RR Auction: Fine Autographs and Artifacts Featuring WWII

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RR Auction's August Fine Autographs and Artifacts sale is highlighted by a special World War II section, which features classic hand-painted A-2 leather flight jackets, a remarkable naval dispatch about Pearl Harbor, and extraordinary letters by its leading figures (Dwight D. Eisenhower, Omar Bradley, George S. Patton, and Douglas MacArthur). Other top lots span a dozen genres, and include an autograph letter by President Abraham Lincoln, a fully signed Led Zeppelin III album, autographs of Apollo 11 astronauts Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, and Michael Collins, and a comprehensive Frank Lloyd Wright architectural archive. 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 August 2019.
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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John Glenn505 - John Glenn
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Glossy 7 x 9 press photo of John Glenn eating some barbecue the day after his successful Mercury-Atlas 6 mission, signed and inscribed in blue ballpoi
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Fred Haise506 - Fred Haise
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Color satin-finish 10 x 8 photo of Fred Haise posing in front of the orbiter Enterprise during the Approach and Landing Tests, signed in black felt ti
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Fred Haise507 - Fred Haise
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Color 10 x 8 NASA lithograph of the orbiter Enterprise lifting off during the Approach and Landing Tests, signed in black felt tip, "Space Shut...
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Fred Haise508 - Fred Haise
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Attractive color satin-finish 8 x 10 photo of the dramatic liftoff of the Apollo 13 mission, signed in black felt tip, "Launch of the 3rd plann...
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Jim Irwin509 - Jim Irwin
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Official color 10 x 8 NASA lithograph of Irwin saluting the American flag at the Apollo 15 landing site, signed in black felt tip, "Jim Irwin,&...
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Chris Kraft510 - Chris Kraft
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Official color satin-finish 8 x 10 red-numbered NASA photo of the flight director decked out in classic 1970s attire, neatly signed in black felt tip,
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Gene Kranz511 - Gene Kranz
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Two items: postal cover 'carried' in the Mission Control Center during the ASTP flight on July 17, 1978, signed at the bottom by Kranz, &quo...
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Alexei Leonov512 - Alexei Leonov
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Official color satin-finish 8 x 10 red-numbered NASA photo of Leonov as part of the ASTP crew, signed in black felt tip. In fine condition.
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Edgar Mitchell513 - Edgar Mitchell
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Color satin-finish 10 x 8 photo of LMP Mitchell beside the American flag on the lunar surface, signed in silver ink, "Edgar Mitchell, Apollo 14...
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Edgar Mitchell514 - Edgar Mitchell
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Official color 10 x 8 NASA lithograph of Mitchell posing in his white space suit with a large Apollo 14 insignia in the background, signed in blue fel
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Edgar Mitchell515 - Edgar Mitchell
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Official color glossy 8 x 10 red-numbered NASA photo of history's sixth moonwalker in a suit and tie, signed in blue felt tip, "Edgar Mitch...
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Moonwalkers516 - Moonwalkers
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Collection of six postal covers, each signed in ink by one or more moonwalkers, including: Buzz Aldrin; Gene Cernan; Charles Conrad; Edgar Mitchell; A
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Moonwalkers517 - Moonwalkers
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Three official glossy 10 x 8 black-numbered NASA photos of the moon and lunar surface, individually signed in felt tip, "Alan Bean, Apollo 12,&...
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NASA518 - NASA
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Uncommon 9.75 x 11.5 NASA binder presented to longtime employee Fern Lee Pickens, a secretary in NASA’s public affairs office, consisting of a variety
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NASA519 - NASA
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Collection of 31 items signed in ink or felt tip by important NASA administrators, consisting entirely of letters, articles, press packets, and photog
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Wally Schirra520 - Wally Schirra
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Color satin-finish 10 x 8 photo of Schirra posing in his Mercury space suit, signed in blue felt tip, "Wally Schirra," with a sketch of th...
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Harrison Schmitt521 - Harrison Schmitt
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Apollo 17 launch day cover with a stamped cachet honoring the mission's launch and "Pearl Harbor Day," postmarked at the Kennedy Space...
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Dave Scott522 - Dave Scott
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TLS, one page, 8 x 10.5, NASA letterhead, no date. Letter to Ken Browne, in part: "Thank you for your recent letter and I wish I had the opport...
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Alan Shepard523 - Alan Shepard
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Signed book: Moon Shot. First edition. Atlanta, GA: Turner Publishing, 1994. Hardcover with dust jacket, 6.5 x 9.25, 383 pages. Signed on the title pa
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Alan Shepard524 - Alan Shepard
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Official color 7.5 x 10 NASA lithograph of America's first man in space, signed and inscribed in blue ballpoint, "To Joyce—Alan B. Shepard,...
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Skylab 4525 - Skylab 4
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Official color 10 x 8 NASA lithograph of the Skylab 4 crew posing in their white space suits with a globe and model, signed in thin black felt tip by
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Space Explorer Congress526 - Space Explorer Congress
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Collection of five commemorative covers with cachets honoring the 1994 Planetary Congress of the Association of Space Explorers, signed by a total of
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Space Shuttle and Skylab527 - Space Shuttle and Skylab
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Collection of 27 covers signed in ink or felt tip by various Space Shuttle and Skylab crews, with covers signed in full for the following missions: ST
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Space Shuttle Challenger528 - Space Shuttle Challenger
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Five official color 8 x 10 NASA lithographs of the crew of the ill-fated Space Shuttle Challenger, individually signed and inscribed in black felt tip
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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Space Shuttle Challenger: Scobee and Resnik529 - Space Shuttle Challenger: Scobee and Resnik
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Two felt tip signatures, "Dick Scobee" and "Judy Resnik," on individual white 5 x 3 cards. In overall fine condition. Commander ...
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Space Shuttle Columbia530 - Space Shuttle Columbia
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Six official color 8 x 10 NASA lithographs of the crew of the Space Shuttle Columbia's ill-fated STS-107 mission, individually signed and inscri...
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Space Shuttle Columbia: Husband and McCool531 - Space Shuttle Columbia: Husband and McCool
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Two items: an official color 8 x 10 NASA lithograph of William C. McCool in his blue flight suit, signed and inscribed in black felt tip, "To J...
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Tom Stafford532 - Tom Stafford
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Oversized semi-glossy 15.75 x 19.75 photo of CMP John Young and CDR Tom Stafford dressed in their white space suits prior to the Apollo 10 mission, si
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STS–107533 - STS–107
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Three official color NASA lithographs, each signed by one or more members of the tragic crew of the STS-107 mission, including: a 10 x 8 lithograph of
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Milt Thompson534 - Milt Thompson
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NASA research pilot (1926–1993) selected as an astronaut for the United States Air Force X-20 Dyna-Soar program in April 1960. After the Dyna-Soar pro
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Edward H. White II535 - Edward H. White II
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Uncommon 4 x 8 quad-fold NASA brochure entitled "Manned Space Flight Programs of the United States," with cover depicting the launch of Sc...
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Yang Liwei536 - Yang Liwei
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First man sent into space by the Chinese space program (born 1965). Two items: a commemorative cover honoring the successful Shenzhou 5 mission, signe
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John Young537 - John Young
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Color satin-finish 10 x 8 photo of Young leaping and saluting the American flag on the lunar surface, signed in white ink, "John Young, 9th Man...
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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John Young538 - John Young
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Color satin-finish 8 x 10 photo of Young posing in his white space suit with the Apollo 16 insignia in the background, signed in black felt tip, &qu...
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John Young539 - John Young
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Official color 8 x 10 NASA lithograph of Young in his blue Space Shuttle flight suit, signed and inscribed in black felt tip, "To Dot Davis, Wi...
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Francis Bacon540 - Francis Bacon
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Signed book: Francis Bacon by John Russell. First edition. London: Methuen & Co., 1964. Hardcover with dust jacket, 5.5 x 7.5. Signed and inscri...
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Frederic-Auguste Bartholdi541 - Frederic-Auguste Bartholdi
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Eminent French sculptor (1834–1904) best known for designing the Statue of Liberty. Ink signature, "Bartholdi,” on an off-white 5 x 1.5 slip cl...
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Gutzon Borglum542 - Gutzon Borglum
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Outstanding and historically significant vintage matte-finish 7 x 9.25 photo of Borglum's miniature clay model of an in-progress Mount Rushmore,...
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Mathew Brady543 - Mathew Brady
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ANS signed “B,” at the top of a letter to Brady from Elijah Cook, nephew of pioneer photographer Charles D. Fredricks, four pages on two adjoining she
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Alexander Calder544 - Alexander Calder
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Four ALSs signed either “Sandy,” “Sandy Calder,” or “Alexander Calder,” five total pages, dated between 1944 and 1947, with each letter addressed to a
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Estimate : 3,000.00 - 5,000.00
 
