RR Auction: Rare Manuscript, Document, and Autograph Auction

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Headquartered in Boston’s North End, RR Auction is a globally recognized and trusted source for rare documents, manuscripts, autographs, and historic artifacts. Since its inception in 1980, RR has achieved countless record-setting prices in over 425 successful sales, including Truman Capote’s hand-notated manuscript for Breakfast at Tiffany’s for over $300,000, President Kennedy’s 1963 convertible for $318,000, and a pair of Bonnie and Clyde’s guns for over $500,000. Internationally known and frequently featured in all media outlets—with appearances on NBC’s Today Show, CBS This Morning, Fox News, the New York Times Sunday Magazine, and the London Times—RR Auction prides itself on selling authentic material, thoroughly examined by in-house experts and third-party authenticators, to uphold the guarantee of authenticity. With a stunning full-color print catalog and a massive online presence, RR Auction’s nearly four decades of business continue to grow, achieving record prices for clients around the world.
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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Alger Hiss205 - Alger Hiss
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American lawyer, government official, author, and lecturer (1904–1996), famously accused of being a Soviet spy in 1948 and convicted of perjury in con
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Hirohito206 - Hirohito
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Extremely rare DS in Japanese, signed by Hirohito as emperor of Japan and Eisaku Sato as prime minister, one page, 22.5 x 16, January 11, 1966. Docume
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Estimate : 20,000.00 - 25,000.00
 
 
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Frank James207 - Frank James
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Outlaw and older brother of Jesse James (1843–1915) who at times went by the alias ‘Ben J. Woodson.’ ALS signed “Ben,” four pages, lightly-lined on tw
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Estimate : 3,000.00 - 4,000.00
 
 
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John Jay208 - John Jay
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American statesman (1745–1829) who served variously as president of the Continental Congress, diplomat, and, from 1789 to 1795, first chief justice of
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Sam Houston and Thomas Rusk209 - Sam Houston and Thomas Rusk
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Ink signatures, “Sam Houston” and “Tho. J. Rusk,” on a light blue 5.5 x 8 album page. Also signed by fellow Texas congressmen Volney E. Howard and Dav
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Joseph P. Kennedy210 - Joseph P. Kennedy
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Patriarch of the fabled family of American politicians (1888–1969) who served as American ambassador to Great Britain from 1938 to 1940. TLS signed “J
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John F. Kennedy, Jr211 - John F. Kennedy, Jr
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ALS signed “John,” one page, 5 x 7, no date. Letter of thanks to Roosevelt Greir of the Los Angeles Rams. In full: “Thank you so much for the wonderfu
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr212 - Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr
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Brother (1915–1944) of John F. Kennedy who served as a bomber pilot during WWII; he was tragically killed due to an airplane malfunction while flying
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Robert F. Kennedy213 - Robert F. Kennedy
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Fantastic content ALS signed “Bob,” one page both sides, 5 x 3.5, black-bordered Attorney General stationery card, no date but circa 1963–64. Letter t
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Robert F. Kennedy214 - Robert F. Kennedy
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ALS signed “Bobby,” one page, 6 x 8, US Senate letterhead, February 27, 1968. Letter to Dave Powers. In part: “Many thanks for coming to Washington an
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Robert F. Kennedy215 - Robert F. Kennedy
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Vintage matte-finish 8 x 10 photo, signed in fountain pen. Accompanied by a March 25, 1963, letter of transmittal from the Department of Justice ackno
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Ted Kennedy216 - Ted Kennedy
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Color limited edition 25.25 x 20.25 print of a painting of Hyannisport by Kennedy, numbered 657/1000, signed in the lower border in pencil. Double-mat
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Nikita Khrushchev217 - Nikita Khrushchev
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Scarce vintage fountain pen signature, “N. Khrushchev,” on an off-white 2.75 x 1.25 slip affixed to a slightly larger card. In fine condition, with un
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King Edward VIII218 - King Edward VIII
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Dignified vintage matte-finish 7.25 x 11 full-length portrait by D. Knights Whittome, of a 17-year-old Edward in his investiture robe, with sword and
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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King Frederick IX219 - King Frederick IX
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King of Denmark from April of 1947 until his death in 1972. Vintage matte-finish 4 x 5.5 photo, affixed to its original 6.5 x 9.25 mount, signed and i
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King George III220 - King George III
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King of Great Britain and Ireland from 1760 until his death in 1820 whose reign was marked most notably by the loss of British control over the Americ
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King George III221 - King George III
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Printed document, one page, 12.25 x 15, dated June 27, 1814, signed at the conclusion by sheriff's Benjamin Bickley and Philip George. Document ...
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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King George IV222 - King George IV
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ALS signed “George R,” five pages on two sets of adjoining sheets, 7 x 9, no date but circa 1797. Letter to Lord Keith. In part: “I am extremely oblig
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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King Henry II223 - King Henry II
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King of France from March 31, 1547, until his death in 1559. Uncommon manuscript vellum DS, in French, signed “Henry,” one page, 22.75 x 19, April 155
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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King Khalid224 - King Khalid
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King of Saudi Arabia, born in 1913, who ruled from 1975–1982. Color satin-finish 5.5 x 8 formal portrait, signed in the lower border in blue felt tip.
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King Louis XI225 - King Louis XI
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King of France (born in 1423) who reigned from 1461 to 1483. Manuscript DS, in French, signed “Louis,” one page, 12.75 x 8.5, September 14, 1478. Decr
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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King Philip II226 - King Philip II
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King of Spain (born 1527) from 1556 until his death in 1598; his eventful reign included Spain’s conquest of the Philippines, the establishment of a c
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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King Philip III227 - King Philip III
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King of Spain and Portugal from 1598 until his death in 1621. Manuscript DS in Spanish, signed “Yo El Rey,” one page, 8.25 x 11.75, May 5. Untranslate
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Edouard Rene de Laboulaye228 - Edouard Rene de Laboulaye
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ALS in French, signed “E. Laboulaye,” four pages on two adjoining sheets, 5.25 x 8.25, October 10, 1871. Letter to a lady. In part (translated): “The
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Louise of Savoy229 - Louise of Savoy
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Princess of France (1476–1531) and mother of King Francis I, she served twice as the regent of France in the early 16th century. Rare manuscript LS, w
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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Ada Lovelace230 - Ada Lovelace
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English mathematician and writer (1815–1852) and the only daughter of Lord Byron, chiefly known for her work on Charles Babbage's early mechanic...
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Estimate : 10,000.00 - 12,000.00
 
