We feel that knowledge is a prerequisite for collecting, and that our decades of experience can, and should, serve as an effective resource for collectors.
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What began as a hobby has become a company with customers worldwide, private collections, as well as major institutions.
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Buy HomeWe feel that knowledge is a prerequisite for collecting, and that our decades of experience can, and should, serve as an effective resource for collectors.
Learn HomeFounded by attorney, author, and collector Steven Raab as an outlet for his love of history, Raab has discovered and carried some of the most important historical documents.
About Raab HomeWe search the world to find important historical documents and bring them to our historically passionate clientele.
Quality defines value. We have decades of experience measuring the caliber of an item’s content or importance, and that assessment is crucial.
What began as a hobby has become a company with customers worldwide, private collections, as well as major institutions.
Every item purchased from the Raab Collection, LLC is guaranteed to be authentic, without time limit, to the original purchaser.
Stay current with our new acquisitions and historical discoveries and follow our media appearances.
News & Stories HomePress HomeFollow Nathan Raab on the hunt for history in his widely acclaimed book, published by Scribner.
The Book HomePurchase copies of The Hunt for History from us or online vendors, signed or unsigned.
Meet Nathan Raab, a historian, and a nationally recognized expert in important historical documents.
Don’t miss an update from Raab Collection.
Sign UpSteven Raab, the firm founder, was a longtime board member of the Rosenbach Museum and Library. Nathan Raab was a longtime member of the Board of Trustees of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Chair of the Committee on Nominations, Chair of the Ad Hoc Governance Committee, and Chair of the Annual Founders Award Dinner. He has lectured to many organizations on the subject of authenticity, among them the Smithsonian, Mount Vernon, and the Ford Motor Company. The Raab Collection counts amongst its clients many prominent private collectors and some of the world’s great manuscript collecting institutions, among them Harvard University, the Library of Congress, and the British Library.
The firm’s principals are consultants to major public and private institutions. Nathan Raab, a regular media presence on the subject of history, is the author of the bestselling book, The Hunt for History (Scribner, March 2020), which has been translated into multiple languages. The Raab Collection is in its fourth decade in business and is a member in good standing of the ABAA, ILAB, and PADA.
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