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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James M. Cain518 - James M. Cain
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American novelist (1892–1977) best known as the author of such crime/noir classics as The Postman Always Rings Twice and Double Indemnity. TLS signed
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Willa Cather519 - Willa Cather
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American writer (1873–1947) who achieved recognition for her novels of frontier life on the Great Plains, including O Pioneers!, The Song of the Lark,
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Agatha Christie520 - Agatha Christie
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Vintage fountain pen signature of the prolific detective novelist, "Agatha Christie,” on an off-white 5 x 3 card. In fine condition.
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Mary Hemingway521 - Mary Hemingway
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Four items: a Christmas card with giraffes under Mt. Kilimanjaro, measures 7.75 x 8 open, signed inside in ballpoint by Mary Hemingway; and a group of
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MacKinlay Kantor522 - MacKinlay Kantor
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Signed book: Andesonville. Stockade Edition for Members of Civil War Book Club. Cleveland and New York: The World Publishing Company, 1955. Hardcover
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Elmore Leonard523 - Elmore Leonard
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TLS signed “Dutch,” two pages, 8.5 x 11, January 27, 1962. Letter to literary agent H. N. Swanson, in part: "It's been a while so I'd b...
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Jack London524 - Jack London
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Central Bank of Oakland check, 6.5 x 2.75, filled out and signed by Jack London, payable to American Life Insurance Club for $2, May 9, 1905. In fine
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Carl Sagan525 - Carl Sagan
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Signed book: The Dragons of Eden. First edition. NY: Random House, 1977. Hardcover with dust jacket, 6.5 x 9.5, 263 pages. Signed and inscribed on the
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Maurice Sendak526 - Maurice Sendak
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Signed book: In the Night Kitchen. First edition. NY: Harper & Row, 1970. Hardcover with dust jacket, 8.75 x 11.25, 40 pages. Signed on the firs...
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John Steinbeck527 - John Steinbeck
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Vintage fountain pen signature, "John Steinbeck,” on an off-white 5 x 3 card bearing a small affixed portrait. Notation on the reverse dates th...
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