RR Auction: Remarkable Rarities

Unique collection of fourteen original candid, behind-the-scenes photos from the wedding reception of Princess Diana and Prince Charles, held at Bucki

Stunning color 17 x 22 Yousuf Karsh photographic portrait print of John and Jacqueline Kennedy, captioned “The President and Mrs. John Fitzgerald Kenn

Jacqueline Kennedy’s personally-owned and –used Nikon FM 35mm single lens manual focus camera, measuring 5.5 x 6 x 3.5 with the AF Nikkor 28-85 zoom l

Monogrammed Brooks Brothers ‘Doorman’ umbrella presented by then–Senator John F. Kennedy to Torbert Macdonald, a groomsman at his wedding to Jacquelin

As first lady, Jacqueline Kennedy’s major project was the restoration of the White House to reflect its historic past and the promotion of its importa

TLS signed “Jack,” one page, 6.25 x 9.25, United States Senate letterhead, March 12, 1954. Letter to Massachusetts lawyer Endicott Peabody, who would

Astounding JFK-handwritten manuscript announcing his intention to run for president of the United States. Drafted in pencil, unsigned, three pages on

Signed book: Profiles in Courage. Later printing. NY: Harper & Brothers, 1956. Hardcover with dust jacket, 6 x 8.75, 266 pages. Signed and inscr...

Handwritten notes, one page, 6.25 x 9.25, White House letterhead, November 8, 1963. Lengthy handwritten notes on a typed memo written to her by White

Exceedingly rare official Hallmark card issued during the 1963 holiday season, featuring an image of a nativity scene on the front, measuring 4.5 x 6.

Original passenger manifest from Air Force One for Kennedy’s November 1963 trip to Texas, 8 x 10.5, six pages, November 21, 1963. The first page ident

Kennedy’s personally-owned and -worn Lord Elgin brown leather watch band removed from the gold Cartier watch, which had been engraved on the back with

Striking rice paper engraving of the Declaration of Independence, 26 x 29, printed by Peter Force in 1848 for inclusion in his series American Archive

Revolutionary War-dated ALS signed “John Hancock, Prest,” one page, 8 x 12.5, January 10, 1776. Letter to Lord Stirling, in full: “I have it in Charge

Impressive twice-signed manuscript DS on vellum, signed “B. Franklin” and “Benj. Franklin,” one page, 26 x 21.5, January 12, 1753. An indenture wherei

LS signed “Go: Washington,” one page, 8.25 x 13.25, January 1, 1783 [inadvertently dated 1782]. Letter to Colonel Joseph Vose. In full: “I approve of

ALS as president, one page, 7.75 x 9.75, April 7, 1799. Letter to Governor of the Mississippi Territory Winthrop Sargent. In full: “I have rec’d your

ALS as vice president, signed “Th: Jefferson,” one page, 7.75 x 9.5, January 8, 1801. Letter to Richard Richardson, the overseer of Monticello. In ful

ALS signed “Th: Jefferson,” one page, 7.75 x 9.75, February 17, 1814. Letter to President James Madison, written from Monticello, in full (spelling an

A remarkable original circa 1817 wooden plinth from the White House as reconstructed during the presidency of James Madison after its burning in 1814,

Boldly penned ALS, one page both sides, 7.75 x 9.75, April 8, 1824. Letter to Iona Dayton of New Jersey. In part: “The situation in which the good fee

ALS signed “A. Lincoln,” one page, 5 x 8, Executive Mansion letterhead, dated by the president, “Sep 14,” 1863. Letter to Secretary of State William H

War-dated DS as president, signed on the reverse “A. Lincoln,” and twice signed “U. S. Grant, Lt. Gen. USA,” one page both sides, 5.5 x 3, War Departm

Incredible blood-stained 4.5 x 5 swatch of fabric cut by actress Laura Keene from the dress she was wearing on the night of President Abraham Lincoln’

