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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Neil Armstrong344 - Neil Armstrong
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Excellent color glossy 4 x 5.75 NASA postcard photo of Neil Armstrong posing in his white space suit against a lunar backdrop, signed in black felt ti
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Neil Armstrong345 - Neil Armstrong
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Ballpoint signature and inscription, "To the Brothers of Texas Theta—With Best Wishes, YITB, Neil Armstrong, Apollo 11,” on an off-white 7 x 4....
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Neil Armstrong346 - Neil Armstrong
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TLS, one page, 8.5 x 11, University of Cincinnati letterhead, August 27, 1976. Letter to Paul P. Hartunian of New Jersey, in full: "Please acce...
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Neil Armstrong347 - Neil Armstrong
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Belgian souvenir postal sheet featuring a 20F stamp honoring the Apollo 11 astronauts, 3.75 x 5, neatly signed in crisp ballpoint by Neil Armstrong. A
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Neil Armstrong and Michael Collins348 - Neil Armstrong and Michael Collins
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Oversized commemorative cover, 9 x 6, with a cachet honoring the envelopes that flew aboard the CSM Columbia during the Apollo 11 mission, with metall
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Edgar Mitchell's Apollo 14 Flown Primary Life Support System Backpack Strap349 - Edgar Mitchell's Apollo 14 Flown Primary Life Support System Backpack Strap
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Remarkable flown Primary Life Support System (PLSS) backpack strap used on the lunar surface by Edgar Mitchell during the Apollo 14 mission, measuring
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Estimate : 50,000.00 - 60,000.00
 
 
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Michael Collins350 - Michael Collins
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Superb original 20 x 14.25 watercolor painting by Apollo 11 CMP Michael Collins, identified as 'No. 10' of his 'Where I Fish' series...
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Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
 
 
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Michael Collins351 - Michael Collins
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Terrific original watercolor painting by Apollo astronaut Michael Collins entitled 'T-minus Twelve,' 15.5 x 11.5, which depicts a distant ea...
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Jim Irwin352 - Jim Irwin
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Handwritten speech by Apollo 15 moonwalker Jim Irwin, unsigned, six pages, lightly lined, 7.75 x 10.5, no date. Headed "Astrodome," the sp...
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Charlie Duke353 - Charlie Duke
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Fascinating ALS signed “Charlie Duke, Apollo Astronaut,” seven pages, 8.5 x 11, January 16, 1984. Lengthy letter that features Duke expatiating on his
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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