rare DS in French, signed "Guillotin," one page, 6.5 x 7, February 28, 1810. Document entitled (translated) "Free Consultation of the...

Ink signature, "C. Linnaeus,” on an off-white 2.5 x .75 slip affixed to a 9.75 x 3.25 sheet, which bears an attached red wa

ALS in Russian, four pages, 4.75 x 7.5, 1927. An untranslated handwritten letter from Konstantin Tsiolkovsky. In fine condition, with somewhat rough e

ALS signed “Alfred R. Wallace,” one page both sides, 4.5 x 7, December 1, 1892. Handwritten lett

ALS in German, signed “C. G. J.,” penned on both sides of a 4 x 5.75 postal card that is postmar

Rare ALS, signed "Thomas Paine," one page, 8.5 x 13, March 20, 1787. Handwritten letter to Thomas Willing, seeking a financial favor for h...

LS in Italian, signed “Camillo Borghese,” one page, 7.5 x 10, July 20, 1590. Untranslated letter

Thick leatherbound guest book from the offices of London studio photographers W. & D. Downey, 9.25 x 10.5, signed inside in ink by over 800 indi...

TLS signed “Mayling Soong Chiang,” one page, 8 x 10.75, Headquarters of the Generalissimo, China

Rare box of ten of Winston Churchill's personal 'La Corona' cigars by Álvarez López y Cía of Havana

Exceptional vintage matte-finish 7.5 x 9.5 head-and-shoulders photo of Ho Chi Minh, nicely signed in the wide lower border in fountain pen. In very fi

Superb manuscript DS, signed “George R." and "W: Pitt," one page, 15.75 x 12, March 5, 1761. The king appoints John...

Vellum manuscript DS, signed “Henry R,” one page, 9 x 8, July 26, 1536. Document by which King H

Scarce manuscript DS in Spanish, signed "Yo el Rey," one page, 15.25 x 9.25, January 9, 1437. Untranslated document on the law of inherita...

LS in French, signed "Loys," one page, 7.5 x 5.5, October 23 [circa 1470]. An important diplomatic letter to his sister-in-law, the Duches...

Manuscript vellum DS, in French, signed "Louis," one page, 16 x 7, 1613. Untranslated document neatly signed at the conclusion by King Lou...

DS in Cyrillic, one page, 8.75 x 14, February 27, 1914. Document headed, "Instruction to the College of Russian Imperial and Royal Orders,"...

Fantastic pair of fountain pen signatures, "Charles, July 25th 1984" and "Diana Spencer,” on an off-white 8 x 6 gue...

Fabulous 1990 Christmas card embossed on the front with the Prince of Wales’s feathers and Order of the Garter motto and t

Manuscript DS in Spanish, signed “Yo la Reyna,” one page, 8 x 9.75, June 30, 1502. Royal decree

Vellum manuscript DS, signed “Victoria R,” three pages on two adjoining sheets, 14.75 x 21.75, M

A thin 2˝ x .75˝ sliver of yellow pine wood that was salvaged from the Atlantic Ocean after the sinking of the Titan

Exceedingly rare Christmas and New Year's card, measuring 9.25 x 5.5 open, signed and inscribed inside, "Your Dear Friend, Al Capone, Regar...

Historic grouping of materials associated with the Watergate scandal, including: a Congressional subpoena from the Watergate Committee signed by Chair

Extraordinary collection of 20 American newspapers from the late 18th century, with reports on wars in Europe, Federal appointments, significant Acts

Color glossy 7 x 6 photo of Barack Obama meeting with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas in the Oval Office, signed in the lower border in

ANS signed "S.T.A.," one page, 5 x 8, no date. In full: "Art—I hope I'm not unduly sensitive (probably I am ) ...

Exceedingly rare LS in Latin, signed “Anna Regina Polonia,” one page, 8.25 x 12.5, 1592. Untrans

Desirable replica of the Apple-1 Computer circuit board, 15.5 x 9, signed in black felt tip, "Ronald Wayne, Co-Founder Apple Computer Co., Appl...

TLS, one page, 8.5 x 11, personal letterhead, March 21, 2019. Letter to autograph collector Bob Buchanan, in part: "It’s n

Pair of black 5.25˝ floppy disks, individually signed in silver ink or white paint pen by Apple pioneers Steve Wozniak ("Woz") ...