 
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Nelson Mandela231 - Nelson Mandela
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Signed book: Long Walk to Freedom. First edition, first printing. Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1994. Hardcover with dust jacket, 6.25 x 9.5, 558
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Guglielmo Marconi232 - Guglielmo Marconi
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Vintage matte-finish 5.75 x 9.25 photo, signed and inscribed in fountain pen, “To the Hon. Angelo J. Rossi, Mayor of San Francisco, With most sincere
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Princess Margaret233 - Princess Margaret
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Two ALSs, both signed “Margaret,” both one page, both sides, on Windsor Castle and Kensington Palace letterhead, both to artist Verna Hull, dated Dece
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Maria Theresa234 - Maria Theresa
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Holy Roman Empress and Queen of Bohemia (1717–1780) who was the mother of Marie Antoinette. Manuscript DS in German, three pages on two adjoining shee
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Cosimo I de Medici236 - Cosimo I de Medici
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Duke of Florence from 1537 until his death in 1574, reigning as the first Grand Duke of Tuscany beginning in 1569. Manuscript DS in Italian, signed “I
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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Ezra Meeker237 - Ezra Meeker
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American pioneer (1830–1928) who traveled the Oregon Trail by ox-drawn wagon as a young man, migrating from Iowa to the Pacific Coast. ALS signed “Ezr
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John Morton and John Penn238 - John Morton and John Penn
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Morton (1725–1777) was a delegate to the Continental Congress and provided the swing vote that put Pennsylvania in favor of the Declaration of Indepen
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Estimate : 2,500.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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J. Pierpont Morgan239 - J. Pierpont Morgan
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Partly-printed DS one page both sides, 13.5 x 9.5, June 30, 1886. An attractive, beautifully engraved mortgage bond for the New Jersey Junction Railro
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Benito Mussolini and Vittorio Emanuele III240 - Benito Mussolini and Vittorio Emanuele III
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Partly-printed DS in Italian, one page, 9.5 x 14.5, February 16, 1928. An untranslated single article decree boldly signed at the conclusion, “Mussoli
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Napoleon241 - Napoleon
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Handwritten endorsement, signed “Nap,” written at the top of an LS from his adopted son Eugene Napoleon, one page, 8 x 12.5, dated April 1, 1811, and
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Napoleon242 - Napoleon
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LS in French, signed “Napole,” one page, 7 x 8.5, September 10, 1807. A noteworthy letter to his son, Prince Eugene Napoleon, detailing military plans
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Napoleon243 - Napoleon
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LS signed “Np,” one page, 7.25 x 9, July 7, 1811. Untranslated letter to his minister of war, General Henri Clarke, the Duke of Feltre. A period note
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Napoleon: Baron Dominique Larrey244 - Napoleon: Baron Dominique Larrey
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Napoleon’s military surgeon (1766–1842). Two items: manuscript DS, in French, signed twice, “D. J. Larrey,” one page, 5.5 x 8, August 19, 1806. In par
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Estimate : 1,200.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Notables245 - Notables
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Interesting collection of three items, each signed by a notable figure, including: Texas politician Thomas P. Ochiltree (AQS); historian and journalis
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Native American War Club246 - Native American War Club
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Sioux Indian stone head war club, comprised of a 16.5? long handle wrapped in tiny red, blue, green, and white beads, attached to a oval-shaped stone
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Arthur H. Noyes247 - Arthur H. Noyes
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Federal Judge in Nome, Alaska, appointed in 1900. He soon set up a plot to grab all the gold mining claims:, by the time his plan was discovered, he v
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Lee Harvey Oswald248 - Lee Harvey Oswald
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Archive of 20 letters from various persons looking for the 'smoking gun' to uncover the truth behind the Kennedy assassination, most typed, ...
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Estimate : 8,500.00 - 9,500.00
 
