RR Auction: Fine Autograph and Artifact Auction

Auction Details

Featuring a diverse 1,000+ lots, RR Auction’s September Fine Autographs and Artifacts auction boasts a highlighted Royalty section that spans the centuries, offering rarely seen autographs from the likes of Queen Elizabeth I, Queen Mary I, King Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette, Frederick the Great, and Princess Diana. Other top lots include a remarkable oversized Abraham Lincoln signed photograph, a letter by philosopher Francis Bacon, an extremely early Winston Churchill signed photo, and a sharp signed portrait of Martin Luther King, Jr. Other noteworthy autographs include Albert Einstein, J. D. Salinger, the Beatles, Ernest Hemingway, Walt Disney, John F. Kennedy, and more! 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 September 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
Choose Your Layout > Switch to Grid View Switch to List View
Harley-Davidson: Arthur Davidson182 - Harley-Davidson: Arthur Davidson
RR Auction
One of the four co-founders of Harley-Davidson (1881–1950) who was responsible for setting up the company’s nationwide network of dealers. Interesting
No Online Bidding For This Lot
Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
Details...Bookmark
William Randolph Hearst183 - William Randolph Hearst
RR Auction
Fascinating grouping of four letters, three signed “W. R. Hearst” and one signed in full, five total pages, dated between 1930 and 1940; the lot consi
No Online Bidding For This Lot
Estimate : 2,000.00 - 2,500.00
 
 
Details...Bookmark
Arthur Eddington184 - Arthur Eddington
RR Auction
British astrophysicist (1882–1944) famous for his work regarding the theory of relativity. ALS signed “A. S. Eddington,” one page, 4.5 x 6.75, blindst
No Online Bidding For This Lot
Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
Details...Bookmark
Thomas Edison185 - Thomas Edison
RR Auction
Rare autograph endorsement on a preprinted letter from Thomas Edison to his close associate George F. Morrison, one page, 7 x 9, From the Laboratory o
No Online Bidding For This Lot
Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
Details...Bookmark
Thomas Edison186 - Thomas Edison
RR Auction
Signed book: The Boy's Life of Edison. Later printing. NY: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1921. Hardcover, 5.25 x 7.5, 367 pages. Signed on t...
No Online Bidding For This Lot
Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
Details...Bookmark
Albert Einstein187 - Albert Einstein
RR Auction
TLS in German, signed “A. Einstein,” one page, 8.5 x 11, blindstamped personal Princeton letterhead, December 23, 1938. Letter to Ralph Roeder of the
No Online Bidding For This Lot
Estimate : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
Details...Bookmark
Albert Einstein188 - Albert Einstein
RR Auction
TLS in German, signed “A. Einstein,” one page both sides, 8.75 x 11.25, personal letterhead, October 19, 1928. Letter to Dr. Hans Reichenbach, a colle
No Online Bidding For This Lot
Estimate : 18,000.00 - 20,000.00
 
 
Details...Bookmark
Albert Einstein189 - Albert Einstein
RR Auction
ALS in German, signed “Albert,” one page, 3.5 x 5.5, September 2, 1922. Letter to his sister Maja on family matters, in full (translated): "I e...
No Online Bidding For This Lot
Estimate : 8,000.00 - 10,000.00
 
 
Details...Bookmark
Michael Faraday190 - Michael Faraday
RR Auction
British physicist and chemist (1791–1867) best known for his development of the first dynamo and the discovery of electromagnetic induction. ALS signe
No Online Bidding For This Lot
Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
Details...Bookmark
Alexander Fleming191 - Alexander Fleming
RR Auction
Scottish bacteriologist (1881–1955) who shared the 1945 Nobel Prize in Medicine for his role in the discovery and isolation of penicillin. Exquisite m
No Online Bidding For This Lot
Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
Details...Bookmark
George Gamow192 - George Gamow
RR Auction
Influential Russian-born theoretical physicist and cosmologist (1904–1968) who was a leading advocate of the 'Big Bang' theory. Extremely ra...
No Online Bidding For This Lot
Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
Details...Bookmark
Jean Baptiste de Lamarck and Georges Cuvier193 - Jean Baptiste de Lamarck and Georges Cuvier
RR Auction
Bold ink signatures, "Lamarck” and "G. Cuvier," on an off-white 7 x 9.25 sign-in page, headed, "Signatures des Membres Presens,&...
No Online Bidding For This Lot
 
 
Details...Bookmark
Konrad Lorenz194 - Konrad Lorenz
RR Auction
Austrian zoologist, ornithologist, and recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine who pioneered the modern study of animal behavior (1903–
No Online Bidding For This Lot
Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
 
 
Details...Bookmark
Guglielmo Marconi195 - Guglielmo Marconi
RR Auction
Exceptional sepia matte-finish 4 x 5.75 portrait of Marconi by Pach Brothers of New York, affixed to the original 8 x 10.75 studio mount, signed and i
No Online Bidding For This Lot
Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
Details...Bookmark
Albert A. Michelson196 - Albert A. Michelson
RR Auction
Physicist known for his work on measuring the speed of light (1852–1931) who, in 1907, became the first American scientist to win a Nobel Prize. TLS s
No Online Bidding For This Lot
Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
Details...Bookmark
Louis Pasteur197 - Louis Pasteur
RR Auction
LS in French, signed “L. Pasteur,” one page, 5.25 x 8, no date but likely circa 1885–1886. Letter to Dr. George Henslow at St. Bartholomew's Hos...
No Online Bidding For This Lot
Estimate : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
Details...Bookmark
Albert Schweitzer198 - Albert Schweitzer
RR Auction
ALS in German, one page both sides, 8.5 x 11, personal stamped letterhead, April 4, 1960. A superb, partly translated letter to Norman Thomas concerni
No Online Bidding For This Lot
Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
Details...Bookmark
Roland Barthes199 - Roland Barthes
RR Auction
Literary theorist and philosopher (1915–1980) whose ideas explored a diverse range of subjects, including structuralism, semiotics, social theory, and
No Online Bidding For This Lot
Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
Details...Bookmark
Francis Bacon200 - Francis Bacon
RR Auction
English philosopher, statesman, and scientist (1561–1626). LS signed “assured, fr. verulam Canc ,” 7.5 x 11.5, August 3, 1619. Letter as Baro
No Online Bidding For This Lot
Estimate : 20,000.00 - 30,000.00
 
 
Details...Bookmark
Carl Jung201 - Carl Jung
RR Auction
TLS signed “C. G. Jung,” one page, 8.25 x 11, personal letterhead, January 30, 1951. Letter to Grant Code in New York, in part: "As far as I ca...
No Online Bidding For This Lot
Estimate : 3,000.00 - 5,000.00
 
 
Details...Bookmark