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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Wilbur Wright Original Photograph6242 - Wilbur Wright Original Photograph
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Original vintage matte-finish 5 x 6.5 half-length portrait photograph of Wilbur Wright in France circa 1912. Reverse bears a caption in French (statin
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Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
 
 
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Wilbur Wright Original Photograph6243 - Wilbur Wright Original Photograph
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Original vintage glossy 5 x 6.75 photograph of Wilbur Wright with French automobile manufacturer and inventor Leon Bollee in France circa 1908. Revers
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Chuck Yeager Signed Book6244 - Chuck Yeager Signed Book
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Signed book: Yeager. Later printing. NY: Bantam Books, 1985. Hardcover with dust jacket, 6.5 x 9.25, 342 pages. Signed on the first free end page in b
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Astronauts Signed Print6245 - Astronauts Signed Print
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Tremendous color limited edition 27.25 x 34.25 textured canvas print of a 1997 painting by Alan Bean entitled ‘Reaching for the Stars,’ numbered 945/1
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Estimate : 1,800.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Chinese High Altitude Flight Suit with Helmet6246 - Chinese High Altitude Flight Suit with Helmet
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Chinese high altitude pressure suit, complete with a white helmet with visors and a parachute harness. The dark green flight suit features a zip-up fr
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Shenzhou 6 Model6247 - Shenzhou 6 Model
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Extremely attractive 1:80 scale gold-tone model of the Shenzhou 6 spacecraft made by the China Academy of Space Technology (CAST). Includes a set of f
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Wernher von Braun Typed Letter Signed6248 - Wernher von Braun Typed Letter Signed
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TLS, one page, 7.75 x 10.5, personal letterhead, May 10, 1955. Letter to Henri Corbiere, in full: "Enclosed find my answers to your inquiry dat...
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 2,500.00
 
 
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MA-9: Gene Kranz's Mission-Used Project Book6249 - MA-9: Gene Kranz's Mission-Used Project Book
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Outstanding Project Mercury Flight Controller Handbook personally-owned and –used by longtime NASA flight director Gene Kranz. Contained with its orig
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Estimate : 5,000.00 - 6,000.00
 
 
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Tom Stafford's Gemini 6 Flown Fliteline Gold Medal6250 - Tom Stafford's Gemini 6 Flown Fliteline Gold Medal
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Flown Gemini 6 Fliteline gold-plated medallion, 1? diameter, with the front featuring a raised design of the mission insignia, the reverse engraved wi
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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Saturn J-2 Engine Component6251 - Saturn J-2 Engine Component
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Rocketdyne J-2 engine component, as used in NASA's Saturn IB and Saturn V launch vehicles. The circular component measures 7.75? in diameter and...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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