RR Auction: Fine Autographs and Artifacts

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RR Auction celebrates Presidents’ Day in February 2018! Our featured section boasts autographs from every American president, including a variety of virtually unobtainable examples—an Abraham Lincoln land grant, a James A. Garfield autograph letter as president, and a Theodore Roosevelt speech are among the highlights. Other top items include: Olympic medals and torches; artistic autographs from the likes of Matisse, Picasso, and Renoir; literary letters by Proust, Kafka, Dickens, and Voltaire; and autographs of music icons such as the Beatles, Rolling Stones, and Woody Guthrie. 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 February 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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Civil War356 - Civil War
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Collection of eight items, consisting mostly of slips or cards, ranging in size from 3 x 1.75 to 3.5 x 8.5, each signed in ink by a notable Civil War
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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William Colfax357 - William Colfax
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Revolutionary war figure (1756–1838) who served as Captain of George Washington's Life Guard; he was grandfather of Schuyler Colfax, the 17th Vi...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Louis Nicolas Davout358 - Louis Nicolas Davout
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Scarce LS in French, signed “Prince d'Eckmuhl,” one page, 7.75 x 12.25, June 30, 1815. Letter to General Desfourneaux, in part (translated): &qu...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Louis Desaix359 - Louis Desaix
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French general and military leader (1768–1800) who remains a major figure of the French Revolution. Rare manuscript DS, in French, signed “Desaix,” on
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Enola Gay360 - Enola Gay
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Glossy 10 x 8 photo of the crew of the Enola Gay posing below the aircraft, signed in blue felt tip, "Dutch Van Kirk," "Tom Ferebee,&...
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Douglas Haig361 - Douglas Haig
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Field marshal and commander-in-chief of the British expeditionary forces in France and Flanders during WWI (1861–1928). Third-person ALS signed within
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Winfield Scott Hancock362 - Winfield Scott Hancock
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ALS signed “Winf'd S. Hancock,” one page both sides, 5.5 x 8.5, June 20, 1882. Letter to General Henry L. Abbot, commanding officer of the Torpe...
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Japanese Flag Trophy363 - Japanese Flag Trophy
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Personal flag of a Japanese soldier, measuring approximately 28 x 26.5, which would have been carried for good luck during World War II. It was custom
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Douglas MacArthur364 - Douglas MacArthur
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Program for an American Legion dinner honoring General MacArthur held at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles on January 26, 1955, four pages, 7.25 x 1
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Horatio Nelson365 - Horatio Nelson
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Unsigned handwritten address by Horatio Nelson, "Mrs. Colman, St. James's Place," on an off-white 4.75 x 1.25 slip affixed to a trimme...
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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John Pope366 - John Pope
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Kentucky-born Union general (1822–1892) remembered for his defeat at the Second Battle of Bull Run. Ink signature, "Jno. Pope, Maj. Genl. U.S.A...
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William S. Rosecrans367 - William S. Rosecrans
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Union general (1819-1898) who, after a long string of victories, was defeated at Chickamauga and relieved of his command. Uncommon ink signature, &q...
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John Sedgwick368 - John Sedgwick
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Union general (1813-1864) who was killed by Confederate sharpshooters at the Battle of Spotsylvania Court House, ironically while berating his men for
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Spanish-American War369 - Spanish-American War
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Collection of 12 items, consisting mostly of slips or cards, ranging in size from 3.25 x 1.5 to 6.5 x 3.5, each signed in ink by a notable hero of the
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Admiral Heihachiro Togo370 - Admiral Heihachiro Togo
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Japanese naval hero (1848-1934) who led his country's fleet to victory in the Russo-Japanese War. Vintage ink signature, "Count Togo,” on t...
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Vietnam-Era Flags371 - Vietnam-Era Flags
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Two Vietnam-era flags: a 50-star American flag, measuring approximately 60 x 35, exhibiting substantial wear including several large tears and holes t
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Daniel Waldo372 - Daniel Waldo
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Clergyman (1762–1864) who entered the Continental Army at age 16 and was one of just seven Revolutionary War veterans who survived into the age of pho
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Leonard Wood373 - Leonard Wood
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Medal of Honor-winning military officer and physician (1860-1927) who served as Army Chief of Staff and then Governor-General of Cuba and the Philippi
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World War I374 - World War I
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Grouping of six items, ranging in size from 3.5 x 2 to 8 x 10.5, each signed in ink by a notable hero of World War I, including: Tasker H. Bliss (card
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World War II375 - World War II
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Collection of sixteen items, ranging in size from 3.5 x 2 to 8 x 10, each signed in ink by one or more notable heroes of World War II, including: Jame
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Alan Cobham and Richard Covey376 - Alan Cobham and Richard Covey
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Two items: a 6 x 3.5 commemorative cover with a cachet honoring English aviation pioneer Alan Cobham's First United States Overland Flight, init...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Amelia Earhart377 - Amelia Earhart
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Vintage glossy 3.25 x 4 silver gelatin portrait of Earhart wearing a scarf and aviator coat, signed in black ink. Reverse bears ink notations in anoth
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Charles Lindbergh378 - Charles Lindbergh
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Vintage matte-finish 8 x 10.5 portrait of Lindbergh in a casual full-length pose, showing the pilot posing on a step and wearing a handsome striped su
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Hindenburg Flown Fabric Swatch379 - Hindenburg Flown Fabric Swatch
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Flown swatch of red fabric recovered from the wreckage of the Hindenburg following its disastrous explosion at Naval Air Station Lakehurst in New Jers
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Estimate : 4,000.00 - 6,000.00
 
