An Illustrated Guide to Buying George Washington Autographs & Documents
A Brief Survey of Washington Signed Historical Documents Collectors Can Look for on the Market George Washington is regarded as a legendary leader,...
Tipping Points: 1776 & the American Revolution
Does change take place slowly, over long periods of time, imperceptible at proximity, only visible with perspective and distance, or does the world evolve...
7 Winston Churchill Documents to Add to Your Collection: An Illustrated Guide
Winston Churchill came from a long line of English aristocrat-politicians. His father, Lord Randolph Churchill, was descended from the First Duke of Marlborough and...
Behind a Discovery: The Lost Jefferson Letter
How We at Raab Investigate Objects Whose Stories Have Otherwise Been Lost to History Earlier this year, we traveled to the deep South...
The Famed Summer Camping Trips of Thomas Edison, Henry Ford, Harvey Firestone, and John Burroughs
A Signed Commemorative Book Published in 1916 Recalls the Rambling Road Trips Taken by Four of the Nation’s Most Famous Men More Than a...
McKinley Autopsy Archive Sold to the University at Buffalo
Buffalo, New York, the site of President McKinley’s assassination in 1901, will now also be a place to study the original autopsy report and...
Collectors as Caretakers of History
A remarkable Lincoln document that Illinois’ Governor and First Lady recently donated to the Lincoln Presidential Library was once in the private collection of...
The Bicentennial of Lafayette’s Celebrated Return to the United States: 1824-25
This Year Marks 200 Years Since the Marquis de Lafayette’s Celebrated Farewell Tour, and Raab is Exhibiting Two Great Lafayette Letters Including One Written...
Behind a Discovery: The First Case of the Lincoln-Herndon Law Partnership
How We at Raab Investigate Objects Whose Stories Have Otherwise Been Lost to History Earlier this year, we acquired a collection that included...
Steven Raab Remembers the Great Autograph Dealers
I entered the autograph field in 1985, a complete novice. The lay of the land was much different than it is today. It was...
Steven Raab Recollects on How He Founded a Historical Documents Business 35 Years Ago
In 1985 my wife bought me a check signed by Orville Wright. I had no idea there was a market for autographs like that,...
Behind a Discovery: Lafayette’s Great Tour in 1824-25
How the Marquis de Lafayette’s Own Words Provided Clues to Understand This Powerful Memento of His Triumphant Return to the Country he Helped Found...