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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Will James536 - Will James
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Artist and writer (1892-1942) best known for his work on the American West. Attractive original vintage sketch of a horse's head in profile by W...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Le Corbusier537 - Le Corbusier
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French architect, artist, and industrial designer (1887–1965) whose central role in the development of the International Style made him one of the mos
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Henri Matisse538 - Henri Matisse
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TLS in French, signed “H. Matisse,” one page, 8.25 x 10.5, December 11, 1953. Letter to Madame J. Leymarie in Grenoble, concerning an artwork, in part
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Claude Monet539 - Claude Monet
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ALS in French, one page, 4.5 x 7, January 3, 1889. Letter written from his famous Giverny gardens, in full (translated): "My dear friend. Congr...
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Estimate : 2,500.00 - 3,500.00
 
 
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Grandma Moses540 - Grandma Moses
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Vintage fountain pen signature, "Grandma Moses,” on an off-white 4.5 x 3 card. Matted and framed to an overall size of 7 x 5. In fine condition.
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Pablo Picasso541 - Pablo Picasso
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Vintage matte-finish 9.5 x 11.75 full-length photo of a shirtless Pablo Picasso posing outdoors, signed neatly in the upper right in blue ballpoint,...
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Estimate : 5,000.00 - 7,000.00
 
 
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Camille Pissarro542 - Camille Pissarro
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ALS in French, signed “Your affectionate husband, C. Pissarro,” four pages on two adjoining sheets, 4 x 6.25, October 25, 1896. Long letter to his wif
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Pierre-Auguste Renoir543 - Pierre-Auguste Renoir
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Wonderful matte-finish 6 x 10.75 photographic print of an unidentified painting by Renoir showing two figures in a field, signed in the lower border b
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Estimate : 4,000.00 - 6,000.00
 
 
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Norman Rockwell544 - Norman Rockwell
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Signed book: My Adventures as an Illustrator. First edition. Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1960. Hardcover with dust jacket, 6.5 x 9.5, 436 pages. Signe
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Auguste Rodin545 - Auguste Rodin
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ALS in French, one page, 4.5 x 6.25, June 3, 1913. Letter to art dealer Roland Knoedler, which finds Rodin scheduling a meeting for Knoedler to purcha
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Jerry T. N. Thompson546 - Jerry T. N. Thompson
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Popular American pin-up artist, known as T. N. Thompson, who created some of the most enduring calendar imagery of the 1950s. Original pin-up calendar
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Andy Warhol547 - Andy Warhol
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Signed book: The Philosophy of Andy Warhol (From A to B & Back Again). First edition. NY: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1975. Hardcover with dust j...
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Gahan Wilson548 - Gahan Wilson
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Original ink and watercolor sketch of a Halloween party accomplished by Wilson on an off-white 12 x 9 illustration board, signed and inscribed below t
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Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
 
 
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Frank Lloyd Wright549 - Frank Lloyd Wright
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Rare vintage matte-finish 10.5 x 13.5 half-length portrait of Frank Lloyd Wright posing outdoors at his Taliesin West winter home, signed and inscribe
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Estimate : 4,000.00 - 6,000.00
 
 
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Frank Lloyd Wright550 - Frank Lloyd Wright
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ALS signed “Wright,” one page, 11.75 x 9.25, personal "Orchestra Hall, Chicago" letterhead, no date but postmarked November 20, [annotated...
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 4,000.00
 
 
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Oswald Achenbach551 - Oswald Achenbach
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Important German realist landscape painter and art teacher (1827–1905). ALS in German, signed “Osw. Achenbach,” four pages on two adjoining black-bord
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Fernando Botero552 - Fernando Botero
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Two different color 4 x 6 postcard photos of Botero's famous rotund figures, each signed in black ink, "Botero." In fine condition.
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Fernando Botero553 - Fernando Botero
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Two color semi-glossy postcard photos of Fernando Botero's famous rotund figures, 4 x 6 and 6 x 4, with the works entitled 'The Maid' an...
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Buckminster Fuller554 - Buckminster Fuller
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Visionary American architect, inventor, writer, and philosopher (1895–1983) perhaps best known for inventing the geodesic dome, one of the signal deve
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Philip Johnson555 - Philip Johnson
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American architect (1906–2005) who is best known for his works of modern architecture, including the Glass House in New Canaan, Connecticut, and his w
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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