 
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Salvador Dali545 - Salvador Dali
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LS in French, boldly signed by Salvador Dali, “Salvador Dali, 1952,” with the body written in the hand of his wife Gala, one page, 8.25 x 10.5, May 12
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Salvador Dali546 - Salvador Dali
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Signed book: Dali: A Study of his Life and Work. First American edition. Greenwich, Connecticut: New York Graphic Society, 1958. Hardcover with dust j
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Hubert de Givenchy547 - Hubert de Givenchy
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French fashion designer (1927–2018) who founded the House of Givenchy in 1952, famous for designing clothes for the likes of Audrey Hepburn and Jacque
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Karl Lagerfeld548 - Karl Lagerfeld
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Color glossy 8 x 11.75 photo of Lagerfeld in his distinctive dark sunglasses, signed in gold ink. In fine condition.
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Keith Haring549 - Keith Haring
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Original sketch by Keith Haring entitled 'Lime Light,' which depicts two figures, one seated and the other standing with a television on his...
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Estimate : 3,500.00 - 4,500.00
 
 
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Roy Lichtenstein550 - Roy Lichtenstein
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Very appealing color 24 x 36 lithograph for the 10th Anniversary of the Whitney Museum of American Art at Champion, which shows Roy Lichtenstein'...
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Helmut Newton551 - Helmut Newton
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Two different 4.25 x 6 postcard photos of Newton's classic portraits, individually signed in black ballpoint. In overall fine condition.
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Henri Matisse552 - Henri Matisse
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TLS in French, signed “H. Matisse,” one page, 8.25 x 10.5, December 11, 1953. Letter to Madame J. Leymarie in Grenoble, concerning an artwork, in part
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Henri Matisse553 - Henri Matisse
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ALS in French, signed “H. Matisse,” one page both sides, 8.25 x 5.25, April 19, 1946. Letter to a friend, written from Vence on the French Riviera, in
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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Claude Monet554 - Claude Monet
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ALS in grease pencil in French, four pages on two adjoining sheets, 5 x 8, personal Giverny par Vernon letterhead, September 22, 1923. Letter written
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Estimate : 4,000.00 - 6,000.00
 
 
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