LS signed “Mrs. Lincoln,” one page, 5 x 8, Executive Mansion letterhead, April 3, 1865. In full: “This is to certify that John F. Parker, a member of

ALS signed “Jeffer. Davis,” one page, 6.5 x 8, July 11, 1860. Letter to David Funsten of Virginia, who would serve in the Confederate Congress. In ful

An outstanding collection of personal possessions of Private Samuel Creese, a member of the Company ‘F,’ 2nd Independent Pennsylvania Light Artillery,

Sharps New Model 1859 full stock .52 caliber percussion rifle carried by regimental sharpshooter Dem Youngers of the 151st New York Infantry during th

Civil War-used “U.S.” Marked Colt Third Model Dragoon Percussion Revolver. Made in 1859, serial number 18236, caliber .44 with a 7 ½? part roun...

Serial number 1165, caliber .36 with a 7 ½? barrel having the rounded top barrel lug contour. Bears matching serial numbers on the frame, barre...

These formidable revolvers had a nine-shot .42 caliber cylinder revolving around a central axis that was a .63 caliber smoothbore barrel for buckshot.

Confederate staff and field officer’s sword with a 31? blade and a cast brass guard with large raised letters “CSA” on the bottom below the blade edge

Partly-printed DS as president, one page, 8 x 10, May 21, 1881. President Garfield directs the “Secretary of State to cause the Seal of the United Sta

Francis Marion Arthur’s Confederate Officer’s sword captured at Gettysburg during Pickett’s Charge. This unique Confederate officer’s sword is similar

ALS as president signed “FDR,” one page, 6.5 x 8.5, White House letterhead, no date. Letter to Norman Davis, chairman of the Red Cross and president o

Typed memorandum signed as president, one page, 8 x 10.5, White House letterhead, dated March 26, 1945. Memorandum sent to the Vice President

Typescript of a speech Senator Harry S. Truman delivered in Hannibal, Missouri, on October, 25, 1935, entitled “’Mark Twain and the Presidency,’” five

Historic Nazi flag captured by General George Patton at the Battle of the Bulge and given to General Hoyt Vandenberg. The flag measures 48 x 80 and is

Rare glossy 8 x 10 photo, boldly signed and inscribed in black fountain pen “To Gen Kenner, from G. S. Patton, Jr.” In very good condition, with neat

TLS signed “GSP, Jr.,” one page, 8.25 x 10.5, Headquarters, Third United States Army, Office of the Commanding General letterhead, September 16, 1945.

Unique original oil painting accomplished by President Eisenhower during his time in the White House, 15.5 x 17.5, portraying White House Chief of Sta

Leather-bound guest log for the U.S.S. Des Moines CA–134, 8.5 x 10.75, signed on the seventh page in fountain pen, “Des Moines—with her captain and cr

DS in German and Hungarian, quickly signed in ink, “R” (as typical on documents of this type), one page, 8.25 x 13.25, August 26, 1944. Blue and gold

Scarce manuscript DS in Japanese, boldly signed at the top of the first page by Hirohito as emperor, two pages on two adjoining sheets, 9.5 x 12.5 (me

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

Exceptionally rare folding brochure for the Lincoln Memorial, eight pages, 6 x 8.5, dated 1962, issued by the United States Department of the Interior

Rare real photo postcard depicting the Wright Model A in flight, 5.5 x 3.5, signed on the reverse in black ink, “Lemans, 12 Nov. 1908, With my complim

Rare, unnumbered set of seven Wright Aeronautical Corporation's 1928 Flights hand-colored lithographs, depicting historic feats accomplished by ...

