RR Auction: Fine Autographs and Artifacts featuring Science and Technology

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Highlighted by a section of rare and remarkable Science and Technology autographs and space-flown artifacts, RR Auction’s June Fine Autograph and Artifact sale features a breathtaking thousand-plus lots. With signed material from Albert Einstein, Isaac Newton, Charles Darwin, Michael Faraday, Max Born, and Werner Heisenberg, many of the greatest scientific minds in history are represented. Other top selections include items from the personal collection of Apollo 15 commander Dave Scott, a stunning presidential autograph collection, an important Gandhi letter, and a Mickey Mouse Christmas card from Walt Disney himself. 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 2018.
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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Charles Lyell82 - Charles Lyell
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Sought-after LS signed “ever faithfully yrs, Cha. Lyell,” one page, 4.5 x 7, personal letterhead, March 7, 1868. In part: "I send you the only ...
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Guglielmo Marconi83 - Guglielmo Marconi
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Handsome matte-finish 3.5 x 5.75 formal portrait of Marconi seated, signed in the lower border in fountain pen, "Guglielmo Marconi, 1936."...
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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Guglielmo Marconi84 - Guglielmo Marconi
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Bold ink signature, "G. Marconi, 27th December 1928,” on an off-white 10 x 7 sheet. In very fine condition.
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Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
 
 
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Guglielmo Marconi85 - Guglielmo Marconi
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TLS signed “G. Marconi,” one page, 6.5 x 8.5, Reale Accademia d'Italia letterhead, April 20, 1933. Letter to General Charles H. Sherrill, in par...
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Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
 
 
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Robert Millikan86 - Robert Millikan
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TLS signed “Robert A. Millikan,” one page, 8.5 x 11, January 5, 1953. Letter to Henri Corbiere, responding to an inquiry for an 'Homage to Einst...
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Robert A. Millikan87 - Robert A. Millikan
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TLS, one page, 8.5 x 11, California Institute of Technology letterhead, February 6, 1931. Letter to Charles H. Chase, in full: "I am writing to...
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Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
 
 
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Samuel F. B. Morse88 - Samuel F. B. Morse
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ALS signed “Sam’l F. B. Morse,” three pages on two adjoining sheets, 5 x 8, April 30, 1862. Letter to Minister J. Treadwell Walden of Norwich, Connect
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Estimate : 6,000.00 - 8,000.00
 
 
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Rudolf Mossbauer89 - Rudolf Mossbauer
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Two items: a glossy 4.75 x 6.75 photo of Mossbauer in a suit and tie, signed in blue ballpoint, "R. L. Mossbauer," bearing a California In...
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Isaac Newton90 - Isaac Newton
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Rare manuscript DS with full signature ("Isaac Newton"), one page, 7.75 x 4.75, December 24, 1718. Significant financial document, in part...
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Estimate : 20,000.00 - 30,000.00
 
 
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Isaac Newton91 - Isaac Newton
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Exceedingly rare and highly sought-after ink signature, “Is. Newton,” on an irregularly clipped off-white 2 x .5 slip. The signature is affixed to a s
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Estimate : 10,000.00 - 15,000.00
 
 
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Nobel Prize Winners: Berkeley Experimental Physics Course92 - Nobel Prize Winners: Berkeley Experimental Physics Course
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Unusually scarce circa 1950 mimeographed typed notes for the Physics 290 (Experimental Physics) course at University of California, Berkley, 142 pages
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Estimate : 1,800.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Robert Oppenheimer93 - Robert Oppenheimer
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TLS, one page, 8.5 x 11, The Institute for Advanced Study letterhead, December 6, 1949. Letter to Oliver Spaulding, in full: "Thank you very mu...
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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Hans Christian Orsted94 - Hans Christian Orsted
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Very rare untranslated ALS in Danish, signed “H. C. Orsted,” one page, 5.25 x 7.25, October 3, 1834. In very good to fine condition, with a small stai
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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William Osler95 - William Osler
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ALS signed “Wm. Osler,” one page, 4.5 x 7, personal letterhead, October 7, [no year]. Letter to prominent British physician Sir William Broadbent, in
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Wolfgang Pauli96 - Wolfgang Pauli
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ALS signed “W. Pauli,” two onionskin pages, 8.25 x 11.75, November 17, 1949. Letter to the eminent American physicist Joaquin M. Luttinger, in part (t
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Estimate : 12,000.00 - 15,000.00
 
 
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James Paget97 - James Paget
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ALS, one page both sides, 4.25 x 7, personal letterhead, October 29, 1891. In part: "I thank you very much for your kind congratulations and go...
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Jean Baptiste Perrin98 - Jean Baptiste Perrin
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Rare TLS in French, signed “Jean Perrin,” one page, 8.25 x 10.5, Ministere de l'Education Nationale letterhead, June 29, 1938. Untranslated lett...
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Max Planck99 - Max Planck
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Untranslated ALS in German, signed “M. Planck,” one page both sides, 5.75 x 3.5, personal stationery card, November 1, 1937. In fine condition.
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Physicists100 - Physicists
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Marvelous correspondence archive of physicist Marcus Campbell Goodall, containing ten letters addressed to him by six illustrious researchers from the
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Estimate : 10,000.00 - 15,000.00
 
 
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Simeon Poisson101 - Simeon Poisson
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Untranslated ALS in French, signed “Poisson,” one page both sides, 8 x 10, Universite de France letterhead, March 21, 1823. In fine condition, with wr
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Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
 
 
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