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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William H. Taft81 - William H. Taft
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Partly-printed DS, signed “Wm. H. Taft,” one page, 11 x 8.5, February 22, 1904. Certificate of membership in the University Club of Washington, D.C.,
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Harry S. Truman82 - Harry S. Truman
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Signed book: Memoirs (Year of Decisions and Years of Trial and Hope) in two volumes. First editions. Garden City: Doubleday & Company, 1955 and ...
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Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
 
 
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Donald Trump83 - Donald Trump
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Signed book: The Art of the Deal. Later printing. NY: Random House, 1987. Hardcover with dust jacket, 6.25 x 9.5, 246 pages. Signed and inscribed on t
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Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
 
 
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Donald Trump84 - Donald Trump
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Signed book: Trump: Surviving at the Top. First edition. NY: Random House, 1990. Hardcover with dust jacket, 6.25 x 9.5, 236 pages. Signed and inscrib
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Donald and Melania Trump85 - Donald and Melania Trump
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Rare signed book: Crippled America. First edition. NY: Threshold Editions, 2015. Hardcover with dust jacket, 5.75 x 8.75, 193 pages. Signed on the tit
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Benjamin Franklin86 - Benjamin Franklin
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Choice partly-printed DS, signed “B. Franklin,” one page, 12 x 7, June 12, 1786. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania document attesting that William Webb is
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Estimate : 15,000.00 - 20,000.00
 
 
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Benjamin Franklin87 - Benjamin Franklin
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Partial self-contained manuscript DS, signed “B. Franklin, Presid't,” one page, 9.75 x 7.5, November 17, 1786. Legal petition in the bankruptcy ...
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Estimate : 10,000.00 - 15,000.00
 
 
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William Williams88 - William Williams
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Merchant and signer of the Declaration of Independence from Connecticut (1731-1781). ALS signed “Wm. Williams,” one page, 7.5 x 12.5, September 23, 17
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Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
 
 
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Aaron Burr89 - Aaron Burr
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ALS signed “A. Burr,” one page, 7.75 x 9.75, April 5, 1798. Letter to Major James Grier, in full: "Herewith is enclosed your original contract ...
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Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
 
 
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Patrick Henry90 - Patrick Henry
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Partly-printed DS, signed “P. Henry,” one page, 6 x 3.5, December 29, 1784. Document certifying eligibility for a land bounty to a veteran of the Revo
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Mikhail Bakunin91 - Mikhail Bakunin
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Russian revolutionary who was a principal founder of the 'social anarchist' tradition (1814–1876) ALS in German, signed “M. Bakunin,” one pa...
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Estimate : 10,000.00 - 15,000.00
 
 
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Frederick Douglass92 - Frederick Douglass
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Partly-printed DS, signed “Fred'k Douglass,” 3.5 x 8.5, November 5, 1884. District of Columbia deed of trust from Stephen G. Borris to Watson J....
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Anatoly Lunacharsky93 - Anatoly Lunacharsky
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Russian Marxist revolutionary (1875–1933) and the first Soviet People's Commissar of Enlightenment responsible for culture and education. Rare m...
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Martin Luther King, Jr94 - Martin Luther King, Jr
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Magnificent program for the 1965 Pacem In Terris Peace and Freedom Award ceremony in Davenport, Iowa, on April 28, 1965, 5.25 x 8.5, signed prominentl
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Estimate : 4,000.00 - 6,000.00
 
 
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Nelson Mandela95 - Nelson Mandela
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Limited edition color 26 x 19.75 lithograph entitled 'The Harbour' from Mandela's 'My Robben Island' suite, numbered 57/500, sig...
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Nelson Mandela96 - Nelson Mandela
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Complete set of four stamp blocks issued by South Africa in 1994 to honor Nelson Mandela's inauguration as president, 4.25 x 3 and 3.25 x 4.75, ...
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Nelson Mandela97 - Nelson Mandela
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Signed book: Long Walk to Freedom. Later printing. South Africa: Macdonald Purnell, 1995. Hardcover with dust jacket, 6.5 x 9.5, 630 pages. Signed and
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Nelson Mandela98 - Nelson Mandela
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Signed book: Nelson Mandela: Gedanken & Zitate [Thoughts & Quotes]. Zurich: Leib & Seele, 1994. German-language hardcover, 5 x 7.25, 128...
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Emilie Schindler99 - Emilie Schindler
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German-born woman (1907–2001) who, with her husband Oskar Schindler, helped to save the lives of 1,200 Jews during World War II by employing them in h
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Estimate : 5,000.00 - 7,000.00
 
 
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John T. Scopes100 - John T. Scopes
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American educator (1900–1970) who defied state law in Tennessee by teaching the theory of evolution, precipitating the famous 'Monkey Trial'...
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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