The Raab Collection website featured by “Communications Arts”
The Raab Collection website was featured this week by the prestigious magazine "Communications Arts" for its new website design and quality of subject matter....
Andrew Carnegie, The Unpublished Documents
Andrew Carnegie, His Rise Until the Civil War, American production industries were essentially small-time, and the nation’s wealthiest men were mainly engaged in agriculture, shipping and...
Catalog Preview: A Great American Rarity: B Free Franklin
Preview: Our newest "Historical Treasures" catalog contains a previously unpublished letter of Benjamin Franklin to William Trent, the agent for firms who had engaged...
A Symbol of Quality
We are often asked how a historical document ordered from The Raab Collection arrives. Whether you are ordering a gift or for your own...
Historical Treasures, A New Catalog, An Event
These are great historical documents, documents that changed events and evoked the great emotions that only great events can. They are uncommon and worthy...
Video Tutorial: Manage Your Historical Document Collection… Wherever You Are
Learn how to create your own private section of raabcollection.com, where you can manage your collection, browse your past purchases, access invoices and descriptions...
Steven Raab Makes an Expert Appearance on NatGeo’s “America’s Lost Treasures”
We appear frequently on national media, and this month was another example. George Washingon is the only president to personally sign discharge papers for...
Do You Know Who Signed this?
This is a crytopgram, a signature where the abbreviations stand for a bigger message. There is no full consensus about its meaning. A common...
A Great Collection
Building a Great Collection Assembling a collection that spans the test of time requires an eye for the significant. This means knowledge of the...
Autograph authentication: Know the Identified Forgers
Pre-eminent among the known forgers were Robert Spring and Joseph Cosey. Spring lived in the mid-19th century and specialized in Washington autographs. They are...