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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Auguste Lumiere227 - Auguste Lumiere
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Inventor of photographic equipment (1862–1954) who, with his brother Louis, patented the cinematograph and produced the first-ever motion picture in 1
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Guglielmo Marconi228 - Guglielmo Marconi
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TLS in Italian, one page, 8 x 6.5, October 5, 1915. An untranslated letter of thanks to a gentleman. Letter bears an affixed address label to lower le
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Guglielmo Marconi229 - 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 : 40,000.00 - 50,000.00
 
 
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Samuel F. B. Morse230 - Samuel F. B. Morse
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ALS signed “Sam’l F. B. Morse,” one page, 8.25 x 10.5, January 11, 1848. Letter to Secretary of the Treasury Robert J. Walker. In part: “This will be
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Samuel F. B. Morse231 - Samuel F. B. Morse
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Early ALS signed “Sam’l F. B. Morse,” one page, 8 x 9.75, September 2, 1819. Letter to Reverend Elias Cornelius in Salem, Massachusetts. In part: “Tha
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Louis Pasteur232 - Louis Pasteur
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ANS in French, signed “L. P.,” one page on a 3 x 2 card, no date. Untranslated note offering thanks. In fine condition.
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Nikola Tesla233 - Nikola Tesla
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Remarkable 4.25 x 6.5 cabinet photo of Tesla in a head-and-shoulders pose, signed and inscribed in the lower left in black ink, “To Gaston Tissandier,
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Estimate : 4,000.00 - 5,000.00
 
 
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Ivan Pavlov234 - Ivan Pavlov
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Russian physiologist (1849–1936) best known for his investigation of conditioned reflex through the use of experiments involving salivating dogs. He w
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Estimate : 6,000.00 - 8,000.00
 
 
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Jan Evangelista Purkyne235 - 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 : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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Wilhelm Rontgen236 - 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. ALS in German, signed “Dr.
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Antonio Scarpa237 - Antonio Scarpa
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Italian anatomist (1752–1832) who wrote several important treatises on a wide range of anatomical and medical subjects. Scarce ALS in Italian, one pag
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Arnold Sommerfeld238 - Arnold Sommerfeld
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German theoretical physicist (1868-1951) who pioneered developments in atomic and quantum physics. ALS in German, signed “A. Sommerfeld,” one page, 5.
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Johannes Stark239 - Johannes Stark
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ALS in German, signed “Stark,” one page both sides, 5.5 x 8.5, December 5, 1926. Letter to German experimental physicist Ernst Gehrcke concerning a de
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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Nobel Prize Winners: Physics240 - Nobel Prize Winners: Physics
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Impressive collection of sixty items, consisting primarily of photos, signatures, and articles, as well as a few letters, each signed by a winner of t
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Sigmund Freud242 - Sigmund Freud
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TLS in German, signed “Freud,” one page both sides on a 5.25 x 3.25 personal stationery card, May 23, 1927. Letter of condolences to his friend, Arthu
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Friedrich Hayek243 - 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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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Friedrich Hayek244 - 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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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Thomas Robert Malthus245 - Thomas Robert Malthus
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Exceptionally rare signed book: Bishop Burnet’s History of His Own Time, Volume I. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1823. Hardcover, 5.5 x 8.75, 601 pages. Si
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Estimate : 10,000.00 - 15,000.00
 
 
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Mother Teresa246 - Mother Teresa
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TLS signed “M. Teresa mc,” on the reverse of a 4.25 x 5.5 prayer slip, dated Lent 1991. Letter to Michael Mulle, in full: “I am so touched by your ten
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Pope Francis247 - Pope Francis
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Color satin-finish 8.25 x 5.75 photo of Pope Francis as a cardinal, signed in black ink, adding “Erzbischof von Buenos Aires,” under his signature. In
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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