RR Auction: Rare Manuscripts, Documents and Autographs

Vintage ink signature, “Eliot Ness, Director of Public Safety, City of Cleveland,” on an off-white lightly-lined slip removed from a larger register o

Lucky Luciano’s personally-owned and -used humidor and game stand. Game stand, most likely mahogany or black cherry, measures 15 x 25 x 14, with a hin

Vintage original 1940 6.5 x 8.5 gelatin silver news photo of Luciano handcuffed to a guard after exiting from a van. The photo’s back has the original

Vintage 1951 8 x 9.75 head-and-shoulders photograph of Luciano from the archives of the San Francisco Examiner. The sharp and clear portrait reproduc

Two original 1955 7 x 9 International News press photos of Luciano as a legitimate medical equipment salesman, one with pre-press touch-ups and crop n

Six vintage 1954-62 gelatin silver news photographs from the archives of the San Francisco Examiner, ranging in size from 7 x 9 up to 8 x 10. They sh

Original October 25, 1935 edition of The New York Sun, 17 x 22.5, 46 pages. Front page bears a headline which reads, “Police Question Schultz’s Widow;

Mafia boss (1897-1962). By the early 1930s he was the undisputed king of the NYC mafia. Convicted on 62 counts of compulsory prostitution in 1936, his

ALS signed “Love, Dad,” one page, 8 x 11, Dan Hotel Tel Aviv letterhead, October 16, 1970. Letter to his daughter Sandra and her husband Vince Lombard

ALS signed “Love, Dad,” one page, lightly-lined, 8.25 x 10.75, November 2, 1970. Letter to his daughter Sandra and her husband Vince Lombardo. In full