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ALS signed “Jeff’n Davis,” four pages on two adjoining sheets, 5.25 x 8.25, October 9, 1868. Written from Waterloo, a letter to former Assistant Secre

Remarkable handwritten eyewitness account of Booth’s last days by Richard Baynham Garrett, who was a child living at his father Richard H. Garrett&#...

AMS signed “Charles Guiteau,” nine pages, 4 x 12, January 26, 1882. Guiteau’s open letter headed “To the American People,” written from jail on the da

Phenomenal letter written in the hand of Bonnie Parker and signed at the conclusion by Clyde Barrow, four pages on three lightly-lined sheets, 8 x 10,

Exceptionally rare ALS in pencil, signed “Love & Kisses, Your Dear Dad Alphonse Capone #85,” three pages, 8 x 10.5, January 16, no year [likely ...

Historically important carbon or printed engineering plans in German that outline in great detail the specifics for Schindler's stamping factory...

Historically significant collection of photographs compiled in Japan by an American MP in the aftermath of the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in W

Rare TLS in English, one page, 8 x 10.25, Communist Delegation Office letterhead, August 8, 1946. Letter to Mr. J. Franklin Ray, Jr., acting director

Lee Harvey Oswald’s ‘Fair Play for Cuba Committee’ membership card, 3 x 2.25, issued on May 28, 1963, signed in black ballpoint, “Lee H. Oswald.” Also

Exceptional matte-finish 10 x 13.5 half-length portrait of Clemens, signed above and below the image in black ink, “Let us save the tomorrows for work

ALS signed “Ernest,” three pages, 8.5 x 11, Finca Vigia letterhead, February 7, 1953. Letter to Charles Poore, a New York Times literary critic who wr

Signed book: Dali de Draeger. First edition, limited issue of 1500. France: Draeger, 1968. Hardcover with dust jacket, 11.5 x 12. Impressively signed

One-of-a-kind red leatherbound travel diary kept by J. Paul Getty at age 11–12 in 1904–1905, 4.25 x 6.25, consisting of 57 full pages of diary entries

Victorian light-and-dark green ebonised tub armchair personally-owned and -used by Joseph Merrick, 'the Elephant Man.’ The custom-made armchair,...

Collection of three pieces of correspondence related to a claim by the family of a young man lost in the Titanic disaster, consisting of a letter by h

Exceptionally rare 3.5 x 5.5 real photo postcard of the Wright brothers standing side by side, boldly signed in the lower border in ink, “Orville Wrig

Vintage matte-finish 4.5 x 6.5 portrait of the elder Wright brother by New York’s White Studios, affixed to its original studio mount, signed and insc

Superlative vintage sepia pearl-finish 10 x 8 photo of Lindbergh clad in a suit and tie and posing with the Spirit of St. Louis in a hangar at the Mex

Von Braun’s handwritten notes in pencil on the requirements for a spacecraft destined for Mars, unsigned, four pages, no date. The first page is heade

Rare flown panel fragment from the Mercury-Atlas 1 space capsule. The ribbed exterior panel measures approximately 21.25 x 19.75. In expected conditio

An extraordinary hydraulically powered robot dummy designed for NASA to use in testing space suits, circa 1963–1965, produced by the IIT Research Inst

TLS, one page, 8 x 10.5, NASA letterhead, stamp-dated June 23, 1969. Letter of thanks to a woman in Honolulu, Hawaii, written just three weeks before

Magnificent lunar map of the Apollo 11 landing area near the southern edge of Mare Tranquillitatis, 9.75 x 12.5, inscribed in the lower left in printe

Beautiful official color 10 x 8 NASA lithograph of the Apollo 11 prime crew in their white space suits, boldly signed in blue and black felt tip by Ne

Incredible leather-bound guest book flown aboard Richard Nixon’s Air Force One (Boeing VC-137C SAM 26000), 12 x 9, signed inside by a variety of polit

