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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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493Winfield ScottRR Auction
Corcoran & Rigs bank check, 6 x 2.25, filled out and signed by Scott, payable to F. Schlegel for $42, November 22, 1857. In very good condition,...
Estimate : 200.00
494Union SoldierRR Auction
AMS describing a meeting with Abraham Lincoln, signed “John D. Worman, Co E, 72d Reg Pa Vols,” two pages, 6.5 x 9, no date. In part: “We…was ushered a
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
495William WashingtonRR Auction
Officer of the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War (1752–1810) and second cousin to President George Washington. Lengthy ALS signed
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
496Balloon MailRR Auction
ALS in French, signed “Marguerite,” three pages on two adjoining onionskin sheets, 5 x 8, November 29, 1870. Untranslated letter providing a vivid acc
Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
497Claude DornierRR Auction
German airplane builder (1884–1969) known for the Dornier Do 18 and the 12-engine Dornier Do X flying boat. Four items, including: a 1933 ALS about cr
Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
498Amelia EarhartRR Auction
Desirable fountain pen signature, “Amelia M. Earhart, January 24, 1929,” on a light blue 5.75 x 3 album page. Nicely double-matted and framed with a p
Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
499Charles LindberghRR Auction
Fountain pen signature, “C. A. Lindbergh,” on a lightly lined off-white 5.75 x 1.5 slip affixed to the front pastedown of a first edition, later print
Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
500Charles and Anne LindberghRR Auction
Two fabulous matte-finish 7.75 x 9.75 candid photos depicting the pioneering couple with their Lockheed Model 8 Sirius, individually signed in fountai
Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
501Orville WrightRR Auction
The City National Bank check, 6.5 x 2.75, filled out in another hand and signed by Wright, payable to E. F. Kimmel for $100, April 9, 1924. Central ve
Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
502Orville WrightRR Auction
Two items: a carbon DS, signed in ink, “Orville Wright,” one page, 8.5 x 14, October 29, 1928, in part: “W.E. Easterwood, Jr…trusted with the Dallas T
Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
503X-15RR Auction
Flown limited edition commemorative cover, 9.25 x 4, with a cachet honoring the X-15 rocket pilots, 247/1500, flown over Edwards Air Force Base by Joe
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
505Alan ShepardRR Auction
Official color 8 x 10 NASA lithograph of the Mercury-Redstone 3 liftoff from Cape Canaveral, signed in black felt tip, “Alan Shepard, MR–3.” In fine c
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
506Gemini 5RR Auction
Color satin-finish 10 x 8 photo of the Gemini 5 crew in their white space suits, signed in black felt tip by Gordon Cooper and Charles Conrad. In fine
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
507Gemini 6RR Auction
Color satin-finish 10 x 8 photo of the crew of Gemini 6, signed in black felt tip, “Tom Stafford, Plt.” and “Wally Schirra, Cdr. GT–6.” In fine condit
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
508Gemini 9RR Auction
Color satin-finish 10 x 8 photo of the crew of Gemini 9 in their white space suits, signed in black felt tip, “Tom Stafford, Gemini IX CDR,” and in bl
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
509Gemini 11RR Auction
Glossy 8 x 10 photo of the Gemini 11 crew after mission recovery, signed in black felt tip by Richard Gordon and Charles Conrad. In fine condition. Fr
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
510Gemini 12RR Auction
Color glossy 11 x 8.5 double–weight McDonnell Aircraft Corporation photo of a diver jumping into the Atlantic during recovery of the Gemini 12 capsule
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
511Edward H. White IIRR Auction
Exceptional official color 8 x 10 NASA lithograph of White in his Gemini space suit posing with a model rocket, signed in black ink. In fine condition
Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
512Roger ChaffeeRR Auction
Scarce official 8 x 10 NASA lithograph of Chaffee in a suit and tie, signed and inscribed in the lower right in black ink, “To Cindy, with best wishes
Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
513Gus GrissomRR Auction
Personal check, 6.25 x 2.75, filled out and signed by Grissom, “Virgil I. Grissom,” payable to Fort Eustis Exchange for $10.24, December 29, 1960, end
Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00