RR Auction: Fine Autographs and Artifacts Featuring WWII

Auction Details

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
Choose Your Layout > Switch to Grid View Switch to List View
Apollo 11454 - Apollo 11
RR Auction
Highly desirable commemorative cover with a stamped cachet honoring the Apollo 11 mission, postmarked at Cape Canaveral on the moon landing date of Ju
No Online Bidding For This Lot
Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,500.00
 
 
Details...Bookmark
Neil Armstrong455 - Neil Armstrong
RR Auction
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
No Online Bidding For This Lot
Estimate : 2,500.00 - 3,500.00
 
 
Details...Bookmark
Neil Armstrong456 - Neil Armstrong
RR Auction
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...
No Online Bidding For This Lot
Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
Details...Bookmark
Neil Armstrong457 - Neil Armstrong
RR Auction
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...
No Online Bidding For This Lot
Estimate : 800.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
Details...Bookmark
Michael Collins458 - Michael Collins
RR Auction
Highly appealing original watercolor painting by Apollo astronaut Michael Collins entitled 'Hatteras Light,' 22.5 x 18.5, which depicts a li...
No Online Bidding For This Lot
Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
Details...Bookmark
Michael Collins459 - Michael Collins
RR Auction
Amusing original watercolor painting by Apollo astronaut Michael Collins entitled 'Where Have You Been?,' 15.5 x 21, which depicts a pair of...
No Online Bidding For This Lot
Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
Details...Bookmark
Chesley Bonestell460 - Chesley Bonestell
RR Auction
American painter, designer, and illustrator (1888-1986) considered to be the 'father of space art,' whose work was influential in science fi...
No Online Bidding For This Lot
Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
Details...Bookmark
Chesley Bonestell461 - Chesley Bonestell
RR Auction
Attractive color 36 x 23.5 print of a 1956 painting by Chesley Bonestell entitled 'Exploring Mars,' which depicts several astronauts and mac...
No Online Bidding For This Lot
Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
Details...Bookmark
Ranger Program Five-Volume Collection of (949) Photographs462 - Ranger Program Five-Volume Collection of (949) Photographs
RR Auction
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
No Online Bidding For This Lot
Estimate : 3,500.00 - 5,500.00
 
 
Details...Bookmark
Buzz Aldrin463 - Buzz Aldrin
RR Auction
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...
No Online Bidding For This Lot
Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
Details...Bookmark