RR Auction: Rare and Obscure Signed Photography

New Jersey politician (1853–1930) who served in Congress and as New York City Police Commissioner. Original 4 x 6.5 deckle-edge cabinet photo by C. M.

Methodist pastor (1836–1906) known as the ‘Singing Chaplain,’ who taught soldiers ‘The Battle Hymn of the Republic’ to lift morale; he once performed

Newspaper editor and publisher (1823–1899), former mayor of Chicago, and friend of Abraham Lincoln. Original 4 x 6.5 cabinet photo by Mosher’s of Chic

American geologist and paleontologist (1817–1876). Original 2.5 x 4.25 carte-de-visite bust portrait by an anonymous studio, signed and inscribed on t

Financier and philanthropist (1855–1937) who helped found the Gulf Oil Corporation; he also served as treasury secretary under Harding, Coolidge, and

American psychiatrist (1893–1990) who pioneered a scientific approach to psychiatry and advocated the prevention of crime through psychiatric treatmen

Congressman from New York who also served in the Union army (1839–1892). Original 4.25 x 6.5 cabinet photo by C. M. Bell of Washington, signed in the

Clergyman and missionary who worked with Native Americans. Original 2.5 x 4 carte-de-visite portrait by J. Goldin of Washington, signed in the lower b

Original 10.25 x 6.5 photo of a building at the 1864 Metropolitan Fair by Otto Ebbinghaus & Swift of New York, affixed to its original 13.5 x 10...

Original 1800s oversized 11 x 14 mounted albumen photograph of Middle Eastern men playing chess and smoking. Detailed and clear image. The sepia mount

Moore (1735–1793) served as president of Pennsylvania from 1781–82. Matlack (1730–1829) was an American merchant, surveyor, architect, statesman, and

Politician (1811–1883) who served as a the 21st governor of New York and was the first and longest-serving chairman of the Republican National Committ

Congressman and senator from Vermont (1810–1898) who authored the Morrill Land–Grant Colleges Act, which provided federal funding for many public coll

American artist and inventor (1791–1872) whose development of the telegraph revolutionized communication—and indeed, society as a whole—and represente

Vice President during the Benjamin Harrison administration (1889–1893). Superb original 4.25 x 6.5 cabinet photo by C. M. Bell, signed at the bottom o

AQS on a 3.75 x 2.5 off-white slip affixed to a slightly larger gray sheet. In full: “Lucretia Mott. Truth for authority not authority for truth. 4 mo

Prince of Battenberg from his birth until 1917, when the British Royal Family relinquished their German titles during the First World War (1886–1960).

Unitarian preacher and author (1816–1885) who spent the end of the 1850s in Rome, where he grew increasingly interested in and attracted to spirituali

Iowa congressman (1835–1893) who served for two terms. Original 2.25 x 4 carte-de-visite photo by Brady of Washington, D. C., signed below the image i

Chemist and teacher (1821–1871) who edited the Dictionary of Chemistry. Original 2.25 x 3.5 carte-de-visite photo by Mayall of London, signed in the l