RR Auction: Fine Autographs and Artifacts

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Mozart composes his “Serenade in D Major.” Thomas Paine defends the “Age of Reason.” “Norma Jeane” begins her modeling career. Steve Jobs leaves Apple. History converges in RR Auction’s March 2017 Fine Autograph and Artifact Auction, which features over 800 lots spanning history, popular culture, science, and the arts. 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 March 2017
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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Steve Jobs166 - Steve Jobs
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Very rare color 24 x 30 poster promoting the inaugural NeXTWORLD Expo held at San Francisco's Civic Auditorium and Brooks Hall on January 22–24,...
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Estimate : 20,000.00 - 25,000.00
 
 
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Alexander Graham Bell167 - Alexander Graham Bell
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Remarkable ALS, one page, 4.75 x 8, Volta Laboratory letterhead, July 15, 1881. Addressed to the Executive Mansion, a letter to J. Stanley Brown, the
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Estimate : 6,800.00 - 7,200.00
 
 
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Charles Darwin168 - Charles Darwin
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Sought-after ANS signed “C. Darwin,” one page both sides, 7 x 4.5, October 8, no year but likely 1856. Written from Down House, England, a brief note
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Thomas Edison169 - Thomas Edison
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Exemplary ink 'umbrella' signature, "Thomas A. Edison,” on an off-white 3.25 x 1.75 card. Archivally matted and framed with a full-leng...
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Estimate : 1,600.00 - 1,800.00
 
 
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Thomas Edison170 - Thomas Edison
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DS, signed “Thomas A. Edison,” one page, 8 x 8, no date. Petition to the Commissioner of Patents, in full: "The petition of Thomas Edison, a ci...
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,500.00
 
 
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Thomas Edison171 - Thomas Edison
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Vintage matte-finish 6.75 x 9.75 portrait of Edison by Walter Scott Shinn of New York, signed and inscribed in the lower border in black ink, "...
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Thomas Edison172 - Thomas Edison
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ANS in pencil, signed “Edison,” on an 8.5 x 11 memorandum sheet from the Purchasing Service Department concerning the possible replacement of acid typ
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Albert Einstein173 - Albert Einstein
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TLS in German, signed “A. Einstein,” one page, 8.5 x 11, blindstamped personal Princeton letterhead, October 20, 1949. Letter to Zionist leader Chaim
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Estimate : 7,000.00 - 9,000.00
 
 
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Albert Einstein174 - Albert Einstein
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Crystal-clear vintage matte-finish 4.75 x 3.5 photo of Einstein, signed in fountain pen, "A. Einstein, 1942." Reverse bears an Abraham Man...
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Estimate : 5,000.00 - 7,000.00
 
 
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Albert Einstein175 - Albert Einstein
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Striking finely etched portrait of Einstein by Elias M. Grossman, expertly portraying the genius's iconic wild hairstyle, 9 x 11, signed in the ...
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Estimate : 4,000.00 - 6,000.00
 
 
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Guglielmo Marconi176 - Guglielmo Marconi
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Italian physicist and inventor (1874–1937) who devoted his life to experiments in wireless communication, and was awarded the Nobel Prize in 1909. ALS
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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William Osler177 - William Osler
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TNS signed "Wm. Osler," one page, 9.5 x 6, personal letterhead, April 27, 1898. Note to Hurd, in full: "Have you had notice of the ch...
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Estimate : 700.00 - 900.00
 
 
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Eli Whitney178 - Eli Whitney
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Important American inventor (1765–1825) remembered for developing the cotton gin. Rare ALS, one page, 8 x 9, July 16, 1823. Letter to Secretary of War
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Estimate : 4,000.00 - 4,500.00
 
 
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Alan Turing179 - Alan Turing
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Influential British mathematician, cryptanalyst, and computer scientist (1912–1954) considered the father of theoretical computer science and artifici
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Estimate : 12,000.00 - 15,000.00
 
 
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Sigmund Freud180 - Sigmund Freud
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ALS signed “Freud,” one page, 5 x 3.25, personal letterhead, July 3, 1929. Letter to "Dr. Clark," in full: "I can't see how you c...
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Estimate : 3,500.00 - 4,500.00
 
 
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Peter Kropotkin181 - Peter Kropotkin
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Russian geographer, zoologist, and political theorist (1842-1921) best known for his advocacy of anarchist communism. ALS in French, signed “Pierre Kr
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Thomas Paine182 - Thomas Paine
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Rare and important autograph manuscript, signed “Thomas Paine,” eight pages on four sheets, three measuring 7.75 x 12.5 and one 7.75 x 8.75, January 1
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Estimate : 20,000.00 - 30,000.00
 
 
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Pope John Paul183 - Pope John Paul
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Born Albino Luciani (born 1912) who served as Pope from 26 August 1978 until his sudden death 33 days later. His reign is among the shortest in papal
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,500.00
 
 
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Pope Pius X184 - Pope Pius X
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Born Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto in 1835, Pius X served as pope from 1903 until his death in 1914. Known for his conservative, anti-modernist philosophi
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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Pope Pius X185 - Pope Pius X
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Born Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto in 1835, Pius X served as pope from 1903 until his death in 1914. Known for his conservative, anti-modernist philosophi
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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