RR Auction: Fine Autographs and Artifacts featuring Science and Technology

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Boasting nearly 1,000 lots in a variety of genres, RR Auction's June Fine Autographs and Artifacts sale is highlighted by a Science and Technology section that includes a Lunar Module rotational hand controller, letters by Charles Darwin and Albert Einstein, rare early computer hardware, and more. Other top lots include Apollo 14 moonwalker Edgar Mitchell's lunar surface-worn backpack strap, a letter by Joseph Stalin with a hammer-and-sickle sketch, a Beatles-signed promo slick for A Hard Day's Night, hand-drawn plans from Frank Lloyd Wright's Taliesin studio, and signed letters by luminaries like Davy Crockett, Paul Gauguin, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Sigmund Freud, Richard Wagner, and Claude Monet. 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 2019.
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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Supreme Court181 - Supreme Court
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Group of ten items signed by justices of the Supreme Court, including: five Supreme Court cards, individually signed by John Paul Stevens (2), David S
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Supreme Court182 - Supreme Court
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Collection of 12 official Supreme Court cards signed by justices of the Supreme Court, including: Ruth Bader Ginsburg, William J. Brennan, Jr. (2), Cl
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Supreme Court: Scalia and Sotomayor183 - Supreme Court: Scalia and Sotomayor
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Three signed books: a first edition of My Beloved World, hardcover with dust jacket, published by Alfred A. Knopf in 2013, signed on the title page in
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Texas: Manuel Rosas184 - Texas: Manuel Rosas
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Texas Revolution-dated ALS in Spanish, signed "Manl Rosas," three pages on two adjoining sheets, 6 x 8, November 24, 1835. Letter to Jesus...
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Margaret Thatcher185 - Margaret Thatcher
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Signed book: The Downing Street Years. First edition. NY: HarperCollins, 1993. Hardcover with dust jacket, 6.5 x 9.5, 914 pages. Signed in black ink o
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Margaret and Denis Thatcher186 - Margaret and Denis Thatcher
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Two photos: a glossy 4.5 x 6.25 silver gelatin portrait of the former Leader of the Opposition, signed in black felt tip, "Margaret Thatcher&qu...
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Titanic: Archibald Butt187 - Titanic: Archibald Butt
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American military officer (1865–1912) who served as an influential aide to presidents Roosevelt and Taft before perishing during the sinking of the Ti
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Titanic: Dean and Shuman188 - Titanic: Dean and Shuman
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Two letters from Titanic survivors Millvina Dean and Eleanor Shuman: an ALS signed "Millvina," one page, 5.5 x 5, no date, addressed to Ph...
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Titanic: Littlejohn, Alexander James189 - Titanic: Littlejohn, Alexander James
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First class saloon steward (1872–1949) aboard the Titanic who was rescued in lifeboat No. 13. Manuscript DS, signed “Alex. J. Littlejohn,” five pages,
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Titanic: George Widener190 - Titanic: George Widener
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American businessman (1861–1912) who died in the sinking of the RMS Titanic; after the ship struck an iceberg, Widener placed his wife and her maid in
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Moise Tshombe191 - Moise Tshombe
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Congolese politician (1919–1969) who was president of Katanga during its three years of secession from the Congo. Vintage matte-finish 3.5 x 5.5 postc
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Vatican Passport192 - Vatican Passport
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Exceedingly rare Latin-language Vatican passport issued to Bishop Carlos Riu Angles of Camaguey, Cuba. The 10-page booklet measures 4.25 x 6 and admit
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Chaim Weizmann193 - Chaim Weizmann
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TLS signed "Ch. Weizmann," one page, 8 x 10, Hotel St. Regis letterhead, July 27, 1942. Letter to David Ben-Gurion. In part: "You wer...
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Henry Knox194 - Henry Knox
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LS signed “H. Knox, Sec'y of War,” one page both sides, 7.75 x 12.25, August 13, 1792. Written from the War Department, a letter to Nathaniel Ap...
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Arthur St. Clair195 - Arthur St. Clair
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American soldier and politician (1737-1818) who rose to the rank of major general in the Continental Army during the American Revolution. He was later
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[Jefferson Davis]196 - [Jefferson Davis]
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ALS signed “Nelson A. Miles,” two pages on two adjoining sheets, 7.75 x 9.75, August 22, 1865. Letter to an unnamed general, in full, “I have the hono
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George Washington Prisoner Exchange197 - George Washington Prisoner Exchange
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Contemporary copy of a letter to General George Washington, likely in the hand of British Commander-in-Chief Sir Henry Clinton's aide William Co...
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Estimate : 3,000.00 - 5,000.00
 
 
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World War I: Willard Prince198 - World War I: Willard Prince
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Interesting archive associated with Willard Prince, a veteran of World War I who would go on to be a founder of the Heisman Trophy as chairman of New
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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George Dewey199 - George Dewey
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Vintage matte-finish 6.75 x 9.25 half-length portrait of Dewey in his military uniform by the Harris & Ewing Studio, affixed to the original stu...
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Iwo Jima: Joe Rosenthal200 - Iwo Jima: Joe Rosenthal
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Iconic vintage matte-finish 10.25 x 13.25 photo of the flag raising atop Mt. Suribachi during Battle of Iwo Jima, affixed to its original mount, signe
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Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
 
 
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