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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Alfred Nobel225 - Alfred Nobel
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ALS in Swedish, signed “A. Nobel,” two pages on two adjoining sheets, 4.75 x 8, February 6, 1895. Letter to Alarik Liedbeck, Nobel’s friend and collab
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Estimate : 15,000.00 - 20,000.00
 
 
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Nobel Prize Winners: Chemistry226 - Nobel Prize Winners: Chemistry
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Collection of fourteen items, each signed by a winner of the Nobel Prize for Chemistry, including: Christian B. Anfinsen (signed article), Derek Barto
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Nobel Prize Winners: Physics227 - Nobel Prize Winners: Physics
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Collection of eleven items, each signed by a winner of the Nobel Prize for Physics, including: Carl David Anderson (signature), John Bardeen (AQS with
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Nobel Prize Winners: Physiology or Medicine228 - Nobel Prize Winners: Physiology or Medicine
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Collection of nineteen items, each signed by a winner of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, including: George Wells Beadle (signature), Werner
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Wilhelm Rontgen229 - Wilhelm Rontgen
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Distinguished German physicist (1845–1923) who discovered X-rays in 1895, for which he was awarded the Nobel Prize in 1901. Hand-addressed University
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Andrei Sakharov230 - Andrei Sakharov
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Felt tip signature in Cyrillic on a white 5.75 x 4 card bearing an affixed image of Sakharov. In fine condition.
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Jonas Salk231 - Jonas Salk
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ALS signed “Jonas,” one page, 7.5 x 9.5, January 6, 1955. Letter to “Mr. O’Connor,” likely the philanthropist Basil O’Connor who funded much of his wo
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Antonio Scarpa232 - Antonio Scarpa
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Italian anatomist (1752–1832) who wrote several important treatises on a wide range of anatomical and medical subjects. ALS in Italian, signed “A. Sca
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Ernest Solvay233 - Ernest Solvay
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Belgian chemist, industrialist, and philanthropist (1838–1922) who created the famous ‘Solvay conferences’ where Einstein, Marie Curie, Bohr, Heisenbe
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Julius Wagner-Jauregg234 - Julius Wagner-Jauregg
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Austrian physician (1857–1940) who won the 1927 Nobel Prize in Medicine for his work in the treatment of mental illness. Matte-finish 4.5 x 6 head-and
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J. J. Thomson235 - J. J. Thomson
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Important English physicist (1856–1940) who received the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1906 for his discovery and identification of the electron. Rare AL
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Karl Blind236 - 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 : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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Friedrich Hayek237 - Friedrich Hayek
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Influential economist (1899–1992) known for his defense of classical liberalism, who shared the Nobel Prize in Economics with Gunnar Myrdal for ‘pione
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Martin Heidegger238 - Martin Heidegger
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Handwritten quote in German, unsigned, one page, 4 x 5.75, no date. Heidegger pens a quote from Goethe’s Art and Antiquity, in full (translated): “The
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Carl Friedrich Gauss239 - Carl Friedrich Gauss
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German mathematician and physical scientist (1777–1855) who contributed significantly to many fields, including geometry and astronomy. Rare collectio
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Carl Jung240 - Carl Jung
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TLS signed “C. G. Jung,” one page, 8.25 x 11.5, personal letterhead, February 1, 1949. Letter to P. M. Shankland at Short Film Production, Zonal Offic
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Carl Jung241 - Carl Jung
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ALS signed “C. G. Jung,” one page on a 5.75 x 4 postcard depicting a simple pastoral landscape, December 19, 1953. Letter to Mrs. C. Eggemann. In full
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Leonid Kantorovich242 - Leonid Kantorovich
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Soviet mathematician and economist (1912–1986) regarded as the founder of linear programming; he won the Nobel Prize in Economics in 1975. Matte-finis
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Rosa Luxemburg243 - Rosa Luxemburg
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ALS in German, signed “R. Luxemburg,” three pages on two adjoining sheets, 4.5 x 7, October 8, 1913. Letter to a comrade who contacted her with publis
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Estimate : 25,000.00 - 30,000.00
 
 
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Thomas Robert Malthus244 - Thomas Robert Malthus
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ALS signed “T. Robt. Malthus,” one page both sides, 7.25 x 9, January 11, 1831. Unpublished letter to economist Nassau William Senior, written from St
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Estimate : 15,000.00 - 20,000.00
 
 
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