RR Auction: Fine Autographs and Artifacts

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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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Albert Einstein62 - Albert Einstein
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ALS in German, signed “Papa,” one page both sides, 8.5 x 11, April 10, 1936. Letter to his son Eduard Einstein, nicknamed "Tetel," in full...
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Estimate : 16,000.00 - 18,000.00
 
 
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Albert Einstein63 - Albert Einstein
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Remarkable scientific AMS in German, signed "A. Einstein," one page, 8.5 x 11, no date but circa 1938 or earlier. An important working man...
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Estimate : 50,000.00 - 60,000.00
 
 
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Max Planck64 - Max Planck
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Nobel Prize-winning German physicist (1858–1947) who pioneered the understanding of quantum theory. Unusual 4.5 x 7 photo card bearing a printed messa
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Estimate : 700.00 - 900.00
 
 
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Lee de Forest65 - Lee de Forest
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Prolific American inventor (1873–1961) often referred to as 'the father of radio' for his pioneering work in wireless telegraphy. TLS, one p...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Enzo Ferrari66 - Enzo Ferrari
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TLS in Italian, signed “Ferrari,” one page, 6.75 x 9.25, Ferrari letterhead, August 18, 1947. Letter to famed Italian racing driver Tazio Nuvolari, in
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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Niels Bohr67 - Niels Bohr
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Danish physicist (1885–1962) who was awarded the 1922 Nobel Prize in Physics for his theory of atomic structure. TLS in German, one page, 8.75 x 11.25
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Estimate : 4,500.00 - 5,500.00
 
 
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Ferdinand Porsche68 - Ferdinand Porsche
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Auto engineer and inventor (1875–1951) who designed Volkswagen and Porsche automobiles. Fountain pen signature in German on a 6.75 x 7 off-white guest
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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Enzo Ferrari69 - Enzo Ferrari
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TLS in Italian, signed “Ferrari,” one page, 6 x 9.5, Ferrari Automobile letterhead, February 20, 1952. In full (translated): "I hereby present ...
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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DNA: Watson and Crick70 - DNA: Watson and Crick
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Ideal FDC with a silk color cachet honoring Albert Einstein, signed in black ink, "Francis Crick" and in black ballpoint, "James D. W...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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DNA: Watson and Crick71 - DNA: Watson and Crick
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Limited edition Royal Mint and Mail coin and commemorative cover honoring 50 years of DNA Discoveries: 1953–2003, 8.5 x 4.25, one of 30,000 issued, si
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Linus Pauling72 - Linus Pauling
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TLS, one page, 8.5 x 11, California Institute of Technology letterhead, November 15, 1954. Letter to noted bacteriophage biologist Dr. Gunther Stent,
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Max Born73 - Max Born
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ALS in German, one page, 5.5 x 3.5, postmarked November 1, 1968. Response to a medical student who requested a handwritten quotation from Born's...
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,500.00
 
 
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Edwin Land74 - Edwin Land
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American scientist and inventor (1909–1991) who pioneered inexpensive polarizing filters and, with his development of 'instant' photography,...
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Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
 
 
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Linus Pauling75 - Linus Pauling
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TLS, one page, 8.5 x 11, Linus Pauling Institute of Science and Medicine letterhead, May 12, 1975. Letter to Marylou Bonet, in part: "It is dif...
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Estimate : 700.00 - 900.00
 
 
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Friedrich von Doblhoff76 - Friedrich von Doblhoff
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Austrian engineer (1916–2000) who developed the first jet-propelled helicopter while working for Wiener Neustaedter Flugzeugwerke during World War 2.
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Louis de Broglie77 - Louis de Broglie
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French physicist (1892–1987) known for his theory that matter has the properties of both particles and waves, who was awarded the 1929 Nobel Prize in
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Erwin Chargaff78 - Erwin Chargaff
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Biochemist (1905–2002) who discovered two rules that helped lead to the discovery of the double helix structure of DNA. TLS in German, one page, 8.5 x
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Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
 
 
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George Washington79 - George Washington
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Free-franked address panel accomplished in Washington’s hand as president, 4.5 x 3, addressed to “Colo. Will’m A. Washington, Westmoreland Cty, Virgin
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Estimate : 3,500.00 - 4,500.00
 
 
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George Washington80 - George Washington
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Ink signature, “Go: Washington,” on an off-white 8.75 x 3 slip clipped from a 1769 land indenture. In good condition, with professional backing to sli
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Estimate : 3,500.00 - 4,500.00
 
 
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John Adams81 - John Adams
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Partly-printed ADS signed within the body, one page, 6 x 3.75, July 24, 1764. Legal document accomplished in Adams's hand, in part: "I Thom...
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Estimate : 3,000.00 - 4,000.00
 
 
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