Auction Details
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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575Orville WrightRR Auction
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.
Estimate : 2,000.00 - 2,500.00
576Orville WrightRR Auction
Program issued for the "Orville Wright Dinner of the Society of Automotive Engineers, Inc.," held in Dayton, Ohio, on June 17, 1918, thirt...
Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
577Orville WrightRR Auction
Vintage matte-finish 7.5 x 9.5 studio portrait of Orville Wright wearing a tuxedo, signed in fountain pen. In fine to very fine condition.
Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
578Orville WrightRR Auction
The Winters National Bank & Trust Co. check, 8.5 x 3, filled out in another hand and signed by Wright, payable to Mabel Beck for $73.85, May 14,...
Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
579Chuck YeagerRR Auction
Limited edition flown FDC carried at Mach 1 by Yeager on the 50th anniversary of the first supersonic flight, numbered 976/1000, signed along the top
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
580AstronautsRR Auction
Tremendous collection of 103 postcards, FDCs, and commemorative covers, with several bearing launch dates and mission-specific cachets, ranging in siz
Estimate : 5,000.00 - 7,000.00
581AstronautsRR Auction
Tremendous color limited edition 27.25 x 34 textured canvas print of an Alan Bean painting entitled ‘Reaching for the Stars,’ numbered 823/1500, stret
Estimate : 2,000.00 - 2,500.00
582CosmonautsRR Auction
Six KNIGA covers, all with cachets commemorating Russian space achievements, issued and canceled to mark one of the first six Russian manned space mis
Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
583Mercury 7RR Auction
Superb vintage color glossy 13.25 x 10.75 full-length photo of the original Mercury astronauts posing in front of a Convair F106-B aircraft at Langley
Estimate : 3,000.00 - 5,000.00
584Mercury AstronautsRR Auction
Official color 9.75 x 7.75 NASA lithograph of the original Mercury astronauts posing in front of a Convair F106-B aircraft at Langley Air Force Base o
Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00