RR Auction: Fine Autographs and Artifacts featuring John F. Kennedy

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With a featured section honoring the birthday of President John F. Kennedy, RR Auction's May Fine Autographs and Artifacts sale boasts nearly 750 diverse lots. Top JFK items include an original portrait study by Aaron Shikler, Jacqueline Kennedy's personally-worn maternity dress, windows from the Texas School Book Depository, and a rosary used by a priest at Parkland Hospital, as well as assorted autographs and other personal effects. Additional highlights in the sale are rare signatures of Vladimir Lenin and Leon Trotsky, Bob Dylan's handwritten lyrics for "The Times They Are-a-Changin'," a near-mint trio of the first Playboy issues, and a cigar box signed by Fidel Castro. 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 May 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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Louis-Gabriel Suchet381 - Louis-Gabriel Suchet
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Marshal of France (1770–1826) considered to be one of Napoleon Bonaparte's most brilliant generals. Untranslated manuscript DS in French, signed...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Sylvanus Thayer382 - Sylvanus Thayer
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Colonel and brevet brigadier general (1785–1872) who was an early superintendent of the United States Military Academy and is remembered as the '...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Tuskegee Airmen: Charles McGee383 - Tuskegee Airmen: Charles McGee
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Four glossy photos of famed Tuskegee airman Charles McGee, 8 x 10 and 10 x 8, each signed in thin black felt tip, “Charles E. McGee,” who adds various
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Amelia Earhart384 - Amelia Earhart
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Signed book: The Fun of It: Random Records of My Own Flying and of Women in Aviation. First edition. NY: Brewer, Warren & Putnam, 1932. Hardcove...
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Charles Lindbergh385 - Charles Lindbergh
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Signed book: The Spirit of St. Louis. Limited presentation edition, number 679. NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1953. Hardcover, 5.75 x 8.5, 562 pa...
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Orville Wright386 - Orville Wright
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The Winters National Bank check, 8 x 3, filled out in another hand and signed by Orville Wright, payable to The Dayton Power & Light Co. for $5....
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Chuck Yeager387 - Chuck Yeager
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Two glossy photos, 7 x 5 and 10 x 8, both signed and inscribed in black ink by Chuck Yeager, with images including: Yeager posing next to his Glamorou
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Astronauts388 - Astronauts
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Tremendous archive of over 1,500 official NASA photo negatives, transparencies, and prints documenting the Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo space programs
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Estimate : 15,000.00 - 20,000.00
 
 
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Alan Bean and Edgar Mitchell389 - Alan Bean and Edgar Mitchell
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Desirable 1:48 scale model of the Apollo Lunar Excursion Module (LEM), beautifully signed on the black base in silver ink by two moonwalkers, "...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Moonwalkers390 - Moonwalkers
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Three DVDs for the 2007 space documentary The Wonder of It All, individually signed in silver ink or white paint by a moonwalker: "Alan Bean, A...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Mercury 7391 - Mercury 7
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Extremely desirable cover, 6.5 x 3.5, with a cachet of a rocket launch reading "Missile Fired from...Cape Canaveral," postmarked at Patric...
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Estimate : 4,000.00 - 6,000.00
 
 
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Buzz Aldrin392 - Buzz Aldrin
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Iconic official color 10 x 8 NASA lithograph showing Aldrin walking on the lunar surface, with Armstrong reflected in his visor, signed and inscribed
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Buzz Aldrin393 - Buzz Aldrin
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Official color 8 x 10 NASA lithograph of LMP Aldrin posing in his white space suit against a lunar backdrop, signed and inscribed in thin black felt t
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Buzz Aldrin394 - Buzz Aldrin
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Four books signed on an opening page in ink or felt tip by Apollo 11 astronaut Buzz Aldrin, including: Magnificent Desolation, Mission to Mars: My Vis
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Apollo 11395 - 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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Neil Armstrong396 - Neil 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
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Estimate : 2,500.00 - 3,500.00
 
 
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Neil Armstrong397 - Neil Armstrong
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Official color 8 x 10 NASA lithograph of Armstrong in his white space suit against a lunar background, signed in blue felt tip, "Neil Armstrong...
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 2,500.00
 
 
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Neil Armstrong398 - Neil Armstrong
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Appealing color glossy 5 x 5.75 postcard photo of LMP Buzz Aldrin standing on the lunar surface, his visor showing a small reflection of the photograp
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,500.00
 
 
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Michael Collins399 - Michael Collins
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Color satin-finish 8 x 10 photo of CMP Collins posing in his white space suit against a lunar backdrop, signed in blue felt tip, "Michael Colli...
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Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
 
 
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Apollo 12400 - Apollo 12
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Impressive assortment of items signed by each crew member of the Apollo 12 mission: a rare three-piece 5 x 3.25 swatch of fabric from the Command Modu
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Estimate : 3,500.00 - 4,500.00
 
 
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