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Headquartered in Boston’s North End, RR Auction is a globally recognized and trusted source for rare documents, manuscripts, autographs, and historic artifacts. Since its inception in 1980, RR has achieved countless record-setting prices in over 425 successful sales, including Truman Capote’s hand-notated manuscript for Breakfast at Tiffany’s for over $300,000, President Kennedy’s 1963 convertible for $318,000, and a pair of Bonnie and Clyde’s guns for over $500,000. Internationally known and frequently featured in all media outlets—with appearances on NBC’s Today Show, CBS This Morning, Fox News, the New York Times Sunday Magazine, and the London Times—RR Auction prides itself on selling authentic material, thoroughly examined by in-house experts and third-party authenticators, to uphold the guarantee of authenticity. With a stunning full-color print catalog and a massive online presence, RR Auction continues to achieve record prices for clients around the world.
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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Albert Einstein245 - Albert Einstein
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ALS in German, signed “A. Einstein,” one page both sides, 5.75 x 7.75, December 12, 1914. Letter to his first wife Mileva Maric, shortly after their s
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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Albert Einstein246 - Albert Einstein
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Crisp ink signature, “A. Einstein,” on an off-white 4 x 2.5 folded slip. In fine condition, with a vertical fold to right of signature, and faint over
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Albert Einstein247 - Albert Einstein
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Wonderful DS in German, signed “A. Einstein,” one page, 8.25 x 11.25, December 18, 1929. Document headed (translated) “Federation for the introduction
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Estimate : 4,000.00 - 5,000.00
 
 
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Albert Einstein248 - Albert Einstein
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TLS in German, signed “A. Einstein,” one page, 8.5 x 11, February 4, 1934. Untranslated letter to the B’nai B’rith Lodge in Detroit in which Einstein
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,500.00
 
 
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Lorand Eotvos249 - Lorand Eotvos
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Austro-Hungarian physicist (1848–1919) known for his work on gravitation and surface tension. Untranslated printed DS in Hungarian, signed “Eotvos,” o
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Alexander Fleming250 - Alexander Fleming
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Scottish bacteriologist (1881–1955) who shared the 1945 Nobel Prize in Medicine for his role in the discovery and isolation of penicillin. Vintage mat
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Joseph Lister251 - Joseph Lister
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British surgeon (1827–1912) who innovated the practice of sterile surgery, one of the most important medical advances of the day. ALS, one page both s
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Guglielmo Marconi252 - Guglielmo Marconi
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Large archive of 31 letters by Marconi, including eight ALSs totaling 41 pages and 23 TLSs totaling 36 pages, dated between 1902 and 1909. Nearly all
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Estimate : 30,000.00 - 40,000.00
 
 
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Elie Metchnikoff253 - Elie Metchnikoff
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Russian biologist and zoologist (1845–1916) best known for his pioneering research into the immune system for which he was awarded the 1908 Nobel Priz
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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Robert Oppenheimer254 - Robert Oppenheimer
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Brilliant American physicist (1904–1967) who directed the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton and who spearheaded the Manhattan Project, leading
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Louis Pasteur255 - Louis Pasteur
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Signed book: Etudes sur les Maladies des Vers a Soie [Studies on Diseases of Silk Worms]. Paris: Gauthier-Villars, 1870. Softcover, 6.25 x 9.5, 322 pa
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Estimate : 1,200.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Louis Pasteur256 - Louis Pasteur
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ANS in French, signed “L. P.,” one page on a 3 x 2 card, no date. Brief note, in full (translated): "Thank you. I do not see that too many repl...
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Jan Evangelista Purkyne257 - Jan Evangelista Purkyne
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Czech anatomist and physiologist (1787–1869) who was one of the most well-known scientists of his time. Partly-printed DS in Czech, signed “Dr. J. Pur
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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Albert Schweitzer258 - Albert Schweitzer
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ALS in German, signed “A. Schweitzer,” one onionskin page, 8.5 x 11, October 20, 1954. Letter to Dr. Austin Smith at the Journal of the American Medic
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Sigmund Freud259 - Sigmund Freud
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ALS in German, signed “Freud,” one page, 5.25 x 8.25, personal letterhead, June 10, 1912. Letter to a fellow doctor, in full (translated): "Sim...
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Estimate : 6,000.00 - 8,000.00
 
 
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Sigmund Freud260 - Sigmund Freud
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ANS in German, signed “Freud,” one page, 5.25 x 3.5, personal letterhead, March 5, 1930. Note on a “Prof. Dr. Freud” card featuring the address of his
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Estimate : 2,500.00 - 3,500.00
 
 
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Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon261 - Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon
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French naturalist, mathematician, and author (1707–1788). Vellum manuscript DS in French, signed “Buffon,” four pages on two adjoining sheets, 8.5 x 1
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Adam Smith262 - Adam Smith
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Scottish moral professor and a respected pioneer of political economy (1723–1790) whose magnum opus, The Wealth of Nations, is considered the first mo
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Estimate : 60,000.00 - 70,000.00
 
 
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Rebecca Gratz263 - Rebecca Gratz
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Jewish American educator and philanthropist (1781–1869). Corn Exchange Bank check, 6.75 x 2.5, filled out in another hand, payable to Rebecca Gratz fo
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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Pope Gregory XVI264 - Pope Gregory XVI
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Born Bartolomeo Alberto Cappellari (1765-1846), he served as pope from 1831 to 1846. Strongly conservative and traditionalist, he opposed democratic a
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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