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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Joe Sutter391 - Joe Sutter
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American engineer (1921-2016) for the Boeing Airplane Company and manager of the design team for the Boeing 747; Smithsonian Air and Space Magazine ha
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Orville Wright392 - Orville Wright
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Uncommon ALS, one page, 8 x 10, The Wright Company letterhead, no date. Letter to Mr. Woodhouse, in full: "I am inclosing several old prints. Y...
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Estimate : 3,500.00 - 4,500.00
 
 
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Orville Wright393 - Orville Wright
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Union Trust Co. bank check, 8 x 3, filled out in another hand and signed by Wright, "Orville Wright," payable to Lottie Jones for $6.25, D...
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Wilbur Wright394 - Wilbur Wright
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Rare and outstanding 5.5 x 3.5 postcard photo showing Wright and others preparing to fly at Le Mans, France, signed in the lower right in ink, "...
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Estimate : 8,500.00 - 9,500.00
 
 
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Vladimir Titov's Flown 35mm Nikon Camera with Special 58mm Lens395 - Vladimir Titov's Flown 35mm Nikon Camera with Special 58mm Lens
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Vladimir Titov’s flown 35mm Nikon F2 camera with special 58mm lens: camera body identified “7937881,” with B “7937881” cover, “72339” data printing bl
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Estimate : 25,000.00 - 35,000.00
 
 
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Yuri Gagarin396 - Yuri Gagarin
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Vintage ink signature of Yuri Gagarin on an off-white 8.25 x 6 sheet. Gagarin adds a few lines in Cyrillic dated December 22, 1961. In very good to fi
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Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
 
 
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Moonwalkers397 - Moonwalkers
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Five items signed by moonwalkers: an official color 10 x 8 NASA lithograph of Alan Shepard in his white space suit against the Apollo 14 insignia, sig
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Wernher von Braun398 - Wernher von Braun
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Two items: a pencil signature, "Wernher von Braun, 907 McClung Street, Huntsville, Ala.," on the reverse of an off-white 2.75 x 1.5 busine...
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Theodore C. Freeman399 - Theodore C. Freeman
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Air Force pilot (1930-1964) selected as part of the third group of astronauts. He was killed on October 31, 1964, when a goose smashed through the coc
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Hermann Oberth400 - Hermann Oberth
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Romanian and German physicist and engineer (1894–1989) considered one of the founding fathers of rocketry and astronautics. Handwritten and typed repo
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 2,500.00
 
 
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Mercury 7401 - Mercury 7
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Signed book: The Astronauts. Later printing. NY: E. P. Dutton & Co., 1960. Hardcover with dust jacket, 5.5 x 8.25, 192 pages. Signed on the half...
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Estimate : 4,000.00 - 6,000.00
 
 
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Mercury 7402 - Mercury 7
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Fantastic set of seven 4-cent Project Mercury stamp blocks, individually signed in ink by the Mercury 7 astronauts: "Virgil I. Grissom," &...
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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Mercury Astronauts403 - Mercury Astronauts
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DS, signed "M. Scott Carpenter," "Leroy G. Cooper, Jr.," "Virgil I. Grissom," "Walter M. Schirra, Jr.," &quo...
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 4,000.00
 
 
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Clifton Williams404 - Clifton Williams
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Official color 8 x 10 NASA lithograph of Clifton Williams posing with a model rocket, signed and inscribed in black felt tip, "To Michael, with...
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Apollo CM Beta Cloth Storage Pouch405 - Apollo CM Beta Cloth Storage Pouch
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Apollo Command Module Beta cloth temporary storage pouch assembly, measuring 15? x 7.25?, featuring a Velcro-secured elastic band at the top of the po
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Apollo Block II AGC Top and Bottom Plates406 - Apollo Block II AGC Top and Bottom Plates
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Top and bottom plates designed for the Block II Apollo Guidance Computer (AGC), both made of a lightweight alloy (likely magnesium) and featuring grid
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Estimate : 8,000.00 - 10,000.00
 
 
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Apollo Command Module Tool Set Jack Screw407 - Apollo Command Module Tool Set Jack Screw
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Jack screw from an Apollo Command Module tool set, measuring approximately 4? x 2.5? x 1?, stenciled with difficult to decipher part numbers. In fine
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Space Shuttle EMU Suit Lower Torso Assembly408 - Space Shuttle EMU Suit Lower Torso Assembly
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Partial Space Shuttle Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU) suit lower torso and trouser assembly, with ILC-Dover tags sewn outside the waistband: &quo...
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Estimate : 3,000.00 - 5,000.00
 
 
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Apollo 1409 - Apollo 1
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Amazing color glossy 13.5 x 10.75 photo of the Apollo 1 prime crew posing in their blue flight suits with a model of the ill-fated Block I Command Mod
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Estimate : 12,000.00 - 15,000.00
 
 
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Apollo 8410 - Apollo 8
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Felt tip signatures, "Best wishes, Bill Anders, Apollo 8," "Frank Borman," and "James Lovell," on an off-white 11 x 2....
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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