RR Auction: Fine Autographs and Artifacts featuring Science and Technology

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RR Auction’s June Fine Autographs & Artifacts sale offers more than 800 lots, headlined by special Science & Technology and Animation sections. We begin by tracing the history of science in a series of over fifty items, to include an autograph of Isaac Newton, a letter from Albert Einstein on the Unified Field Theory, a celestial map flown to the moon on Apollo 15, and an archive from the career of Carl Sagan. Our robust Animation feature boasts a wealth of production art from Walt Disney Studios, used for classics like Snow White, Fantasia, Pinocchio, and Sleeping Beauty. All this is in addition to our typical diverse selection of items—from presidents to pop stars. RR Auction is a globally recognized and trusted auction house specializing in historical autographs and artifacts. Join us as we make history selling history in June 2017.
ALS - Autograph Letter Signed
ANS - Autograph Note Signed
AQS - Autograph Quotation Signed
AMQS - Autograph Musical Quotation Signed
DS - Document Signed
FDC - First Day Cover
Inscribed - “Personalized”
ISP - Inscribed Signed Photograph
LS - Letter Signed
SP - Signed Photograph
TLS - Typed Letter Signed
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Richard Nixon203 - Richard Nixon
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TLS signed “RN,” one page, 6.75 x 8.75, White House letterhead, August 24, 1971. Written from the Western White House in San Clemente, a letter to Jac
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Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
 
 
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Richard Nixon204 - Richard Nixon
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Official White House dinner menu with embossed presidential seal, one cardstock page, 4.25 x 6.5, December 1, 1969, signed at the bottom in black felt
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Richard Nixon205 - Richard Nixon
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Felt tip signature, "Richard Nixon,” on an off-white 6 x 4 La Casa Pacifica autograph card bearing a typed inscription, "The Pupils of Lor...
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Richard Nixon206 - Richard Nixon
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Ink signature, "Richard Nixon,” on an off-white 4.25 x 1.5 sheet. Triple-cloth-matted and framed with a portrait of Nixon to an overall size of...
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Richard Nixon207 - Richard Nixon
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Color semi-glossy 8.5 x 11 photo of Nixon sitting at his desk with glasses in hand, signed in the lower border in blue ink. In fine condition, with tw
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Richard Nixon208 - Richard Nixon
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Humorous TLS signed “Dick,” one page, 7.25 x 10.5, personal letterhead, August 18, 1965. Letter to Paul W. Keyes, in full: "A few days ago a fr...
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Nancy Reagan209 - Nancy Reagan
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Signed book: Nancy. First edition. NY: William Morrow and Company, Inc., 1980. Hardcover with dust jacket, 6.5 x 9.5, 219 pages. Signed on the first f
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Nancy Reagan210 - Nancy Reagan
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Vintage glossy 8 x 10 photo of the future first lady, signed and inscribed in red fountain pen, "To Ann & Charles…with every good wish—Nanc...
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Ronald Reagan211 - Ronald Reagan
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Signed book: An American Life. Deluxe limited first edition, numbered 497/2000. NY: Simon & Schuster, 1990. Leather-bound hardcover, 6.5 x 9.5, ...
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Estimate : 1,800.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Ronald Reagan212 - Ronald Reagan
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ALS signed “Dutch,” one page, 6.25 x 4.25, personal stationery card bearing an embossed presidential seal, October 4 [1993]. Letter to his longtime fr
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Estimate : 1,400.00 - 1,600.00
 
