RR Auction: Science and Technology Auction

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Featuring over 300 lots, RR Auction is proud to present our December Science & Technology auction. The highlight of the sale is the 1924 Nobel Prize in Physics, awarded to Manne Siegbahn for his discoveries and research in X-ray spectroscopy. Other standout items are an A7L lunar boot created for Neil Armstrong and the Apollo 11 mission; important letters from James Watt, Louis Pasteur, Albert Einstein, and Werner Heisenberg; a Macworld magazine signed by Steve Jobs; a mathematical journal owned and signed by John Nash; a highly desirable autograph of Isaac Newton; and material chronicling the history of early aviation. From physics and chemistry to space exploration and beyond, these incredible items tell the story of our shared heritage of innovation.
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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Apollo In-Flight Coverall Garment (ICG) Chamber Suit6252 - Apollo In-Flight Coverall Garment (ICG) Chamber Suit
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Rare NASA In-Flight Coverall Garment (ICG) Chamber Suit consisting of a white jacket and pants, likely produced for use in an Apollo spacecraft altitu
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Estimate : 3,000.00 - 5,000.00
 
 
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Apollo 1 Signed Photograph6253 - Apollo 1 Signed Photograph
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Exceptional official color 10 x 8 NASA lithograph of the Apollo 1 prime crew posing in their blue flight suits with a model of the ill-fated Block I C
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Estimate : 15,000.00 - 20,000.00
 
 
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Apollo 8 Large Format Command Module Training Diagrams6254 - Apollo 8 Large Format Command Module Training Diagrams
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Huge North American Aviation (NAA)–produced large-format paper diagram of the Apollo 8 Command Module 103 displays and controls panels, measuring 18.5
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Buzz Aldrin Personally-Owned and Annotated Photographs6255 - Buzz Aldrin Personally-Owned and Annotated Photographs
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Buzz Aldrin’s collection of four vintage matte-finish ‘night airglow’ photos taken by him and Command Pilot James Lovell during the Gemini 12 mission
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Neil Armstrong Signed Book6256 - Neil Armstrong Signed Book
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Sought-after signed book: Apollo: Ten Years Since Tranquility Base. Washington, D.C.: National Air and Space Museum, 1979. Softcover, 8 x 10, 174 page
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Neil Armstrong Signed Photograph6257 - Neil Armstrong Signed Photograph
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Official color 7.75 x 9.75 NASA lithograph of Commander Neil Armstrong posing in his white space suit against a lunar background, signed boldly in bla
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Estimate : 2,500.00 - 3,500.00
 
 
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Apollo 11 Engineer's Manuals6258 - Apollo 11 Engineer's Manuals
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Remarkable pair of ring-bound manuals used by NASA engineer and TELMU flight controller Don Puddy during and after the historic moon-landing mission o
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Estimate : 3,000.00 - 5,000.00
 
 
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Neil Armstrong Signed Program6259 - Neil Armstrong Signed Program
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Program front cover for the Motorola Communications Petroleum Seminar held in Houston, Texas, on June 15, 1972, signed in black ink by Neil Armstrong.
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Apollo 13 Flown Couch Segment6260 - Apollo 13 Flown Couch Segment
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Flown swatch of fabric from the backing material of the astronauts’ couches inside the Apollo 13 Command Module, housed in a limited edition Lucite di
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Neil Armstrong Boot Prototype6261 - Neil Armstrong Boot Prototype
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Rare uncompleted Apollo A7L lunar boot manufactured by International Latex Corporation (ILC) in Dover, Delaware, around late 1968 or early 1969, with
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Estimate : 40,000.00 - 60,000.00
 
 
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