RR Auction: Rare Manuscript, Document, and Autograph Auction

The last governor of colonial Pennsylvania (1729–1795). Partly-printed DS one page, 12 x 8, October 28, 1768. Penn grants Alexander Blaine a “Licence

Nobel Prize–winning German physicist (1858–1947) who pioneered the understanding of quantum theory. ALS in German, signed “M. Planck,” one page, 5.75

Director of Russia’s police and later Minister of the Interior (1846–1904). A notorious anti-Semite, he was killed by a bomb, the fourth attempt on hi

Excellent collection of twenty photographs, each signed by a notable American politician. Fourteen are cartes-de-visite, signed individually by the fo

Plethora of ink signatures of over 200 members of the 31st US Congress, obtained in the latter half of 1850, on light blue 5.5 x 8 album pages, arrang

Uncommon 4 x 5.75 cardstock photo of the resigned Pope as a cardinal, signed in the lower border in black ink, “Joseph Card. Ratzinger.” In fine condi

Color satin-finish 5.75 x 8.25 photo of Pope Francis as a cardinal, signed in black felt tip, adding “Archbishop of Buenos Aires,” beneath his signatu

Scarce bank check, 7.25 x 3.25, filled out and signed by Pulitzer, payable to American Exchange National Bank for $10,000.00, May 13, 1889. Red cancel

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

Third-person ALS, one page, 4.5 x 7, black-bordered Balmoral letterhead, September 14. Brief letter to an unidentified recipient in the Queen’s diffic