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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Pink Floyd568 - Pink Floyd
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Sought-after early ink signatures and inscription, “Love to Louise, The Pink Floyd, Syd Barrett, x,” “Roger Waters,” and “Nick Mason, xx,” on an off-w
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Estimate : 3,000.00 - 5,000.00
 
 
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Elvis Presley569 - Elvis Presley
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Very desirable G. I. Blues album signed on the front cover in blue ballpoint by Elvis Presley. In very good to fine condition, with light scuffing, co
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Estimate : 3,000.00 - 5,000.00
 
 
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Elvis Presley570 - Elvis Presley
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Vintage 8 x 10 program photo of Elvis in a stylish zippered jacket, signed and inscribed in blue ballpoint, "To Joyce, 'Loving You,' El...
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Estimate : 2,500.00 - 3,500.00
 
 
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Elvis Presley571 - Elvis Presley
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Vintage ballpoint signature, "Thanks! Elvis Presley,” on a white 3 x 3.5 lined slip. In fine condition.
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Elvis Presley572 - Elvis Presley
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Vintage color Hotel Sahara postcard for The Donald O'Connor Show, 8 x 5, signed on the reverse in blue ballpoint by Elvis Presley. In very good ...
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Queen573 - Queen
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Hugely desirable official ‘R’ hologram-style RIAA gold sales award presented to "WXTB to commemorate the sale of more than 500,000 copies of th...
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Estimate : 5,000.00 - 6,000.00
 
 
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Rolling Stones574 - Rolling Stones
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Vintage ballpoint signatures, “Mick Jagger,” “Keith Richard,” “Brian Jones,” “Bill Wyman,” and “The Rolling Stones, Love, Charlie Boy,” on individual
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,500.00
 
 
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Eddie Van Halen575 - Eddie Van Halen
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Stage-used Charvel EVH Art Series electric guitar with black and white stripe pattern, played during a Van Halen concert at the Toyota Center by Eddie
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Estimate : 15,000.00 - 20,000.00
 
 
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The Clash576 - The Clash
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London Calling album by The Clash, signed on the front cover in black felt tip, "Joe Strummer," "Mick Jones," "Paul Simonon...
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Estimate : 3,000.00 - 4,000.00
 
 
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Amy Winehouse577 - Amy Winehouse
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Back to Black CD booklet signed on the front in black felt tip, "Amy, x," with a quick sketch of a heart above. In fine condition. The CD ...
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Ernst Bloch578 - Ernst Bloch
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German Marxist philosopher (1885–1977). Untranslated ALS in German, one page both sides, 6 x 3.75, October 15, 1962. In fine condition, with two file
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Peter Cornelius579 - Peter Cornelius
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German composer, music critic, poet, and translator (1824–1874). AMS in German on the reverse of a 2.5 x 4 carte-de-visite portrait of himself, June
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Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
 
 
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Friedrich von Flotow580 - Friedrich von Flotow
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German composer (1812–1883) chiefly remembered for his opera Martha, which was popular in the 19th century. Intricate AMQS, signed "Fr. von Flo...
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Umberto Giordano581 - Umberto Giordano
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Italian opera composer (1867–1948) in the verismo, or 'realist,' style, known for his opera Andrea Chénier. Untranslated ALS in Italian...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Anselm Huttenbrenner582 - Anselm Huttenbrenner
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Austrian composer (1794–1868) who was friends with both Beethoven and Schubert. Handwritten musical manuscript, six musically-lined pages, 13 x 10, ti
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Estimate : 4,000.00 - 5,000.00
 
 
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Herbert von Karajan583 - Herbert von Karajan
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Austrian conductor (1908–1989) who is generally regarded as one of the greatest conductors of the 20th century; he served as principal conductor of th
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Zoltan Kodaly584 - Zoltan Kodaly
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Hungarian composer, educator, ethnomusicologist, linguist, author, and philosopher (1882–1967). Glossy 3.25 x 5.25 photo of Kodaly focused on his shee
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Gian Carlo Menotti585 - Gian Carlo Menotti
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Italian-American composer (1911–2007) best known for such popular operas as The Consul, The Saint of Bleecker Street, and Amahl and the Night Visitors
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Ignaz Moscheles586 - Ignaz Moscheles
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Bohemian composer and piano virtuoso (1794-1870), whose career after his early years was based initially in London, and later at Leipzig, where he suc
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Sergei Rachmaninoff587 - Sergei Rachmaninoff
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ALS in German in pencil, one page, 5.5 x 4.25, December 9, 1910. Untranslated letter to Hermann Kutzschbach, conductor of the Dresdener Hofkapelle, re
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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