RR Auction: Fine Autographs and Artifacts

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With more than 1,000 lots, RR Auction’s May Fine Autographs and Artifacts auction features an impressive assortment of historic collectibles. This month includes a special Literature section, with rare and significant items such as an illustrated, autographed manuscript of Hermann Hesse’s "Piktor's Verwandlungen"; Anton Chekhov's “Stories and Tales,” inscribed; a handwritten quotation from Guo Moruo; and many more top authors like Joyce, Tolkien, Orwell, Sartre, Sendak and Whitman. The Music section features incredible original artwork by Frederic Chopin; a 350-page “Who’s Who in Rock & Roll,” signed by hundreds of the genre’s greatest musicians; and a fully signed Beatles autograph with additional, rare signature from Ray Charles. This catalog also includes items from US History, Space, Art, Entertainment and more. 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 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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Apollo 8585 - Apollo 8
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Postal cover with a stamped cachet honoring the Apollo 8 mission and reading, "Flight Around the Moon," postmarked December 24, 1968, sign...
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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Apollo 10586 - Apollo 10
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Launch day postal cover with a stamped cachet honoring the Apollo 10 mission, the second manned moon orbital flight, postmarked May 18, 1969, signed i
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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Apollo 10587 - Apollo 10
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Official color 10 x 8 NASA lithograph showing images of the Sea of Tranquility landing site and Apollo 10 spacecraft, signed in black felt tip, &quo...
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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Apollo 11588 - Apollo 11
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Official color 10 x 8 NASA lithograph of the Apollo 11 crew posing in their white space suits against a lunar background, signed and inscribed in blac
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Estimate : 3,500.00 - 4,500.00
 
 
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Apollo 11589 - Apollo 11
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Vintage color glossy 10.75 x 13.75 full-length photo of Buzz Aldrin standing on the lunar surface, his visor showing a small reflection of the photogr
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Estimate : 3,000.00 - 4,000.00
 
 
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Apollo 11590 - Apollo 11
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Extremely desirable Apollo 11 'Type 1' insurance cover with a color cachet depicting the moon landing, bearing several July 20, 1969, Housto...
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Estimate : 2,500.00 - 3,500.00
 
 
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Apollo 16591 - Apollo 16
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Official color glossy 10 x 8 red-numbered NASA photo of the the Darney Chi, Tau, and Lambda craters on the lunar surface, signed in black felt tip, ...
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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Apollo 16592 - Apollo 16
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Apollo 16 insurance cover with a cachet of the mission insignia and two sets of astronaut wings, bearing an April 16, 1972, Kennedy Space Center launc
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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Apollo-Soyuz593 - Apollo-Soyuz
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A flown white 5 x 5 swatch of Beta cloth featuring the ASTP mission insignia, carried on the Apollo-Soyuz mission, signed in black ink by Tom Stafford
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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Christa McAuliffe594 - Christa McAuliffe
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Color semi-glossy 7.5 x 8.75 photo of McAuliffe wearing her blue flight suit and holding a model of the Space Shuttle Orbiter, signed in black felt ti
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Buzz Aldrin595 - Buzz Aldrin
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Color satin-finish 8 x 10 full-length photo of Aldrin standing on the lunar surface, his visor showing a small reflection of the photographer, Neil Ar
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Buzz Aldrin596 - 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 : 300.00 - 500.00
 
 
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Buzz Aldrin597 - Buzz Aldrin
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Color satin-finish 10 x 8 full-length profile photo of Aldrin posing near the American flag on the lunar surface, signed in silver ink, “First Lunar L
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Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
 
 
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Buzz Aldrin598 - 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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Apollo 10599 - Apollo 10
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Flown heatshield plug recovered from the Apollo 10 Command Module Charlie Brown, presented in a cylindrical Lucite display, measuring 3? in diameter a
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Apollo 10600 - Apollo 10
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Limited edition flown 2.5 x 2 section of the Earth Landmark Map carried to the moon during the Apollo 10 mission, numbered 50/50, affixed to a Space L
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Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
 
 
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Apollo 13601 - Apollo 13
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Small package of flown fragments from the Apollo 13 command module Odyssey's ablative aft heat shield, affixed to an 11 x 8.5 certificate of aut...
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Apollo 13602 - Apollo 13
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A flown .25 x .25 swatch of Kapton foil removed from the Apollo 13 Command Module Odyssey. The foil is affixed to a 3.5 x 2.5 presentation sheet beari
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Apollo 13603 - Apollo 13
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Satin-finish 8 x 10 photo of the damaged Apollo 13 Service Module, signed in gold ink, "Gene Kranz, 'Flight,'" and "'We m...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Apollo 14604 - Apollo 14
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Flown 1 x 1 swatch of Beta cloth carried into lunar orbit during the Apollo 14 mission, affixed to an off-white 8 x 10.5 sheet of NASA letterhead pres
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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