RR Auction: Fine Autograph and Artifact Auction

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RR Auction’s February Fine Autograph and Artifact Auction will host over 750 lots of historical memorabilia from all genres, ranging from America’s presidents to the starlets of Hollywood. Among the highlights offered for sale are rare autograph letters by Alan Turing and Albert Einstein, a signed photo of Emperor Hirohito, a Roman Olympic torch, and Peter Finch’s Golden Globe for Network. 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 February 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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Franklin D. Roosevelt102 - Franklin D. Roosevelt
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Interesting airmail cover, 6.25 x 3.5, addressed in another hand and signed in the upper left in the return address area, "Franklin D. Roosevel...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Franklin D. Roosevelt103 - Franklin D. Roosevelt
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TLS, two pages, 8.25 x 10.75, personal letterhead, December 4, 1924. Letter to Mrs. Edwin Pettit, in part: "A number of acknowledged leaders of...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Harry S. Truman104 - Harry S. Truman
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Signed book: Memoirs by Harry S. Truman, Volume One: Year of Decisions. Special Kansas City Edition, limited to 20,615 copies: Doubleday, 1955. Hardco
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Harry S. Truman105 - Harry S. Truman
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TLS, one page, 7.25 x 10.5, personal letterhead, March 4, 1963. Letter to Robert C. Garrison, in full: "I more than appreciated your letter of ...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Harry S. Truman106 - Harry S. Truman
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TLS, one page, 8 x 10.5, United States Senate letterhead, February 20, 1935. Letter to Ben Kohn in Brooklyn, in part: “I am a keen admirer of the Scou
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Donald Trump107 - Donald Trump
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Two off-white 5 x 3 cards, one signed in blue felt tip by Donald Trump, and the other signed in blue felt tip by Trump and second wife Marla Maples. I
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Estimate : 500.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Donald Trump108 - Donald Trump
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Signed book: Crippled America. Limited first edition, numbered 9094/10000. NY: Threshold Editions, 2015. Hardcover with dust jacket, 5.75 x 8.75, 193
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Donald Trump109 - Donald Trump
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Satin-finish 14 x 11 photo of Trump inside a mansion, signed in a dark area of the image in blue felt tip. In fine condition, with a JSA label affixed
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Woodrow Wilson110 - Woodrow Wilson
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TLS as president, two pages on two adjoining sheets, 7 x 8.75, White House letterhead, October 26, 1918. Letter to Franklin K. Lane, the Secretary of
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Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
 
 
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William Floyd111 - William Floyd
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Manuscript DS, signed “Wm. Floyd,” one page, 12.25 x 15.25, September 18, 1770. A "list of the Bonds & Notes taken this eighteenth day of S...
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,500.00
 
 
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John Hancock112 - 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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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,500.00
 
 
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Robert Treat Paine113 - Robert Treat Paine
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Partly-printed ADS, signed “Paine,” one page both sides, 8 x 7.75, July 31, 1769. An order to the sheriff of Bristol County "to Attach the Good...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Robert Morris114 - Robert Morris
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Scarce ALS signed “Robt Morris,” one page both sides, 7.5 x 9.25, December 8, 1783. Letter to Tench Tilghman, the former aide-de-camp to George Washin
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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James Wilson115 - James Wilson
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Signer of the Declaration of Independence from Pennsylvania (1742–1798), and one of only six men who signed both the Declaration and the US Constituti
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Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
 
 
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Oliver Wolcott116 - Oliver Wolcott
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Revolutionary War–dated partly-printed DS, signed “O. Wolcott,” one page, 8 x 13.5, April 18, 1781. Financial document, in part: "Know all Men ...
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Samuel Adams117 - Samuel Adams
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Desirable partly-printed DS, signed “Sam'l Adams,” one page, 9.75 x 15.25, February 28, 1794. As governor of Massachusetts, Adams appoints "...
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 2,500.00
 
 
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Spiro Agnew118 - Spiro Agnew
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Unique pair of large government-issued polyester flags deriving from the personal collection of former Vice President Spiro T. Agnew, including: a fla
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Estimate : 11,000.00 - 13,000.00
 
