RR Auction: Fine Autographs and Artifacts Featuring Military

ALS signed “H. Hamlin,” one page, 6.25 x 4.5, December 31, 1857. Letter to a gentleman, in part: "Can you give me the information desired in th...

Federal judge (1896–1985) who swore in Lyndon B. Johnson as President of the United States on Air Force One after JFK's assassination. Souvenir ...

American politician (1780–1850) who served as vice president under Martin Van Buren, and was said to have been the soldier who killed the Shawnee chie

Swedish business magnate (1926–2018) who founded the innovative retail furniture company IKEA. Uncommon 8.5 x 11 laserprint photo of Kamprad in an ear

TLS, one page, 7.25 x 10.5, personal letterhead, December 1, 1945. Letter to Joseph H. Dion of the Economic Club of Chicago, in full: "Thank yo...

TLS signed “RFK,” one page, 8 x 10.5, United States Senate letterhead, March 25, 1958. Letter to Arthur G. Kaplan of the Select Committee on Improper

Vintage glossy 8 x 5 photo of Kennedy in the presidential limousine during the Dallas motorcade, taken by a member of the general public and reproduce

Original Martin Luther King, Jr. Center program for King Week '91, a "Celebration of the Sixty-Second Birthday Anniversary of The Reverend ...

Group of four 4.25 x 6.25 cabinet photos of King Edward VII and his royal family: a photo of Edward, Prince of Wales (later King Edward VII) in regal

Matte-finish 5.5 x 7.75 photo of King Faisal in his robes, signed and dated in the lower border in blue ink. Affixed within its original 6.75 x 9.5 pr

Manuscript DS, signed “approved, GR,” one page, 7.5 x 9.5, December 25, 1806. King George approves a military promotion. In full: “Most humbly submitt

Partly-printed DS, signed “George R. I.,” three pages on two adjoining sheets, 8.25 x 13.25, March 10, 1922. King George grants George Hollngsworth Hu

Two color 8.5 x 11 laserprint photos, one showing Kenyan paleoanthropologist Richard Leakey, who has signed in black ink, "Richard Leakey,"...

Soviet politician and Communist Party leader (1901–1988) who became closely aligned with Joseph Stalin and who was given sole responsibility for the S

Pioneer aviator, engineer, and inventor (1885–1956) who conceived and built numerous vehicles, both three and four-wheeled, consisting mostly of proto

American chemist and inventor (1853-1927) best known for several innovations related to explosives, including smokeless gunpowder. Two TLSs, both one

Matte-finish 3.5 x 4.75 photo of Meir in a tranquil head-and-shoulders pose, signed in black ink. In fine condition.

Color satin-finish 10 x 8 photo of Angela Merkel, signed in blue felt tip. In very fine condition.

AQS on an off-white 3.25 x 5 card bearing an affixed image of Mother Teresa with an infant. In full: "Be Holy—because God who made you is Holy,...

Fountain pen signature, "Jawaharlal Nehru, 1957,” on an off-white 4 x 1.25 album page. Matted with a photo of the Indian leader to an overall s...

Group of six unsigned carte-de-visite portraits of noted 19th-century figures, including: David Livingstone, Laura Bridgman, Louis Agassiz, John Tynda

FDC with a cachet honoring Martin Luther King, Jr., signed and inscribed in black ballpoint, "To Tom Grafton, with my best wishes, Rosa L. Park...

Group lot of seven color photos, semi-glossy and laserprint, ranging in size from 5 x 7 to 11.75 x 8.25, each signed in ink or felt tip by the picture

Ink signature, "Joseph Card. Ratzinger," on an off-white 3.5 x 5.75 presentation card in German, reading (translated): "Presented wit...

Four items, each signed in ink or felt tip, "Caroline de Monaco," including: a color glossy 3.5 x 5.5 photo of Caroline in a bikini; a col...

Commemorative cover, 6.5 x 3.75, with a color cachet honoring the birth of Princess Caroline Louise Marguerite on January 23, 1957, signed in black fe

FBI agent and archetypical ‘G-Man’ (1903–1960) responsible for the capture of John Dillinger, ‘Pretty Boy’ Floyd, ‘Baby Face’ Nelson, and other notori

Queen consort of the United Kingdom as the wife of King William IV (1792–1849). Three items by Queen Adelaide: an ALS signed "Ad.," four p...

Large ink signature, "Victoria R,” on an off-white 4.5 x 2.25 slip. In very good to fine condition, with scattered light foxing and a light cen...

Two handsome cabinet photos: a 4.25 x 6.5 photo of Queen Victoria in a regal outfit, by Alexander Bassano of London; and a 4.25 x 6.25 photo of Prince

TLS, one page, 8 x 10.5, Supreme Court of the United States letterhead, October 8, 1945. Letter to Harold Roland Shapiro, in full: "Thank you f...

TLS, one page, 8.25 x 10.75, September 30, 1938. Written from Leavenworth Penitentiary, a letter to Fred E. Daw, in part: "I will send the bird...

