RR Auction: Rare and Obscure Signed Photography

Two TLSs, both 8.5 x 11 and dated December 12, 1922: one on personal letterhead to industrialist Curtis Freshel, in part: “I am under contract to deli

Vintage 4 x 9 magazine photo of Borglum’s first model for a proposed monument of R. G. Ingersoll, signed at the bottom of the image in fountain pen. T

Anglo-American genre painter and illustrator (1833–1905) known for his paintings of Puritan life, as well as his illustrations for The Scarlet Letter,

French Realist painter (1827–1906). ALS in French, on a 7.5 x 2.5 clipped slip, August 4, 1898. Letter to Mr. Tedesco. In full (translated): “I send y

Original 7.5 x 9.75 matte-finish portrait of a New York City street surrounded by skyscrapers affixed to its original 10.75 x 13.75 mount, labeled und

Artist, writer, traveler, and government agent (1821–1875). Original 2.25 x 4 carte-de-visite photo by Brady’s of Washington, D. C., signed below the

TLS signed “W. J. Bryan,” two pages, 8.5 x 11, The Commoner letterhead, December 3, 1904. Letter regarding confusion about speaking engagements. In pa

TLS signed “Thornton W. Burgess,” one page, 8.25 x 7, personal letterhead, March 18, 1929. Letter to an admirer. In full: “Sister South Wind has just

Novelist (1844–1925) who served in the Confederate Army. He wrote of violence and death, of racial intermarriage, and of contradictions and complexiti

American dramatist and poet (1803–1889) who also served as mayor of Newport, Rhode Island. Original 2.5 x 4 carte-de-visite photo by an anonymous stud