Items signed by George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, Walt Disney, Napoleon Bonaparte and many more of history’s brightest luminaries – 437 lots in all – will come up for bid in an online-only Rare Autographs, Manuscripts & Books auction scheduled for Wednesday, August 27th by University Archives, beginning promptly at 10am Eastern Time.The catalog in its entirety is up for viewing and bidding now on the University Archives website, www.UniversityArchives.com, plus Invaluable.com, Auctionzip.com and LiveAuctioneers.com. Phone and absentee bids will also be accepted. “Our last auction of the summer will provide collectors with the opportunity to show off their latest acquisitions around Labor Day barbecue pits and swimming pools,” said John Reznikoff, the president and owner of University Archives.