Fine Autographs and Artifacts Featuring John F. Kennedy

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RR Auction's November Fine Autographs and Artifacts sale boasts over 750 rare and remarkable lots, including a stunning assortment of classical music autographs, special sections honoring President John F. Kennedy and King Tut discoverer Howard Carter, and a wealth of important letters from famous figures. Among the highlights are a significant handwritten musical manuscript by Ludwig van Beethoven, an original sketch by Amedeo Modigliani, a signed example of the famous 'Dewey Defeats Truman' newspaper, and letters by Nikola Tesla, Albert Einstein, Margaret Mitchell, Alexander Graham Bell, Bruce Lee, and Napoleon Bonaparte. 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 November 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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William A. Bishop Signed Book Page302 - William A. Bishop Signed Book Page
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Vintage frontispiece, 7 x 10, removed from the book The People's War Book and Atlas, published by R. C. Barnum in 1920, signed below in fountain...
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Confederate Loan Bond (1864)303 - Confederate Loan Bond (1864)
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Civil War-dated $1000 Confederate States of America loan bond issued March 1, 1864, 17 x 27.75, retaining 59 interest coupons below. Signed at the con
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James H. Doolittle Signed Photograph304 - James H. Doolittle Signed Photograph
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Satin-finish 6.75 x 8.75 photo of Doolittle standing on the tarmac, signed in black felt tip, "J. H. Doolittle." Handsomely suede-matted a...
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Flying Tigers Signed Book305 - Flying Tigers Signed Book
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Signed book: Roar of the Tiger. First edition. NY: Orion Books, 1991. Hardcover with dust jacket, 6.25 x 9.25, 310 pages. Signed in black felt tip by
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Joseph Fouche Document Signed306 - Joseph Fouche Document Signed
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French statesman (1759–1820) who famously served as Minister of Police under Napoleon. Manuscript DS in French, signed
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French Military307 - French Military
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Two letters: an LS by Charles de La Croix de Castries, signed "le Mal. De Castries," one page, 8 x 12.5, September 7, 1785, in part (trans...
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John Gurwood Letter Signed308 - John Gurwood Letter Signed
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Career British Army soldier (1788–1845) who made major contributions to military history as editor and publisher of the Dis
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William Heath Signature309 - William Heath Signature
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Distinguished major general in the Continental Army (1737–1814) who organized and trained the undisciplined forces at Cambr
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Felix von Luckner Signed Book, Photograph, and (2) Postcards310 - Felix von Luckner Signed Book, Photograph, and (2) Postcards
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German naval officer (1881–1966) who earned the nickname ‘Sea Devil’
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Douglas MacArthur Signed Book311 - Douglas MacArthur Signed Book
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Signed book: Reminiscences. Special limited edition, numbered 1626/1750. NY: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1964. Clothbound hardcover with slipcase, 6.5 x
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Douglas MacArthur Signature312 - Douglas MacArthur Signature
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Vintage fountain pen signature, "Douglas MacArthur,” on an off-white 5 x 3 custom-made card headed "Autograph Collection...
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George B. McClellan Signature313 - George B. McClellan Signature
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Ink signature, "Very truly yours, Geo. B. McClellan,” on an off-white 3.25 x 1.75 gilt-edged card affixed to a slightly lar
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Montgomery of Alamein Signed Photograph314 - Montgomery of Alamein Signed Photograph
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Vintage 5 x 5.5 clipped magazine photo of Montgomery in uniform, signed in fountain pen, "Montgomery of Alamein, F.M." In very fine condit...
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Mountbatten of Burma Typed Letter Signed315 - Mountbatten of Burma Typed Letter Signed
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TLS, one page, 5.5 x 7.25, Admiral's House letterhead, October 30, 1955. Letter to Jim Wiggins, in part: "Thank you for your letter‚&...
