RR Auction: Fine Autographs & Artifacts

Signed book: The Fair God. Later printing. Boston: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1891. Hardcover, 5.5 x 7.75, 586 pages. Signed on a free end page in

Aircraft designer and manufacturer (1878–1930) who pioneered such far-reaching innovations as the aileron, the pontoon airplane, the flying boat, dual

Quintessential vintage fountain pen signature, “Amelia Earhart,” on an off-white 3.5 x 2 card. In fine condition.

Collection of several items, highlighted by a signed book: 20 hrs. 40 min: Our Flight in the Friendship. Second printing. NY: G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 1928

Historic collection of five items pertaining to the infamous Hindenburg. Items are: A charred gentleman’s travel razor in a metal case, 3.25 x 2 x 1.

Ink signature, “Howard Hughes,” on an off-white 5.25 x 8 sheet. Also signed in pencil by Hughes’s lawyer, “T. A. Slack, August 11, 1947.” In fine cond

Signed book: ‘WE.’ First edition. NY: G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 1927. Hardcover, 5.5 x 8.25, 318 pages. Signed and inscribed on a free end page in fountain

Fantastic ALS signed “Anne,” three pages, 5.5 x 8.5, March 8, 1977. Letter to journalist Alden Whitman of the New York Times, in part: “I remember at

German aircraft designer and manufacturer (1898–1978) whose planes were used extensively in combat. TLS signed “Messerschmitt,” one page, 8.25 x 11.75

Detailed composite 1/32 scale model of Yeager’s Bell X-1 rocket research plane, measuring 13? long, signed on the top of a wing in black felt tip. In

Fountain pen signature, “Orville Wright,” on an off-white 2.75 x 1.25 clipped slip, with a collector’s notation, “Father of Aviation,” written below.

The Winters National Bank check, 7.5 x 3, filled out in another hand and signed by Wright, payable to Everybody’s Book Shop for $8.80, January 13, 191

Bank check, 8.25 x 3, filled out in another hand and signed by Wright, payable to the Pennsylvania R. R. Co. for $25.95, April 5, 1930. Gorgeously pre

Breathtaking matte-finish 5.75 x 7 crystal-clear portrait of Wright in a classic head-and-shoulders pose, signed and inscribed in black ink, “To my tr

Color glossy 14 x 11 doubleweight photo of the Mercury astronauts posing in front of an F-102 Air Force jet, signed in black felt tip by Scott Carpent

Two items: a color glossy 8 x 10 photo of the Mercury 7 crew, signed in black felt tip by Wally Schirra, John Glenn, Gordon Cooper, and Scott Carpente

Two signed manuals: a staple-bound Project Mercury Spacecraft Flight Operations Manual, 161 pages, 5 x 7, April 1, 1962, signed on the front cover in

Two certificates of achievement presented to Gordon Cooper after his Gemini 5 mission. A “Diplome de Record,” presented by the Federation Aeronautique

Gemini 8 recovery cover with a stamped cachet honoring the two-man spacecraft and its emergency landing, signed in black ballpoint by Neil Armstrong a

Limited edition replica Gemini 11 flight plan, numbered 50/50, 8.5 x 11, signed on the front cover in blue ballpoint, “Replica of the original flight