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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Theodore Roosevelt123 - Theodore Roosevelt
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Desirable partly-printed vellum DS as president, one page, 15.75 x 19.75, February 27, 1906. President Roosevelt appoints John M. Orchard as a "...
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Theodore Roosevelt124 - Theodore Roosevelt
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Self-contained partial partly-printed DS, signed “T. Roosevelt,” one page, 8 x 3.5, September 29, 1900. Document by which Roosevelt, as governor of Ne
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Theodore Roosevelt125 - Theodore Roosevelt
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Partial TLS, two pages, 7.75 x 3.5 and 7 x 9.5, no date but circa 1913. In full: "I earnestly hope that the citizens of the Third District of M...
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Theodore Roosevelt and William H. Taft126 - Theodore Roosevelt and William H. Taft
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Attractive partly-printed DS, signed “signed "Theodore Roosevelt" as president and "Wm. H. Taft" as secretary of war, one page, ...
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William H. Taft127 - William H. Taft
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ALS as chief justice signed "Wm. H. Taft," two pages on two adjoining sheets, 5.75 x 7.75, Supreme Court of the United States letterhead, ...
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William H. Taft128 - William H. Taft
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TLS as president signed “Wm. H. Taft,” eight pages, 8 x 10.5, White House letterhead, March 14, 1912. Lengthy letter to Senator William P. Dillingham
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Woodrow Wilson129 - Woodrow Wilson
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Limited edition vintage matte-finish 10.25 x 13.5 bust-length portrait of Wilson, numbered 2/25, signed in pencil by Wilson. Also signed and numbered
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Woodrow Wilson130 - Woodrow Wilson
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TLS, two pages, 7.75 x 9.75, State of New Jersey, Executive Department letterhead, June 28, 1911. Letter to R. T. Hale, in part: "I am sincerel...
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Woodrow Wilson131 - Woodrow Wilson
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World War I-dated typed statement as president, one page, 6.5 x 7.5, White House letterhead, circa 1917. In full: "The Bible is the word of lif...
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Calvin Coolidge132 - Calvin Coolidge
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Scarce ALS as president, 7 x 8.75, White House letterhead, February 14, 1929. Letter to artist Frank O. Salisbury, who painted a portrait of Coolidge
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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Franklin D. Roosevelt133 - Franklin D. Roosevelt
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DS as president, two pages, 7.5 x 11, April 20, 1939. A document issued “to the Senate of the United States.” In part: “I transmit herewith a conventi
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Estimate : 1,200.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Franklin D. Roosevelt134 - Franklin D. Roosevelt
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TLS, one page, 7 x 9, White House letterhead, August 10, 1937. Letter to L. F. Livingston at the Main Post Office Building in Atlanta, in full: &quo...
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Harry S. Truman135 - Harry S. Truman
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TLS signed “Harry,” one page, 8 x 10.5, United States Senate letterhead, May 3, 1937. Letter to his future secretary of the treasury, Col. John W. Sny
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Harry S. Truman136 - Harry S. Truman
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TLS as president, two pages, 14 x 8.75, White House letterhead, January 20, 1948. Letter to George Rothwell Brown, in full: “I can't tell you ho...
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Harry S. Truman137 - Harry S. Truman
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Fantastic vintage glossy 10 x 8 photo President Truman having dinner with John R. Steelman, Admirals William D. Leahy and Marc A. Mitscher, Secretary
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Dwight D. Eisenhower138 - Dwight D. Eisenhower
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Sought-after TMS, seventeen pages, 8.25 x 13.25, January 10, 1957. An original White House manuscript of Eisenhower's annual message to the Cong...
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John F. Kennedy139 - John F. Kennedy
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Rare World War II-dated ALS signed “Love, Jack,” on both sides of a folded 3.5 x 2.5 note card, no date but postmarked February 17, 1945. Letter to El
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Estimate : 10,000.00 - 15,000.00
 
 
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Jacqueline Kennedy140 - Jacqueline Kennedy
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ALS signed “Jackie,” one page, lightly-lined, 5 x 7.25, no date. Letter to Geoffrey Bennison, a London interior designer and antique dealer. In part:
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Estimate : 700.00 - 900.00
 
 
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John F. Kennedy141 - John F. Kennedy
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John and Jackie Kennedy’s personally-owned leatherbound photograph album commemorating their family vacation on Hyannisport in 1959, measuring 13.75 x
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Estimate : 6,000.00 - 6,500.00
 
 
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John F. Kennedy142 - John F. Kennedy
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Remarkable partial handwritten manuscript draft, unsigned, 14 pages, 5 x 8, no date but circa August 1952. Fragment of an early draft for Kennedy’s sp
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Estimate : 5,000.00 - 6,000.00
 
 
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