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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Orville Wright444Orville Wright
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TLS, one page, 7 x 9.5, personal letterhead, December 21, 1935. Brief letter to Reverend H. Randel Lookabill, in full: "I thank you for your le...
Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
Orville Wright445Orville Wright
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TLS, one page, 7.25 x 10.5, personal letterhead, December 22, 1938. Brief letter to W. G. Fountaine, in full: "I thank you for your nice letter...
Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
Wright Brothers446Wright Brothers
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Complete program for the "Wright Brothers Home-coming To the Gem City," held in Dayton, Ohio, on June 17-18, 1909, 6 x 8.75, published by ...
Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
Wright Brothers447Wright Brothers
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A flown grease cup used on the Curtiss JN-4 'Jenny' and the DeHaviland DH-4 during World War I, and later used for the restoration of the Wr...
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Apollo Lunar Module448Apollo Lunar Module
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Vintage Apollo lunar module contractor’s model, made of injection-molded plastic and measuring approximately 6" tall and 10" across. The t...
Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
Apollo 11449Apollo 11
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Immensely desirable Apollo 11 ‘Type 1' crew insurance postal cover with a color cachet of lunar surface activities, postmarked at Houston on Jul...
Estimate : 10,000.00 - 15,000.00
Apollo 11450Apollo 11
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Sought-after color semi-glossy 9.75 x 7.75 photo of the Apollo 11 crew posing in their white space suits against a lunar backdrop, signed in black fel
Estimate : 8,000.00 - 10,000.00
Apollo 11451Apollo 11
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Sought-after color 7.5 x 11.25 foil etch reproduction of a John Berkey painting entitled 'One Giant Leap,' which depicts Neil Armstrong stan...
Estimate : 6,500.00 - 7,500.00
Apollo 11452Apollo 11
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Two items: an official color 10 x 8 NASA lithograph showing the Apollo 11 astronauts in their white space suits against a lunar background, signed in
Estimate : 4,000.00 - 6,000.00
Apollo 11453Apollo 11
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Rare Mexican 'Luna 69' FDC with an attractive cachet of a lunar bootprint from the Apollo 11 mission, signed in black felt tip, "Neil A...
Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,500.00
Apollo 11454Apollo 11
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Highly desirable commemorative cover with a stamped cachet honoring the Apollo 11 mission, postmarked at Cape Canaveral on the moon landing date of Ju
Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,500.00
Neil Armstrong455Neil Armstrong
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Extremely desirable official color 8 x 10 NASA lithograph of Armstrong posing in his white space suit against a lunar backdrop, boldly signed in blue
Estimate : 2,500.00 - 3,500.00
Neil Armstrong456Neil Armstrong
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TLS, one page, 8.25 x 10.75, University of Cincinnati letterhead, January 13, 1975. Letter to Lt. David F. Higbee, in full: "The fields of expe...
Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
Neil Armstrong457Neil Armstrong
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Felt tip signature, "Neil Armstrong,” on the reverse of a 5.75 x 4 postcard from the Hyde Park Hotel in Knightsbridge, London. Collector notati...
Estimate : 800.00 - 1,200.00
Michael Collins458Michael Collins
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Highly appealing original watercolor painting by Apollo astronaut Michael Collins entitled 'Hatteras Light,' 22.5 x 18.5, which depicts a li...
Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
Michael Collins459Michael Collins
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Amusing original watercolor painting by Apollo astronaut Michael Collins entitled 'Where Have You Been?,' 15.5 x 21, which depicts a pair of...
Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
Chesley Bonestell460Chesley Bonestell
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American painter, designer, and illustrator (1888-1986) considered to be the 'father of space art,' whose work was influential in science fi...
Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
Chesley Bonestell461Chesley Bonestell
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Attractive color 36 x 23.5 print of a 1956 painting by Chesley Bonestell entitled 'Exploring Mars,' which depicts several astronauts and mac...
Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
Ranger Program Five-Volume Collection of (949) Photographs462Ranger Program Five-Volume Collection of (949) Photographs
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Extremely rare five-volume ‘photographic edition’ set containing 949 lunar images taken by Ranger impact probes 7, 8, and 9 during the program’s succe
Estimate : 3,500.00 - 5,500.00
Buzz Aldrin463Buzz Aldrin
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Replica 9 x 8 metal lunar plaque similar to the one left on the moon's surface by the Apollo 11 crew, affixed to a wooden 10.5 x 13 mount, signe...
Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00