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ALS, in pencil, signed “Edison,” one page, 4 x 7, no date. Letter to Major Eaton. In full: “The sum given when we came to understanding about factory

Edison Botanic Research Corporation business check, 8 x 3, filled out in another hand and signed by Edison with his bold ‘umbrella’ signature, “Thos A

Vintage color glossy 5.25 x 7.25 candid photo of Einstein surrounded by bookcases in what appears to be his study, signed in the lower border in fount

Two incredible pages of calculations in ink, in Einstein’s hand on both sides of an 8.5 x 11 off-white sheet, dated December 25, 1925. At the top of t

TLS signed “A. Einstein,” one page, 8 x 9, blind-stamped personal letterhead, February 4, 1941. Letter to Charles Potter. In full: “I was really delig

Ink signatures, “Elizabeth R, June 28th 1971” and “Philip,” on an off-white 7.75 x 10 lined sheet. In fine condition, with a light mark below Elizabet

One of the most successful military commanders in modern European history (1663–1736). LS in Italian, signed “Eugenio di Savoya,” one page, 8.25 x 13,

American industrialist (1868–1938) who organized the Firestone Tire & Rubber Company in 1900. He later became a close associate of Henry Ford an...

Real estate and railroad entrepreneur and president of the Standard Oil Company (1830–1913) who set out to make Florida the ‘Newport of the South’ by

Manuscript vellum DS, signed “B. Franklin,” one page, 15.5 x 13.5, March 15, 1788. Franklin, as President of the Supreme Executive Council of Pennsylv

Father (1889–1980) of Jewish World War II diarist Anne Frank, and the only member of his family to survive the concentration camps. TLS in German, one

King of Prussia (born 1712) from 1740 until his death in 1786. His political prowess and enlightened attitudes toward religion, learning, and the huma

ALS in German, signed “Freud,” one page, 6 x 9, personal letterhead, February 27, 1927. Letter to Mrs. Wolff. In full (translated): “I am happy to do

French chemist and physicist (1778–1850) best known for his investigations into the nature and behavior of gases. Third-person ALS in French, one page

Italian physician, pathologist, and scientist (1843–1926) who won the Nobel Prize for Medicine in 1906. Vintage unmailed ‘Societa Italiana di Patologi

Financier well known for his stock market manipulation of railroad securities; he also tried to corner the gold market, causing the ‘Black Friday’ sto

Businesswoman (1834–1916) known for being the first American woman to make a substantial impact on Wall Street. DS, signed “Hettie H. R. Green,” one p

Rare ALS signed “John S. Crocker, Warden,” one page, 8 x 9.75, Warden’s Office, United States Jail letterhead, June 20, 1882. Letter to E. P. Higgins,

Third-person ALS, one page, 7.75 x 9, February 19, 1783. Third person ALS addressed to the Judges of the Supreme Judicial Court. Letter reads, “The Go

Manuscript DS, one page, 7 x 12, April 7, 1788. Hancock certifies “that Samuel Barrett Esquire of Boston is a Justice of the Peace.” Boldly signed In