RR Auction: Fine Autographs and Artifacts

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With 1,000 lots up for bidding, RR's December Fine Autographs and Artifacts auction features an extraordinary wealth of scientific autographs—Albert Einstein, Enrico Fermi, Alfred Nobel, Nikola Tesla, James Watt, Henri Poincare, and Charles Darwin are among the key names. Other highlights include a rare Beatles-signed document from Hamburg, 1961; a handwritten letter by patriot philosopher Thomas Paine; a super scarce signature of Thomas Lynch, the rare Declaration signer; important Abraham Lincoln appointments; and a stunning oversized autographed portrait of Babe Ruth. 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 December 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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James Clark Ross Autograph Letter Signed363 - James Clark Ross Autograph Letter Signed
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British Royal Navy officer and polar explorer (1800–1862) known for his explorations of the Arctic, including two expediti
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John Ross Autograph Letter Signed364 - John Ross Autograph Letter Signed
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Scottish Royal Navy officer and polar explorer (1777–1856) who led three Arctic expeditions—th
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Jack Ruby Signed Check365 - Jack Ruby Signed Check
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Ervay Theatre business check, 8 x 3, filled out in another hand and signed by Jack Ruby, payable to United Artists Corp. for $17.50, September 9, 1953
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Richard Rush Autograph Letter Signed366 - Richard Rush Autograph Letter Signed
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Son of Declaration signer Benjamin Rush, who served as Attorney General, Acting Secretary of State, and Secretary of the Treasury (1780â
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Ernst Ruska Signed Photograph and Typed Letter Signed367 - Ernst Ruska Signed Photograph and Typed Letter Signed
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German physicist (1906-1988) who won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1986 for his work in electron optics, including the design of the first electron mi
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Edward Sabine Autograph Letter Signed368 - Edward Sabine Autograph Letter Signed
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Anglo-Irish astronomer, geophysicist, ornithologist, and explorer (1788-1883) whose most notable work was research on the Earth's magnetic field...
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Carl Sagan Typed Letter Signed369 - Carl Sagan Typed Letter Signed
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TLS, one page, 8.5 x 11, personal letterhead, August 26, 1987. Letter to Leo Malz, in full: "Having heard no response to my letter of December ...
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Russell Sage (2) Autograph Letters Signed370 - Russell Sage (2) Autograph Letters Signed
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Two-term U.S. Representative (1816–1906) who later became a multimillionaire financier, credited with originating the syst
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Abdus Salam Autograph Manuscript Signed371 - Abdus Salam Autograph Manuscript Signed
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Pakistani theoretical physicist (1926-1996) who received the 1979 Nobel Prize in Physics for his contribution to the electroweak unification theory. H
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Jonas Salk Signed Photograph372 - Jonas Salk Signed Photograph
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Glossy 10 x 8 photo of Jonas Salk in his lab, signed in black felt tip. In fine condition.
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Jonas Salk and Albert Sabin Signed First Day Covers373 - Jonas Salk and Albert Sabin Signed First Day Covers
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Two Canadian FDCs honoring trauma surgeon Norman Bethune, individually signed in black felt tip by Jonas Salk and Albert B. Sabin. In very fine condit
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Paul Samuelson Signed Photograph374 - Paul Samuelson Signed Photograph
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Economist (1915–2009) considered one of the founders of neo-Keynesian school who won the 1970 Nobel Prize in Economics. Vi
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Margaret Sanger Signed Photograph375 - Margaret Sanger Signed Photograph
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American sex educator, nurse, birth control activist, and the founder of the American Birth Control League (1879-1966). Vintage matte-finish 7.75 x 9
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Charles Sprague Sargent (2) Autograph Letters Signed376 - Charles Sprague Sargent (2) Autograph Letters Signed
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Botanist (1841–1927) who served as the first director of Harvard University's Arnold Arboretum. Two ALSs signed "C. S. Sar
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Antonin Scalia Signed Book377 - Antonin Scalia Signed Book
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Signed book: Reading Law: The Interpretation of Legal Texts. First edition, first printing. St. Paul, MN: Thomson/West, 2012. Hardcover with dust jack
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Antonin Scalia Signed Book378 - Antonin Scalia Signed Book
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Signed book: Making Your Case: The Art of Persuading Judges. Later printing. St. Paul, MN: Thomson/West, 2008. Hardcover with dust jacket, 5.5 x 8.5,
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William Scoresby Autograph Letter Signed379 - William Scoresby Autograph Letter Signed
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British arctic explorer and scientist (1789-1857) who produced a pioneering survey of the eastern coast of Greenland and produced a number of importan
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Glenn Seaborg Signed Photograph380 - Glenn Seaborg Signed Photograph
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Nobel Prize-winning chemist (1912–1999) who was instrumental in the discovery of several elements, and developed the extra
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Emilio Segre Signed Photograph381 - Emilio Segre Signed Photograph
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Italian-American physicist (1905–1989) who discovered the antiproton, worked as a group leader for the Manhattan Project,
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Hans Selye Signed Photograph382 - Hans Selye Signed Photograph
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Pioneering Hungarian-Canadian endocrinologist (1907–1982) who conducted important scientific work on the hypothetical non-
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