RR Auction: Fine Autographs and Artifacts

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Headquartered in Boston’s North End, RR Auction is a globally recognized and trusted source for rare documents, manuscripts, autographs, and historic artifacts. Since its inception in 1980, RR has achieved countless record-setting prices in over 425 successful sales, including Truman Capote’s hand-notated manuscript for Breakfast at Tiffany’s for over $300,000, President Kennedy’s 1963 convertible for $318,000, and a pair of Bonnie and Clyde’s guns for over $500,000. Internationally known and frequently featured in all media outlets—with appearances on NBC’s Today Show, CBS This Morning, Fox News, the New York Times Sunday Magazine, and the London Times—RR Auction prides itself on selling authentic material, thoroughly examined by in-house experts and third-party authenticators, to uphold the guarantee of authenticity. With a stunning full-color print catalog and a massive online presence, RR Auction continues to achieve record prices for clients around the world.
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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Thomas Edison176 - Thomas Edison
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ANS in pencil, quickly signed “Edison,” one page, 6 x 9, no date but circa 1912. A note to Charles W. Luhr, the vice president and works manager for t
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Thomas Edison177 - Thomas Edison
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Extraordinary 9.5 x 7.5 albumen photo of Edison seated in his laboratory and testing a recording phonograph or dictaphone, boldly signed in black ink,
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Albert Einstein178 - Albert Einstein
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TLS signed “A. Einstein,” one page, 8.5 x 11, blindstamped personal letterhead, May 8, 1954. Letter to Margaret Brackenbury. In part: “I thank you ver
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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Albert Einstein179 - Albert Einstein
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TLS in German, signed “A. Einstein,” one page, 6.5 x 6.75, personal letterhead, July 4, 1935. Letter to Sarah F. Brandes of the Bralans Lecture Bureau
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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Alexander Fleming180 - Alexander Fleming
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Scottish bacteriologist (1881–1955) who shared the 1945 Nobel Prize in Medicine for his role in the discovery and isolation of penicillin. Two letters
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Estimate : 6,000.00 - 8,000.00
 
 
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Robert Fulton181 - Robert Fulton
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American inventor, engineer, and entrepreneur (1765–1815) best known for designing the first commercially successful steamboat. His other endeavors in
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 2,500.00
 
 
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Martin Heidegger182 - Martin Heidegger
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Handwritten notes, unsigned, one page, 4 x 5.75, no date. Heidegger lists a series of lectures, most of which were collected and published under the t
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Hermann von Helmholtz183 - Hermann von Helmholtz
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Versatile German scientist (1821–1894) known for his discoveries related to visual and aural perception, electrodynamics, and the conservation of ener
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Joseph Lister184 - Joseph Lister
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British surgeon (1827–1912) who innovated the practice of sterile surgery, one of the most important medical advances of the day. ALS, one page both s
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Samuel F. B. Morse185 - Samuel F. B. Morse
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Signed book: Examination of the Telegraphic Apparatus and the Process in Telegraphy. Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1869. Softcover, 5.75
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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