Group of six items signed by justices of the Supreme Court, including: Melville Fuller (signature), Harlan F. Stone (TLS), Chales E. Hughes (TLS), Fre

Vintage matte-finish 7.5 x 9.25 Harris & Ewing portrait of Sutherland seated in his judicial robe, affixed to the original studio mount, signed ...

Hungarian-born nuclear physicist (1908–2003) who worked with Fermi on the Manhattan Project and later assumed a leading role in the development of the

Patriot leader (1729–1824) in Philadelphia during the American Revolution and the secretary of the Continental Congress (1774–1789) throughout its exi

TLS, one page, 4.75 x 7.5, blindstamped House of Commons letterhead, November 27, 1961. Letter to Mrs. M. Weston at the Conservative & Unionist ...

A page from the April 6, 1912 issue of The Illustrated London News, 10.5 x 15.5, featuring a large central image of the Titanic, advertising: "...

Commemorative cover honoring the 25th anniversary of the British Philatelic Bureau, featuring a steamship postage stamp, signed in ink by two sibling

ALS, one page on an 8.5 x 11 copy of a Stackpole Books catalog page for his book Out of the Darkness: The Planet Pluto, August 24, 1982. Letter to H.

Governor of Connecticut who was the only colonial governor to side with the Americans during the Revolutionary War (1710–1785). Revolutionary War–date

Collection of 22 items signed by vice presidents of the United States, consisting predominately of letters, including: Daniel D. Tompkins (two DSs), G

TLS, one page, 8.5 x 11, The Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute letterhead, May 26, 1908. Letter to Charles B. Newcomb, in full: "I beg t...

Set of three laserprint photos, 8.5 x 11 and 11 x 8.5, each showing a harrowing image from the Hindenburg disaster, individually signed in ballpoint o

English aviatrix (1903–1941) who became the first female pilot to fly alone from Britain to Australia; she later drowned after bailing out over the Th

Gargantuan original painting honoring Charles Lindbergh and the first solo transatlantic flight, measuring 95? long and 29? tall, portraying his famed

American astronomer, physicist, and aviator (1834-1906), who conducted some of the first manned flights with his Army-funded Aerodrome aircraft. ALS s

Unique matte-finish 11 x 14 photo of President Calvin Coolidge awarding Charles Lindbergh with the Medal of Honor after the aviator's heroic ret...

Romanian and German physicist and engineer (1894–1989) considered one of the founding fathers of rocketry and astronautics. Handwritten and typed repo

TLS signed “Wm. T. Thomas,” one page, 8.25 x 11, Thomas Brothers Aeroplane Co. letterhead, September 17, 1914. Letter to Henry Woodhouse, in part: &...

The Winters National Bank check, 7.5 x 3, filled out in another hand and signed by Wright, "Orville Wright," payable to Orville Wright for...

Excellent official color 10 x 8 NASA lithograph of the crew of Apollo 11 posing in their white space suits against a large lunar backdrop, signed and

Official color 8 x 10 NASA lithograph of Armstrong posing in his white space suit, signed and inscribed in black felt tip, "Best wishes to Barb...

Uncommon official color 11 x 14 NASA lithograph of Buzz Aldrin on the lunar surface, his visor showing the reflection of Neil Armstrong, signed and in

Flown American flag carried aboard the Space Shuttle Columbia on STS-1, 5.75 x 4, affixed to an 8.5 x 11 presentation certificate bearing pre-printed

Three books, each hardcover with dust jacket, signed on the title page in blue or black ink by Aldrin, with titles including: Mission to Mars; Reachin

Three books: a copy of Mission to Mars, hardcover with dust jacket, signed on the title page in black felt tip by Buzz Aldrin; a copy of The Last Man

Limited edition color semi-glossy 10 x 8 photo honoring the 35th anniversary of the Apollo 13 mission, numbered 9/300, signed in black felt tip by Jam

Limited edition color satin-finish 9.5 x 7.5 photo of the Apollo Command/Service Module and the Soviet Soyuz 19 prior to docking, numbered 16/80, sign

Bold felt tip signature, "Neil Armstrong,” on an off-white 5 x 3 card. Encapsulated in a plastic JSA/Beckett authentication holder. In very fin...

Glossy 8 x 10 photo of Armstrong in a suit and tie, signed in black felt tip. In fine condition. Accompanied by a full letter of authenticity from JSA

Glossy 3.5 x 5.75 postcard photo of Armstrong in a suit and tie, signed in the lower border in black felt tip. In very good condition, with scattered

Two items: a color 21.5 x 27.5 lithograph of the 2001 inductees into the Astronaut Hall of Fame, showing images of Bob Crippen, Joe Engle, Richard Tru

Color semi-glossy 9.75 x 7.75 full-length photo of Commander Cernan standing on the lunar surface between the American flag and the lunar rover, signe

Official color 10 x 8 NASA lithograph of the Apollo 17 prime crew posing on the lunar rover, signed and inscribed in black felt tip, "To Tom Gr...

