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With over 750 outstanding lots, RR Auction’s October Fine Autograph and Artifact Auction opens with a remarkable featured section—‘Innovators of Man and Machine,’ boasting three centuries' worth of the world’s greatest minds: Bernoulli, Watt, Pasteur, Westinghouse, Edison, Einstein, Boeing, and Ferrari are among the autographs offered. The rest of the catalog provides a well-balanced assortment of items from presidents, Declaration of Independence signers, activists, businessmen, world leaders, royalty, military figures, artists, authors, musicians, entertainers, and athletes. A small sampling of top items in the sale: an Albert Einstein handwritten manuscript related to his work on a unified field theory; a 50-letter archive of letters from photographer Alfred Stieglitz to New Yorker critic Lewis Mumford; a Freud letter on the Oedipus complex; a musical quote from Verdi’s ‘La traviata’; a fully signed Beatles promo card; and a game-used baseball from the 1917 Tim Murnane Day benefit game played at Fenway Park. 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 October 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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21 - Charles LyellRR Auction
Geologist (1797–1875) referred to as the 'father of modern geology,' who was a close and influential friend of Charles Darwin. ALS signed “C...
No Online Bidding For This LotEstimate : 400.00 - 600.00
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22 - James Young SimpsonRR Auction
Scottish doctor (1811–1870) who discovered the anaesthetic properties of chloroform and successfully introduced it for general medical use. ALS signed
No Online Bidding For This LotEstimate : 400.00 - 600.00
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23 - Cyrus McCormickRR Auction
Inventor and businessman (1809-1884) whose reaper revolutionized American agriculture. Scarce ALS signed “C. H. McCormick,” one page, 4.75 x 8, August
No Online Bidding For This LotEstimate : 200.00 - 400.00
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24 - George WestinghouseRR Auction
Significant manuscript DS, one page both sides, 8.25 x 13.25, May 27, 1871. Historic contract "between George Westinghouse and George Westingho...
No Online Bidding For This LotEstimate : 8,000.00 - 10,000.00
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25 - Rudolf VirchowRR Auction
German doctor and politician (1821–1902), dubbed the 'Father of Pathology,' who founded the field of social medicine. Untranslated ALS in Ge...
No Online Bidding For This LotEstimate : 500.00 - 700.00
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27 - Thomas EdisonRR Auction
Crystal-clear glossy 9 x 7 photo of Edison in his West Orange chemistry lab affixed to a 10 x 9 mount, boldly signed on the mount in fountain pen with
No Online Bidding For This LotEstimate : 3,500.00 - 4,500.00
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28 - Samuel RemingtonRR Auction
American firearms manufacturer (1819–1892). Rare ALS signed “S. Remington,” one page, 5.5 x 8.5, Office of Remingtons Armory letterhead, April 28, 188
No Online Bidding For This LotEstimate : 400.00 - 600.00
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29 - Henri BecquerelRR Auction
French physicist (1852–1908) whose experiments with uranium salts led to the discovery of spontaneous radioactivity; for this breakthrough he shared t
No Online Bidding For This LotEstimate : 3,500.00 - 4,500.00
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30 - Louis PasteurRR Auction
ALS in French, signed “L. Pasteur,” one page, 4 x 5, Institut Pasteur letterhead, April 16, 1889. Letter to G. Austin Taylor, on the introduction of r
No Online Bidding For This LotEstimate : 8,000.00 - 10,000.00
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31 - Charles Augustus YoungRR Auction
One of the foremost solar spectroscopist astronomers in the United States (1834–1908) who authored a widely used series of astronomy textbooks. Sharp
No Online Bidding For This LotEstimate : 200.00 - 400.00
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