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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BQM-34 Drone Radio Receiver-Transmitter Tracking Beacon and Autonetic Verdan Disc Memory263 - BQM-34 Drone Radio Receiver-Transmitter Tracking Beacon and Autonetic Verdan Disc Memory
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Two items: a BQM-34 drone radio receiver-transmitter tracking beacon mounted on a metal plate, measuring 17.5? x 9? x 4?, with tags on the main tubes
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Vint Cerf264 - Vint Cerf
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American Internet pioneer (born 1943) and one of 'the fathers of the Internet,' who developed TCP/IP technology and the first commercial ema...
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Computer Test Display Control Panel265 - Computer Test Display Control Panel
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Computer control panel marked "Test Display" and "Test Control," measuring 19? x 14?, with banks of error lights, input switches...
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Robert Dennard266 - Robert Dennard
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American electrical engineer (born 1932) who invented dynamic random access memory (DRAM), more colloquially called RAM, which is used in computers, g
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Digital Tape Flight Recorder With Spare Tape267 - Digital Tape Flight Recorder With Spare Tape
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Digital flight tape recorder manufactured by the Data Science Corporation of San Diego, housed in a heavy-duty 9? x 6? x 9? gray metal case, with a la
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DLA Test Panels Lot of (2)268 - DLA Test Panels Lot of (2)
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Pair of DLA test panels, measuring 19? x 5.25?, with each featuring numerous knobs on the face and rainbow ribbon cables to the rear. In overall very
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DNA: James D. Watson269 - DNA: James D. Watson
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Vintage glossy 4.75 x 6.75 photo of Watson holding a model of the double helix structure of DNA, signed in fountain pen with his rare full name, &qu...
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DNA: James D. Watson270 - DNA: James D. Watson
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Signed book: The Double Helix. Later printing. NY: W. W. Norton, 1980. Softcover, 5 x 8.25, 298 pages. Signed on the title page in black ballpoint, ...
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Electromechanical Computer Module271 - Electromechanical Computer Module
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Interesting electromechanical computer module, measuring approximately 14? x 6.5? x 3.5?, marked on one side of the metal chassis, "65069-304 1...
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Viktor Frankl272 - Viktor Frankl
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Austrian neurologist, psychiatrist, writer, and Holocaust survivor (1905–1997) known for his bestseller Man's Search for Meaning. Glossy 7 x 5 G...
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Gyroscope Collection273 - Gyroscope Collection
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Collection of gyroscopes and related devices, including: a Singer Rate Integrating Gyroscope; a Humphrey Rotatable Directional Gyroscope; a Humphrey V
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Otto Hahn274 - Otto Hahn
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German chemist (1879–1968) who won the 1944 Nobel Prize for the discovery of nuclear fission. Vintage glossy 4 x 5.75 photo of Hahn at a conference, s
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Peter Higgs275 - Peter Higgs
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Theoretical physicist (born 1929) who earned a Nobel Prize for his work on the mass of subatomic particles; he famously predicted the existence of a n
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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High Precision Optical Refractometer276 - High Precision Optical Refractometer
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A high precision Abbe 3L optical refractometer manufactured by Bausch & Lomb, 6? x 12.75? x 10.5?, consisting of upper eyepiece, thermometer, co...
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William Jackson Hooker277 - William Jackson Hooker
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English systematic botanist and organizer, and botanical illustrator (1785–1865) who held the post of Regius Professor of Botany at Glasgow University
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Hydrogen Air Fuel Cell Demonstrator278 - Hydrogen Air Fuel Cell Demonstrator
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Vintage "Hydrogen Air-Fuel Cell" demonstrator box made by Electro-Optical Systems of Pasadena, California, measuring 5.25? x 7.75? x 3.5?,...
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Hydrogen/Oxygen Fuel Cell Demonstrator279 - Hydrogen/Oxygen Fuel Cell Demonstrator
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Appealing vintage circa 1960s/70s Bacon-type hydrogen/oxygen fuel cell demonstrator, measuring approximately 5? x 9? x 7?, featuring two circular gaug
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Internet Pioneers280 - Internet Pioneers
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Group of six business cards, each 3.5 x 2, signed on the front or back in ink or felt tip by the respective Internet pioneer, including: Vint Cerf, on
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Kodak High Speed Camera281 - Kodak High Speed Camera
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Vintage Kodak High Speed Camera, measuring 12.5? x 12? x 9?, with a plate on the rear, reading: "Kodak High Speed Camera, Made in Rochester, N....
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Max von Laue282 - Max von Laue
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German physicist (1879–1960) who won the 1914 Nobel Prize in Physics for his research related to the diffraction of X-rays by crystals. Striking matte
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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