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 Wright444 - Orville 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...
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Orville Wright445 - Orville 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...
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Wright Brothers446 - Wright 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 ...
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Wright Brothers447 - Wright 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...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Apollo Lunar Module448 - Apollo 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...
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Apollo 11449 - Apollo 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...
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Estimate : 10,000.00 - 15,000.00
 
 
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Apollo 11450 - Apollo 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
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Estimate : 8,000.00 - 10,000.00
 
 
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Apollo 11451 - Apollo 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...
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Estimate : 6,500.00 - 7,500.00
 
 
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Apollo 11452 - Apollo 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
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Estimate : 4,000.00 - 6,000.00
 
 
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Apollo 11453 - Apollo 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...
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,500.00
 
 
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