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Hyman G. Rockover Typed Letter Signed316 - Hyman G. Rockover Typed Letter Signed
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Admiral in the US Navy (1900-1986) who directed the original development of naval nuclear propulsion. TLS signed “H. G. Ric
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Benjamin Stoddert Autograph Letter Signed317 - Benjamin Stoddert Autograph Letter Signed
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Soldier, politician, and businessman (1744-1813) who served in the Revolutionary War and became the first Secretary of the Navy under President John A
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Clarence L. Tinker Signed Oversized Photograph318 - Clarence L. Tinker Signed Oversized Photograph
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The first U.S. Army general officer (1887–1942) to be killed in World War II when his plane crashed during the Battle of Mi
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Anne Hilarion de Tourville Autograph Note Signed319 - Anne Hilarion de Tourville Autograph Note Signed
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Celebrated French naval commander (1642–1701) who served under King Louis XIV and was made Marshal of France in 1693, remem
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World War II 'Attack / Buy War Bonds' Poster320 - World War II 'Attack / Buy War Bonds' Poster
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Powerful color 28 x 40 American WWII poster published in 1942 by the US Government Printing Office (1942‚ÄìO‚
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World War II 'Keep Him Flying / Buy War Bonds' Poster321 - World War II 'Keep Him Flying / Buy War Bonds' Poster
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Stunning color 28.5 x 40 American WWII poster published in 1943 by the US Government Printing Office (1943‚ÄìO‚
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World War II 'Keep Him Flying / Buy War Bonds' Poster322 - World War II 'Keep Him Flying / Buy War Bonds' Poster
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Color 22 x 28 American WWII poster published in 1943 by the US Government Printing Office (1943‚ÄìO‚Ä
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World War II 'Barge Busters' Print (1944)323 - World War II 'Barge Busters' Print (1944)
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World War II-dated color 24 x 18.75 print published by the Electric Boat Company of New York in 1944, entitled ‘Barge Buste
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World War II ‘The ‘Green Dragon’s’ Lair' Print (1944)324 - World War II ‘The ‘Green Dragon’s’ Lair' Print (1944)
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World War II-dated color 24 x 18.75 print published by the Electric Boat Company of New York in 1944, entitled ‘The
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World War II 'Revenge in the Pacific' Print (1943)325 - World War II 'Revenge in the Pacific' Print (1943)
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World War II-dated color 23.5 x 17.5 print published by the Electric Boat Company of New York in 1943, entitled ‘Revenge in
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Amelia Earhart Signature326 - Amelia Earhart Signature
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Choice vintage fountain pen signature, "Amelia Earhart,” on an off-white 3.25 x 1.5 card. In very fine condition. Accompani
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Charles Lindbergh Signed 1927 Dinner Program327 - Charles Lindbergh Signed 1927 Dinner Program
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Vintage dinner program for a “Civic Dinner in honor of Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh,” held by th
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Joseph-Michel Montgolfier Autograph Letter Signed328 - Joseph-Michel Montgolfier Autograph Letter Signed
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French politician and pioneering aviator (1740–1810) best known for inventing, with his brother, Jacques-Etienne, the first
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Giovanni Caproni Autograph Letter Signed329 - Giovanni Caproni Autograph Letter Signed
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Pioneering Italian aeronautical engineer and aircraft designer (1886–1957) who founded the Caproni aircraft-manufacturing c
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Mercury-Redstone 3: Freedom 7 Recovery Cover330 - Mercury-Redstone 3: Freedom 7 Recovery Cover
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Extremely rare USS Lake Champlain cover from the recovery of Alan Shepard following his historic first flight on the Freedom 7, canceled ‚[x=
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Neil Armstrong Signed Photograph331 - Neil Armstrong Signed Photograph
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Official color 8 x 10 NASA lithograph of Neil Armstrong posing in his white space suit against a lunar backdrop, signed and inscribed in blue felt tip
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Apollo 12 Signed Insurance Cover332 - Apollo 12 Signed Insurance Cover
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Desirable Apollo 12 'Type 2' insurance cover bearing a mission emblem cachet with NASA Manned Spacecraft Center Stamp Club text, postmarked ...
