RR Auction: Fine Autographs and Artifacts featuring Science and Technology

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Boasting nearly 1,000 lots in a variety of genres, RR Auction's June Fine Autographs and Artifacts sale is highlighted by a Science and Technology section that includes a Lunar Module rotational hand controller, letters by Charles Darwin and Albert Einstein, rare early computer hardware, and more. Other top lots include Apollo 14 moonwalker Edgar Mitchell's lunar surface-worn backpack strap, a letter by Joseph Stalin with a hammer-and-sickle sketch, a Beatles-signed promo slick for A Hard Day's Night, hand-drawn plans from Frank Lloyd Wright's Taliesin studio, and signed letters by luminaries like Davy Crockett, Paul Gauguin, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Sigmund Freud, Richard Wagner, and Claude Monet. 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 June 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 Wright and Richard E. Byrd313 - Orville Wright and Richard E. Byrd
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Very rare Airplane Model League of America (AMLA) contest check, 8.5 x 3.75, filled out in another hand and signed by Richard E. Byrd as honorary pres
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Astronauts315 - Astronauts
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Outstanding official NASA manual entitled “Apollo Spacecraft News Reference,” prepared by the Space Division at North American Rockwell, 304 pages, 9
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Estimate : 6,000.00 - 8,000.00
 
 
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Valery Bykovsky316 - Valery Bykovsky
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Vintage glossy 4 x 6.25 bust-length photo of Valery Bykovsky wearing his military uniform with an array of pins and medals, signed and inscribed in Cy
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Cosmonaut Communications Helmet317 - Cosmonaut Communications Helmet
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Cosmonaut communications helmet consisting of a leather radio headset designed to be worn under the hood of the Sokol spacesuit. The helmet features m
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Cosmonaut Pioneers318 - Cosmonaut Pioneers
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Uncommon 5.5 x 4.25 block of six color stamps honoring significant events in the history of the Soviet Space Program, signed in various ink types by 1
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Yuri Gagarin319 - Yuri Gagarin
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Color vintage 4.25 x 5.75 postcard photo, signed in blue ballpoint. In fine condition.
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Manned Orbiting Laboratory Group 3320 - Manned Orbiting Laboratory Group 3
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Choice official glossy 10 x 8 US Air Force photo of the third group of astronauts for the Manned Orbiting Laboratory project, signed in black felt tip
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Moonwalkers321 - Moonwalkers
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Superb limited edition color 21.5 x 28 print of a painting by R. L. Rasmussen entitled 'Navy to the Moon,' numbered 126/250, showing a Satur...
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Estimate : 4,000.00 - 6,000.00
 
 
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Orlan-D Space Suit Coverall with Sokol Boots322 - Orlan-D Space Suit Coverall with Sokol Boots
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Coverall garment for the Soviet Orlan-D space suit, with a Velcro-secured neck opening, elastic arm holes, and openings in the front for the suit...
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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Gus Grissom323 - Gus Grissom
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ALS signed “Virgil I. Grissom,” one page both sides, 8 x 10, Project Mercury letterhead, May 4, 1960. Letter to Ken Browne, in full: "Please ac...
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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