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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Leon Trotsky121 - Leon Trotsky
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TLS in French, signed “Votre, L. Trotsky,” one page both sides, 8.5 x 11.5, October 31, 1929. Letter to his lawyer Gerard Rosenthal about the Trotskis
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Estimate : 4,000.00 - 6,000.00
 
 
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Wu Xueqian122 - Wu Xueqian
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Chinese politician (1921–2008) who served as the foreign minister and vice premier of the People's Republic of China. Glossy 9.25 x 7 German pr...
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Estimate : 2,500.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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Xu Shichang123 - Xu Shichang
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President of the Republic of China in Beijing from 1918–1922, who was the only permanent president of the Beiyang government to be a civilian (1855–19
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Zhao Ziyang124 - Zhao Ziyang
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High-ranking politician in the People's Republic of China (1919–2005) instrumental in implementing free-market reforms. Scarce glossy 9.5 x 7 Ge...
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Estimate : 5,000.00 - 6,000.00
 
 
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King Francis I125 - King Francis I
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King of France (born 1494) who reigned from 1515 until his death in 1547. Known as the 'Father and Restorer of Letters,' the cultured and we...
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Queen Elizabeth II126 - Queen Elizabeth II
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Marvelous matte-finish 9.25 x 11.75 portrait of Queen Elizabeth II wearing her glimmering crown jewels by Royal Court photographer Dorothy Wilding, af
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Queen Christina127 - Queen Christina
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ALS in French, unsigned, one page both sides, 7.25 x 11.5, no date but circa 1688. Queen Christina's draft for a letter to King Louis XIV. In pa...
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Estimate : 2,500.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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Queen Elizabeth II128 - Queen Elizabeth II
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Unusual oversized glossy 20 x 10.75 photo of Queen Elizabeth II at the official launch of the British oil tanker S.S. 'British Admiral,' aff...
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Queen Elizabeth II129 - Queen Elizabeth II
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Handsome matte-finish 7.5 x 7.75 photo of the British royal family taken from their 1959 Christmas and New Year's card, signed in the lower bord...
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip130 - Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip
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Uncommon Royal Christmas and New Year's card from 1958, with a gilt-embossed crown on the front, measuring 18.25 x 7.75 open, featuring a color ...
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Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
 
 
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Zaifeng, Prince Chun131 - Zaifeng, Prince Chun
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Manchu prince and regent of the late Qing dynasty (1883–1951) who was the father of Puyi, the last emperor of China. Bold ink signature in Chinese of
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Titanic132 - Titanic
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Exceedingly rare color poster for the White Star Line, 39 x 29, of the company's two newest and biggest ships, the Titanic and Olympic, circa ea...
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Estimate : 5,000.00 - 15,000.00
 
 
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David Crockett133 - David Crockett
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ALS, one page both sides, 8 x 10, May 3, 1830. Written from Maysville, Kentucky, a letter to Michael Sprigg of Maryland, who served with Crockett in t
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Estimate : 30,000.00 - 40,000.00
 
 
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August Bebel134 - August Bebel
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German politician (1840–1913) who was one of the founders of Germany's oldest political party, the Social Democratic Party. ANS in German, signe...
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Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
 
 
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Menachem Begin and Jimmy Carter135 - Menachem Begin and Jimmy Carter
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Significant pairing of TLSs by Menachem Begin and Jimmy Carter: TLS signed "M. Begin," one page, 8.25 x 11, Prime Minister of Israel lett...
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Joseph Bonanno136 - Joseph Bonanno
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Diary entry written by Joseph Bonanno while incarcerated at a federal prison in Lexington, Kentucky, unsigned, one page, 6 x 9.25, dated "Frida...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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British Prime Ministers137 - British Prime Ministers
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Uncommon FDC, 7.5 x 4.5, with a color cachet honoring Queen Elizabeth II and her Canadian Royal Standard, signed in black or blue ink by Tony Blair, J
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Chiang Kai-shek138 - Chiang Kai-shek
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Matte-finish 3.75 x 5.75 head-and-shoulders photo of Chiang Kai-shek, signed in bold ink in Chinese. Reverse bears a Wu Chung Yee credit stamp. In fin
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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DeWitt Clinton139 - DeWitt Clinton
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American politician (1769–1828) who served as senator and who, as governor of New York, played a major role in the construction of the Erie Canal. ALS
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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John DeLorean140 - John DeLorean
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John Z. DeLorean Corporation, Research & Engineering Division business check, 8.25 x 3, filled out in type and signed by DeLorean, "John Z....
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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