 
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John Alden119 - John Alden
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Great-grandson (1716–1764) of John and Priscilla Alden, who came to Plymouth aboard the Mayflower in 1620; the Mayflower's Alden is mentioned in...
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Patrick Henry120 - Patrick Henry
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Partly-printed vellum DS, signed “P. Henry,” one page, 15 x 13, August 20, 1786. As governor of Virginia, Henry grants "unto David Shotton a ce...
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Patrick Henry121 - Patrick Henry
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Superb ALS signed “P. Henry,” one page both sides, 7 x 9.25, December 1, 1792. In part: "It gives me no small Degree of Regret that in Return f...
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Estimate : 3,000.00 - 4,000.00
 
 
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Robert F. Kennedy122 - Robert F. Kennedy
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Partly-printed DS, one page, 16.5 x 13.5, February 19, 1962. As attorney general, Kennedy appoints Daniel W. Moylan as "Assistant United States...
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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John Lansing, Jr123 - John Lansing, Jr
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Prominent American lawyer and politician (1754–1829) who served as a longtime member and speaker of the New York State Assembly and the Confederation
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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Henry Lee124 - Henry Lee
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Revolutionary War hero (1756–1818) who captured British posts in New York and in the South; he was also the father of Robert E. Lee. Partly-printed ve
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Thomas Mifflin125 - Thomas Mifflin
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Signer of the US Constitution from Pennsylvania (1744–1800) and first governor of that state. Partly-printed vellum DS, signed “Tho. Mifflin,” one pag
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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William Penn126 - William Penn
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English-born Quaker (1644–1718) and founder of the colony that became the state of Pennsylvania. Vellum manuscript DS, signed “Wm. Penn,” one page, 10
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Estimate : 3,000.00 - 4,000.00
 
 
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Oliver Wolcott, Jr127 - Oliver Wolcott, Jr
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LS signed “Oliv: Wolcott,” three pages on two sheets, 7.5 x 9.75, May 19, 1824. Letter to Ogden Edwards regarding Gov. Joseph C. Yates of New York, in
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Estimate : 700.00 - 900.00
 
 
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John Brown128 - John Brown
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Ink signature, "John Brown,” on an off-white 2 x 1.5 slip, dated in another hand, "June 30, 1836, Franklin, Ohio." Affixed to a sligh...
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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God Letters: The Follow-Up129 - God Letters: The Follow-Up
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Collection of over 65 letters by celebrities and notable figures from a wide variety of fields, all written in response to a request to publish their
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,500.00
 
 
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Helen Keller130 - Helen Keller
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TLS, one page both sides, 7 x 10.5, December 31, 1923. Written from Forest Hills, a letter to Betsy, in part: "We had a very happy Christmas. M...
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Martin Luther King, Jr131 - Martin Luther King, Jr
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Noteworthy TLS signed “Martin,” one page, 8.5 x 11, Southern Christian Leadership Conference letterhead, April 5, 1964. Letter to Margaret Long, in fu
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Estimate : 2,400.00 - 2,600.00
 
 
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Malcolm X132 - Malcolm X
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Rare ALS signed “Malcolm X,” one page on a 5.75 x 4 color postcard depicting the first president of Nigeria, Nnamdi 'Zik' Azikiwe, postmarke...
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Estimate : 4,500.00 - 5,000.00
 
 
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Nelson Mandela133 - Nelson Mandela
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Scarce signed book: Madiba. South Africa: Martin Schneider and Company, 1997. Hardcover with dust jacket, 9.75 x 11.5, 144 pages. Signed on the title
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Estimate : 1,600.00 - 1,800.00
 
 
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Henry Ford135 - Henry Ford
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Very early LS signed “Henry Ford, Eng'r Edison Co.,” one page, 8.75 x 4.75, August 18, 1898. In full: "To Whom this may Concern the Bearer ...
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Harley-Davidson: William H. Davidson136 - Harley-Davidson: William H. Davidson
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Son of William A. Davidson and 1999 inductee into the Motorcycle Hall of Fame (1905–1992), who served as the president of Harley-Davidson Motorcycles
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Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
 
