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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Robert Koch287 - Robert Koch
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German medical scientist (1843–1910) regarded as the father of bacteriology. He isolated the tuberculosis bacillus and the anthrax virus, and received
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Estimate : 6,000.00 - 8,000.00
 
 
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Hendrik Antoon Lorentz288 - 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. Rare ALS in
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Guglielmo Marconi289 - Guglielmo Marconi
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Pencil signature, “Yours sincerely, G. Marconi, Dec. 15—1919,” on an off-white 3.5 x 2.75 card. Double-matted with an image of Marconi to an overall s
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Jacques Monod290 - Jacques Monod
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French biologist (1910–1976) who was awarded a Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1965 for discoveries concerning genetic control of enzyme and
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Samuel F. B. Morse291 - Samuel F. B. Morse
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Choice AQS in French on an off-white 4.75 x 4.75 sheet, signed at the conclusion, “Saml. F. B. Morse.” Morse pens a French proverb, in full (untransla
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Isaac Newton292 - Isaac Newton
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Manuscript DS, signed “Is. Newton,” one page both sides, 9.25 x 14.5, August 14, 1717. Official document concerning the financing of the mint. In part
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Estimate : 20,000.00 - 30,000.00
 
 
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Louis Pasteur293 - Louis Pasteur
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ALS in French, signed “L. Pasteur,” one page, 5.25 x 8, December 3 [1885]. Letter to an unidentified correspondent, in full (translated): "I do...
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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Max Planck294 - Max Planck
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Nobel Prize–winning German physicist (1858–1947) who pioneered the understanding of quantum theory. TLS in German, signed “Planck,” one page, 8.25 x 1
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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William Ramsay295 - William Ramsay
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Scottish chemist (1852–1916) who discovered the noble gases and won the 1904 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. Three untranslated ALSs in French, two signed “
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Erwin Schrodinger296 - Erwin Schrodinger
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Three ALSs in German to his daughter’s friend Berthild Gerold, including: one signed “Erwin Schrodinger,” one page with a one-line postscript on the r
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Estimate : 8,000.00 - 10,000.00
 
 
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