Attractive official color 8 x 10 NASA lithograph of McNair posing in his blue flight suit, with a large Challenger model pictured in the background, s

Original felt tip sketch by Charlie Duke on a white 10.5 x 7.5 cardstock sheet, showing the lunar module and lunar rover on the surface of the moon, s

Uncommon souvenir typescript detailing Lunar Module Pilot Duke's perspective of the "Apollo 16 Launch," one page, 8.5 x 11, signed at ...

Textured matte-finish 3.75 x 5.75 photo of Gagarin in uniform, boldly signed in the lower border in fountain pen. In very fine condition.

Set of three color semi-glossy 8 x 10 photos, each signed by the pictured Gemini astronaut in black or blue felt tip, including: "Richard Gordo...

Two items: a Footprints on the Moon pamphlet, 3.5 x 5.75, signed and inscribed on the front in black felt tip, "Bill, His Love, Jim Irwin"...

Flown postal cover carried to the International Space Station aboard the Georges Lemaitre ATV cargo resupply spacecraft on July 28, 2014, and returned

Untranslated ALS in Cyrillic written by Yuri Malenchenko to Viktor Afanasyev while aboard the International Space Station during Expedition 32, one pa

Untranslated ANS in Cyrillic written by Yuri Malenchenko to Aleksandr Volkov while aboard the International Space Station during Expedition 46, one pa

Four items: an FDC postmarked February 20, 1962, the launch day of the Friendship 7 spacecraft, signed in blue felt tip by John Glenn; and three semi-

Three semi-glossy photos: an 8 x 10 portrait of NASA nurse Dee O'Hara, signed in black felt tip; an 8 x 10 portrait of pad leader Guenter Wendt,...

Limited edition display commemorating the career of astronaut Alan Shepard, numbered 3/100, featuring a golden Project Mercury lapel pin and a color 9

Seven items: an official color 10 x 8 NASA lithograph of the Skylab Space Station hovering over Earth, signed in black felt tip, “Bill Pogue, PLT,” “E

Flown Soviet commemorative cover, 6.5 x 4.5, with a handsome color cachet honoring the Sputnik satellite, postmarked October 4, 1977, signed in Cyrill

Group lot of unsigned items honoring various NASA programs and events, including: a laminated 1 x 1 swatch of payload bay liner flown on STS–125; appe

Collection of Kennedy Space Center visitor complex vehicle passes for various Space Shuttle missions, ranging in size from 8.5 x 5.5 to 11 x 8.5, incl

Glossy 4 x 6.5 close-up photo of a smiling Valentina Tereshkova in her space suit, signed in the lower border in blue ballpoint. In fine condition, wi

Recovery cover with a stamped cachet honoring the Apollo 10 US Navy Pacific Recovery Force, postmarked May 26, 1969, USS Arlington, signed in black in

TLS, one page on the reverse of a glossy 6 x 4.25 postcard of Hurricane Ridge, postmarked June 2, 1982. Letter to Gary Lorenz, in full: "Thank ...

Group of seven unsigned carte-de-visite portraits of noted 19th-century artists, including: John Ruskin (bearing a facsimile signature), George Cruiks

Eminent French sculptor (1834–1904) best known for designing the Statue of Liberty. Original 9 x 7 albumen photograph of Bartholdi with 26 French dele

ALS in French, signed “A. Bartholdi,” three pages on two adjoining sheets, 8 x 10.5, Franco American Union Committee letterhead, July 16, 1884. Letter

Wonderful original ballpoint sketch of a human figure (possibly a self-portrait) accomplished by Chagall on a white 8.25 x 4.75 sheet, prominently sig

ALS in Spanish, one page, 5.5 x 7, Hotel Ritz, Barcelona letterhead, stamp-dated May 28, 1956. Letter to a gentleman, in part (translated): "Ou...

Signed book: Dali on Modern Art. First edition. NY: The Dial Press, 1957. Hardcover, 6.25 x 9.5, 156 pages. Prominently signed and inscribed across an

Important French painter and sculptor (1834–1917) regarded as one of the founders of Impressionism. ALS in French, signed “Degas,” three pages on two

French artist (1798–1863) who takes a place in the first rank of painters in the Romantic tradition and whose mastery of color and technique inspired

Austrian artist, poet, and playwright best known for his intense expressionistic portraits and landscapes (1886–1980). Remarkable ALS signed “OK,” one

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

German fashion designer and photographer (born 1933). ALS in French, one page both sides, 8.25 x 11.5, personal monogrammed letterhead, February 12, 1

ALS in French, signed “H.,” one page both sides, 7.75 x 10.25, no date. Letter to his daughter Marguerite, "My dear Marg," in part (transl...

Noted English painter and illustrator (1829–1896) who was one of the founders of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood. ALS, three pages on two adjoining she

Bold vintage fountain pen signature, "Espagne (Tarragone) Montroig, 7.8.29, au pour souvenir de, Miro!,” on the reverse of a 3.5 x 5.5 Spanish ...

ALS in French, signed “Your old Claude,” six pages on three sheets (two adjoining), 5 x 8, Savoy Hotel, London letterhead, February 14, 1900. Letter t

Desirable ALS, two pages on two adjoining sheets, 5.25 x 8.25, Giverny Par Vernon letterhead, March 21, 1906. In part (translated): "In reply t...