RR Auction: Fine Autographs and Artifacts featuring Science and Technology

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Highlighted by a section of rare and remarkable Science and Technology autographs and space-flown artifacts, RR Auction’s June Fine Autograph and Artifact sale features a breathtaking thousand-plus lots. With signed material from Albert Einstein, Isaac Newton, Charles Darwin, Michael Faraday, Max Born, and Werner Heisenberg, many of the greatest scientific minds in history are represented. Other top selections include items from the personal collection of Apollo 15 commander Dave Scott, a stunning presidential autograph collection, an important Gandhi letter, and a Mickey Mouse Christmas card from Walt Disney himself. 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 2018.
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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Glenn Seaborg122 - Glenn Seaborg
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Handwritten draft by Seaborg on both sides of a yellow 8.5 x 11 notebook sheet, signed within the title, "My hopes for precollege science educa...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Emilio Segre123 - Emilio Segre
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Untranslated ALS in Italian, one page, 5.5 x 8.5, Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei letterhead, January 5, 1962. In fine condition.
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Werner von Siemens124 - Werner von Siemens
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ALS in German, signed “Dr. W. Siemens,” one page both sides, 5.5 x 8.75, December 8, 1885. Letter to Paul Lindau, declining to make a regular contribu
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 2,500.00
 
 
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Solvay Conference: 1911125 - Solvay Conference: 1911
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Fantastic original vintage glossy 11.75 x 9.25 silver gelatin photo of the first Solvay Conference, captioned "Conseil de Physique Solvay, Brux...
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Samuel-Auguste Tissot126 - Samuel-Auguste Tissot
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Untranslated LS in French, signed “Tissot,” one page, 4.25 x 7.75, February 12, 1797. In very good to fine condition, with a trimmed right edge, and s
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John Tyndall127 - John Tyndall
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Signed book: On Radiation: The 'Rede' Lecture, Delivered in the Senate-house Before the University of Cambridge on Tuesday, May 16, 1865. Lo...
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Estimate : 700.00 - 900.00
 
 
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John Tyndall128 - John Tyndall
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ALS, one page, 4.5 x 7, blindstamped Royal Institution of Great Britain letterhead, April 9, [no year]. In part: "Many thanks…for your friendly...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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John von Neumann129 - John von Neumann
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Extremely rare TLS, one page, 8 x 10.5, United States Atomic Energy Commission letterhead, January 30, 1956. Letter to Henri Corbiere, in full: &quo...
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Estimate : 5,000.00 - 6,000.00
 
 
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Eugene Wigner130 - Eugene Wigner
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Four items: a TLS, signed “Eugene P. Wigner,” one page, Palmer Physical Laboratory, July 10, 1965, addressed to Tina Levitan, forwarding biographical
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Wilhelm Wundt131 - Wilhelm Wundt
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Uncommon untranslated ALS in German, signed “Dr. W. Wundt,” one page, 5.5 x 8.5, 1884. In fine condition.
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Apple: Ronald Wayne132 - Apple: Ronald Wayne
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Laserprint copy of the original logo design for Apple Computer Co. on archival paper, 6 x 9, signed in the lower right in black ink, “Ronald G. Wayne,
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Astronomers133 - Astronomers
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Commemorative cover with a cachet honoring the Parforex XXI and a "Salute to the Space Telescope Orbital Launching by Space Shuttle Columbia,&q...
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Vint Cerf134 - Vint Cerf
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Three items: an original ballpoint sketch of the "Original ARPANET Configuration CA. 1970" on a white 8 x 5 sheet, signed below by Cerf, w...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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James W. Christy135 - James W. Christy
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Three color glossy photos, 8 x 10 and 10 x 8, each signed in silver ink, "J. W. Christy," the American astronomer who, on June 22, 1978, w...
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Cyrus W. Field136 - Cyrus W. Field
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ALS signed “Cyrus,” one page, 8 x 9.75, December 1, 1835. At the age of 16, Field writes his father, the Rev. D. D. Field, a pastor in Stockbridge, Ma
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James Glaisher and James Whitbread Lee Glaisher137 - James Glaisher and James Whitbread Lee Glaisher
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Pair of ALSs by the father-and-son astronomers: an ALS signed "James Glaisher," three pages on two adjoining sheets, 4.5 x 7.25, no date, ...
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Andrew Huxley138 - Andrew Huxley
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TLS, one page, 8.25 x 11.75, personal Trinity College letterhead, February 18, 1993. Letter to D. Dee, in part: "I have always had a mechanical...
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Charles Francis Jenkins139 - Charles Francis Jenkins
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Two TLSs, both signed “Jenkins,” one page, 8.5 x 11. The earlier letter, Jenkins Laboratories letterhead, September 6, 1927, addressed to W. N. Jenkin
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Richard Leakey and Donald Johanson140 - Richard Leakey and Donald Johanson
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Four items: an 8.5 x 11 laserprint photo of Kenyan paleoanthropologist Richard Leakey holding a hominin skull found near Lake Turkana in 1972, signed
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Jane Luu141 - Jane Luu
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Three items: an ALS, one page, 8 x 10.5, April 2, 2018, in part: "I like science, and I think it would be great if more people appreciated how ...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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