RR Auction: Fine Autographs and Artifacts

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Boasting nearly 900 items across numerous genres, RR's May Fine Autographs and Artifacts auction is highlighted by a rare, functional Engima machine, a remarkable James A. Garfield collection, a superb assortment of JFK materials, and a high-end featured animation section, with production art from Walt Disney classics like Sleeping Beauty, Pinocchio, Bambi, and Peter Pan. 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 May 2021.
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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Sarojini Naidu Signed Book133 - Sarojini Naidu Signed Book
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Signed book: The Sceptred Flute: Songs of India. Later printing. NY: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1928. Hardcover, 5.5 x 8.25, 231 pages. Signed on the...
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Booker T. Washington Handwritten Speech Notes134 - Booker T. Washington Handwritten Speech Notes
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Unsigned handwritten notes by Booker T. Washington for an address given before the Birmingham Lyceum on March 30, 1899, one page, 8.5 x 11, penned on
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Benjamin Cardozo Autograph Letter Signed135 - Benjamin Cardozo Autograph Letter Signed
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ALS signed “Benjamin N. Cardozo,” two pages, 8 x 10.5, State of New York Court of Appeals letterhead, November 28, 1919. Early lette
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Rudolf Diesel Typed Letter Signed136 - Rudolf Diesel Typed Letter Signed
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TLS in German, signed “Diesel,” one page, 8.5 x 11.5, personal letterhead, February 11, 1911. TLS in German, signed “Diesel
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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DNA: Francis Crick137 - DNA: Francis Crick
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Permission slip signed “Francis Crick,” one page, 8.5 x 14, October 18, 1983, reproducing his letter of April 20, 1983 to Paul Rifki
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Estimate : 3,000.00 - 5,000.00
 
 
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Thomas Edison Signed Photograph138 - Thomas Edison Signed Photograph
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Vintage matte-finish 7.5 x 7.25 photo of Thomas and Mina Edison together in his study, matted to an overall size of 12 x 13.5, boldly signed and inscr
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Estimate : 2,500.00 - 3,500.00
 
 
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Enigma Machine139 - Enigma Machine
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Early, fully operational three-rotor Enigma I electromechanical cipher machine made for the German military in Berlin in 1935 (most likely by Heimsoet
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Estimate : 250,000.00 - 300,000.00
 
 
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Guglielmo Marconi Signed Photograph140 - Guglielmo Marconi Signed Photograph
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Handsome vintage matte-finish 9.25 x 11.75 photo of Senator Marconi wearing his captain's hat, signed and inscribed in the lower border in Itali...
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Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
 
 
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Louis Pasteur Autograph Letter Signed141 - Louis Pasteur Autograph Letter Signed
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ALS in French, signed “L. Pasteur,” one page, 4.5 x 3.5, January 28, 1885. Important letter about his research on a rabies vaccine,
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Joseph Priestley Autograph Letter Signed142 - Joseph Priestley Autograph Letter Signed
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Rare ALS, one page, 8 x 11, February 26, 1783. Letter written from Birmingham, recommending the noted Unitarian minister William Hazlitt. In full: &...
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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