RR Auction: Fine Autographs and Artifacts featuring Science and Technology

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Science and Technology dominates the 900+ items in RR Auction's December Fine Autographs and Artifacts sale, highlighted by a fully functional Enigma I cipher machine used by the German military, letters by Albert Einstein and Stephen Hawking, an Apple floppy disk signed by Steve Jobs, an historic Apollo and other space program artifacts. Other autograph highlights include a John Dillinger letter from jail, a ledger signed by Davy Crockett, multiple George Washington and Abraham Lincoln items, and other outstanding pieces of the past. 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 December 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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John Schofield289 - John Schofield
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Union general (1831–1906) who served as army commander in Sherman's Atlanta campaign and who later became General in Chief of the army. ALS sign...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Winfield Scott290 - Winfield Scott
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Career Army officer (1786–1866) who commanded forces in the War of 1812, the Black Hawk War, the Mexican–American War, the Second Seminole War, and Ci
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William T. Sherman291 - William T. Sherman
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Neat ink signature, "W. T. Sherman, General,” on an off-white 3.5 x 2 card. In fine condition. Accompanied by an unsigned carte-de-visite portr...
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Henry W. Slocum292 - Henry W. Slocum
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Union general (1827–1894) who fought at Gettysburg and accompanied Sherman on his March to the Sea. Civil War–dated ALS signed “H. W. Slocum,” one pag
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Jacob Thompson293 - Jacob Thompson
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Mississippi politician (1810–1885) who served as Secretary of the Interior, resigning on the outbreak of the Civil War to become Inspector General of
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USS Ward (DD-139)294 - USS Ward (DD-139)
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Two color 20 x 16 posters of an Alan Chesley painting depicting the USS Ward (DD-139), a Wickes-class destroyer in the United States Navy that fired t
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Edwin A. Walker295 - Edwin A. Walker
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Highly decorated United States Army officer (1909–1993) who fought in World War II and the Korean War, remembered as the target for an assassination a
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Gouverneur K. Warren296 - Gouverneur K. Warren
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American military officer (1830–1882) who, despite earning the sobriquet 'Hero of Little Round Top' for his actions at Gettysburg, was humil...
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World War I: Russian Army297 - World War I: Russian Army
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Two circa 1914 unused chocolate bar wrappers from the Patisserie George Borman in St. Petersburg, each measuring 9 x 6. Presumably issued in the early
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World War II: 49th Field Artillery Battalion298 - World War II: 49th Field Artillery Battalion
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World War II-dated Japanese flag, or Nisshoki, belonging to the 49th Field Artillery Battalion of the United States Army, 27 x 32.75, with upper field
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Marcello Malpighi299 - Marcello Malpighi
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Italian doctor (1628–1694) who gave his name to several physiological features and played an important part in the discovery of the microscope and stu
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Estimate : 2,500.00 - 3,500.00
 
 
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Rene Laennec300 - Rene Laennec
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French physician (1781–1826) who invented the stethoscope in 1816 and pioneered its use for diagnosing chest problems. Partly-printed DS, one page, 15
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Louis Pasteur301 - Louis Pasteur
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LS in French, signed "L. Pasteur," one page both sides, 8 x 10, Comite de Patronage des Etudiants Etrangers letterhead, February 15, 1894....
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Louis Pasteur302 - Louis Pasteur
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ALS in French, signed “L. Pasteur,” three pages on two adjoining sheets, 5.25 x 8, August 18, no year. Letter to his assistant Eugene Maillot, in part
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Samuel F. B. Morse303 - Samuel F. B. Morse
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ALS signed “Sam’l F. B. Morse,” three pages on two adjoining sheets, 5 x 8, April 30, 1862. Letter to Minister J. Treadwell Walden of Norwich, Connect
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Charles Darwin304 - Charles Darwin
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ALS signed “Ch. Darwin,” one page, 4.75 x 7.75, Down letterhead, January 23, [no year]. Letter concerning a German translation of his work. In full:...
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Estimate : 8,000.00 - 10,000.00
 
 
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Thomas Edison305 - Thomas Edison
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Partly-printed DS, signed twice, “Thos. A. Edison,” one page, 11 x 7.75, May 6, 1907. Stock certificate issued to Thomas A. Edison for “One hundred an
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Thomas Edison306 - Thomas Edison
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Pencil signature, "Thos. A. Edison,” on a 4 x 4 sheet removed from a pamphlet headed "State Cooperation in the Enforcement of National Pro...
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Ernest Rutherford307 - Ernest Rutherford
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Vintage matte-finish photo of the ocean liner SS Euripides at sea, affixed to its original 9.75 x 7.75 mount, signed on the mount in fountain pen, &...
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Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
 
 
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Carl Jung308 - Carl Jung
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Extremely rare glossy 2.75 x 3.75 deckle-edge photo of Carl Jung in profile, signed on the reverse in fountain pen, "C. G. Jung." Typed no...
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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