Nathan Raab's Address on Collecting Autographs at the Historical Society of Pennsylvania
Address from January 9, 2008. (PDF) (text version)
A Short History of Collecting Autographs, From Aristotle to Pliny to Petrarch to the Modern Era
This article provides an overview of serious collecting or historical manuscripts, from Ancient Times to the modern era. (more)
Steven Raab's benchmark overview of serious autograph collecting. Topics include the impact of condition on prices, a summary of basic definitions, and the impact of supply and demand. (more)
Thomas Jefferson and the Polygraph Machine
Some letters of Jefferson that are sold as originals are in fact copies. Read about the machine that made exact duplicates of Jeffersons outgoing correspondence. (more)
Case Studies in Authentication
It has from the start been our belief that it was sound policy to educate buyers on authentication issues and place authentication tools in the buyer's hands. This need has become even more pressing with the rise of the so-called authentication services. (more)