RR Auction: Fine Autographs & Artifacts

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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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Guglielmo Marconi173 - Guglielmo Marconi
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ALS in Italian, signed “G. Marconi,” two pages on two adjoining sheets, 6.25 x 7.5, Le Grand Hotel, Rome letterhead, September 19, no year. Untranslat
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Guglielmo Marconi174 - 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 : 70,000.00 - 80,000.00
 
 
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Gregor Mendel175 - Gregor Mendel
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Rare autograph DS in German, signed “Gregor Mendel,” one page, 8.25 x 13.5, September 1, 1876. Untranslated document concerning a financial transactio
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Estimate : 8,000.00 - 10,000.00
 
 
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Alfred Nobel176 - Alfred Nobel
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Three exceedingly rare ALSs, each signed “A. Nobel,” totaling four pages, 5 x 8, dated between 1880 and 1895. Letters to Alarik Liedbeck, Nobel’s frie
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Estimate : 40,000.00 - 50,000.00
 
 
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Louis Pasteur177 - Louis Pasteur
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ALS in French, signed “L. Pasteur,” one page both sides, 5.25 x 8, Ecole Normale Supérieure letterhead, September 7, 1867. Letter to Italian sc...
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Estimate : 4,000.00 - 5,000.00
 
 
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Jan Evangelista Purkyne178 - 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. Lengthy AQS on an off-white 5.75 x 4.25 sheet,
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman179 - Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman
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Indian physicist (1888–1970) whose work in the field of light scattering earned him the 1930 Nobel Prize for Physics. Dignified matte-finish 3.5 x 4.5
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Tadeusz Reichstein180 - Tadeusz Reichstein
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Polish-Swiss chemist (1897–1996) awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1950 for his work on hormones of the adrenal cortex which culmin
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Nikola Tesla181 - Nikola Tesla
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Color postcard of the Brooklyn Bridge, 5.25 x 3.5, signed in fountain pen, “Nikola Tesla,” with a collector’s date notation of 1913 below the signatur
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Cesare Beccaria182 - Cesare Beccaria
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Italian criminologist, jurist, philosopher, and politician (1738–1794) best known for his treatise On Crimes and Punishments. Untranslated manuscript
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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