RR Auction: Rare Manuscript, Document and Autograph Auction

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.