RR Auction: Science and Technology Auction

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Featuring over 300 lots, RR Auction is proud to present our December Science & Technology auction. The highlight of the sale is the 1924 Nobel Prize in Physics, awarded to Manne Siegbahn for his discoveries and research in X-ray spectroscopy. Other standout items are an A7L lunar boot created for Neil Armstrong and the Apollo 11 mission; important letters from James Watt, Louis Pasteur, Albert Einstein, and Werner Heisenberg; a Macworld magazine signed by Steve Jobs; a mathematical journal owned and signed by John Nash; a highly desirable autograph of Isaac Newton; and material chronicling the history of early aviation. From physics and chemistry to space exploration and beyond, these incredible items tell the story of our shared heritage of innovation.
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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1924 Nobel Prize for Physics Awarded to Manne Siegbahn6001 - 1924 Nobel Prize for Physics Awarded to Manne Siegbahn
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The 1924 Nobel Prize in Physics awarded to Swedish physicist Karl Manne Georg Siegbahn, ‘for his discoveries and research in the field of X-ray spectr
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Estimate : 150,000.00 - 200,000.00
 
 
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Alfred Nobel Autograph Letter Signed6002 - Alfred Nobel Autograph Letter Signed
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Swedish chemist, engineer, inventor, businessman, and philanthropist (1833–1896) known for inventing dynamite and for bequeathing his fortune for the
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Estimate : 10,000.00 - 15,000.00
 
 
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Johann II Bernoulli Autograph Letter Signed6003 - Johann II Bernoulli Autograph Letter Signed
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Youngest of the three sons of Johann Bernoulli, who studied law and mathematics (1710–1790). He succeeded his father as professor of mathematics at th
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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Waves and Electrons Book from Niels Bohr's Personal Library6004 - Waves and Electrons Book from Niels Bohr's Personal Library
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Signed book: Ondes et Electrons [Waves and Electrons] by Pierre Bricout. First edition. Paris: Librairie Armand Colin, 1929. Softcover, 4.5 x 6.75, 21
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Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
 
 
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Max Born Autograph Manuscript Signed6005 - Max Born Autograph Manuscript Signed
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Handwritten responses by Born to a series of three biographical questions, signed "Max Born," one page, 8.25 x 12.25, no date. On his scie...
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Albert Einstein Typed Letter Signed with Annotated Carbon Copy6006 - Albert Einstein Typed Letter Signed with Annotated Carbon Copy
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TLS signed “A. Einstein,” one page, 8.5 x 11, blindstamped Princeton letterhead, January 16, 1954. Letter to Mr. Charles Hapgood, enclosing a carbon c
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Estimate : 20,000.00 - 25,000.00
 
 
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Marie Curie Document Signed6007 - Marie Curie Document Signed
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Polish-born French physicist (1867–1934), she and her husband Pierre discovered two new elements, polonium and radium, in 1898. In 1911 she won the No
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Estimate : 4,000.00 - 6,000.00
 
 
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Enrico Fermi Typed Letter Signed6008 - Enrico Fermi Typed Letter Signed
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Physicist (1901–1954) who became the first to split the atom and was awarded the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1938 for his developments in harnessing nu
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 2,500.00
 
 
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Michael Faraday Autograph Letter Signed6009 - Michael Faraday Autograph Letter Signed
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British physicist and chemist (1791–1867) best known for his development of the first dynamo and the discovery of electromagnetic induction. ALS signe
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Leon Foucault Autograph Letter Signed6010 - Leon Foucault Autograph Letter Signed
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French physicist (1819–1868) best known for the invention of the Foucault pendulum, a device demonstrating the effect of the Earth's rotation; h...
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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