Our Most-Watched to our yearly live auction event
We’re now accepting consignments for Remarkable Rarities, RR Auction’s most prestigious and publicized live event, taking place on September 20, 2025. Limited to just 100 elite pieces, this tightly curated auction draws serious collectors, national media coverage, and record-breaking bids.
If you have an item valued at $5,000 or more, now is the time to consign. Past highlights include Albert Einstein’s famous ‘tongue’ photo, which sold for $338,630; Apollo 17 astronaut Gene Cernan’s lunar-flown checklist, which brought in $375,000; and a signed first edition of the Lincoln-Douglas Debates, which realized $593,750. With global visibility and intense collector demand, Remarkable Rarities is the premier destination for historic material of true significance. Space is limited—submit now to be considered.
Past Results
Abraham Lincoln Signed First Edition of the Lincoln-Douglas Debates (One of Four Known Signed in Ink, to Former Law Apprentice N. M. Broadwell)
Incredibly rare signed book: Political Debates between Hon. Abraham Lincoln and Hon. Stephen A. Douglas, In the Celebrated Campaign of 1858, in Illinois. Boldly signed on the first free end page in ink to a Springfield attorney who studied law under Lincoln, “To N. M. Broadwell, Esq., with respects of A. Lincoln.”
Sold for $593,750
Albert Einstein Iconic Signed ‘Tongue’ Photograph: “This gesture applies only to the rest of the world”
Iconic vintage glossy 5 x 7 photo of Albert Einstein famously sticking his tongue out on his 72nd birthday, signed in the thin upper border in fountain pen in German (translated): “This gesture applies only to the rest of the world. Yours, A. Einstein 51.” Reverse bears an International News Photos credit stamp: “Int’l News Photos, 235 East 45th St., New York.”
Sold for $338,630
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Autograph Letter Signed, Writing to His Father from Augsburg in October 1777
Immensely rare handwritten letter from Mozart to his father, addressed from Augsburg in October 1777 amidst his travels to obtain a more lucrative position: “I have no concern except for the accompaniment in my academy. For the music here is wholeheartedly bad.”
Sold for $375,000
Gene Cernan’s Apollo 17 Flown Lunar Surface-Used EVA-1 Cuff Checklist
Gene Cernan’s lunar surface-used EVA-1 cuff checklist, including 99-page report verifying the lunar dust still present—beautifully displayed in a custom museum-quality case.
Sold for $375,000
Apple-1 Computer
An amazing, fully functional later production ‘Byte Shop’-style Apple-1 computer (also commonly known as the Apple I, or Apple Computer 1), complete with all components and accessories required for operation.
Sold for $375,000
Bonnie Parker Colt Detective Special .38 revolver
Taped to her inner thigh at the time of her death, this .38 Colt revolver was removed by Texas Ranger Frank Hamer.
Sold for $269,500
Thomas Jefferson: First Edition of Notes on the State of Virginia
Rare book authored by Thomas Jefferson, owned and signed by fellow Virginian founding father Edmund Randolph: Notes on the State of Virginia: written in the year 1781, somewhat corrected and enlarged in the winter of 1782, for the use of a Foreigner of distinction, in answer to certain queries proposed by him.
Sold for $275,000
Abraham Lincoln Assassination: (2) Ford’s Theatre Front-Row Tickets from April 14, 1865 (ex. Forbes Collection)
Exceedingly rare pair of original front-row balcony tickets to the production of ‘Our American Cousin’ at Ford’s Theatre on April 14, 1865, during which President Abraham Lincoln was shot by assassin John Wilkes Booth.
Sold for $262,500
Early, fully operational three-rotor Enigma I
Early, fully operational three-rotor Enigma I electromechanical cipher machine made for the German military in Berlin in 1935 (most likely by Heimsoeth und Rinke), during the build up of German forces in violation of the Treaty of Versailles prior to World War II.
Sold for $212,500
