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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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167Thomas EdisonRR Auction
Matte-finish 6.75 x 8.75 photo of an artistic rendering of Edison, signed in the lower border in fountain pen using his classic ‘umbrella’ signature,
Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
168Thomas EdisonRR Auction
Edison Botanical Research Corporation business check, 8.25 x 3, filled out in another hand and signed by Edison with his prominent ‘umbrella’ signatur
Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
169Albert EinsteinRR Auction
TLS in German, signed “A. Einstein,” one page, 6.5 x 6.75, personal letterhead, July 4, 1935. Letter to Sarah F. Brandes of the Bralans Lecture Bureau
Estimate : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
170Albert EinsteinRR Auction
ALS in German, signed “Albert,” one page, 7.25 x 10.5, no date but notated August 1935. Letter addressed to “My Beloved Ones!” In full (translated):...
Estimate : 4,000.00 - 5,000.00
171Albert EinsteinRR Auction
Exceptional pair of circa mid-to-late 1890s portraits of Albert Einstein and his first girlfriend, Marie Winteler, each measuring 2.5 x 3.75, affixed
Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
172Enrico FermiRR Auction
Physicist (1901–1954) who became the first to split the atom and was awarded the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1938 for his developments in harnessing nu
Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
173Alexander FlemingRR Auction
Scottish bacteriologist (1881–1955) who shared the 1945 Nobel Prize in Medicine for his role in the discovery and isolation of penicillin. ALS, one pa
Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
174Alexander FlemingRR Auction
Scottish bacteriologist (1881–1955) who shared the 1945 Nobel Prize in Medicine for his role in the discovery and isolation of penicillin. Vintage mat
Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
175Alexander FlemingRR Auction
TLS, one page, 5 x 8, Wright-Fleming Institute of Microbiology letterhead, May 7, 1948. Letter to Norman Edwards of the magazine Answers, who had sent
Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
176Henry FordRR Auction
TLS, one page, 7.25 x 10, personal letterhead, April 3, 1941. Letter to Homer Amundsen, in part: “It pleases me very much to say that the teachings wh
Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
177Henry FordRR Auction
Distinguished matte-finish 7 x 9.25 photo of Ford in a handsome suit and tie, signed and inscribed in fountain pen, “To Helen Hayes, from Henry Ford.”
Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
178Richard GatlingRR Auction
TLS signed “R. J. Gatling, Prest.,” one page, 5.5 x 8.5, Office of the Gatling Gun Company letterhead, March 10, 1886. Letter to Colt’s Arms Co. in Ha
Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
179Samuel HahnemannRR Auction
German physician best known for creating a system of alternative medicine called homeopathy (1755–1843). Exceedingly rare ALS in German, signed “D. Ha
Estimate : 6,000.00 - 8,000.00
180Justus von LiebigRR Auction
German chemist (1803–1873) regarded as one of the greatest chemistry teachers of all time, and also known as the ‘father of the fertilizer industry’ f
Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
181Nevill Francis MottRR Auction
English physicist (1905–1996) who won the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1977 for his work on the electronic structure of magnetic and disordered systems,
Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
182Nobel Prize WinnersRR Auction
Collection of eight photos, ranging in size from 3.75 x 5 to 8 x 10, each signed in various inks by a different winner of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry
Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
183Nobel Prize WinnersRR Auction
Nice collection of seventy items, comprised almost entirely of signed photos with a few signatures, each signed by a Nobel Laureate in the sciences, i
Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
184Robert OppenheimerRR Auction
Brilliant American physicist (1904–1967) who directed the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton and who spearheaded the Manhattan Project. FDC wit
Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
185Robert OppenheimerRR Auction
Uncommon ballpoint signature, “Robert Oppenheimer,” on an off-white 8.25 x 5.75 card, also signed by his wife, “Katherine Oppenheimer” and signed in f
Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
186William OslerRR Auction
Canadian-born physician and researcher (1849–1919) who was a founding professor of Johns Hopkins Hospital. ALS signed “Wm Osler,” one page on a 4.5 x
Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00