A Survey Of Interesting Provenance, Reaching Back Nearly Two Centuries
Tracking the provenance of an item can be an interesting exercise but it is often a frustrating one. It is usually impossible to track...
Release: The End of the American Revolution
The Raab Collection announced today that it has acquired and will offer for sale a document representing the first formal act of peace between...
The Hunt for History: Behind the Scenes of a Great Collection
An introduction to the emotive power of the Otto Fisher collection, and what secrets it told Below tells the story of a small...
Release: Great Moments in History, The Fisher Collection
The Raab Collection announced today that it has acquired a remarkable collection of historical documents, stretching back nearly 700 years, focusing on great moments...
Deciphering French Handwriting from 1450 AD
In 1450, after the final major battle of the English occupation of France during the Hundred Years War, one of the soldiers received his...
The Hunt for History Published in Japan
The Raab Collection announced today that Nathan Raab’s newly released book, ‘The Hunt for History’ (Scribner) has been published in Japan. This follows its first...
Letter of Susan B. Anthony, Discovered and Sold by Raab, Leads to the Fulfillment of Her Final Wish
The below review was originally posted here. Susan B. Anthony’s final wish granted – 116 years later Her brother will be memorialized in Battenville...
Raab Acquires Abraham Lincoln’s Great Letter to the Women of the Civil War Praising “our gallant and suffering troops”
The letter, from 1864 and valued at $120,000, was addressed to a group of women raising money for sick and wounded soldiers, and was...
Nathan Raab Speaks at the Historic Franklin Inn Club
This past week, Nathan Raab spoke at the invitation of the historic Franklin Inn Club , founded by the Philadelphia physician and writer Silas...
Raab Acquires Great Documents from World War II
The Raab Collection, the nation’s leader in important historical documents, announced today that it has acquired a remarkable group of two then-“secret” telegrams, directly...