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Buzz Aldrin Signed Model333 - Buzz Aldrin Signed Model
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Limited edition Executive Series 1:48 scale replica model of an Apollo Command-Service Module and Lunar Module by Daron Worldwide Trading. The spacecr
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Buzz Aldrin Signed Photograph334 - Buzz Aldrin Signed Photograph
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Official color 8 x 10 NASA lithograph of Buzz Aldrin wearing his white Apollo 11 space suit in front of a lunar backdrop, signed in black felt tip. In
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Buzz Aldrin Signed Photograph335 - Buzz Aldrin Signed Photograph
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Color satin-finish 4.75 x 6.75 full-length photo of Aldrin standing on the lunar surface, his visor showing a small reflection of the photographer, Ne
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Buzz Aldrin: Flown Apollo 11 Kapton Foil336 - Buzz Aldrin: Flown Apollo 11 Kapton Foil
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Desirable segment of Kapton foil from the collection of Apollo 11 LMP Buzz Aldrin, attested to as flown on the Command Module Columbia and removed fol
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Buzz Aldrin Signature337 - Buzz Aldrin Signature
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Ballpoint signature, "Buzz Aldrin,” on an off-white 5.75 x 9.25 page from his book Magnificent Desolation. In very fine con
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Buzz Aldrin Signed Apollo 11 Cover338 - Buzz Aldrin Signed Apollo 11 Cover
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Commemorative cover with a cachet of the Apollo 11 mission insignia, postmarked at Cape Canaveral on the moon-landing date of July 20, 1969, signed in
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Apollo 11: Viola Armstrong Autograph Note Signed339 - Apollo 11: Viola Armstrong Autograph Note Signed
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ANS from Neil Armstrong's mother Viola Engel Armstrong, signed with her initials, “V. A.,” penne
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Apollo 15 Pencil Mark340 - Apollo 15 Pencil Mark
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A graphite pencil “X” made with a flown silver pencil carried on board the Apollo 15 mission. Ma
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Frank Borman Signed Oversized Photograph341 - Frank Borman Signed Oversized Photograph
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Uncommon color glossy 20 x 16 photo of the moon as viewed high above Earth during the Gemini 7 mission, signed in silver ink, ‚Ä
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Ray Bradbury Signed Book342 - Ray Bradbury Signed Book
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Signed book: The Art of Robert McCall: A Celebration of Our Future in Space. First edition. NY: Bantam Books, 1992. Hardcover with dust jacket, 11.5 x
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Valery Bykovsky Signed Photograph343 - Valery Bykovsky Signed Photograph
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Color semi-glossy 8 x 10 close-up photo of Valery Bykovsky smiling in his space suit, signed in blue felt tip. In fine condition.
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Scott Carpenter Signed Photograph344 - Scott Carpenter Signed Photograph
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Semi-glossy 8 x 10 close-up photo of Scott Carpenter in his Mercury space suit, signed in black felt tip. In fine condition.
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Michael Collins Signed Oversized Photograph345 - Michael Collins Signed Oversized Photograph
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Striking color glossy 20 x 15.75 photo of the glowing and cratered surface of the moon as viewed from lunar orbit during the Apollo 11 mission, signed
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Cosmonauts (9) Signed Covers346 - Cosmonauts (9) Signed Covers
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Nice collection of nine Soviet commemorative covers, each signed by one or more cosmonauts. Includes: Alexei Leonov and Valeri Kubasov (3); Valeri Kub
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Walt Cunningham Signed Oversized Photograph347 - Walt Cunningham Signed Oversized Photograph
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Color glossy 20 x 15.75 photo of the expended Saturn S-IVB stage as photographed from the Apollo 7 spacecraft, signed in gold ink, "Saturn S...
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Charlie Duke Signed Oversized Photograph348 - Charlie Duke Signed Oversized Photograph
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Color satin-finish 20 x 16 full-length photo of Duke collecting lunar soil samples during a lunar EVA, signed in blue felt tip, "Plum Crater, C...
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Charlie Duke Signed Photograph349 - Charlie Duke Signed Photograph
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Official glossy 10 x 8 numbered NASA photo (S-72-35611) of John Young leaping off the lunar surface during the Apollo 16 mission, with the American fl
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Charlie Duke Signed Photograph350 - Charlie Duke Signed Photograph
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Color satin-finish 10 x 8 photo of the liftoff of Apollo 16 on April 16, 1972, signed in black felt tip, "Charlie Duke, Apollo 16 LMP." In...
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Gemini 5 Signed Photograph351 - Gemini 5 Signed Photograph
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Dramatic color satin-finish 11 x 14 photo of the launch of Gemini 5 from Pad 19 on August 21, 1965, signed in black felt tip, "GT5, Gordon Coop...
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