RR Auction: Rare Manuscript, Document, and Autograph Auction

Fragment of wood from the USS Constitution, measuring approximately 5 x 1.5 x .75, bearing a period cardstock tag attached by wire, reading: “Piece of

Personal physician (1700–1772) of the Austrian Empress Maria Theresa, who helped to transform the country’s health services and education. ADS in Fren

Extremely influential social theorist (1864–1920) often cited with Emile Durkheim and Karl Marx as a founding architect of sociology. ALS in German, s

Hand-addressed and free-franked panel, 4.75 x 2.75, addressed by Webster to “Hon. John P. Bigelow, Mayor &—, Boston,” and franked in the upper r...

ALS signed “Danl Webster,” three pages on two adjoining sheets, 4.5 x 7, March 5, 1847. Letter to Samuel Thurlow. In part: “The license causes will al

Pennsylvania merchant and politician (1735–1778) who served as the first president of Pennsylvania. Revolutionary War–dated LS signed “Tho. Wharton, J

New York mobster (1902–1971) influential in the rise of the modern Cosa Nostra. Adonis’s personally-owned navy, black, and white striped short sleeve

Two vintage press photos of Alcatraz: a glossy 9 x 7 Wide World Photo taken from the water, with the affixed caption on the reverse, dated December 16

Two original photos: a glossy 5 x 6.25 Associated Press photo of Capone in a suit and striped tie, with a press stamp dated May 10, 1946, on the rever

Gangster (1913–1976) born Meyer Cohen who was a trusted associate of racketeer Bugsy Siegel. After Siegel’s death in 1947, Cohen acquired Siegel’s Wes