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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Louis Pasteur187 - Louis Pasteur
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ALS in French, signed “L. Pasteur,” one page, 4 x 5.25, June 29, 1866. Letter to a colleague, in full (translated): “Here is my note. I prefer not to
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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Linus Pauling188 - Linus Pauling
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Uncommon AMS, signed at the top, “Linus Pauling,” one page, 8 x 11, no date. An intriguing page of a scientific manuscript. In full: “This effect of i
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Albert Schweitzer189 - Albert Schweitzer
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Wonderful collection of three items: a printed map of Schweitzer’s hospital in Lambarene, 11.5 x 9.5, signed and inscribed at the top in French (trans
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Albert Schweitzer190 - Albert Schweitzer
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ALS in German, unsigned, one page, 9.75 x 7, February 10, 1965. Letter to the harpsichordist Lina Lalandi, in part (translated): “I thank you for your
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Arnold Sommerfeld191 - Arnold Sommerfeld
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German theoretical physicist (1868-1951) who pioneered developments in atomic and quantum physics. ALS in German, signed “A. Sommerfeld,” one page, 5.
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Wendell Meredith Stanley192 - Wendell Meredith Stanley
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Nobel Prize–winning biochemist and virologist (1904–1971). AMS in pencil, signed at the conclusion in ink, “W. M. Stanley,” one page, 8.5 x 11, dated
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John Tyndall193 - John Tyndall
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Prominent physicist (1820–1893) known for his study of diamagnetism and his realms of infrared radiation and the physical properties of air. ALS, one
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Estimate : 1,200.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Sigmund Freud194 - Sigmund Freud
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ANS in German, signed “Freud,” one page, 5.75 x 7.5, December 10, 1933, penned at the conclusion of a letter sent to him by Alexander Stiglitz inquiri
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Estimate : 4,000.00 - 5,000.00
 
 
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Sigmund Freud195 - Sigmund Freud
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Signed book: Neue Folge der Vorlesungen zur Einführung in die Psychoanalyse [New Introductory Lectures on Psycho-Analysis]. Vienna: Internation...
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Estimate : 3,000.00 - 4,000.00
 
 
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John MacCulloch196 - John MacCulloch
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Unsigned manuscript entirely in another hand, 48 pages, 9.5 x 15.5, no date. An unpublished French translation of the first two chapters of MacCulloch
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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