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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Camille Pissarro447 - Camille Pissarro
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Influential Danish-French Impressionist and Neo-Impressionist painter (1830–1903). ALS in French, signed “C. Pissarro,” one page, 5.25 x 8, January 31
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Estimate : 2,500.00 - 3,500.00
 
 
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Felicien Rops448 - Felicien Rops
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Belgian artist (1833–1898) known primarily as a printmaker in etching and aquatint, famed for his work that tends to mingle sex and death. ALS in Fren
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Andy Warhol449 - Andy Warhol
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Huge original sketch of the classic Campbell's Tomato Soup can, accomplished by Andy Warhol in black felt tip on an off-white 8.5 x 11 sheet, si...
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Estimate : 4,000.00 - 6,000.00
 
 
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Andy Warhol450 - Andy Warhol
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Color 8.25 x 9 print of Warhol's 1975 portrait of Israeli politician Golda Meir removed from the Whitney Museum's exhibition catalog for And...
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Frank Lloyd Wright451 - Frank Lloyd Wright
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Hand-drawn design of the "Workspace" for "Mr. and Mrs. Duey E. Wright" executed under Wright's oversight at his studio, one ...
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Estimate : 8,000.00 - 10,000.00
 
 
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Paterne Berrichon452 - Paterne Berrichon
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Pseudonym of Pierre-Eugene Dufour (1855–1922), a French poet, painter, sculptor, and designer. Autograph manuscript in French, signed "Paterne ...
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Estimate : 1,200.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Christo453 - Christo
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Artist (born 1935) known for his large-scale outdoor works made in collaboration with his wife Jeanne-Claude, including 'Running Fence' and ...
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Natalia Goncharova454 - Natalia Goncharova
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Russian avant-garde artist, painter, costume designer, writer, illustrator, and set designer (1881–1962). Rare ALS in French, one page on the reverse
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Al Hirschfeld455 - Al Hirschfeld
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Limited edition color 9.25 x 12.25 lithograph entitled 'Trance Dancer, Bali' from Harlem as Seen by Hirschfeld, numbered 6/50, showing a lar...
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Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
 
 
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Robert Indiana457 - Robert Indiana
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American artist (1928–2018) associated with the pop art movement, known for his iconic "LOVE" design. ALS signed “R. Indiana,” one page, 5...
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Ernst Ludwig Kirchner458 - Ernst Ludwig Kirchner
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German painter and printmaker (1880–1938) who was instrumental in creating the style that defined 'Expressionism' in 20th-century German art...
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Estimate : 1,200.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Calvin Klein and Oscar de la Renta459 - Calvin Klein and Oscar de la Renta
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Group of four items signed by the male fashion designers: a glossy 8 x 10 close-up photo of Calvin Klein, signed in black felt tip, "Best Wishe...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Oskar Kokoschka460 - Oskar Kokoschka
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Austrian artist, poet, and playwright (1886–1980) known for his intensely vivid expressionistic portraits and landscapes. Semi-glossy 3.5 x 5.5 half-l
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Karl Lagerfeld461 - Karl Lagerfeld
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Color satin-finish 8 x 11.5 photo of Lagerfeld in his distinctive dark sunglasses, signed in gold ink. In fine condition.
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Norman Rockwell462 - Norman Rockwell
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Desirable limited edition 25.75 x 20 artist's proof lithograph of a classic Rockwell sketch showing an American family with new puppies, signed ...
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Norman Rockwell463 - Norman Rockwell
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Personal check, 6.25 x 2.75, filled out and signed by Norman Rockwell, payable to assistant and close friend Louis Lamone for $20, January 16, 1959. E
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Ronald Searle464 - Ronald Searle
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British satirical cartoonist (1920–2011) who provided illustrations for a number of newspapers, magazines, and books. He is perhaps best remembered as
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Felix Vallotton465 - Felix Vallotton
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Painter and printmaker associated with Les Nabis (1865-1925) considered an important figure in the development of the modern woodcut. ALS in French, s
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Kees van Dongen466 - Kees van Dongen
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Dutch painter who was one of the leading Fauves (1877–1968). Color 4 x 5.75 postcard featuring van Dongen's painting 'La Femme a l'Event...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Alberto Vargas467 - Alberto Vargas
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Color 11 x 7.5 magazine page depicting an iconic 'Vargas Girl,' signed at the bottom in black felt tip, "Alberto Vargas, 1981." In...
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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