 
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Joe Sutter380 - Joe Sutter
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American engineer (1921–2016) for the Boeing Airplane Company and manager of the design team for the Boeing 747; Smithsonian Air and Space Magazine ha
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Orville Wright381 - Orville Wright
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The Winters National Bank check, 8.5 x 3, filled out in another hand and signed by Wright, "Orville Wright," payable to Mabel Beck for $60...
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Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
 
 
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Wilbur Wright382 - Wilbur Wright
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The Winters National Bank check, 8.25 x 3, filled out in another hand and signed by Wilbur Wright, "Wright B os.," payable to Chas. E. Tay...
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 2,500.00
 
 
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Wernher von Braun383 - Wernher von Braun
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TLS, one page, 8 x 10.5, Army Ballistic Missile Agency letterhead, May 23, 1960. Letter to Roger Caras of Columbia Pictures, in part: "I was ha...
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Buzz Aldrin384 - Buzz Aldrin
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Certificate of retirement from the Armed Services, 11 x 14, dated March 1, 1972, certifying "that Colonel Edwin E. Aldrin, Jr.,…having served f...
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Estimate : 1,200.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Buzz Aldrin385 - Buzz Aldrin
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Huge color satin-finish 20 x 16 full-length photo of Aldrin standing on the lunar surface, his visor showing a small reflection of the photographer, N
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Apollo 11386 - Apollo 11
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Signed book: First on the Moon. Later printing. Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1970. Hardcover with dust jacket, 6.5 x 9.5, 434 pages. Signed and
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Estimate : 4,000.00 - 6,000.00
 
 
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Neil Armstrong387 - Neil Armstrong
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Program for the 23rd Annual VFW Congressional Awards Banquet held in Washington, DC, on March 9, 1971, 5.75 x 11, signed on the front cover in blue ba
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Apollo 11388 - Apollo 11
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Vintage color glossy 9.5 x 7.25 photo of the crew of Apollo 11 posing in their white space suits against a large lunar backdrop, affixed to the origin
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Neil Armstrong389 - Neil Armstrong
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Fascinating TLS, one page, 8 x 10.5, Peace Corps letterhead, July 16, 1971. Letter to Grant Treaster, Jr., in part: “I would like to take this opportu
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STS–1390 - STS–1
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Flown fabric American flag, 5.75 x 4, flown aboard the Space Shuttle Columbia during its inaugural flight on April 12–14, 1981. Flag is affixed to a 7
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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STS–107391 - STS–107
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Flight crew briefing for Space Shuttle Columbia (STS 107), 11 x 8.5, 28 pages, headed “OV-102 L-1 Day.” Introduction states that the briefing includes
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Digital Space Suit Artwork Print392 - Digital Space Suit Artwork Print
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Color 20 x 30 print entitled 'Astronaut Suit Up' created by renowned digital artist Laurence Gartel in 2015, signed in the lower right corne...
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Buzz Aldrin393 - Buzz Aldrin
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Three books, each hardcover with dust jacket, signed on the title page in blue or black ink by Aldrin, with titles including: Mission to Mars; Reachin
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Buzz Aldrin394 - Buzz Aldrin
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Color semi-glossy 8 x 10 photo of Aldrin posing in his white space suit against a lunar background, signed in blue felt tip, “Buzz Aldrin, Apollo XI.”
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Apollo 12395 - Apollo 12
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Color 7.25 x 9.25 photo of the Apollo 12 crew posing in front of the lunar module, signed in black felt tip Charles Conrad, Richard Gordon and Alan Be
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Apollo 14396 - Apollo 14
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Flown swatch of outer skin material from the Apollo 14 spacecraft Kitty Hawk, .25 x .25, affixed to a 5.5 x 3.5 card, which is signed and flight-certi
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Neil Armstrong397 - Neil Armstrong
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Blue felt tip signature, "Neil Armstrong,” on an off-white 5 x 3 card. Collector's notations on reverse indicate that the signature was obt...
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Astronauts398 - Astronauts
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Collection of twenty-three items individually signed by an astronaut, consisting mostly of FDCs, commemorative covers, and 5 x 3 cards, with names inc
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Astronauts399 - Astronauts
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Color satin-finish 20 x 16 photo showing side-by-side images of the Apollo 12 lunar module Intrepid and a floating Bruce McCandless during the world...
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Alan Bean400 - Alan Bean
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Surreal limited edition color reproduction photo entitled ‘Spectrum of Glory,’ 15.5 x 18.5, numbered 20/500, depicting CDR Charles Conrad working on t
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Gene Cernan401 - Gene Cernan
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Color satin-finish 10 x 8 photo of the Apollo 17 moonwalkers en route to Earth aboard the Command Service Module America, signed in blue felt tip, &...
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Gene Cernan and James Lovell402 - Gene Cernan and James Lovell
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Two books: a copy of The Last Man on the Moon, hardcover with dust jacket, signed on the title page in black felt tip by Gene Cernan; and an Easton Pr
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Challenger: Scobee and Onizuka403 - Challenger: Scobee and Onizuka
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Commemorative cover with a color silk cachet honoring the space shuttle, signed in black ink and ballpoint by Dick Scobee, Ellison Onizuka, Loren Shri
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Michael Collins404 - Michael Collins
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Color semi-glossy 8 x 10 photo of Collins posing in his white space suit against a lunar backdrop, signed in blue felt tip, “Mike Collins.” In very fi
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Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
 
 
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Alexei Leonov405 - Alexei Leonov
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Beautiful pair of celestial prints by famed cosmonaut and artist Alexei Leonov: a color limited edition 32 x 23 print of a painting entitled ‘The Ashy
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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