Historic TLS, two pages, 7.25 x 10.5, personal letterhead, May 16, 1940. Wright responds to fact-checking requests regarding his first flight from Joh

Partly-printed White Star Line certificate of receipt for Titanic passenger William Alexander’s prepaid third-class ticket, one page, 14 x 8.5, March

Fascinating “Reports of obstruction to Navigation” sent to “The Commander” of the Titanic, seven pages, 8.25 x 13.25, dated from March 9 to April 10,

Flown double-sided flight plan page carried on board the Apollo 11 mission, identified as “MSC Form 29 (May 69),” 10.5 x 8, signed and flight-certifie

Sought-after Apollo 11 ‘Type 3’ insurance cover, 6.5 x 3.5, with a color cachet of the mission insignia and a July 16, 1969, Kennedy Space Center laun

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

Historic flown sterling silver Apollo 11 Robbins Medal, approximately 1.25? diameter, with a raised early design on the face of the iconic Apollo 11 m

Charles Conrad’s white In-Flight Coverall Garment used during training for Apollo 12, consisting of both the jacket and pants. The jacket bears his na

Fantastic flown American flag carried to the moon on the Apollo 12 mission, 6.25 x 3.75, affixed to an 8 x 13 presentation mount signed in black felt

Rare, handsome partially printed and calligraphic DS on vellum, signed on the reverse “Isaac Newton,” one page, 20.25 x 13.25, November 10, 1719. Newt

Exceptional hand-colored vellum DS in Cyrillic, one page, 15.5 x 10.75, January 4, 1791. A stunning military appointment granting the resignation of P

Scarce DS in French on “Institut du Radium, Paris” letterhead, signed “M. Curie,” one page, 8.25 x 12, December 24, 1924. Certificate No. 4. 203 in wh

TLS signed “Thos. A. Edison,” one page, 8.5 x 11, Laboratory of Thomas A. Edison letterhead, February 19, 1924. Letter to Charles A. Janke at the Bell

Significant handwritten notes in pencil, unsigned, one page, 4.75 x 8, no date. Carter writes the measurements of the four shrines of the tomb of Tuta

ALS in German, signed “A. Einstein,” one page, 8 x 10.75, August 18, 1933. Letter to Belgian artist Marie Destree-Danse regarding expert violinmaker J

Signed book: The Archaeology of the Industrial Revolution. First edition, first printing. London: Heinemann Educational Publishers, 1973. Hardcover wi

ALS signed “Jonath. Swift,” one page both sides, 7.25 x 9, March 22, 1734. Letter of recommendation for his friend Thomas Sheridan, to the Duke of Dor

Rare handwritten manuscript from a draft of An American Dictionary of the English Language, unsigned, one page both sides, 8 x 10, no date but circa 1

Rare, boldly penned ALS signed “Edgar A. Poe,” one page, 7.25 x 9.75, September 21, 1843. Poe writes from Philadelphia to Elwood Evans, in full: “I ha

ALS signed “Samuel L. Clemens, Mark Twain,” one page, 4.5 x 6.75, February 14 [1871]. Letter to an unidentified gentleman, in full: “I am only too pro

Definitive autographed first edition of Complete Poems & Prose of Walt Whitman, 1855…1888, limited to 600 copies printed for the author’s use, p...

ALS in French, signed “Renoir,” two pages on two adjoining sheets, 5.25 x 8.25, no date but circa October 1890. Letter written from his new workshop.

Fascinating archive of correspondence between Jack London and his friend Spiro Orfans chronicling a complicated relationship over the course of six ye

Rare matte-finish 6 x 8 Walter Benington photo boldly signed and inscribed on the 8.5 x 11.5 mount in black fountain pen, “With all thanks for kindnes

Excessively rare matte-finish 1.5 x 2.25 photo of Woolf affixed to the original 5.75 x 3.75 British passport page, signed below in fountain pen. The p

AMS in French, signed “J. Ensor,” one page both sides, 8 x 11, no date. Handwritten essay by Ensor with excellent artistic content, entitled “La gravu

Superb pair of items, including the contract for and first edition of Arthur Miller’s debut book, Situation Normal. First is a DS signed “Arthur Mille

TLS, two pages, 5.5 x 8.5, March 10, 1980. Letter to paramour Janet Eagleson, a sometime houseguest at his reclusive New Hampshire home, reads, in par

