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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Space Shuttle426 - Space Shuttle
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Color glossy 13.75 x 10.75 photo of Space Shuttle rocket launch, affixed to a 20 x 16 mount with caption reading: "Presented to Dot, Best wishe...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Space Shuttle Thermal MLI Blankets Lot of (2)427 - Space Shuttle Thermal MLI Blankets Lot of (2)
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Group of two white Thermal Multi-Layer Insulation (MLI) Insulation Blankets associated with the Space Shuttle Orbiter Thermal Protection System, inclu
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Estimate : 300.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Space Shuttle Thermal MLI Blankets Lot of (2)428 - Space Shuttle Thermal MLI Blankets Lot of (2)
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Group of two white Thermal Multi-Layer Insulation (MLI) Insulation Blankets associated with the Space Shuttle Orbiter Thermal Protection System, inclu
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Estimate : 300.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Tom Stafford429 - Tom Stafford
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Color satin-finish 10 x 8 photo of NASA suit technician-turned-artist Ron Woods's painting of Tom Stafford's Apollo space suit on a hanger, ...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Tom Stafford430 - Tom Stafford
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Four items signed in felt tip or ballpoint by Tom Stafford: a TLS, one page, 7 x 8.5, February 23, 1977, in part: "Thank you so very much for y...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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STS-26431 - STS-26
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Color glossy 20 x 16 composite photo of the STS-26 crew and various images from their 4-day mission, featuring a flown embroidered mission patch affix
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Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
 
 
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STS-4 Earth Orbital Chart432 - STS-4 Earth Orbital Chart
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Color first edition of the STS-4 Earth orbital chart, measuring 52 x 11.75, marked in the lower right corner, "Space Shuttle Mission Chart STS-...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
 
 
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STS-41-B433 - STS-41-B
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Color glossy 20 x 16 composite photo of the STS-41-B crew and various images from their nearly 8-day mission, featuring a flown embroidered mission pa
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Jack Swigert434 - Jack Swigert
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Official color 8 x 10 NASA lithograph of Swigert in formal attire with a model of the Lunar Module, signed and inscribed in black felt tip, "To...
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Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
 
 
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White Sands Missile Range Rain Gauge and Portable Meteorology Station435 - White Sands Missile Range Rain Gauge and Portable Meteorology Station
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Two pieces of weather station equipment made by the Meteorology Research Inc. of Altadena, California, and used at the White Sands Missile Range in Ne
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Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
 
 
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Giovan Battista Aleotti436 - Giovan Battista Aleotti
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Italian architect (1546–1636) known for his designs in Parma, including the Teatro Farnese. ALS in Italian, signed “Gio. Batt'a Aleoti,” one pag...
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Willem de Kooning438 - Willem de Kooning
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ALS signed “Bill de Kooning,” one page, 8 x 12.5, May 19, 1966. Letter to Greenwich Village bohemian Helen Elliott, in full: "I did not see Han...
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Paul Gauguin439 - Paul Gauguin
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Important French post-Impressionist painter (1848–1903) recognized for his experimental use of color and synthetist style. In 1891, he traveled to Tah
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Estimate : 25,000.00 - 30,000.00
 
 
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Friedensreich Hundertwasser440 - Friedensreich Hundertwasser
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Controversial Austrian artist (1928–2000) best known for his fanciful architectural designs. ALS in German, signed “Friedensreich,” three pages on two
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Estimate : 3,000.00 - 5,000.00
 
 
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Franz Kline441 - Franz Kline
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Notable American abstract expressionist painter (1910–1962). ALS signed "Franz," three pages both sides, 6.25 x 8, October 25, 1931. Lett...
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Estimate : 2,500.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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Joan Miro442 - Joan Miro
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ALS in Spanish, signed "Miro," one page, 8.5 x 11, personal letterhead, January 31, 1962. Letter to New York Post columnist Leonard Lyons,...
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Estimate : 1,200.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Claude Monet443 - Claude Monet
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Desirable ALS in French, two pages on two adjoining sheets, 5.25 x 8.25, Giverny Par Vernon letterhead, March 21, 1906. In part (translated): "...
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Estimate : 4,000.00 - 6,000.00
 
 
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Pablo Picasso444 - Pablo Picasso
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ALS in pencil in Spanish, signed “Picasso,” one page on the reverse of a 12.5 x 9.25 menu, no date. Picasso writes to thank his friend for sending him
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Estimate : 15,000.00 - 20,000.00
 
 
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Pablo Picasso445 - Pablo Picasso
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ANS in Spanish, one page, 3 x 4.25, no date but circa 1950s. A short untranslated note to André Castel, signed, "Con un abrazo de su Picas...
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Estimate : 3,500.00 - 4,500.00
 
 
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Pablo Picasso446 - Pablo Picasso
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Original softcover catalog for a series of Pablo Picasso exhibitions held in Japan between May and August 1964, published by the National Museum of Mo
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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