 
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Alexander Graham Bell137 - Alexander Graham Bell
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ALS in pencil signed “A. G. B.,” one page on a 5 x 3 postcard, postmarked November 30, no year. Written from Salem, Massachusetts, a letter to P. D. R
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Thomas Edison138 - Thomas Edison
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ADS, signed "Thomas A. Edison," one page, 5 x 3.5, Boston, February 3, 1869. Document related to his first successful invention, an improv...
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Estimate : 14,000.00 - 16,000.00
 
 
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Thomas Edison139 - Thomas Edison
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Letter to Thomas Edison from his son Charles, endorsed at the top by Thomas Edison in pencil, “OK if no fire risk to us, E,” one page both sides, 8.5
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Thomas Edison140 - Thomas Edison
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ALS signed with his prominent ‘umbrella’ signature, “Thomas A. Edison,” one page, 5 x 8, October 26, 1881. Letter to Edward W. Bok, in full: “I take p
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Estimate : 2,200.00 - 2,500.00
 
 
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Albert Einstein141 - Albert Einstein
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Handsome 1934 portrait etching of Einstein by German printmaker J. J. Muller, 7 x 9, signed in the lower border in fountain pen, "Albert Einste...
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Estimate : 3,000.00 - 4,000.00
 
 
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Robert Fulton142 - Robert Fulton
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Superb original diagram drawing of a cross-section of a torpedo flintlock detonator accomplished by Fulton in ink and watercolor on an off-white 17.25
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Estimate : 15,000.00 - 20,000.00
 
 
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Albert Einstein143 - Albert Einstein
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ALS in German, signed "Einstein," one page both sides, 8.25 x 10.75, September 19, 1932. Letter to his longtime friend Wander Johannes de ...
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Estimate : 25,000.00 - 30,000.00
 
 
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Urbain Le Verrier144 - Urbain Le Verrier
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French mathematician who specialized in celestial mechanics (1811–1877) best known for his part in the discovery of Neptune. ALS in French, signed “U.
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Estimate : 1,800.00 - 2,200.00
 
 
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Hudson Maxim145 - Hudson Maxim
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American chemist and inventor (1853–1927) best known for several innovations related to explosives, including smokeless gunpowder. Uncommon typed manu
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Samuel F. B. Morse146 - Samuel F. B. Morse
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ALS signed "Saml. F. B. Morse," one page both sides, 5.25 x 8, August 4, 1860. Letter to Moses Sperry Beach, former editor and proprietor ...
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Estimate : 2,200.00 - 2,500.00
 
 
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Samuel F. B. Morse147 - Samuel F. B. Morse
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Rare signed book: Examination of the Telegraphic Apparatus and the Process in Telegraphy. Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1869. Softcover,
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Estimate : 3,000.00 - 3,500.00
 
 
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Louis Pasteur148 - Louis Pasteur
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Signed book: Etudes sur le Vin. First edition. Paris: Victor Mason et Fils, 1866. Beautifully rebound in brown leather and marbled paper, 6.5 x 9.5, 2
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 2,500.00
 
 
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Louis Pasteur149 - Louis Pasteur
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ANS in French, signed “L. Pasteur,” one page, 3.75 x 6, October 31, 1893. In full (translated): "From the Institute of France with all its comp...
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Ivan Pavlov150 - Ivan Pavlov
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Russian physiologist (1849–1936) best known for his investigation of conditioned reflex through the use of experiments involving salivating dogs; he w
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Albert Schweitzer151 - Albert Schweitzer
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Astonishing thrice-signed ALS in French, signed "Albert S." and "Albert Schweitzer," three onionskin pages, 8.5 x 11, October 22...
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Estimate : 5,000.00 - 6,000.00
 
 
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Alan Turing152 - Alan Turing
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Immensely influential British mathematician, cryptanalyst, and computer scientist (1912–1954) considered the father of theoretical computer science an
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Estimate : 40,000.00 - 50,000.00
 
 
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