RR Auction: Fine Autographs & Artifacts

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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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Gene Cernan525 - Gene Cernan
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Color satin-finish 8 x 10 photo of Cernan posing in his white space suit, signed in blue felt tip, “Gene Cernan, Last man on the moon, Apollo XVII.” I
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Harrison Schmitt526 - Harrison Schmitt
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Official color 8 x 10 NASA lithograph of Schmitt in his white spacesuit, signed in black felt tip, “Harrison H. Schmitt, Apollo 17.” Slight bends and
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Deke Slayton527 - Deke Slayton
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Two items: an official color 8 x 10 NASA lithograph of Slayton in his white spacesuit, boldly signed in black felt tip; and an an Apollo-Soyuz launch
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Soyuz 9528 - Soyuz 9
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Glossy 3.25 x 5.25 photo of a chess board at move number 51, titled in Russian along the top and bottom, “L. Knotek, Competition of Czech Chess Associ
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Apollo Lunar Module529 - Apollo Lunar Module
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Original NASA/Grumman Apollo Lunar Module Transgraphic brochure printed in the mid-1960s in Germany. This brochure measures 8 x 10 and features eight
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Launch Control Center530 - Launch Control Center
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Two items: a black plastic sign from the KSC Launch Control Center (LCC), 12 x 3, with white lettering reading “To Roof No. 2,” directing people towar
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Skylab Wives531 - Skylab Wives
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Two items: an uncommon embroidered Skylab II ‘Wives’ patch based on the design of the official insignia, measuring 4? in diameter, depicting a female
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Delta Clipper532 - Delta Clipper
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Two small fragments of flown material recovered from the aeroshell of the McDonnell Douglas DC-X Delta Clipper affixed to a commemorative cover with a
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SBS-3 Columbia533 - SBS-3 Columbia
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Flown cloth emblem carried into space on the SBS-3 satellite aboard Space Shuttle Columbia, measuring 3? in diameter, affixed inside a 10.5 x 13 plaqu
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Shuttle Astronauts534 - Shuttle Astronauts
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Collection of fifteen one-dollar bills, each signed in ballpoint or felt tip by one or more astronauts, most inscribed to “Tom,” including: Charles Bo
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Space Shuttle Discovery535 - Space Shuttle Discovery
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Official color 10 x 8 NASA lithograph of the STS-41-D crew, signed in black felt tip by Judy Resnik, Hank Hartsfield, Michael Coats, Mike Mullane, Cha
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Yuri Gagarin536 - Yuri Gagarin
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Crisp ballpoint signature in Cyrillic on an off-white 5.25 x 3.5 card. Nicely matted with a portrait to an overall size of 8.5 x 14. In fine condition
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Alexei Leonov537 - Alexei Leonov
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Color satin-finish 8 x 10 photo of Leonov posing next to miniature Russian and American flags, signed in black felt tip, “A. Leonov, 1st man walk in s
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Valentina Tereshkova538 - Valentina Tereshkova
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Satin-finish 8 x 10 close-up photo of Tereshkova wearing her space suit, signed in blue felt tip. adding “Vostok–6.” In very fine condition.
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Chesley Bonestell539 - Chesley Bonestell
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American painter, designer, and illustrator (1888–1986) considered to be the ‘father of space art,’ whose work was influential in science fiction artw
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Ed Hengeveld540 - Ed Hengeveld
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Space historian and painter (born 1956). Color painting of a Space Shuttle by Ed Hengeveld on an 8 x 6 FDC with an inset cachet honoring the Statue of
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Jeffrey Koterba541 - Jeffrey Koterba
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American editorial cartoonist (born 1961) whose work regularly appears in many major US newspapers including The New York Times, Chicago Tribune, and
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Jeffrey Koterba542 - Jeffrey Koterba
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American editorial cartoonist (born 1961) whose work regularly appears in many major US newspapers including The New York Times, Chicago Tribune, and
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Jeffrey Koterba543 - Jeffrey Koterba
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American editorial cartoonist (born 1961) whose work regularly appears in many major US newspapers including The New York Times, Chicago Tribune, and
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Jeffrey Koterba544 - Jeffrey Koterba
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American editorial cartoonist (born 1961) whose work regularly appears in many major US newspapers including The New York Times, Chicago Tribune, and
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Jeffrey Koterba545 - Jeffrey Koterba
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American editorial cartoonist (born 1961) whose work regularly appears in many major US newspapers including The New York Times, Chicago Tribune, and
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Joe Martin546 - Joe Martin
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Original hand-inked single-panel comic, 8.5 x 9.75, signed in the lower right corner by the artist, “Joe Martin, 9-18-07,” and signed and inscribed in
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Joe Martin547 - Joe Martin
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American cartoonist and writer (born 1945) famous for his Mr. Boffo comic strip, and who was named as the World's Most Prolific Cartoonist by th...
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Gordon Purcell548 - Gordon Purcell
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Two original hand-inked three-panel comic book pages from The First Moon Landing, 9 x 12, each signed in the lower border by artists Gordon Purcell an
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Frederic-Auguste Bartholdi and Francis Hopkinson Smith550 - Frederic-Auguste Bartholdi and Francis Hopkinson Smith
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Nice pairing of signatures: an ink signature of the French sculptor who designed the Statue of Liberty, “For autograph, F. Bartholdi, N. Y. November 1
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Marc Chagall551 - Marc Chagall
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Full sheet of 15 stamps featuring ‘Gad’ from Chagall’s twelve tribes of Israel series, 9 x 7.5, signed in the upper border in blue felt tip, “Marc Cha
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Henri Cartier-Bresson552 - Henri Cartier-Bresson
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Unsigned matte-finish 7.75 x 11.75 photo of the inside of a Chinese bus, bearing a photographer’s stamp on the reverse by “Henri Cartier-Bresson &am...
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Henri Cartier-Bresson553 - Henri Cartier-Bresson
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Unsigned matte-finish 7.75 x 11.5 photo of children observing marching men, bearing a photographer’s stamp on the reverse by “Henri Cartier-Bresson ...
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Gustave Courbet554 - Gustave Courbet
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French painter (1819–1877) who was scorned for his rigid classical outlook. He was imprisoned and fined for his part in the destruction of the Vendome
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Estimate : 20,000.00 - 25,000.00
 
