RR Auction: Rare Manuscript, Document, and Autograph Auction

New Year’s card for 1976 presented to Edward Gierek, First Secretary of the Polish Working Party, measuring 8.5 x 11 closed, bearing a pre-printed Ara

Color satin-finish 5 x 7 photo of Arafat in a military-style hat, signed in blue ink, “Y. Arafat, 22/11/83.” In fine condition.

American illustrator and cofounder of the American Boy Scouts (1850–1941). A 3.5 x 5 cardstock photo of Beard in a buckskin jacket, signed in fountain

French lawyer, royal librarian, and conseiller d’Etat (1711–1772). Partly-printed DS in French, signed “Bignon,” four pages on two adjoining sheets, 8

Boldly penned ALS in German, one page, 8.5 x 10.75, June 27, 1864. Untranslated letter to his future war minister Albrecht von Roon, with whom he orga

Collection of six photos, approximately 4 x 6, each signed in ink by the British leader pictured, including: Margaret Thatcher, John Major, Tony Blair

A matte-finish 3.75 x 5.75 head-and-shoulders photo of Chiang Kai-Shek signed in black ink in Chinese along the left edge; and a glossy 3.75 x 6 portr

American soldier and statesman (1739–1812) who served as governor of New York and vice president in the Jefferson and Madison administrations. ADS, si

Ballpoint signature on an off-white 5.5 x 3.25 United Nations airmail postcard. In fine condition, with a couple paperclip impressions. Accompanied by

Signer of the Declaration of Independence from New Jersey (1737-1791) and a delegate to the Continental Congress. Revolutionary War-dated partly-print

Glossy 3.75 x 5 photo of Crick with a molecular model of DNA, signed in black felt tip, “Francis Crick,” adding the base pairs of DNA, “A=T, G=C.” Mat

French-American traveler and anthropologist (1835–1903) best known as the first modern outsider to confirm the existence of gorillas and the Pygmy peo

American inventor and entrepreneur (1854–1932), founder of the Eastman Kodak company, whose invention of roll film revolutionized photography and help

Signed book: Men and Rubber. First edition. Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1926. Hardcover, 6.5 x 10, 279 pages. Signed and inscrib...

Collection of 37 items, consisting primarily of signed photos and signatures, each signed by a foreign leader, some adding brief inscriptions. Signers

American photographer best known for his photograph Raising the Flag at Ground Zero, which depicts firefighters raising the American flag at the World

Ten bank checks, 8.25 x 3, filled out type and signed by Getty, “J. Paul Getty,” all dated 1942. In overall fine condition, with expected bank stamps

Two color photos, one 4 x 6 depicting Gorbachev alone and one 5 x 7 of him with Ronald Reagan, both signed in blue felt tip, “M. Gorbachev.” In overal

Signed book: The Great British: Photography by Arnold Newman. Later printing. London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1979. Hardcover with dust jacket, 8...

Traveler, adventurer, and author (1900–1939), best known today for having swum the length of the Panama Canal. He disappeared at sea while attempting