RR Auction: Fine Autographs and Artifacts featuring Science Fiction

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Loaded with over 1,000 lots, RR Auction’s April Fine Autograph and Artifact sale features an amazing assortment of historic collectibles. This catalog begins with a featured section of science fiction, fantasy, and horror, exploring these popular genres across Hollywood and literature—from Forrest J. Ackerman’s Frankenstein posters to screen-used Star Trek props to first editions by Asimov, Bradbury, Heinlein, and King. Other top highlights in this sale are: a letter sent by George Washington from West Point during the Revolution; an exceedingly rare Martha Washington autograph letter boasting a presidential free frank; a significant letter by Martin Luther King, Jr., on Jackie Robinson; a fully-signed Beatles Parlophone Records promo card; and letters by renowned photographer Alfred Stieglitz. 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 April 2018.
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 Wright442 - Orville Wright
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Vintage 6.25 x 4.5 cardstock photo of the Wright Brothers’ first flight, captioned at the bottom ‘First Man-Flight, December 17, 1903, Kitty Hawk, N.
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 2,500.00
 
 
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Orville Wright443 - Orville Wright
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ANS, one page, 6.25 x 7.75, July 31, 1909. Wright writes to an unknown recipient, in full: “With pleasant remembrances of our association in the ‘flyi
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 2,500.00
 
 
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Orville Wright444 - Orville Wright
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Splendid vintage matte-finish 8 x 10 reprint photo of an Orville Wright portrait by Underwood & Underwood, signed and inscribed in fountain pen,...
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Orville Wright445 - Orville Wright
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The Winters National Bank check, 8.25 x 3, filled out and signed by Orville Wright, "Wright Cycle Co., O. W.," payable to E. K. Morris &am...
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Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
 
 
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Orville Wright446 - Orville Wright
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The Winters National Bank check, 7.5 x 3, filled out in another hand and signed by Wright, payable to The Dayton Blue Print & Supply, Co. for $6...
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Wilbur Wright447 - Wilbur Wright
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Rare vintage matte-finish 4.5 x 6.5 portrait of the elder Wright brother by the White Studio of New York, signed and inscribed in fountain pen, “To Co
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Estimate : 12,000.00 - 15,000.00
 
 
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Apollo Astronauts448 - Apollo Astronauts
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Signed book: De la Terre a la Lune, trajet direct en 97 heures 20 minutes. Paris: J. Hetzel, Bibliotheque D'education et de Recreation. French l...
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Estimate : 5,000.00 - 7,000.00
 
 
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Cosmonauts449 - Cosmonauts
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Six KNIGA covers, all with cachets commemorating Russian space achievements, issued and canceled to mark one of the first six Russian manned space mis
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Konstantin Tsiolkovsky450 - Konstantin Tsiolkovsky
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Russian physicist (1857-1935) who pioneered the study of rocketry and cosmonautics and whose discoveries were of crucial importance in the development
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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John Glenn451 - John Glenn
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Softcover manual entitled Results of the First United States Manned Orbital Space Flight, 204 pages, 7.75 x 10.25, February 20, 1962, signed on the fr
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Gus Grissom452 - Gus Grissom
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Personal check, 6.25 x 2.75, filled out and signed by Grissom, "Virgil I. Grissom," payable to Rhymes Repair Service for $83.77, March 30,...
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Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
 
 
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Mercury 7453 - Mercury 7
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Amazing vintage color glossy 13.75 x 10.75 full-length photo of the original Mercury astronauts posing in front of a Convair F106-B aircraft at Langle
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Estimate : 3,000.00 - 5,000.00
 
 
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Mercury Astronauts454 - Mercury Astronauts
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Brilliant color limited edition 32.75 x 23.5 print of a painting by artist George Bishop entitled ‘Mercury 7,’ showing the Mercury-Redstone rocket lau
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Mercury Astronauts455 - Mercury Astronauts
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Official color 10 x 8 NASA lithograph of the original Mercury astronauts posing in front of a Convair F106-B aircraft at Langley Air Force Base on Jan
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Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
 
 
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Wally Schirra456 - Wally Schirra
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Two items: an official color 8 x 10 NASA lithograph of Schirra wearing his Mercury space suit with a capsule model in the background, signed and inscr
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Apollo 11457 - Apollo 11
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Exceptionally desirable Apollo 11 'Type 1' insurance cover with a color cachet depicting the moon landing, bearing a July 20, 1969, Houston,...
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Estimate : 10,000.00 - 15,000.00
 
 
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Apollo 11458 - Apollo 11
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Phenomenal vintage color glossy 10.75 x 13.75 photo of the Helicopter 66 recovery of the Apollo 11 astronauts after splashdown on July 24, 1969, affix
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Estimate : 4,000.00 - 6,000.00
 
 
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Neil Armstrong459 - Neil Armstrong
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The Retrospect yearbook, dating from Armstrong’s senior year at Blume High School in Wapakoneta, Ohio, in 1947, hardcover, 8 x 11, 88 pages. Armstrong
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Estimate : 3,000.00 - 4,000.00
 
 
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Neil Armstrong460 - Neil Armstrong
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Fantastic color satin-finish 8 x 10 red-numbered NASA photo of Armstrong posing in his white space suit against a lunar background, signed in black fe
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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Neil Armstrong461 - Neil Armstrong
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TLS, one page, 8.5 x 11, University of Cincinnati letterhead, January 13, 1975. Letter to Lt. David F. Higbee, in full: "The fields of expertis...
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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