Exceedingly rare metal replica of the first lunar plaque left on the moon by the Apollo 11 crew, 7.75 x 5.75, engraved in the lower border, “President

Michael Collins’s flown sterling silver Apollo 11 Robbins Medal, approximately 1? in diameter, with a raised early design on the face of the iconic Ap

Dave Scott’s flown Apollo 17 Robbins medal, approximately 1.25? in diameter, with a raised design on the face featuring the mission insignia. The reve

1951 Bowman Jets, Rockets, and Spacemen original card set with 20 original one-of-a-kind artboards, two original one–cent wax packs (one GAI graded an

One-of-a-kind archive of hundreds of documents and letters related to the finances of Walt Disney Productions and Disneyland, dated from 1946 to 1965,

Beautiful and rarely seen Christmas card from 1931, measuring 5 x 7.5 closed, featuring a colorful print of Mickey Mouse, Pluto, Clarabelle Cow, and H

Incredibly rare original vintage pencil sketch of Donald Duck, complete with hat, bow tie, and collar on an unused beige 5 x 7.5 envelope, signed unde

Rare vintage matte-finish 11 x 14 portrait of a young Greta Garbo in lovely soft focus, resting her head and casting a delicate, daydreaming expressio

Desirable vintage glossy 3.5 x 2.5 candid deckle-edge photo of Monroe smiling from an automobile window, signed in the left border in black ink. Rever

Wonderful vintage glossy 2.5 x 3.5 candid photo of husband-and-wife duo Audrey Hepburn and Mel Ferrer, both signing in blue ink, with Hepburn signing

Gorgeous vintage glossy 2.5 x 3.5 candid photo of Kelly wearing a black coat and white gloves, signed in the upper border in blue ink. In very good co

Appealing vintage glossy 2.5 x 3.5 candid photo of Taylor with a lovely barrette, signed in blue ink. Reverse bears a collector’s date notation of Nov

Brilliant vintage glossy 2.5 x 3.5 candid photo of Brando in a handsome suit and tie, signed in black ballpoint. Reverse bears a collector’s date nota

Remarkable autograph collection containing approximately 1,700 signatures from Hollywood’s ‘Golden Age’ within 43 autograph albums, acquired in person

Twice-signed DS, sixteen pages, 8.75 x 11.5, May 12, 1950. Amended contract between Twentieth Century–Fox Film Corporation and Marilyn Monroe in which

Bruce Lee’s multi-signed handwritten essays and vocabulary assignments removed from his high school dictation book used while attending St. Francis Xa

Rare Academy Award medal, measuring 1.75? in diameter, given to RKO photographer Ollie Sigurdson in 1947 for a still taken of child actress Sharyn Mof

Incredibly desirable American Theater Wing Antoinette Perry Award, commonly known as the ‘Tony,’ the medal measuring 3? in diameter and held in its or

Incredible color 20 x 29.25 poster for the Night of 100 Stars, an all-star variety TV special celebrating the centennial of the Actors' Fund of ...

Original circa 1985 signed sketch of a large-format dress-and-jacket design of a redheaded model wearing a long purple scarf and slim-fitting plaid ou

Extremely rare vintage glossy 7.75 x 9.75 photo of Parker by James J. Kriegsmann of New York, signed and inscribed in fountain pen, “To Kayo, Regards

Vintage circa 1964 color postcard published by BOAC (British Overseas Airways Corporation) depicting London’s famous Big Ben, 5.5 x 3.5, signed and in

Exceedingly rare set of receipts for performances by The Beatles at Hamburg, Germany’s famed Star-Club in April and December of 1962, each measuring 5

This is a custom-made, grey and black tweed hounds tooth two-piece suit created by noted Beatles tailor Douglas Millings. The jacket bears a black and

Vintage ballpoint signature, “J. Morrison,” on the reverse of a light blue 4 x 2.5 discount pass to Marin Skateland in San Rafael, California, stamp-d