Fine Autographs and Artifacts Featuring Art and Literature

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RR Auction's October Fine Autographs and Artifacts sale boasts a wealth of important literary letters and Revolutionary rarities, highlighted by an autograph letter signed by Edgar Allan Poe, a handwritten poem by Emily Dickinson, an original manuscript by Beatrix Potter, a Charles Dickens draft for 'David Copperfield,' and remarkable letters by John Steinbeck, Ernest Hemingway, Herman Melville, and Louisa May Alcott. Other top items include a letter by Benjamin Franklin regarding the mutinous crew of John Paul Jones's flagship, outstanding letters by John Hancock, and autographs of George Washington, Alexander Hamilton, and Thomas Jefferson. The sale is rounded out by a fine selection of important antiquarian books, numerous signed photographs, and other historic memorabilia. RR Auction is a globally recognized and trusted auction house specializing in historical autographs and artifacts. Join us as we make history selling history in October 2022.
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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John Glenn Signed FDC293 - John Glenn Signed FDC
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FDC with a cachet honoring the Mercury-Atlas 6 flight of John Glenn and his Friendship 7 spacecraft, postmarked at Cape Canaveral on the mission date
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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John Glenn Signed Cover294 - John Glenn Signed Cover
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Postal cover with four affixed Project Mercury stamps, postmarked at Cape Canaveral on February 20, 1962, the date of the Mercury-Atlas 6 mission, sig
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Jim Irwin Signed Photograph295 - Jim Irwin Signed Photograph
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Official color 10 x 8 NASA lithograph of Jim Irwin saluting the American flag at the Apollo 15 landing site, signed in black felt tip below a preprint
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Gene Kranz Autograph Quote Signed296 - Gene Kranz Autograph Quote Signed
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AQS on an off-white 6 x 4 card, signed in black felt tip, "Eugene F. Kranz," who writes above, "'Failure is not an option!'&q...
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Alexei Leonov (6) Signed Soviet Union Stamp Blocks297 - Alexei Leonov (6) Signed Soviet Union Stamp Blocks
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Appealing group lot of six Soviet Union-era stamp blocks honoring 15 years of Russian space achievements, each 8 x 4.25 block contains six unused stam
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Alexei Leonov and Valeri Kubasov Signed Commemorative Cover298 - Alexei Leonov and Valeri Kubasov Signed Commemorative Cover
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Commemorative cover with a cachet of the Apollo–Soyuz Test Project insignia, postmarked in Houston on February 11, 1975, signed in black ink
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Mercury Astronauts Signed Oversized Photograph299 - Mercury Astronauts Signed Oversized Photograph
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Color satin-finish 14 x 11 photo of all seven Mercury astronauts posing in front of an Air Force jet, signed in black felt tip by Scott Carpenter, Gor
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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NASA Astronauts (25) Signed Covers300 - NASA Astronauts (25) Signed Covers
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Collection of 25 commemorative covers, many with stamped cachets honoring various achievements of NASA's space programs, each signed in ink by a...
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Alan Shepard Signed Photograph301 - Alan Shepard Signed Photograph
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Official color 10 x 8 NASA lithograph of the LM 'Antares' as seen from afar during an Apollo 14 EVA, signed and inscribed in black ballpoint...
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Valentina Tereshkova (3) Signed Items302 - Valentina Tereshkova (3) Signed Items
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Three items signed in ink or felt tip by Valentina Tereshkova: a Czechoslovakian postal cover with a cachet honoring Yuri Gagarin and the Vostok space
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