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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Sebastian Kneipp185 - Sebastian Kneipp
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Bavarian priest (1821–1897) who pioneered naturopathic medicine, particularly a form of hydrotherapy known as the Kneipp cure. Appealing 4.25 x 6.5 ca
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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Pierre-Simon Laplace186 - Pierre-Simon Laplace
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French scholar whose work was important to the development of mathematics, statistics, physics, and astronomy (1749–1827). Manuscript DS in French, si
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Pierre-Simon Laplace187 - Pierre-Simon Laplace
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French scholar whose work was important to the development of mathematics, statistics, physics, and astronomy (1749–1827). ANS in French, signed “M’is
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Samuel Thomas von Sommering188 - Samuel Thomas von Sommering
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German physician and anatomist (1755–1830) who discovered the macula in the retina of the human eye and is also known for his investigations on the br
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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Hendrik Antoon Lorentz189 - Hendrik Antoon Lorentz
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Dutch physicist (1853–1928) who shared the 1902 Nobel Prize in Physics for the discovery and theoretical explanation of the Zeeman effect. Uncommon ma
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Estimate : 2,500.00 - 3,500.00
 
 
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Jan Evangelista Purkyne190 - 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. ALS in German, signed “Purkyne,” one page both
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Estimate : 3,000.00 - 4,000.00
 
 
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Rudolf Virchow191 - Rudolf Virchow
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German doctor and politician (1821–1902), dubbed the ‘Father of Pathology,’ who founded the field of social medicine. Autograph prescription in German
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Paul Gottlieb Werlhof192 - Paul Gottlieb Werlhof
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German physician and poet (1699–1767) known for both his literary output and medical treatises. ALS in German, signed “Werlhof,” one page, 7.25 x 9, A
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Karl Blind195 - Karl Blind
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German revolutionist and writer on politics, history, mythology, and German literature (1826–1907). Rare and lengthy AMS in English, signed within the
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Estimate : 4,000.00 - 5,000.00
 
 
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Theodor Adorno196 - Theodor Adorno
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German sociologist, philosopher, and musicologist (1903–1969) known for his critical theory as a leading member of the Frankfurt School. Four TLSs in
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Sigmund Freud197 - Sigmund Freud
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TLS in German, signed “Freud,” one page, 5.75 x 8.75, personal letterhead, September 13, 1924. Letter to a doctor, in part (translated): "It is...
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Sigmund Freud198 - Sigmund Freud
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Unsigned hand-addressed mailing envelope with Freud’s return address printed on the flap, 6.25 x 4.75, addressed by Freud to “Edith Falk” in “Hamburg,
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Milton Friedman199 - Milton Friedman
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Rare autograph manuscript, one page, lightly lined, 8.5 x 11, signed at the top. A copiously hand-corrected second page from a draft of the 1983 essay
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Martin Heidegger200 - Martin Heidegger
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Unsigned handwritten notes, one page, 4 x 5.75, no date. Heidegger lists a series of his philosophical essays. In part (translated): "Interpret...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Johann Gottfried Herder201 - Johann Gottfried Herder
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German philosopher, theologian, poet, and literary critic (1744–1803) associated with the periods of Enlightenment, Sturm und Drang, and Weimar Classi
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Carl Jung202 - Carl Jung
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TLS signed “C. G. Jung,” one page, 8.25 x 11.75, personal letterhead, December 12, 1935. A letter of recommendation for the artist Margaret Erwin Sche
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Peter Kropotkin203 - Peter Kropotkin
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Russian geographer, zoologist, and political theorist (1842–1921) best known for his advocacy of anarchist communism. ALS in German, signed “P. Kropot
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Estimate : 1,200.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Max Muller204 - Max Muller
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German-born philologist and Indologist (1823–1900) known as one of the founders of the western academic field of Indian studies and the discipline of
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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Bertrand Russell205 - Bertrand Russell
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ALS, one page, 5 x 7, personal letterhead, January 21, 1925. In part: “With regard to ‘Is America becoming imperialistic?,’ please publish it wherever
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Bertrand Russell206 - Bertrand Russell
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TLS, one page, 8 x 10, Plas Penrhyn letterhead, December 4, 1962. Letter to Mansel Davies, in part: “I am sorry that it is not likely I shall be able
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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