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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Asa Gray243 - Asa Gray
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Important American botanist (1810–1888) whose extensive studies of North American flora did more than the work of any other botanist to unify the taxo
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Joseph Dalton Hooker244 - Joseph Dalton Hooker
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Important British botanist and explorer (1817–1911) who was Charles Darwin's closest friend; he served as director of the Royal Botanic Gardens,...
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Hydrolab Environmental Data System Sensor245 - Hydrolab Environmental Data System Sensor
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Hydrolab Environmental Data Systems 8100 Series water quality data transmitter, measuring 31? long and 3.75? in diameter, comprising a clear plastic t
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Interpretation System Field Plotter Analog Computer246 - Interpretation System Field Plotter Analog Computer
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An F-9 field plotter by Interpretation Systems Incorporated, 24 x 14 x 4, with on/off switch, probe input, a block of nine dial knobs, a balance gauge
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Rene Laennec247 - Rene Laennec
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French physician (1781–1826) who invented the stethoscope in 1816 and pioneered its use for diagnosing chest problems. Partly-printed DS, one page, 15
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Antoine Lavoisier248 - Antoine Lavoisier
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Extremely influential French chemist (1743–1794) noted for his discovery of the role oxygen plays in combustion; he was executed by guillotine during
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Samuel F. B. Morse249 - Samuel F. B. Morse
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American artist and inventor (1791–1872) whose development of the telegraph revolutionized worldwide communication. ALS signed “Sam'l F. B. Mors...
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Estimate : 2,500.00 - 3,500.00
 
 
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Samuel F. B. Morse250 - Samuel F. B. Morse
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American artist and inventor (1791–1872) whose development of the telegraph revolutionized worldwide communication. Fantastic 4.25 x 6.5 cabinet photo
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Group of (3) Pastoriza Personal Analog Computers from the 1960s251 - Group of (3) Pastoriza Personal Analog Computers from the 1960s
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Group of three circa 1960s personal analog computers in brown carrying cases, manufactured by Pastoriza Electronics in Boston, with each case containi
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Louis Pasteur252 - Louis Pasteur
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Handwritten manuscript in French by Louis Pasteur, unsigned, one page, 7 x 9, May 24, 1858. Notes on the work of Monsieur Rets entitled ‘Present state
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Estimate : 2,500.00 - 3,500.00
 
 
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