RR Auction: Fine Autographs and Artifacts featuring Science and Technology

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RR Auction’s June Fine Autographs & Artifacts sale offers more than 800 lots, headlined by special Science & Technology and Animation sections. We begin by tracing the history of science in a series of over fifty items, to include an autograph of Isaac Newton, a letter from Albert Einstein on the Unified Field Theory, a celestial map flown to the moon on Apollo 15, and an archive from the career of Carl Sagan. Our robust Animation feature boasts a wealth of production art from Walt Disney Studios, used for classics like Snow White, Fantasia, Pinocchio, and Sleeping Beauty. All this is in addition to our typical diverse selection of items—from presidents to pop stars. RR Auction is a globally recognized and trusted auction house specializing in historical autographs and artifacts. Join us as we make history selling history in June 2017.
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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Isaac Newton1 - Isaac Newton
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ADS, signed “Is. Newton,” one page, 5.75 x 3, November 15, 1721. Pay order issued to "the Accountant General of the South Sea Company," Jo...
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Estimate : 25,000.00 - 35,000.00
 
 
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Marcello Malpighi2 - Marcello Malpighi
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Italian doctor (1628–1694) who gave his name to several physiological features and played an important part in the discovery of the microscope and stu
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Andre-Marie Ampere3 - Andre-Marie Ampere
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Influential French physicist (1775-1836) who pioneered the discovery and understanding of electromagnetism; a unit of electric current was named in hi
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Estimate : 2,400.00 - 2,600.00
 
 
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Albert Einstein4 - Albert Einstein
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ALS in German, signed “Albert,” one page both sides, 8.75 x 11, January 28, 1926. Letter to his ex-wife Mileva Maric, in which Einstein bluntly pours
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Albert Einstein5 - Albert Einstein
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Vintage color glossy 5 x 7 candid photo of Einstein surrounded by bookcases in what appears to be his study, signed in the lower border in fountain pe
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Estimate : 4,500.00 - 5,500.00
 
 
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Pierre Curie6 - Pierre Curie
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Sought-after ALS in French, signed “P. Curie,” one page, 5.25 x 8.25, Faculte des Sciences de Paris letterhead, October 12, 1904. Letter to a deputy,
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Estimate : 8,000.00 - 10,000.00
 
 
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Niels Finsen7 - Niels Finsen
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Physician and scientist (1860-1904) awarded the Nobel Prize in Medicine and Physiology in 1903, best known for his pioneering use of phototherapy for
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Estimate : 1,300.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Hans Fischer8 - Hans Fischer
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Organic chemist (1881-1945) who received the 1930 Nobel Prize for Chemistry. Ink signature, "Dr. Hans Fischer., Munchen, 15. X 1936,” on an off...
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Alexander Fleming9 - Alexander Fleming
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Scottish bacteriologist (1881–1955) who shared the 1945 Nobel Prize in Medicine for his role in the discovery and isolation of penicillin. Wonderful v
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 2,500.00
 
 
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Alexander Fleming10 - Alexander Fleming
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ALS, one page both sides, 5 x 8, Ministry of Health letterhead, August 27, 1945. Letter in a fundraising effort for St. Mary's. In part: "M...
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Estimate : 4,500.00 - 5,000.00
 
 
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