Autographs

The April autographs auction will present items signed by the same hands that helped shape American history, including a small archive of letters by John F. Kennedy, a portrait of Hillary Clinton by Chuck Close—signed by both; and a leaf from the Bolivian patent for the light bulb signed and filed by Thomas Edison in 1881 showing a schematic of the electronic components. From figures around the rest of the world, we find autographs related to the breathtaking accomplishments of the laureates of the Nobel Prize in Physics; the sale includes a significant collection of autographs by these figures, including:...