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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Marie Laurencin425 - Marie Laurencin
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French painter (1883–1956) known as one of the few female Cubists. Untranslated ALS in French, one page, 6.25 x 8.25, personal monogrammed letterhead,
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Pablo Picasso426 - Pablo Picasso
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Signed book: Picasso A Son Image. Limited edition, numbered 20/100. Nice, France: Galerie H. Matarasso, 1956. Softcover, 5.75 x 7.25. Signed on the co
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Estimate : 1,600.00 - 1,800.00
 
 
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Pablo Picasso427 - Pablo Picasso
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Attractive pencil signature, "Picasso,” on an off-white 4.75 x 2.75 trimmed sheet. In fine condition.
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Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
 
 
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Camille Pissarro428 - Camille Pissarro
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ALS in French, signed “C. Pissarro,” two pages on two adjoining sheets, 4.25 x 7, black-bordered stationery, January 26, 1899. Letter to a doctor conc
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Estimate : 3,500.00 - 4,000.00
 
 
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Pierre-Auguste Renoir429 - Pierre-Auguste Renoir
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Superb matte-finish 7.25 x 10 photo of an image of a seascape painting, signed in the lower border in black ink, "Renoir," and signed and ...
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Estimate : 5,500.00 - 6,000.00
 
 
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Norman Rockwell430 - Norman Rockwell
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Signed book: Norman Rockwell: Artist and Illustrator. Limited special edition, numbered AP J/3. NY: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1970. Leatherbound hardcove
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Norman Rockwell431 - Norman Rockwell
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Signed book: Norman Rockwell: My Adventures as an Illustrator. First edition. NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1960. Hardcover with dust jacket, 6...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Paul Signac432 - Paul Signac
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French neo-impressionist painter (1863–1935) who, working with Georges Seurat, helped develop the Pointillist style. Fabulous original pencil sketch o
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Paul Signac433 - Paul Signac
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French neo-impressionist painter (1863–1935) who, working with Georges Seurat, helped develop the Pointillist style. Untranslated ALS in French, two p
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Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
 
 
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Theo Van Gogh434 - Theo Van Gogh
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Renowned Dutch art dealer (1857–1891) widely remembered for the significant emotional and financial support of his older brother Vincent van Gogh. Exc
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Andy Warhol435 - Andy Warhol
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Color postcard of a stylized portrait of Warhol, 4 x 6, signed in the lower border in thick black felt tip. In fine condition.
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Estimate : 1,200.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Samuel L. Clemens436 - Samuel L. Clemens
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AQS on an off-white 7 x 4 album page, signed "Mark Twain, Dec. 1881." Clemens pens one of his famous witty maxims, in full: "Never pu...
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 2,500.00
 
 
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Samuel L. Clemens437 - Samuel L. Clemens
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First National Bank of Hartford check, 8 x 2.75, filled out and signed by Clemens, “Saml. L. Clemens,” payable to Weatherby, Knous & Co. for $18...
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Estimate : 1,200.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Charles Dickens438 - Charles Dickens
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Uncommon check, 7 x 3, filled out and signed by Dickens, payable to Mrs. Alfred for £14, September 19, 1862. In very good condition, with overa...
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Alexandre Dumas, pere439 - Alexandre Dumas, pere
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AMS in French, five pages, 8.5 x 11, no date but circa 1862. Dumas's handwritten manuscript for an article on the political situation in Italy, ...
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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T. S. Eliot440 - T. S. Eliot
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Sought-after TLS, one page, 8 x 10, Faber and Faber Limited letterhead, May 22, 1951. Letter to Alan Neame of Cheltenham College, in full: "I h...
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Ralph Waldo Emerson441 - Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Boldly penned AQS on an off-white 3 x 1.75 card, signed "R. W. Emerson." Emerson pens the opening lines of his quatrain 'Nature in Lea...
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Ernest Hemingway442 - Ernest Hemingway
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Signed book: The Fifth Column and the First Forty-Nine Stories. First edition, second state. NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1938. Hardcover with m...
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Estimate : 2,200.00 - 2,500.00
 
 
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Harper Lee443 - Harper Lee
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ALS signed “Nelle,” three pages on two sheets, 5.25 x 7.5, personal monogrammed stationery, April 17, 2009. Letter to her close friend and New York ne
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Estimate : 1,600.00 - 1,800.00
 
 
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Norman Mailer444 - Norman Mailer
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Four letters, consisting of one ALS and three TLSs, each one page, dated from 1981–2006. The ALS, in part: “I believe I will be in Paris for a few day
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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