RR Auction: Fine Autographs and Artifacts featuring Science and Technology

British physicist and writer (1851–1940) who held patents for key radio technologies and identified electromagnetic radiation independent of Hertz&#...

Inventor of photographic equipment (1862-1954) who, with his brother Louis, patented the cinematograph and produced the first-ever motion picture in 1

Vintage MAC Panel computer programming patch board in a metal frame, measuring 12.75? x 11? x 3?, labeled with "Secondary" and "Prima...

Pioneers of modern agriculture and members of the McCormick family of Chicago and Virginia; the McCormicks introduced the mechanical reaper and founde

Austrian-Swedish physicist (1878-1968) who first identified nuclear fission. Despite never winning the award, she was nominated 19 times for the Nobel

British astronomer (born 1942) who identified the first clear candidate for a black hole, Cygnus X-1, with his colleague Louise Webster. Three items:

Vintage Nida-Trainer Model 115P radio transceiver training device, housed in a black plastic suitcase, measuring 18.5? x 13.5? x 5?. Etched on the fac

Black NRC Model RSX-2 optical rotary table, measuring 3.5? x 3.5? x 1?, featuring a rotating circular base marked with 360° increments. In very...

Optronics microscope camera head with power supply, marked as "Model: 60800 Power Supply, Magnafire." The camera head, designed to capture...

Antique Pathex 9.5mm film projector with color wheel for black-and-white movies, measuring approximately 10? x 12.5? x 7.5?, marketed internationally

Two items: a TLS, one page, 8.5 x 11, personal letterhead, June 25, 1958, in full: "I thank you for your fine letter. I enclose an autographed ...

Partly-printed DS, one page, 16.75 x 11.75, April 26, 1952. Membership certificate for the American Philosophical Society issued to noted diplomat and

Group lot of eight photos of world-renowned physicists, various finishes, ranging in size from 5 x 7 to 11 x 8.5, each signed in ink or felt tip by th

Serbian American physicist and physical chemist (1858–1935) who is best known for his numerous patents, including a means of greatly extending the ran

Signed book: Pale Blue Dot. First edition. NY: Random House, 1994. Hardcover with dust jacket, 7.5 x 9.5, 429 pages. Signed on the half-title page in

American physicist (1910–1989) who won the 1956 Nobel Prize in Physics for his development of the transistor. Glossy 5 x 7 photo of Shockley posing wi

Microdyne 1161-S(A) Spectrum Display Unit for a telemetry receiver, measuring 7? x 2? x 16.5?, marked on the side as "Ser. No. 518." The f...

Humidity sensor manufactured by the Thunder Scientific Corp. of Albuquerque, marked as "Model 2300H1T21, Serial 2633." The main black box ...

Official color 10 x 8 NASA lithograph of an artist's conception of the planet Pluto, signed in black felt tip, "Discoverer of the 9th plane...

Window discriminator panel useful for nuclear and photon counting, manufactured by W-P Instruments of New Haven, Connecticut, measuring 19? x 3.5? x 7

Highly impressive archive of 20 items signed by some of history’s foremost aviation pioneers from America and Europe, consisting of letters, airmail c

Pair of two flown fabric presentations created by the Smithsonian Institution National Air and Space Museum with fabric removed during restoration of

Group of four color glossy 10 x 8 photos of a McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle, each signed in thin black felt tip by pilot Irv Burrows, who adds “F15 1st

French aviation pioneer (1896–1960) who set speed and endurance records for distance flights in the 1920s and 1930s. In December 1928, he set the worl

Fantastic vintage matte-finish 14 x 11 photo of Howard Hughes, Hap Arnold, and Oscar Westover together, signed in fountain pen by all three: "H...

French aviation pioneer (1882–1912) who made the first airplane flight in Africa on December 28, 1909, and was also involved in the first airplane cra

Pioneer French aviator (1889–1913) who set the world record for the greatest distance traveled non-stop, flying 950 kilometres (590 mi) in eight hours

Amazing vintage matte-finish 10 x 8 Underwood photo of Lindbergh posing with the Spirit of St. Louis, signed in fountain pen, "Charles A. Lindb...

Handsome vintage matte-finish 7 x 9.5 portrait of Lindbergh looking off camera, matted to an overall size of 10.25 x 12.5, signed and inscribed on the

Signed book: The Spirit of St. Louis. Limited presentation edition, number 766. NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1953. Hardcover with acetate jacket...

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

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...

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...

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, "...

Vladimir Titov’s flown 35mm Nikon F2 camera with special 58mm lens: camera body identified “7937881,” with B “7937881” cover, “72339” data printing bl

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

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

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...

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

Romanian and German physicist and engineer (1894–1989) considered one of the founding fathers of rocketry and astronautics. Handwritten and typed repo

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...

Fantastic set of seven 4-cent Project Mercury stamp blocks, individually signed in ink by the Mercury 7 astronauts: "Virgil I. Grissom," &...

DS, signed "M. Scott Carpenter," "Leroy G. Cooper, Jr.," "Virgil I. Grissom," "Walter M. Schirra, Jr.," &quo...

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...

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

Top and bottom plates designed for the Block II Apollo Guidance Computer (AGC), both made of a lightweight alloy (likely magnesium) and featuring grid

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

Partial Space Shuttle Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU) suit lower torso and trouser assembly, with ILC-Dover tags sewn outside the waistband: &quo...

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

Felt tip signatures, "Best wishes, Bill Anders, Apollo 8," "Frank Borman," and "James Lovell," on an off-white 11 x 2....