RR Auction: Rare Manuscripts, Documents and Autographs

Financier well known for his stock market manipulation of railroad securities; he also tried to corner the gold market, causing the ‘Black Friday’ sto

Geneticist and evolutionary biologist (1892–1964) who helped create the modern Synthetic Theory of evolution. TLS, one page, 5.25 x 8.5, University Co

Free franked address panel, 5.75 x 4.5, addressed in an unknown hand to “Mrs. Catherine Green, New York,” and franked in the lower left, “Free, A. Ham

Born the daughter of a humble blacksmith, the model, entertainer, and courtesan Emma Hamilton (née Amy Lyon, 1761) ascended through the ranks o...

Partly-printed Revolutionary War-dated DS, one page, 11.5 x 8, November 6, 1776. Hancock, as President of Congress, appoints a Major to a regiment. Ap

Partly-printed DS, one page, 8 x 12.75, December 23, 1780. Document regarding ownership of a sea vessel. In part; “William Smith of Boston…maketh oath

Partial self-contained manuscript DS, one page, 7 x 3.75, June 16, 1784. Closing portion of a larger document beautifully signed by Hancock and counte

Designer of the 50-star flag as part of a school project (1941–2009). Ten items including two different size fabric 50-star American flags, each signe

Founder and president of the Hilton Hotels Corporation (1887–1979). Dignified vintage matte-finish 8 x 10 Bachrach photo of Hilton, signed and inscrib

Storied, charismatic, and controversial American labor leader (1913–1975?) who attained his greatest notoriety when he vanished on July 30, 1975. The