RR Auction: Fine Autographs & Artifacts

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RR Auction’s May Fine Autographs & Artifacts sale features more than 850 rare and remarkable lots, with highlights to include an extremely rare signature of Declaration signer Thomas Lynch, Jr., a post-Beatles check signed by Lennon and McCartney, a Winston Churchill publishing archive, autographs of rare Cuban revolutionaries, and a scarce document from King Henry VIII. 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 May 2017.
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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Space Manuals449 - Space Manuals
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Collection of eight manuals from the space program, including five spiral-bound Northrop Ventura manuals and three NASA publications: a 1963 Northrop
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Space Shuttle450 - Space Shuttle
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Two color glossy photos, 7 x 9.5 and 9.5 x 7, depicting EVA moments from missions STS–41–G and STS–51–A, both are affixed to their original mounts, 11
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Space Shuttle Challenger451 - Space Shuttle Challenger
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Set of five official color NASA lithographs, 8 x 10 and 10 x 8, each signed in various ink types by the astronauts pictured, with each photo bearing a
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Valentina Tereshkova and Valery Bykovsky452 - Valentina Tereshkova and Valery Bykovsky
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Textured matte-finish 6 x 4.5 photo of cosmonauts Valentina Tereshkova and Valery Bykovsky, signed in fountain pen by both. In fine condition.
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Wernher von Braun453 - Wernher von Braun
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TLS, one page, 8 x 10.5, Army Ballistic Missile Agency letterhead, September 30, 1959. Letter to Dr. Fritz W. Mueller, in full: "I am in receip...
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Wernher von Braun454 - Wernher von Braun
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Wernher von Braun's name badge, 3.5 x 2.25, simply reading "Dr. Wernher von Braun," affixed to a caption typed by von Braun's long...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Guenter Wendt455 - Guenter Wendt
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Semi-glossy 8 x 10 half-length seated photo of the longtime NASA pad leader, signed in black felt tip, "Guenter F. Wendt." In very fine co...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Pierre Bonnard456 - Pierre Bonnard
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French painter and lithographer (1867–1947) who trained at the Academie Julien, then joined the group called Les Nabis, which included Denis and Vuill
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Claude Monet457 - Claude Monet
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ALS in French, two pages on two adjoining sheets, 4 x 6.5, Giverny par Vernon letterhead, July 8, 1906. In full (translated): "Mademoiselle, an...
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 2,500.00
 
 
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Andy Warhol458 - Andy Warhol
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Color 8 x 8.5 print of Warhol's 1974 portrait of fashion designer Yves St. Laurent removed from the Whitney Museum's exhibition catalog for ...
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Andy Warhol459 - Andy Warhol
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Color postcard of Warhol’s 1964 work entitled ‘Flowers,’ 4 x 5.75, signed in the lower border in black felt tip. In fine condition, with faint haloing
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Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
 
 
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Andy Warhol460 - Andy Warhol
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Superb color 18.25 x 25.75 poster depicting a cow, advertising Warhol's exhibition at the Musee d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, December...
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Estimate : 3,500.00 - 4,000.00
 
 
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Stanford White461 - Stanford White
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Distinguished American architect (1853–1906) who was a leading figure of the ‘Beaux Arts’ movement, best known for his opulent mansions and for the se
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Estimate : 1,200.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Balthus462 - Balthus
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Important Polish-French modern artist (1908–2001) perhaps best known for his resistance against building a biographical profile. Rare ALS signed “Bal
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Cecil Beaton463 - Cecil Beaton
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Academy Award-winning British photographer and costume and production designer (1904–1980). ALS signed “Cecil,” one page, 6.75 x 9, The Castle, Lismor
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Helen Frankenthaler464 - Helen Frankenthaler
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American abstract expressionist painter (1928-2011) who was a major contributor to the history of postwar American painting for over six decades. TLS,
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Emile Galle465 - Emile Galle
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Renowned French glassmaker (1846–1904) considered to be one of the driving forces behind the Art Nouveau movement. Rare ANS in French, signed “E. G.,”
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Childe Hassam466 - Childe Hassam
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Painter (1859–1935) who helped introduce Impressionism to Americans, best known for his urban and coastal scenes. Attractive promotional card for an...
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Oskar Kokoschka467 - Oskar Kokoschka
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Austrian artist, poet, and playwright (1914–1980) known for his intensely vivid expressionistic portraits and landscapes. Signed book: Oskar Kokoschka
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Jose Clemente Orozco469 - Jose Clemente Orozco
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Mexican painter (1883-1949) who specialized in bold murals that established the Mexican Mural Renaissance along with the likes of Diego Rivera and Dav
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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