RR Auction: Rare Manuscript, Document and Autograph Auction

ALS, one page both sides, 5 x 8, personal letterhead, April 20, [1861]. Letter to fellow scientist Oswald Heer. In full: “I am extremely much obliged

Brazilian diplomat (1876–1954) who helped 800 people escape France during the Holocaust, including 425 confirmed to be Jewish. Untranslated ALS in Por

ALS, three lightly-lined pages on two adjoining sheets, 4.5 x 7, November 25, 1876. Letter written onboard the S.S. Adriatic, while serving as preside

War-dated TLS in French, signed “C. De Gaulle,” one page, 8 x 10, personal letterhead, October 6, 1942. Letter to Captain Vaisseau Ortoli on board the

Signer of the Declaration of Independence, and founder and president of the Bank of Philadelphia (1739–1813). Bank check, 5.75 x 2, filled out and sig

Partly-printed DS, signed “Tho’s Heyward Jun'r,” one page, 13 x 8, September 1, 1785. Arrest warrant issued for coachmaker James Lyntch, “to ans...

Partly-printed DS, signed “E. Gerry,” one page, 8.75 x 14, February 9, 1811. Gerry, as governor of Massachusetts, appoints Moses Townsend “to be one o

Signer of the Declaration of Independence from Connecticut (1731–1796) and seventh President of the Continental Congress. ADS, signed “Sam’l Huntingto

Partly-printed DS, signed “Rob’t Morris,” one page, 12 x 9.5, March 10, 1795. Morris certifies that James Greenleaf “is entitled to five Shares in the

Signer of the Declaration of Independence from Connecticut (1721–1793) who was the only man to also sign the Articles of Association, Articles of Conf

Signer of the Declaration of Independence from Connecticut (1731–1811). ADS, signed “Wm. Williams,” one page, 7.25 x 6.75, March 12, 1778. Williams or

Connecticut politician (1726–1797) who signed both the Declaration of Independence and Articles of Confederation, and later served as governor of the

ALS, one page both sides, 4.5 x 7.5, Kensington Palace letterhead, July 3, 1989. Letter to friend and fashion designed Bruce Oldfield. In full: “A gre

Birthday card, measuring approximately 4.5 x 7, featuring a Gary Larson color image of a frog playing a guitar. Inside bears a short pre-printed senti

Partly-printed DS, signed three times, twice as “Geo. Eastman” and once as “George Eastman,” one page, 8.5 x 3.5, October 14, 1899. A “standing intere

Pencil ‘umbrella’ signature, “Thos A. Edison,” on an off-white 2.75 x 2 card. In fine condition, with a paperclip impression to top edge. Accompanied

Signed book: The Boy’s Life of Edison. First edition. NY: Harper and Brothers, 1911. Hardcover, 5.25 x 7.5, 332 pages. Signed on the second free end p

Edison Botanic Research Corporation business check, 8.5 x 3, filled out in another hand and signed by Edison with his bold ‘umbrella’ signature, “Thos

Partly-printed DS, signed “Thomas [A.] Edison, President,” one page, 11.5 x 7, July 17, 1901. Stock certificate issued to W. S. Pilling for “Eighty th

TLS in German, signed “A. Einstein,” one page, 8.5 x 11, blindstamped personal letterhead, Princeton, February 11, 1953. Einstein writes to Blanche H.