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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I. M. Levitt283 - I. M. Levitt
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Astronomer-scientist (1907–2004) associated with the Franklin Institute, known for his pioneering work on the Martian clock and calendar. Vintage glos
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Guglielmo Marconi284 - Guglielmo Marconi
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TLS signed “G. Marconi,” one page, 8 x 10, Marconi House letterhead, February 2, 1931. Letter to Mary F. Shaffner, in full: "Please accept my s...
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Non-Dispersive Infrared Carbon Monoxide Sensor285 - Non-Dispersive Infrared Carbon Monoxide Sensor
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Rack-mountable non-dispersive infrared carbon monoxide sensor manufactured by P. K. Morgan Ltd of Chatham, Kent, England, measuring 19? x 7? x 13?, wi
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Pair of BP Cavituri Valves with Gold Plating286 - Pair of BP Cavituri Valves with Gold Plating
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Attractive pairing of gold-plated BP Cavituri Valves made by Moog Inc., both 14.25 x 8.75 x 5.25, each bearing red valve caps and two manufacturer lab
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Penta-Reflector for Alignment of Minuteman Rocket287 - Penta-Reflector for Alignment of Minuteman Rocket
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Available to US bidders only. A "Penta-Reflector, Model D614-112, Serial No. 3," made by Davidson Optronics, Inc. of West Covina, Californ...
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Philbrick Researches Universal Multiplier-Dividers and Operational Amplifiers288 - Philbrick Researches Universal Multiplier-Dividers and Operational Amplifiers
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Collection of six components manufactured by Philbrick Researches, including: two rack-mountable K5-M Universal Multiplier-Divider units, each measuri
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Physicists: Edward Teller and Karl T. Compton289 - Physicists: Edward Teller and Karl T. Compton
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Two items: a felt tip signature, “Edward Teller,” on an off-white 3 x 1 label affixed by Teller to a color glossy 5 x 7 photo; and a DS signed “Karl T
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Carl Sagan290 - Carl Sagan
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Signed book: Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors. First edition. NY: Random House, 1992. Hardcover with dust jacket, 6.5 x 9.5, 505 pages. Signed and inscr
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Jonas Salk291 - Jonas Salk
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Two items: a matte-finish 8 x 10 half-length photo of Salk holding up a case of vials in his laboratory, signed in black ink, "Jonas E. Salk&qu...
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Jonas Salk292 - Jonas Salk
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Four items: a matte-finish 8 x 10 photo of the creator of the first polio vaccine, signed in black ink, "Jonas E. Salk"; and a set of thre...
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