RR Auction: Fine Autographs and Artifacts

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Among the premier items in this monthly sale are an autograph letter by Albert Einstein on his Unified Field Theory, a scarce signed suite of Salvador Dali’s Divine Comedy woodcuts, and an incredible signed photo of Ty Cobb’s notorious ‘spiking of Baker.’ RR Auction is a globally recognized and trusted auction house specializing in rare and remarkable documents, manuscripts, autographs, and historical artifacts. Join us as we prepare to make history selling history in October 2016.
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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Charles Darwin222 - Charles Darwin
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Hand-addressed envelope panel, 9.75 x 3.75, addressed by Darwin to his close friend, “D. Hooker F. R. S., Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, London, W,” and
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Estimate : 3,000.00 - 3,500.00
 
 
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Charles Darwin223 - Charles Darwin
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LS (the body written in the hand of Darwin’s son), four pages on two adjoining sheets, 5 x 8, Down, Beckenham, Kent letterhead, January 3, 1878. Lette
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Estimate : 5,500.00 - 6,500.00
 
 
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Thomas Edison224 - Thomas Edison
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Archive of six memoranda pertaining to the Edison Service Record Club, totaling nine pages, dated September–December 1932. The memoranda were all writ
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Estimate : 3,000.00 - 4,000.00
 
 
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Thomas Edison225 - Thomas Edison
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Unusual 4 x 4.75 paperstock photo of Edison speaking into a pair of microphones, affixed to a slightly larger mount, signed at the bottom in fountain
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Thomas Edison226 - Thomas Edison
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Edison Botanic Research Corporation business check, 8.25 x 2.75, filled out in another hand and signed by Edison, “Thos. A. Edison,” payable to Walter
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Albert Einstein227 - Albert Einstein
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Vintage glossy 7.25 x 9 press photo of Einstein in a candid moment, signed in the lower border in blue ballpoint, “A. Einstein, 53.” In fine condition
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Estimate : 4,000.00 - 6,000.00
 
 
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Albert Einstein228 - Albert Einstein
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ALS in German, signed “Papa,” one page both sides, 5.75 x 8.25, no date but circa early 1929. Letter to his son Eduard Einstein, nicknamed “Tetel,” in
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Estimate : 100,000.00 - 150,000.00
 
 
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Albert Einstein229 - Albert Einstein
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ALS in German, signed “A. Einstein,” one page, 8.25 x 11, blindstamped Princeton letterhead, March 3, 1947. Letter to Fannie Held, the widow of New Yo
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Estimate : 6,000.00 - 8,000.00
 
 
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Albert Einstein230 - Albert Einstein
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World War II–dated TLS in German, signed “A. Einstein,” one page, 7.75 x 9.5, blindstamped personal letterhead, November 16, 1942. Letter to Hilde Spe
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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Albert Einstein231 - Albert Einstein
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Choice fountain pen signature, “Albert Einstein, III. 45.,” on an off-white 3.75 x 2.25 card. In very fine condition. Accompanied by the original mail
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,500.00
 
 
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Robert Fulton232 - Robert Fulton
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Superb original diagram drawing of a cross-section of a torpedo flintlock detonator accomplished by Fulton in ink and watercolor on an off-white 17.25
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Estimate : 15,000.00 - 16,000.00
 
 
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Werner Heisenberg233 - Werner Heisenberg
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German theoretical physicist (1901–1976) awarded the 1932 Nobel Prize in physics for the creation of quantum mechanics. Signed book: Der Teil und das
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Simon Lake234 - Simon Lake
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American engineer (1866–1945) who developed the first submarine to operate successfully on the open seas. Original signed pencil sketch of a cross-sec
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Louis Pasteur235 - Louis Pasteur
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Booklet containing Pasteur’s address delivered on the occasion of his entry into the French Academy on April 27, 1882, 23 pages, 9 x 11, signed and in
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Estimate : 1,800.00 - 2,200.00
 
 
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Louis Pasteur236 - Louis Pasteur
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Signed book: Examen Critique d’un ecrit posthume de Claude Bernard sur la Fermentation. Paris: Gauthier-Villars, 1879. Leatherbound hardcover in marbl
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Estimate : 2,200.00 - 2,500.00
 
 
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Louis Pasteur237 - Louis Pasteur
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ALS in French, signed “L. Pasteur,” one page, 5.25 x 8.25, April 23, 1882. Letter written a few days before his entry into the Academie Francaise, whe
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Estimate : 1,600.00 - 1,800.00
 
 
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Sigmund Freud238 - Sigmund Freud
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ALS in German, signed “Freud,” one page on a 5.75 x 4 postcard, July 10, 1930. Letter to Dr. Theodor Reik, in full (translated): "Just received...
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Estimate : 4,000.00 - 5,000.00
 
 
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Notables239 - Notables
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Impressive collection of well over 600 items, consisting primarily of signatures but also including an assortment of letters and signed photos, featur
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Estimate : 3,000.00 - 5,000.00
 
 
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Billy Graham240 - Billy Graham
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Unique vintage matte-finish 10 x 13 portrait of Graham in profile by Dave Iwerks, signed and inscribed in white ink to the famed cowboy star, “To My L
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Cotton Mather241 - Cotton Mather
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Puritan clergyman, scholar, and author who countenanced the Salem witch trials (1663–1728). Extremely rare handwritten notes, unsigned, one page both
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Estimate : 4,000.00 - 6,000.00
 
 
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