RR Auction: Rare Manuscript, Document and Autograph Auction

Menu from New York’s Delmonico restaurant, 2.5 x 4, dated April 14, 1884, signed on the reverse in pencil by 19 actors, authors, and notables. Signers

Collection of 105 signatures of various entertainers, authors, poets, politicians, diplomats, and others, mostly on various size cards, slips, and alb

TLS, one page, 5 x 5, The Institute for Advanced Study letterhead, May 29, 1963. Brief response to an admirer. In part: “I would like you to have word

ANS in French at the conclusion of a letter written to him, one page, 5.25 x 7.75, July 22, 1876. Unsigned note and calculations below a letter from a

Pope, born Giacomo della Chiesa (1854–1922) reigned from 1914 until his death. Benedict’s pontificate was dominated by World War I, which he termed ‘t

Color satin-finish 5.75 x 8.25 photo of the future Pope as a cardinal, signed in black felt tip, “J. Bergoglio, Erzbischof von Buenos Aires.” In very

Born Bartolomeo Alberto Cappellari (1765-1846), he was Pope of the Catholic Church from 1831 to 1846. Strongly conservative and traditionalist, he opp

Born Albino Luciani (1912–1978), he was elected Pope on August 26, 1978, and suddenly died of a heart attack just 33 days later. Ballpoint signature a

Italian Pope (1881–1963), born Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli, who ascended the papal throne in 1958 and served until his death. As the guiding force behind

Born Count Vincenzo Gioacchino Raffaele Luigi Pecci (1810–1903), he was the 256th Pope of the Roman Catholic Church, reigning from 1878 to 1903, succe

LS in Italian, signed “G. Card. Pecci Ves.o di Perugia,” one page, 7.5 x 10.5, January 14, 1855. Untranslated letter to Monsignore Edoardo Borromeo Ar

Vintage glossy 3.75 x 5.5 photo affixed to a 7.25 x 10 mount, signed on the mount in fountain pen, “Jo. Bapt Card. Montini, Archbishop Mediolanum.” In

ALS in Italian, signed “G. M. Card. Mastai A V,” one page, 8 x 11.5, November 10, 1845. Letter to the secretary of state of the papal ministery Camill

Pope, born Francesco Xaverio Castiglione (1761–1830), who served a mere twenty months, from 1829 to 1830. ALS in Italian, signed “Francesco Saverio Ve

Pope, born Eugenio Maria Giuseppe Giovanni Pacelli (1876–1958), who reigned from 1939 until his death. TLS in Italian, signed “E. Card. Pacelli,” one

Sweden’s only ruling Queen (1626–1689) who converted to Catholicism and abdicated the throne in 1654. Manuscript DS in Latin, signed “Christina,” one

Four ALSs, in German, all signed “Dein Karl,” each a single page in length, dated between 1980–81, all to clinical psychologist and psychotherapist Ch

Christmas card measuring 5.5 x 6.5 closed, with an image on the front of the Sleeping Ariadne in the Gardens at ‘Kijkuit.’ Inside bears a pre-printed

TLS, one page, 5.25 x 7.25, personal letterhead, December 26, 1923. Letter to Sally McCampbell. In full: “Thank you for the beautiful hen and the larg

New Zealand-born physicist and chemist (1871–1937) who discovered the concept of radioactive half-life; he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in