RR Auction: Rare Manuscript, Document, and Autograph Auction

DS, signed “Howard R. Hughes pres.,” one page, 8.5 x 13, no date. Final page of a longer document between Hughes’s Caddo Company, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Outlaw and older brother of Jesse James (1843–1915) who at times went by the alias ‘Ben J. Woodson.’ Rare ALS signed “Your affect Hubby, Ben,” written

Important French clockmaker (1751–1835) known for his complicated clocks, eventually becoming Louis XVI's royal clockmaker. Janvier sold his wat...

American statesman (1745–1829) who served variously as president of the Continental Congress, diplomat, and, from 1789 to 1795, first chief justice of

Signed book: The Story of My Life. Later printing. Garden City, New York: Doubleday, Doran & Company, 1928. Hardcover with dust jacket, 5.25 x 7...

Influential psychologist (1875–1961) recognized as the founder of analytical psychology. TLS in German, signed “C. G. Jung,” two pages, 8.25 x 11.5, p

TLS in German, signed “C. G. Jung,” one page, 8.25 x 11.5, personal letterhead, December 19, 1938. In part (loosely translated): “From the darkness of

Holy Roman Emperor who, as Charles I, also served as king of Spain (1500–1558). Manuscript DS in Spanish, signed “Yo el Rey,” one page, 8.75 x 11.75,

TLS in Cyrillic, signed “N. Khrushchev,” one page, 8 x 11.25, June 9, 1949. Letter to officials at the Ukraine’s Central Factory Mine in Stalino. In p

LS in German, signed “George R,” one page both sides, 8 x 12.5, December 31, 1756. Untranslated letter sending thanks for a Christmas greeting from a

LS in German, signed “George R,” one page both sides, 8 x 12, July 2, 1765. Untranslated. Intersecting folds, light toning, mounting remnants along le

King of Great Britain and Ireland from 1760 until his death in 1820 whose reign was marked most notably by the loss of British control over the Americ

Two unsigned items: a black-bordered printed invitation to the “Funeral of His Late Majesty King George VI at the Royal Chapel of Saint George, at Win

King of Spain (born 1527) from 1556 until his death in 1598; his eventful reign included Spain’s conquest of the Philippines, the establishment of a c

King of France (born in 1423) who reigned from 1461 to 1483. Manuscript DS, in French, signed “Louis,” one page, 12.75 x 8.5, September 14, 1478. Decr

Signed book: Stride Toward Freedom. First edition. NY: Harper and Row, 1958. Hardcover with original dust jacket, 5.75 x 8.25, 230 pages. Signed and i

LS signed “H. Knox, Secretary of War,” three pages on two adjoining sheets, 8 x 12.5, October 19, 1789. Important letter to to New York Governor Georg

German medical scientist (1843–1910) regarded as the father of bacteriology. He isolated the tuberculosis bacillus and the anthrax virus, and received

Mrs. Faye T. Shehdan (1921–2008) began collecting autographs in 1974 and spent the next 30 years pursuing and corresponding with a vast assortment of

A one-of-a-kind set of 32 letters and documents, ranging in date from 1483 to 1873, signed by every French king and emperor from the time of King Loui