RR Auction: Rare Manuscript, Document and Autograph Auction

TLS in German, signed “A. Einstein,” two pages, 8.5 x 11, blind-stamped personal letterhead from his Princeton address, June 10, 1938. Letter to Dr. G

TLS signed “A. Einstein,” one page, 8.25 x 11, blind-stamped personal letterhead, April 3, 1951. Letter to Joseph Halle Schaffner. In full: “I thank y

Detailed scientific and mathematical calculations on both sides of a 2.5 x 5.5 off-white slip. On one side Einstein writes nine lines of an intricate

Swedish-American Army engineer (1803–1889) who designed and built the ironclad warship Monitor for the American Navy. ALS signed “J. Ericsson,” one pa

Last Empress consort of the French from 1853 to 1871 as the wife of Napoleon III, Emperor of the French. ALS in Spanish, four pages on two adjoining s

TLS, one page, 5 x 8, Wright-Fleming Institute of Microbiology letterhead, May 7, 1948. Letter to Norman Edwards of the magazine Answers, who had sent

The last Holy Roman Emperor (1768–1835) who ruled from 1792–1806 when he dissolved the empire, and became the first Emperor of Austria. Collection of

Physicist (1901–1954) who became the first to split the atom and was awarded the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1938 for his developments in harnessing nu

TLS in German, one page, 8.5 x 10.75, International Youth Center of the Anne Frank Stichting letterhead, December 21, 1960. Frank writes that he is ve

New Mexico lawman (1850–1908) who killed his former gambling partner, the fabled outlaw Billy the Kid, in 1881. Partly-printed DS, signed “P. F. Garre

ALS in German, signed “Freud,” one page both sides, 5.25 x 3.5, personal letterhead, December 14, 1930. Letter to poet Walter Philipp. In part (transl

Ink signatures, “King Gillette, Vienna, May 18th/27,” adding a sketch of a Gillette logo above his signature, and “Josephine Baker, Feb 4/28, ‘Wien,’”

French chemist and physicist (1778–1850) best known for his investigations into the nature and behavior of gases. ALS in French, signed “Gay-Lussac,”

Satin-finish 8.5 x 9.75 head-and-shoulders photo of Gotti in court, signed and inscribed in black ballpoint, “To Rebecca, Your friend, John Gotti”; an

Financier (1836–1892) known for his stock market manipulation of railroad securities; he also tried to corner the gold market, causing the ‘Black Frid

Important German philosopher (1889–1976) whose Being and Time was a fundamental text in the development of existentialism. AQS in German on an off-whi

Bold ink signature, “8. 2. 32. Your faithful grandfather, Hindenburg,” on an off-white 5 x 6.75 album page, adding a brief sentiment, in German, above

Partly-printed DS one page, 7 x 8.75, September 17, 1760. Document ordering Treasurer Alexander Hodgdon to pay “unto Honble David Cobb Esqr Speaker of

TLS in German, signed “Herzl,” two pages, one 8.25 x 6 and one 8.25 x 11, February 22, 1902. Printed circular letter to a member of the Action Committ

Swiss chemist (1906–2008) best known for the discovery of LSD. Original signed felt tip sketch of the chemical structure of LSD on an off-white 5.75 x