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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[Mohandas Gandhi]145 - [Mohandas Gandhi]
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Police order issued to the East Godavari District Magistrate's Office in Cocanada, one page, 8.5 x 6.75, May 3, 1930, related to the arrest of G...
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Martin Luther King, Jr146 - Martin Luther King, Jr
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Signed book: Stride Toward Freedom: The Montgomery Story. First edition. NY: Harper & Brothers, 1958. Hardcover with dust jacket, 5.75 x 8.25, 2...
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Estimate : 3,000.00 - 4,000.00
 
 
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Nelson Mandela147 - Nelson Mandela
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Desirable signed book: No Easy Walk to Freedom. NY: Basic Books, 1965. Hardcover with dust jacket, 5.5 x 8.25, 189 pages. Signed on the title page in
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Nelson Mandela148 - Nelson Mandela
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Uncommon color 6.75 x 12 ballot for the 1994 Republic of South Africa general elections, signed in the upper border in black felt tip, "N. Mand...
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Florence Nightingale149 - Florence Nightingale
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ALS, one page both sides, 7.25 x 9, October 21, 1856. Letter to nurse Mary Erskine, in part: "I had the pleasure of receiving your two letters ...
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Estimate : 1,200.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Raoul Wallenberg150 - Raoul Wallenberg
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DS, in Hungarian, signed “R. Wallenberg,” one page, 8.25 x 5.75, September 22, 1944. Document associated with the issuance of a Schutz-Pass, in part (
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Estimate : 10,000.00 - 15,000.00
 
 
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Ram Mohan Roy151 - Ram Mohan Roy
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Indian reformer (1772-1833) who challenged traditional Hindu culture and first introduced the word Hinduism into the English language in 1816. Rare LS
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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John Jay152 - John Jay
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Partly-printed DS, one page, 14.5 x 8.75, April 16, 1798. As governor of New York, Jay appoints Sylvanus Willcocks Captain of a Company in the regimen
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Businessmen153 - Businessmen
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Collection of 18 items signed by a notable businessman, consisting mostly of signed slips, cards, and letters, ranging in size from 2.5 x 1 to 8.5 x 1
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Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
 
 
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Henry Ford154 - Henry Ford
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Vintage ink signature, "Henry Ford, July 9, 1929,” on an off-white 5 x 3.25 sheet clipped from his personal stationery. In fine condition, with...
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Edmund Burke155 - Edmund Burke
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Statesman, author, orator, political theorist, and philosopher (1729–1797) who, after relocating to England, served for many years in the House of Com
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Estimate : 4,000.00 - 6,000.00
 
 
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Sigmund Freud156 - Sigmund Freud
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ALS in German, signed "Sigm. Freud," one page, 5.5 x 7.25, personal letterhead, September 18, 1932. Letter to a doctor, in part (translate...
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Estimate : 5,000.00 - 7,000.00
 
 
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Sigmund Freud157 - Sigmund Freud
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ALS in German, signed “Freud,” penned on the reverse of a 4 x 2 business card belonging to the recipient, his assistant, Dr. Paul Federn, January 2, 1
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Estimate : 3,000.00 - 5,000.00
 
 
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Friedrich Hayek158 - Friedrich Hayek
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Remarkable handwritten manuscript by Friedrich Hayek entitled "The Discipline of Civilsation ," unsigned, three pages, 7 x 9.75, circa 19...
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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John Law159 - John Law
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Scottish economist (1671–1729) known as a monetary reformer and as the originator of the 'Mississippi scheme' for the development of French ...
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Estimate : 12,000.00 - 15,000.00
 
 
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Nobel Prize in Economics Sciences160 - Nobel Prize in Economics Sciences
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Collection of 22 items signed by a Nobel Laureate in Economic Sciences, consisting almost entirely of cards or sheets, with signers including: Kenneth
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Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
 
 
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Jean-Jacques Rousseau161 - Jean-Jacques Rousseau
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Important Swiss-French philosopher and writer (1712-1778) who held that the individual is essentially good but usually corrupted by society. Rare auto
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 4,000.00
 
 
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Statutes of the Order of the Holy Spirit162 - Statutes of the Order of the Holy Spirit
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Rare book: Statuts de l'Ordre du Saint-Espirit [Statutes of the Order of the Holy Spirit]. Paris: Engelmann et Graf, Imprimeurs-Lithographes, 18...
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Emperor Meiji164 - Emperor Meiji
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DS in Japanese, one page, 22.75 x 17.75, circa 1890–1912. Untranslated document in which the emperor of Japan confers the Order of the Golden Kite upo
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Ho Chi Minh165 - Ho Chi Minh
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Extremely rare vintage fountain pen signature, "Ho Chi Minh, 7.2.58,” on a pink 4.5 x 3.25 album page from the collection of P.S. Bhiwandiwala,...
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Estimate : 2,500.00 - 3,500.00
 
 
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