ALS, one page both sides, 5.25 x 6.75, July 28, 1955. Letter written shortly before the printing of The Return of the King, referencing his best-selli

Signed book: Gravity’s Rainbow. First edition, first printing. NY: Viking, 1973. Hardcover with original, first issue dust jacket, 6 x 8.75, 760 pages

Autograph letter, dictated by Earp and written by his wife Josie, three pages on two sheets, 8 x 10, no date but postmarked April 18, 1927. Letter to

American woman (1860–1927) who was tried and acquitted in the 1892 axe murders of her father and stepmother in Fall River, Massachusetts. The saga ult

Lengthy ALS signed “Bartolomeo Vanzetti,” three pages both sides, 8 x 10, May 22, 1927. Letter to Lilly Sarnoff, written while imprisoned in Dedham Ja

Vintage matte-finish 3.25 x 4.25 portrait of Oswald in his Civil Air Patrol uniform, annotated on the reverse in blue ballpoint by his mother, “Lee, a

Oswald’s personally-owned vintage matte-finish 10 x 8 photo of himself and a group of fellow Marines graduating from an Aircraft Control and Warning O

Oswald’s personally-owned and -used fixed-blade knife and leather sheath issued by the United States Marine Corps, approximately 11.25? in length, fea

Oswald’s personally-owned and -worn tweed jacket made by Kawashima Tailors of Yokohama, Japan, embroidered with his name above the inner pocket, “Lee

Original satin-finish 3.5 x 5.5 photo of Lee Harvey Oswald and his wife Marina on their wedding day, annotated by Lee on the reverse in blue ink, “Apr

Original Western Union typed telegram sent to Robert L. Oswald to notify him of Lee Harvey Oswald’s return to the US, one page, 8 x 5.75, stamp-dated

Unsigned handwritten letter in pencil, nine pages, 6 x 4, no date. Ruby describes a close call with trouble, in part (spelling and grammar retained):

Spectacular matte-finish 3.5 x 5.25 real photo postcard of Houdini examining a pair of handcuffs, boldly signed and inscribed in black fountain pen “H

Ideal vintage matte-finish 6.75 x 8.75 photo of Chaplin in near-profile, signed and inscribed in fountain pen, “To William Randolph Hearst, From Charl

Fantastic Waterman’s autograph album, 5 x 7.25, signed inside on affixed slips by over one hundred notable figures from a variety of fields, including

TLS, signed “Walt Disney,” one page, 8.5 x 11, Disneyland Inc., letterhead, dated December 20, 1958. Disney writes to California Governor Goodwin Knig

Fantastic original hand-inked three-panel Peanuts daily comic strip, dated March 12, 1988, on an off-white 19.75 x 6.25 sheet of artist’s cardstock, s

Two items: an original signed illustration of the Cat in the Hat in profile on an off-white 8.25 x 9.5 piece of quality artist’s paper, inscribed in b

Vivid offset colored lithograph, 22.75 x 17, of Lichtenstein’s ‘Crying Girl.’ Printed by Colorcraft, New York, and published by NYC’s Leo Castelli Gal

Exemplary original painting of an African-American trumpet player, oil on canvas, 15.5 x 19.5, accomplished by James Dean, signed in black paint in th

Vintage matte-finish 8 x 10 first-generation candid photo of the newly wed Monroe and Miller during their Jamaican honeymoon in 1957, signed in black

Spectacular vintage glossy 8.5 x 6.5 Albert Marrion group photo taken in December of 1961 during the Beatles first professional photo session. The ban

Extraordinarily rare ANS in Hendrix’s hand, one page on the reverse of Warwick Hotel, New York, letterhead, 7.25 x 10.5, no date but circa July 13–16,

Johnny Ramone’s personally-owned and -used 1966 Rickenbacker 450 ‘Fireglo’ finish guitar frequently used on stage and adjusted to his personal prefere