Raab Collection

The Raab Collection will soon enter its third decade buying and selling significant historical letters, documents and manuscripts. Our goal is to make history come alive, make it accessible to the public, and preserve it for the future. We are dedicated to finding historical treasures, linking them with clients, using the internet to further historical education, and providing outstanding client service.

We have had the privilege of introducing to the market some truly significant collections and pieces. Letters and manuscripts of famous people are family heirlooms, which collectors or their heirs, as well as descendants of the writers and recipients, often chose to sell. They select us to handle or purchase these treasures because of our reputation, understanding of the market, appreciation of the history, and the financial rewards. Steven Raab is on the Board of the Rosenbach Museum and Library. Nathan Raab is Secretary of the Board of Councilors at the Pennsylvania Historical Society.

If you have autographs for sale, whether single items, small groups or collections, please contact us. We are respected for our integrity, fairness and prompt payment.

Building a legacy

We will help you not only build a collection but create a legacy that you can share with your family and the world.  In addition to offering our clients access to the most important historical documents, we help connect them institutions nationwide, if they choose.  Our clients have loaned or will loan their documents to: The National Constitution Center; The National Jewish Museum; Mount Vernon; The Heinz History Center; The Lincoln Museum; The Jimmy Carter Presidential Library; others.

Families we have worked with

• Thomas Jefferson - we have represented a descendant in sale of a major manuscript;
• Dwight D. Eisenhower - we obtained his important letters to his brother; General John Glover, who ferried Washington and the Continental Army across the Delaware descendants selected us to purchase his correspondence with General Washington;
• Bishop Carlton Chase of New Hampshire - his descendants sold us his correspondence with Abraham Lincoln;
• Jacob Trieber, first Jewish federal judge - we obtained his entire archive from descendants, including his original appointment signed by President McKinley;
• Senator George Murphy - we represent his entire archive, including his seat in the U.S. Senate and correspondence with Ronald Reagan.