RR Auction: Rare Manuscript, Document, and Autograph Auction

Superb vintage pearl-finish 10 x 8 photograph of Edison, Ford, Herbert Hoover, and other dignitaries at the 1929 dedication of Ford’s Greenfield Villa

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, “To

Notarized DS, signed “Thomas A. Edison,” four pages, 8 x 13, March 11, 1910. Legal document concerning a case between Edison and his companies against

Exceedingly rare and very early handwritten endorsement, signed “W. S. Earp, Const,” on the reverse of a subpoena from the state of Missouri. The subp

TLS in German, signed “A. Einstein,” one page, 8 x 10, Saranac Lake, N. Y., July 27, 1936. Letter to Mrs. R. H. Pretzfeld. In full (translated): “I ha

TLS signed “A. Einstein,” one page, 5.5 x 6.5, Princeton’s Institute for Advanced Study letterhead, February 16, 1955. Letter to a Ball State libraria

TLS signed “A. Einstein,” one page, 8.5 x 11, Emergency Committee of Atomic Scientists letterhead, April 29, 1947. Letter to Miss Fishel. In full: “I

Last Empress consort of the French from 1853 to 1871 as the wife of Napoleon III, Emperor of the French. Vintage 6.5 x 4 photo of Pierrefonds Castle,

French cardinal (1763–1839), closely associated with the family of Napoleon Bonaparte. Manuscript DS (true copy), in French, signed “J. Card Fesch,” o

Father (1889–1980) of Jewish World War II diarist Anne Frank, and the only member of his family to survive the concentration camps. ALS, on a 5.5 x 4

Collection of three letters, all in French: ALS, signed “G. Clemenceau,” two pages on two adjoining sheets, 5.5 x 8, September 16. In part (translated

Manuscript DS, signed “B. Franklin,” one page, 15.25 x 13, August 15, 1788. Franklin, as President of the Supreme Executive Council of Pennsylvania gr

Pioneering and highly influential founder of psychoanalysis (1856–1939) whose theories revolutionized the understanding of the human psyche. Rare ALS

American inventor, engineer, and entrepreneur (1765–1815) best known for designing the first commercially successful steamboat. His other endeavors in

Collection of approximately 52 letters, including 16 ALSs, most signed “Paul,” with a few signed with just an initial, “P,” dated between 1942 and 197

Italian patriot and soldier (1807–1882) best known for leading the attack of the ‘Red Shirts’ on Sicily in 1860. Original full-length 2.25 x 4 carte-d

TLS, one page, 7 x 10.25, Gimbel Brothers, Inc. letterhead, January 12, 1954. Letter to a young woman asking for his favorite quote. In part: “The fol

ALS signed “Johnny,” two pages inside of a Winnie the Pooh greeting card, 4.75 x 7, no date but postmarked November 19, 1999. Letter to daughter of mo

ALS, one page, lightly-lined, 5 x 8, New York Tribune letterhead, February 3, 1872. Letter to William Heard. In part: “I really concur with you as to

ALS, one page, lightly-lined, 5 x 8, New York Tribune letterhead, December 23, 1869. Letter to H. Y. Lewis in Greeley’s difficult to decipher hand dec