 
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Ronald Reagan213 - Ronald Reagan
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TLS as president signed “Dutch,” one page, 6.75 x 8.75, White House letterhead, June 7, 1983. Letter to his longtime friend Lydia ‘Hup’ MacArthur, in
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Ronald Reagan214 - Ronald Reagan
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DS, eight pages, 8.5 x 11, June 15, 1955. Minutes of a meeting of the Motion Picture Industry Council, in part: "Lou Greenspan then brought up ...
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Ronald Reagan215 - Ronald Reagan
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Glossy 6.5 x 9.75 photo of a young Reagan, calligraphically inscribed, "To Andre Jouniaux, With best wishes,” and signed in thin black felt tip...
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Ronald and Nancy Reagan216 - Ronald and Nancy Reagan
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Color satin-finish 7.5 x 9.5 three-quarter-length photo of President Reagan and the First Lady, signed and inscribed to actor Glenn Ford and his wife
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William H. Taft217 - William H. Taft
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Partly-printed vellum DS as president, signed “Wm. H. Taft,” one page, 15.75 x 19.25, March 3, 1913. President Taft appoints Carl Jay Ballinger as &...
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William H. Taft218 - William H. Taft
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Partly-printed vellum DS as president, signed “Wm. H. Taft,” one page, 15.25 x 19, June 2, 1910. President Taft appoints Harry R. Taylor as "a ...
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William H. Taft219 - William H. Taft
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TLS signed “Wm. H. Taft,” one page, 5.5 x 7, personal letterhead, January 9, 1914. Letter to Small, Maynard & Company, in full: "I have you...
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William H. Taft220 - William H. Taft
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TLS as president signed “Wm. H. Taft,” one page, 7 x 8.75, White House letterhead, April 28, 1910. Letter to Frank L. Dingley, the chief editor of Mai
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William H. Taft221 - William H. Taft
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Ink signature, "Wm. H. Taft,” on an off-white 4 x 2.75 card. In fine condition, with a very light stain to the start of his last name.
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Harry S. Truman222 - Harry S. Truman
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ANS as president, one page, 5 x 8, February 19, 1949. In part: "To Michael…with best wishes for a complete and an early recovery. I know you...
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Harry S. Truman223 - Harry S. Truman
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TLS signed “Harry,” one page, 8 x 10.5, US Senate letterhead, April 8, 1938. Letter to John W. Snyder, in full: “There is a gentleman by the name of C
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Donald Trump224 - Donald Trump
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Signed book: Crippled America. Limited first edition, numbered 2141/10000. NY: Threshold Editions, 2015. Hardcover with dust jacket, 5.75 x 8.75, 193
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Donald Trump225 - Donald Trump
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Signed book: Think Like a Champion. First edition. NY: Vanguard Press, 2009. Paperback, 5.5 x 8.25, 204 pages. Signed on the half-title page in black
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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Donald Trump226 - Donald Trump
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Signed book: The Art of the Deal. Later printing. NY: Random House, 1987. Hardcover with dust jacket, 6.25 x 9.5, 246 pages. Signed on the title page
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Martin Van Buren227 - Martin Van Buren
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Full free frank, measuring 12.75 x 8 with a center panel of 7 x 3.5, postmarked January 12 [1830], addressed in an unknown hand to "George M. D...
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White House228 - White House
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Desirable golden presidential seal coaster, 3.25? in diameter, featuring raised central design, engraved text along the border, "Seal of the Pr...
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Woodrow Wilson229 - Woodrow Wilson
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Partly-printed vellum DS as president, one page, 15.75 x 19.75, July 15, 1914. President Wilson appoints John R. Hornberger as "Paymaster in th...
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Woodrow Wilson230 - Woodrow Wilson
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Partly-printed DS as president, one page, 16 x 20, January 12, 1917. President Wilson appoints Edward S. Pegram as a "Second Lieutenant in the ...
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William Floyd231 - William Floyd
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Signer of the Declaration of Independence and a US representative from New York (1734–1821). Scarce, boldly penned ALS signed “Wm. Floyd,” one page, 6
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 2,500.00
 
 
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John Hancock232 - John Hancock
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ALS signed “J. H.,” one page, 7.25 x 6, May 2, 1782. Letter to the General Court asking the assembly to appoint a naval officer to a vacancy at Nantuc
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Samuel Huntington233 - Samuel Huntington
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Revolutionary War–dated LS as president of the Continental Congress, signed “Sam. Huntington President,” one page, 7.75 x 9.5, June 21, 1780. Letter t
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Richard Henry Lee234 - Richard Henry Lee
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Member of the notable Lee family and signer of the Declaration of Independence from Virginia (1732-1794). ALS, one page, 8 x 10, April 28, 1792. Lette
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Estimate : 3,000.00 - 4,000.00
 