 
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Salvador Dali555 - Salvador Dali
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Scarce DS, one page, 8.5 x 11, January 22, 1968. Dali agrees to a Music Images commission to “paint a watercolor to be used primarily as a cover of a
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Salvador Dali556 - Salvador Dali
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Color 8.75 x 11.75 book photo of Dali’s 1940 surrealist work entitled ‘Slave Market with the Apparition of the Invisible Bust of Voltaire,’ prominentl
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Charles Francois Daubigny557 - Charles Francois Daubigny
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Painter of the Barbizon school considered an important precursor of Impressionism (1817–1878). ALS in French, signed “C. Daubigny,” three pages on two
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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Edgar Degas558 - Edgar Degas
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Important French painter and sculptor (1834–1917) regarded as one of the founders of Impressionism. ALS in French, signed “Degas,” one page, 4.25 x 5.
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Marcel Duchamp559 - Marcel Duchamp
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ALS in French, one page both sides, 5.75 x 7.75, November 14, 1962. Letter to his friend and fellow artist Marcel Marien, telling him to write to two
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Estimate : 4,000.00 - 5,000.00
 
 
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Gustave Eiffel560 - Gustave Eiffel
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LS in French, signed “G. Eiffel,” one page, 7.75 x 9.75, personal letterhead, April 18, 1888. Untranslated letter declining a request to work on a pro
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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James Ensor561 - James Ensor
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Belgian painter and printmaker (1860–1949) who was an important influence on expressionism and surrealism. Rare ALS in French, one page, 5.5 x 3.5, Ju
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Albert Gleizes562 - Albert Gleizes
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French artist, theoretician, philosopher, and self-proclaimed founder of Cubism (1881–1953). ALS in French, one page, 5 x 6.75, June 6, 1928. Untransl
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Karl Faberge563 - Karl Faberge
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Russian jeweller (1846–1920) best known for the famous Faberge eggs made of precious metals and gems. Scarce DS in Russian, signed in Cyrillic, “K. Fa
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Estimate : 4,000.00 - 5,000.00
 
 
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Kate Greenaway564 - Kate Greenaway
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British children’s author and illustrator (1846–1901) whose distinctively illustrated books were among the most popular ‘juvenile’ works of the Victor
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Walter Gropius565 - Walter Gropius
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Highly influential German architect (1883–1969) who founded and designed the Bauhaus and whose other important buildings include the Harvard Graduate
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Childe Hassam566 - Childe Hassam
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Painter (1859–1935) who helped introduce Impressionism to Americans, best known for his urban and coastal scenes. ALS, one page, 4.75 x 6.5, personal
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Jozef Israels567 - Jozef Israels
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Prominent 19th-century Dutch painter (1824–1911). Original 4.25 x 6.5 cabinet photo by Gravenhage, signed on the reverse in black ink, “Jozef Israels,
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Wassily Kandinsky568 - Wassily Kandinsky
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Pioneering Russian artist (1866–1944) who takes a place among the seminal figures in the development of abstract art. Scarce TLS in French, signed “Ka
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Estimate : 2,500.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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Paul Klee569 - Paul Klee
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Important Swiss-German artist (1879–1940) whose works incorporate a number of the most influential movements of the day, including Surrealism, Express
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Glenn Ligon570 - Glenn Ligon
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Limited edition 9 x 12 silkscreen print on black wove paper, “My Fear is Your Fear,” numbered 313/325, signed in the lower right by the artist, “Glenn
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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Joan Miro571 - Joan Miro
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Signed book: Miro. Later printing. NY: Crown Publishers, 1963. Hardcover with dust jacket, 6.75 x 7, 141 pages. Signed on the reverse of the half-titl
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Claude Monet572 - Claude Monet
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ALS in French, one page, 5.25 x 8, Giverny par Vernon letterhead, May 21, 1918. Letter to Dominique Vecchini. In part (translated): "I am sendi...
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Estimate : 3,000.00 - 4,000.00
 
 
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Pablo and Jacqueline Picasso573 - Pablo and Jacqueline Picasso
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Vintage matte-finish 7 x 5 photo of Picasso and Jacqueline relaxing at a table, signed and inscribed on the reverse in pencil to Picasso’s longtime fr
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Pablo Picasso574 - Pablo Picasso
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ALS in pencil in Spanish, signed “Picasso,” one page on the reverse of a 12.5 x 9.25 menu, no date. Picasso writes to thank his friend for sending him
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Estimate : 10,000.00 - 15,000.00
 
 
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Pablo Picasso575 - Pablo Picasso
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Large red pencil signature, “Picasso,” on an off-white 7.25 x 10 sheet bearing affixed images of the artist playing a guitar and a painting. Affixed t
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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