 
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Lee Harvey Oswald249 - Lee Harvey Oswald
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ALS signed “xxx Lee,” one lightly-lined page, 5.75 x 8, January 20, [1962]. Letter to his mother, Marguerite. In full (spelling and grammar retained):
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Estimate : 2,500.00 - 3,500.00
 
 
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Lee Harvey Oswald: Abraham Zapruder250 - Lee Harvey Oswald: Abraham Zapruder
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Triangular fragment of concrete, measuring approximately 2 x 2 x .5, from the pedestal in Dealey Plaza upon which Abraham Zapruder stood on November 2
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Estimate : 1,400.00 - 1,600.00
 
 
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Lee Harvey Oswald251 - Lee Harvey Oswald
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Oswald’s personally-owned and -worn long double-breasted raincoat issued by the United States Marine Corps, dark green, size 38R, stenciled inside the
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Estimate : 10,000.00 - 15,000.00
 
 
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Lee Harvey Oswald252 - Lee Harvey Oswald
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Handwritten list in pencil on the reverse of one of Oswald’s pay stubs from Jaggars-Chiles-Stovall, Inc., of Dallas, Texas, 10 x 3.25, for the pay per
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Estimate : 5,500.00 - 6,500.00
 
 
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Louis Pasteur253 - Louis Pasteur
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ALS in French, signed “L. Pasteur,” one page both sides, 5.25 x 8, Ecole Normale Supérieure letterhead, September 7, 1867. Letter to Italian sc...
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Estimate : 8,000.00 - 10,000.00
 
 
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Louis Pasteur254 - Louis Pasteur
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Original 4.25 x 6.5 cabinet photo by Pierre Petit of Paris, signed in the lower border in black ink, “L. Pasteur, Mai 1886.” Some pale spotting throug
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Estimate : 3,000.00 - 4,000.00
 
 
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Wolfgang Pauli255 - Wolfgang Pauli
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Pioneer of quantum physics (1900–1958) who received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1945 after being nominated by Albert Einstein. Very rare vintage mat
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Estimate : 4,000.00 - 6,000.00
 
 
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