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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Sergei Rachmaninoff677 - Sergei Rachmaninoff
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Ink signature, "S. Rachmaninoff,” on an off-white 4 x 5.5 clipped sheet with attached portrait of the great Russian composer. Mounted to an ove...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Franz Schreker678 - Franz Schreker
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German composer (1878–1934) best known for his operas and orchestral music. Schreker, a Jew, was denounced by the Nazis for the production of 'E...
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Jean Sibelius679 - Jean Sibelius
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Distinguished Finnish composer (1865–1957) of Romantic-nationalistic tendencies, best known for his seven completed symphonies and the tone poem Finla
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Singers680 - Singers
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Collection of eight items: vintage 3.5 x 5.5 photo of Alessandro Bonci, signed and inscribed in fountain pen and dated 1912, and affixed to a slightly
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Singers681 - Singers
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Four items: three vintage photos, various sizes and finishes, signed in fountain pen by the singer pictured: Beniamino Gigli (ins) as des Grieux in ...
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Richard Strauss682 - Richard Strauss
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German composer (1864–1949) whose colorful symphonic poems and operas earned him a place among the most important figures in late-19th and early 20th-
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Louis Armstrong683 - Louis Armstrong
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Exceptional vintage pearl-finish 8 x 10 publicity photo of Armstrong planting a kiss on his trumpet, signed and inscribed in fountain pen, "Bes...
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Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
 
 
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Louis Armstrong684 - Louis Armstrong
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Vintage glossy 9.25 x 7.5 publicity photo of Louis Armstrong and Billie Holiday for the 1947 musical romance New Orleans, signed in fountain pen, &q...
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Count Basie685 - Count Basie
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Handsome glossy 8 x 10 Willard Alexander publicity photo of Basie by James J. Kriegsmann of New York, signed in black felt tip. In fine condition, wit
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Irving Berlin686 - Irving Berlin
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I. B. Enterprises, Inc. check, 8.75 x 3, filled out in another hand and signed by Irving Berlin, payable to New York Life Insurance Co. for $740.04, S
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Hoagy Carmichael687 - Hoagy Carmichael
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Vintage glossy 8 x 10 head-and-shoulders photo, signed and inscribed in fountain pen, "To The Kuhhard—Hoagy Carmichael.” In very good to fine c...
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Serge Gainsbourg688 - Serge Gainsbourg
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La Chanson de Prevert album signed on the front cover in blue felt tip by Serge Gainsbourg. In fine condition. The records are included.
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W. C. Handy and Marian Anderson689 - W. C. Handy and Marian Anderson
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Two items: a hardcover edition of the book My Lord, What a Morning by Marian Anderson, signed and inscribed in black ink on the first free end page,...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Jazz Musicians690 - Jazz Musicians
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Group lot of four items signed by a notable jazz musician: a vintage fountain pen signature and inscription, "To Lars Vatslund, good luck, Duke...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Rodgers and Hammerstein691 - Rodgers and Hammerstein
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Vintage ink signatures, "Richard Rodgers" and "Oscar Hammerstein,” on an off-white 5.25 x 6.5 album page. In fine condition, with ton...
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Hazel Scott692 - Hazel Scott
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One of America's foremost jazz pianists as well as a classical pianist, singer and actress. She was married to the Rev. A. Clayton Powell, Jr., ...
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Stephen Sondheim693 - Stephen Sondheim
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Four playbills for Sondheim's productions Pacific Overtures, Side by Side, Into the Woods, and Gypsy, each signed and inscribed on the front cov...
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Fats Waller694 - Fats Waller
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DS, signed “Thomas 'Fats Waller,” one page both sides, 8.25 x 13.75, January 31, 1941. Standard Uniform Popular Songwriters Contract between Wal...
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Ben Webster695 - Ben Webster
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American jazz tenor saxophonist (1909-1973) known as 'The Brute' or 'Frog,' who is considered one of the three most important 's...
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Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
 
 
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Ben Webster696 - Ben Webster
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King of the Tenors album signed and inscribed on the back cover in blue ballpoint, "To my man Joe Benjamin, Keep swinging & best of luck, s...
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Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
 
 
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