Auction Details
With over 1,000 lots up for bidding, our May Fine Autographs and Artifacts sale is the biggest thus far in 2020. Highlights include a book boldly signed by Mao Tse-Toung, a rare handwritten letter by Sun Yat-sen, a letter by Karl Marx concerning the publication of Das Kapital in translation, a letter by Claude Monet about Queen Victoria's state funeral, and a battlefield message from the Revolutionary War's 'Swamp Fox,' Francis Marion. A special Civil War section boasts the thoroughbred racing saddle of George Custer, and autographs of Abraham Lincoln, Jefferson Davis, Stonewall Jackson, William T. Sherman, Robert E. Lee, and more. 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 May 2020.
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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608Moonwalkers: Aldrin, Shepard, and IrwinRR Auction
Three books signed by Apollo moonwalkers: a first edition of Magnificent Desolation, hardcover with dust jacket, signed on the half-title page in blac
609Moonwalkers: Shepard and IrwinRR Auction
Two official color 10 x 8 NASA lithographs: one of Alan Shepard in his white space suit posing in front of an Apollo 14 insignia, signed and inscribed
610NASA Flight DirectorsRR Auction
Iconic satin-finish 8 x 10 photo of Mission Control celebrating after Apollo 13's safe return to Earth, signed in felt tip by NASA flight direct...
611Sally RideRR Auction
Official color 8 x 10 NASA lithograph of Ride posing in front of an American flag, signed in blue felt tip, "Sally K. Ride." In fine condi...
612Wally SchirraRR Auction
Official glossy 8 x 10 numbered NASA photo of Wally Schirra wearing his Mercury space suit in front of a large map of Earth, signed in black ink, &q...
613Dave ScottRR Auction
TLS, one page, 8 x 10.5, NASA letterhead, no date. Letter to Ken Browne, in part: "Thank you for your recent letter and I wish I had the opport...
614Alan ShepardRR Auction
Official color 10 x 8 NASA lithograph of Shepard posing in his white space suit against the Apollo 14 mission emblem, secretarially inscribed, "...
615Space ShuttleRR Auction
Group lot of early Space Shuttle insignia design sketches from the Office of Advanced Manned Vehicles at the Air Force Flight Test Center (AFFTC), acc
617Tom StaffordRR Auction
Official color 10 x 8 NASA lithograph showing a composite of three views from the Apollo 10 mission, signed in black felt tip by Commander Tom Staffor
618Jack SwigertRR Auction
Official color 10 x 8 NASA lithograph of the as-flown Apollo 13 crew, signed in black felt tip by Jack Swigert. In fine condition. Swigert had replace
619Wernher von BraunRR Auction
Vintage glossy 5 x 4 photo of the Marshall Space Flight Center director seated at his desk next to various rocket models, signed and inscribed in blue
620Women of SpaceRR Auction
Three color 8 x 10 photos of pioneering female space explorers: an official NASA lithograph of Judy Resnik, signed and inscribed in black felt tip, ...
621John YoungRR Auction
Official color 8 x 10 NASA lithograph of Young posing in his white space suit next to a lunar globe, neatly signed and inscribed in black felt tip, ...
622Frederic-Auguste BartholdiRR Auction
ALS in French, signed “Bartholdi,” one page both sides, 4.25 x 6.75, personal letterhead, no date. Untranslated. In fine condition,
623Frederick Stuart ChurchRR Auction
ALS signed “Cousin F. S. Church,” two pages on two adjoining sheets, 5 x 7.75, New York Athletic Club letterhead, no date, with the
624Camille CorotRR Auction
ALS in French, signed "C. Cordot," one page, 4 x 5.25, no date. In full (translated): "I announce with pleasure that your landscape h...
625Gustave CourbetRR Auction
Partly-printed invitation in French, signed in pencil, one page, 5.25 x 7.25, postmarked May 14, 1872. Gustave Courbet invites French art historian Al
626George CruikshankRR Auction
Original pencil sketch by George Cruikshank on an off-white 7.25 x 4.5 sheet, depicting a group of people dancing merrily outside a castle, with trees
627Salvador DaliRR Auction
Magnificent glossy 8 x 10 close-up photo of surrealist master Salvador Dali, signed on his forehead in thin blue felt tip, "Dali." In fine...