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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Thomas Edison Signature6061 - Thomas Edison Signature
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Classic bold ink 'umbrella' signature, "Thos. A. Edison,” on an off-white 8.25 x 12.25 sheet, dated June 13, 1891, and marked at the to...
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Robert Fulton Sketch6062 - Robert Fulton Sketch
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Original ink sketch of a side-facing view of a gentleman with surrounding mechanical diagrams accomplished by Fulton on an off-white 2.5 x 2.5 clipped
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Robert Fulton Sketch6063 - Robert Fulton Sketch
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Original ink sketch of a heavy-set fellow in a double-breasted suit accomplished by Fulton on an off-white 6 x 7 sheet, titled below, "Mr. McIv...
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Charles Goodyear Autograph Letter Signed6064 - Charles Goodyear Autograph Letter Signed
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American inventor (1800-1860) whose development of the vulcanization process revolutionized the rubber industry. ALS signed “Chas. Goodyear,” one page
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Cyrus McCormick Autograph Letter Signed6065 - Cyrus McCormick Autograph Letter Signed
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Inventor and businessman (1809–1884) whose reaper revolutionized American agriculture. ALS signed “C. H. McCormick,” two pages both sides, 5.25 x 7.75
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Cyrus McCormick Group of (3) Signed Items6066 - Cyrus McCormick Group of (3) Signed Items
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Group lot of three items signed by Cyrus McCormick (1809–1884), the inventor of the mechanical reaper, including: An ALS signed “C. H. McCormick,” t
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Samuel F. B. Morse Autograph Letter Signed6067 - Samuel F. B. Morse Autograph Letter Signed
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ALS signed "Saml. F. B. Morse," one page both sides, 5.25 x 8, August 4, 1860. Letter to Moses Sperry Beach, former editor and proprietor ...
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George Westinghouse Document Signed6068 - George Westinghouse Document Signed
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Engineer and businessman (1846–1914) best known for the invention of the air brake and for his energetic promotion of AC power distribution. DS, signe
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James Watt Autograph Letter Signed6069 - James Watt Autograph Letter Signed
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British engineer (1736-1819) who developed an efficient steam engine which was a universal source of power and provided one of the most essential tech
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Francois Arago Autograph Letter Signed6070 - Francois Arago Autograph Letter Signed
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French Catalan mathematician, physicist, astronomer, and politician (1786–1853). Untranslated ALS in French, signed “F. Arago,” one page both sides, 8
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David Attenborough Signed Book6071 - David Attenborough Signed Book
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Signed book: Life on Earth. First American edition. Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1979. Hardcover with dust jacket, 7.25 x 10, 319 pages. Signed
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Marcellin Berthelot Autograph Letter Signed6072 - Marcellin Berthelot Autograph Letter Signed
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French chemist and politician (1827–1907). Untranslated ALS in French, signed “M. Berthelot,” one page, 4.25 x 5.25, March 7, 1898. In fine condition.
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Jean-Baptiste Biot Autograph Letter Signed6073 - Jean-Baptiste Biot Autograph Letter Signed
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French physicist, astronomer, and mathematician (1774–1862) who established the reality of meteorites, made an early balloon flight, and studied the p
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Elizabeth Blackwell Signature6074 - Elizabeth Blackwell Signature
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British physician (1821–1910) who was the first woman to receive a medical degree in the United States and the first woman on the Medical Register of
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Johann Elert Bode Autograph Letter Signed6075 - Johann Elert Bode Autograph Letter Signed
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German astronomer (1747–1826) known for his reformulation and popularization of the Titius-Bode law; he also determined the orbit of Uranus and sugges
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Max Born Typed Letter Signed6076 - Max Born Typed Letter Signed
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German mathematician and physicist (1882-1970) who won the 1954 Nobel Prize in Physics for his work in quantum mechanics. TLS signed “M. Born,” one pa
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Edouard Branly Autograph Letter Signed6077 - Edouard Branly Autograph Letter Signed
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French inventor (1844–1940) primarily known for his involvement in wireless telegraphy. Untranslated ALS in French, signed “E. Branly,” one page, 5.25
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Adolf Butenandt Typed Letter Signed6078 - Adolf Butenandt Typed Letter Signed
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German biochemist (1903–1995), who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1939 for his work on sex hormones. He was initially forced by the Nazi
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James Chadwick Autograph Letter Signed6079 - James Chadwick Autograph Letter Signed
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English physicist (1891-1974) who was awarded the 1935 Nobel Prize in Physics for his discovery of the neutron in 1932, thus paving the way towards th
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James Chadwick Autograph Letter Signed6080 - James Chadwick Autograph Letter Signed
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English physicist (1891-1974) who was awarded the 1935 Nobel Prize in Physics for his discovery of the neutron in 1932, thus paving the way towards th
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