 
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Robert Morris235 - Robert Morris
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LS signed “Rob't Morris,” one page, 7.5 x 9, February 14, 1784. Letter to Captain John Green, in part: "I thank you…for the information…whi...
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Matthew Thornton236 - Matthew Thornton
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Signer of the Declaration of Independence from New Hampshire (1714–1803). Scarce partly-printed DS, signed “Mathew Thornton,” one page, 7.5 x 12.25, J
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Alexander Hamilton237 - Alexander Hamilton
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Sought-after note written in the hand of Alexander Hamilton, unsigned, one page, 6 x 7.75, September 24, 1794. Note to Samuel Hodgson, the superintend
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Estimate : 3,800.00 - 4,200.00
 
 
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Alexander Hamilton238 - Alexander Hamilton
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Ink signature, "A. Hamilton,” on an off-white 3.25 x 1.75 slip clipped from the close of a printed document, and affixed to a slightly larger s...
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Estimate : 1,800.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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North American Map: 1692239 - North American Map: 1692
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Magnificent 1692 map of North America published by Alexis Hubert Jaillot after Nicholas Sanson, 36 x 24, entitled “Amerique Septentrionale, Divisee en
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 2,500.00
 
 
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William Penn240 - William Penn
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English-born Quaker (1644–1718) and founder of the colony that became the State of Pennsylvania. Scarce vellum manuscript DS, signed “Wm. Penn,” one p
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Estimate : 3,500.00 - 4,500.00
 
 
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Peter Stuyvesant241 - Peter Stuyvesant
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Last Dutch Director-General of the colony of New Netherland (1612–1672) who was a major figure in the early history of New York City. LS in Dutch, sig
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Estimate : 28,000.00 - 32,000.00
 
 
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Paul Revere242 - Paul Revere
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Panel of wood removed from the house of Paul Revere, 5.25 x 5.25 x .5, with three beveled edges and the top bearing an affixed label annotated by note
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Estimate : 2,800.00 - 3,200.00
 
 
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William M. ‘Boss’ Tweed243 - William M. ‘Boss’ Tweed
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Politician (1823–1878) most notable for being the 'boss' of Tammany Hall, the Democratic Party political machine that played a major role in...
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Eldridge Cleaver244 - Eldridge Cleaver
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Political activist and leader of the Black Panther Party (1935-1998). He became a political radical with his best selling Soul on Ice, an autobiograph
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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Frederick Douglass245 - Frederick Douglass
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ALS signed “Fredk. Douglass,” one page, 5 x 8, Cedar Hill letterhead, July 20, 1888. Letter to Magnus L. Robinson, an African-American journalist and
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Estimate : 1,800.00 - 2,200.00
 
 
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Mohandas Gandhi246 - Mohandas Gandhi
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Scarce fountain pen signature, "M. K. Gandhi,” on an off-white 2 x 1.25 slip affixed to a larger card. In fine condition, with a tape stain ben...
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 2,500.00
 
 
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Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr247 - Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr
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Souvenir typescript of a speech delivered by "Mr. Justice Holmes at Commencement, Harvard University, June 28, 1911," fifty years after he...
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Andre Citroen248 - Andre Citroen
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French industrialist (1878–1935) best remembered for the make of car bearing his name. TLS in French, three pages, 8.25 x 10.5, personal letterhead, M
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Harley-Davidson: Arthur Davidson249 - Harley-Davidson: Arthur Davidson
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One of the four co-founders of Harley-Davidson (1881–1950) who was responsible for setting up the company’s nationwide network of dealers. Choice DS,
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James Ward Packard250 - James Ward Packard
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Automobile manufacturer (1863–1928) known for his Packard Motor Car Company, founded in 1899 in Warren, Ohio. ADS signed “J. W. Packard,” one page, 5.
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Estimate : 4,000.00 - 6,000.00
 
 
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Henry Wells and William Fargo251 - Henry Wells and William Fargo
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Partly-printed DS, signed “Henry Wells” and “Wm. G. Fargo,” one page, 12.25 x 8.25, January 26, 1865. Attractively engraved certificate for three shar
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Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
 
 
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Sigmund Freud252 - Sigmund Freud
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Fountain pen signature, "Sigm. Freud, 1935,” on an off-white 5.5 x 3.25 album page affixed along its left edge to same-size backing. In fine co...
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 2,500.00
 
 
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