RR Auction: Fine Autograph & Artifact Auction

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Headquartered in Boston’s North End, RR Auction is a globally recognized and trusted source for rare documents, manuscripts, autographs, and historic artifacts. Since its inception in 1980, RR has achieved countless record-setting prices in over 425 successful sales, including Truman Capote’s hand-notated manuscript for Breakfast at Tiffany’s for over $300,000, President Kennedy’s 1963 convertible for $318,000, and a pair of Bonnie and Clyde’s guns for over $500,000. Internationally known and frequently featured in all media outlets—with appearances on NBC’s Today Show, CBS This Morning, Fox News, the New York Times Sunday Magazine, and the London Times—RR Auction prides itself on selling authentic material, thoroughly examined by in-house experts and third-party authenticators, to uphold the guarantee of authenticity. With a stunning full-color print catalog and a massive online presence, RR Auction continues to achieve record prices for clients around the world.
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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Sgt. Alvin C. York436Sgt. Alvin C. York
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Ink signature, “Sgt. Alvin C. York,” on an off-white 4.75 x 2.75 card affixed to a slightly larger cardstock sheet. In fine condition.
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Enola Gay437Enola Gay
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Semi–glossy 10 x 8 cardstock photo of three members of the Enola Gay crew, signed in blue ink, “Theodore D. Van Kirk, Navigator,” “Paul W. Tibbets, Pi
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Enola Gay438Enola Gay
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Souvenir typescript of an official letter from General Thomas Handy, one page, 8 x 9.75, originally dated July 25, 1945, addressed to General Carl Spe
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Douglas MacArthur439Douglas MacArthur
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Two items: a circa 1942 bust of the general, measuring approximately 5.5 x 8.5 x 3.5, with the base reading, “‘We Shall Win or We Shall Die’—MacArthur
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Douglas MacArthur and Chester Nimitz440Douglas MacArthur and Chester Nimitz
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Two war-dated signatures: an ink signature, “C. W. Nimitz, Admiral USN,” on an off-white 4 x 1.75 card affixed to the lower right corner of a transmit
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
George C. Marshall441George C. Marshall
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TLS signed “G. C. Marshall,” one page, 8 x 10.5, Department of State letterhead, August 7, 1947. Letter to US Ambassador to the United Nations Warren
Estimate : 200.00
George C. Marshall442George C. Marshall
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TLS signed “G. C. Marshall,” one page, 7 x 8.75, Office of the General of the Army letterhead, October 15, 1952. Letter to Ronald F. Kirwan. In full:
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Auguste de Marmont443Auguste de Marmont
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Napoleonic Marshal (1774–1852) and tutor to Napoleon II (Duke of Reichstadt). Two items: a manuscript DS, in French, endorsed by de Marmont (translate
Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
Robert Baden-Powell444Robert Baden-Powell
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Vintage matte-finish 5.5 x 7.5 portrait of Baden–Powell wearing his Boy Scout uniform and pins, signed in the lower portion in fountain pen, “Robert B
Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
Colin Powell445Colin Powell
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Original painting of Colin Powell, oil on canvas, 19.5 x 23.5, showing the four-star general in his fully decorated military uniform. Framed to an ove
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Eugene Godard446Eugene Godard
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Record-setting French aeronaut (1827–1890) who constructed numerous hot-air and gas balloons, and performed nearly 1,500 ascents in ten different coun
Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
Howard Hughes447Howard Hughes
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ALS signed “Howard,” two pages, 7.75 x 9.75, no date but circa May 1937. Letter to Colonel Kuldell, the general manager of Hughes Tool Co. In part: “I
Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
Glenn Martin448Glenn Martin
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TLS signed “Glenn L. Martin,” two pages, 8.25 x 11, Glenn L. Martin Motors Company letterhead, November 3, 1932. Letter to E. T. Asplundh of Pitcairn
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Joe Walker and Iven Kincheloe449Joe Walker and Iven Kincheloe
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Two signatures: an off-white 5.25 x 3.25 card signed in black ink by famed X-15 pilot Joseph Walker, “Joe Walker,” bearing a collector’s ink notation
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Charles Lindbergh450Charles Lindbergh
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Archive of three TLSs signed “Charles A. Lindbergh,” totaling four pages, 8.5 x 11, August–October 1946. Letters to Lindbergh’s family doctor Homer B.
Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
Charles Lindbergh451Charles Lindbergh
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TLS signed “Charles A. Lindbergh,” three pages, 8.5 x 11, July 22, 1963. Letter to G. Edward Pendray regarding the book The Guggenheim Medalists: Arch
Estimate : 8,000.00 - 10,000.00
Gus Grissom452Gus Grissom
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ALS signed “Virgil,” two pages both sides, 7.75 x 10, Project Mercury letterhead, October 7, 1961. Letter to his mother. In full: “I just got home fro
Estimate : 8,000.00 - 10,000.00
Deke Slayton453Deke Slayton
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Deke Slayton's personally-owned and -worn Bulova Accutron Astronaut model wristwatch in stainless steel with original stainless steel Bulova Acc...
Estimate : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
Scott Carpenter454Scott Carpenter
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Souvenir handwritten autobiographical statement entitled “Testimony of a Fortunate Man,” one page, 8.5 x 11, personal letterhead, no date. In part: “T
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Wally Schirra455Wally Schirra
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ALS, one page, 8.5 x 11, personal letterhead, no date. In full: “Instead of blaming newly designed equipment observers blamed Gus Grissom for blowing
Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00