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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Werner Heisenberg Typed Letter Signed6011 - Werner Heisenberg Typed Letter Signed
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TLS in German, signed “Heisenberg,” one page, 8.25 x 5.75, Max Planck Institute letterhead, January 22, 1951. Letter to Henri Corbiere, in full (trans
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Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
 
 
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Werner Heisenberg Typed Letter Signed with Hand-Drawn Diagrams6012 - Werner Heisenberg Typed Letter Signed with Hand-Drawn Diagrams
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TLS in German, five pages, 8.25 x 11.75, Max Planck Institute for Physics letterhead, January 5, 1948. Significant letter to Professor Samuel A. Gouds
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Estimate : 15,000.00 - 20,000.00
 
 
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Werner Heisenberg Typed Letter Signed6013 - Werner Heisenberg Typed Letter Signed
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TLS in German, signed “W. Heisenberg,” one page, 8.25 x 11.75, Max Planck Institute letterhead, January 7, 1964. Letter to Dr. Hans Dichgans, in full
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Werner Heisenberg Typed Letter Signed6014 - Werner Heisenberg Typed Letter Signed
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German theoretical physicist (1901-1976) awarded the 1932 Nobel Prize in physics for the creation of quantum mechanics. TLS in German, one page, 8.25
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Alfred Kastler Autograph Manuscript Signed6015 - Alfred Kastler Autograph Manuscript Signed
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French physicist (1902–1984) who was awarded the 1966 Nobel Prize for Physics for 'the discovery and development of optical methods for studying...
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Pierre-Simon Laplace Autograph Letter Signed6016 - Pierre-Simon Laplace Autograph Letter Signed
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Important French scholar whose work was important to the development of mathematics, statistics, physics, and astronomy (1749–1827). Sought-after ALS
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Robert A. Millikan Typed Letter Signed6017 - Robert A. Millikan Typed Letter Signed
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Nobel Prize-winning physicist (1868–1953) who was the first to isolate the electron and measure its charge. TLS signed “Robert A. Millikan,” one page,
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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John Nash Signed American Mathematical Society Journal6018 - John Nash Signed American Mathematical Society Journal
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American mathematician (1928–2015) who made fundamental contributions to game theory, differential geometry, and the study of partial differential equ
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Isaac Newton Document Signed6019 - Isaac Newton Document Signed
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English physicist, mathematician, and astronomer (1643–1727), widely regarded as the most influential figure in the history of science, whose ideas an
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Estimate : 10,000.00 - 12,000.00
 
 
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Robert Oppenheimer Typed Letter Signed6020 - Robert Oppenheimer Typed Letter Signed
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Brilliant American physicist (1904-1967) who directed the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton and who spearheaded the Manhattan Project, leading
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