Issue of Time magazine from February 15, 1982, 8.25 x 11, 78 pages, with an artistic image of Steve Jobs on the cover with headline, "Striking ...

Color satin-finish 10 x 8 photo of an Apple-1 computer setup, signed in blue felt tip by Steve Wozniak, "1976 Apple I, Woz," and by Ron Wa...

Two items signed by Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak: a black 5.25" floppy disk signed in silver ink, “Wozâ€

Glossy 14 x 11 photo of Apple co-founders Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak posing with one of their computers, signed in silver ink, "Woz." In...

LS in German, signed “Augustus Rex,” four pages on two adjoining sheets, 7.5 x 12.25, January 21

Autograph dedication statement signed “H. Baldwin,” one page, 7.25 x 5.25, New Haven, December 1

ALS signed “J. Barlow,” one page, 5 x 7, March 10, 1802. Handwritten letter on a financial matte

Rare 5 x 3.5 address leaf franked in the lower corner, “J. Belcher, Free,” and addressed by Belc

Rare ink signature, "G. Belzoni & Co.,” on an off-white 4 x 1 slip. In fine condition. Our first autograph of 'The Gr...

ALS in Hebrew, signed “D. Ben-Gurion,” 5.5 x 8.75, November 26, 1924. A handwritten letter from

Untranslated ALS in French, signed “M. Berthelot,” one page, 4.25 x 5.25, March 7, 1898. In fine

ALS signed "RB," one page, 8.5 x 3.75, April 3, 1996. Handwritten letter to "Bill," in full: "Somehow the reply to your let...

Early ALS signed “Warren & Brandeis,” one page, 5.75 x 9.25, Warren & Brandeis, Counsellors at L

Third-person ALS, signed within the text, "Benjamin Brodie," one page, 4.5 x 7.25, August 31, 1850. A handwritten letter, in part: "S...

ALS in German, one page both sides, 7.75 x 9.75, November 30, 1946. Addressed from Deir Abou Tor, Jerusalem, a handwritten letter to Bernard Rang, son

Rare archive of approximately 40 U.S. Army manuscript documents and letters principally issued in Buffalo, NY during the period of the Canada Rebellio

ALS signed “Bunsen,” one page, 4.5 x 5.25, no date. Handwritten letter to a "dear friend," in fu

Book from the library of Chief Justice Warren E. Burger: Leading Constitutional Decisions by Robert Eugene Cushman. First edition. NY: F. S. Crofts ...

Civil War-dated LS signed “J. A. Campbell,” one page, 7.5 x 5.25, Confederate States of America,

Rare ink signature, "Caroline,” on an off-white 7.25 x 2.5 slip, pinned inside a collector's folder with notation indicatin

Three items signed in ballpoint or felt tip by Vint Cerf—an original sketch by Cerf of a diagram of the "Internet, ca. Nov

Untranslated ALS in French, signed “J. B. Charcot,” one page both sides, 5.5 x 4, December 14, 1

Desirable ink signature as Secretary of the Treasury, "S. P. Chase,” on an off-white 4.25 x 1.75 slip. In fine condition.

Original matte-finish 7.25 x 9.25 portrait of Winston Churchill by Vivienne of London, affixed to its original 9.75 x 12.75 mount, signed on the mount

ADS in French, signed “Clairaut,” one page, 6.5 x 8, May 6, 1741. Document stating that he has e

DS, one page, 12 x 8, September 29, 1960. Engraved stock certificate for 100 shares in the Lionel Corporation issued to Roy M. Cohn, with the lower po

Scarce color glossy 2.25 x 3.25 prayer card with a portrait of the Dalai Lama, who has signed in Tibetan in ballpoint. In very fine condition. Accompa

Color satin-finish 6 x 4 photo of the Dalai Lama meeting with President Barack Obama at the White House on July 16, 2011, signed in black felt tip in

Vintage matte-finish 7.75 x 9.5 photo of Dawes by Eugene L. Ray, signed and inscribed in the lower border in fountain pen, "For my friend Georg...

Signed book: Notes as Vice President. Later printing. Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1935. Hardcover, 6.25 x 9, 329 pages. Signed and inscribed o

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...

LS in Spanish, one page, 8 x 10.5, elaborate personally monogrammed letterhead, April 11, 1892. Untranslated letter to a friend, archivally double-mat