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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Louis Charles Breguet Signed Photo and Photographs6202 - Louis Charles Breguet Signed Photo and Photographs
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Superb grouping from pioneering French aircraft designer and builder Louis Charles Breguet (1880–1955), remembered for his Breguet XIX which crossed t
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Louis Charles Breguet Typed Letter Signed6203 - Louis Charles Breguet Typed Letter Signed
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TLS in French, signed in pencil, “Louis Breguet,” one page, 8 x 10.5, personal letterhead, May 1, 1917. Letter to "Monsieur Riffard," in p...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Richard E. Byrd Group of (5) Items6204 - Richard E. Byrd Group of (5) Items
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Fantastic group of five items associated with pioneering aviator and polar explorer Richard E. Byrd (1888–1957), who in 1927 made a transatlantic flig
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Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
 
 
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George Cayley Pair of Books6205 - George Cayley Pair of Books
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Two booklets related to George Cayley (1773-1857), a prolific English engineer and one of the most important people in the history of aeronautics: an
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Clarence Chamberlin and Charles Levine Group of Photographs6206 - Clarence Chamberlin and Charles Levine Group of Photographs
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Unusual collection of photographs associated with aviation pioneer Clarence Chamberlin and his famous passenger Charles A. Levine, who he took on the
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Clarence Chamberlin and Lloyd W. Bertaud Original Photograph6207 - Clarence Chamberlin and Lloyd W. Bertaud Original Photograph
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Original vintage matte-finish 4.5 x 6.25 photograph of Clarence D. Chamberlin and Lloyd W. Bertaud holding up a large kite, stamped with an "Ag...
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Henri Coanda Group of (9) Items6208 - Henri Coanda Group of (9) Items
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Collection of nine items relating to the 1910 and 1911 Coanda aircraft, a sesquiplane and precursor to the motorjet that was designed by Romanian inve
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Curtiss Hydroplanes Document and Group of Photographs6209 - Curtiss Hydroplanes Document and Group of Photographs
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Grouping of material related to the Curtiss NC-4 flying boat, the first aircraft to fly across the Atlantic Ocean. The group is highlighted by a one-p
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Amelia Earhart Original Photograph6210 - Amelia Earhart Original Photograph
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Original vintage glossy 7 x 5 photograph of Amelia Earhart posing with a bouquet of flowers beside German aviator Gerhard Fieseler. In fine condition.
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Early Gliders Group of (12) Photographs6211 - Early Gliders Group of (12) Photographs
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Fascinating photograph collection of pre-World War I early gliders and aviation pioneers, ranging in size from 3.5 x 2.25 to 7 x 5, with the majority
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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