RR Auction: Fine Autographs and Artifacts

Ink signature, "W. S. Rosecrans, Bvt. Maj'r Gen'l USA,” on the reverse of his 3 x 1.25 personal calling card. In very...

Naval officer (1839–1911) who commanded the destruction of the Spanish fleet at Santiago de Cuba and who led the expeditio

Brigadier general in the United States Air Force (1908–2006) who was a flying ace of World War II and is credited with sho

Large and bold ink signature, "P. H. Sheridan, Lt. General, US Army," on an off-white 5.5 x 3 lightly-lined slip. In fine condition, with ...

Riggs & Co. bank check, 7.5 x 2.75, filled out and signed by William T. Sherman, "W. T. Sherman," payable to L. U. Reaves for $30, Feb...

US Navy admiral during World War II (1886–1969) remembered for commanding forces during the Battle of Midway and the Battl

American commodore and politician (1795–1866) who played an integral role in the capture of California during the Mexican-

Famous cavalry commander (1778–1845) in the Austrian and Russian armies during the Napoleonic Wars. ALS in German, signed

Three autographs by leading figures in the Thirty Years' War, fought within the Holy Roman Empire from 1618 to 1648 and considered to be one of ...

Pair of foundry cast bronze bookends made from metal reclaimed during the 1927 restoration of the USS Constitution. The bookends measure 6 x 6.5 and f

The sixth vice president of the United States under James Madison, who also served as the fourth governor of New York (1774â€

Son of Daniel Webster who served as a Union colonel during the Civil War and was killed in action at the Second Battle of Bull Run (1818â

Hand-addressed envelope panel, 4.5 x 2.75, filled out in Wellington's hand and dated at "London, May second 1829," addressed to "...

Army general (1901–1990) nicknamed 'Mr. Armor' due to his extensive experience in tank warfare; he served as commanding ge

Three hardcover books signed by United States Army generals who distinguished in WWII, including: Mark W. Clark (From the Danube to the Yalu); Matthew

TLS, one page, 8.5 x 11, Law Offices of Reagan and Neal letterhead, March 10, 1950. Letter to Tennessee Governor Gordon Browning, in full: "A c...

Australian aviator (1897–1935) who made the first trans-Pacific flight from the United States to Australia. After setting

Neat fountain pen signature, "Orville Wright,” on an off-white 3.75 x 3 card, annotated along the bottom in another hand: &qu...

Menu created for a special "Diner de la Marmite" hosted for pioneering aviators on November 20, 1908, measuring 15.75 x 11.75 open, neatly...

Original vintage semi-glossy 9 x 6.75 photograph of the "Aeroplane de Wilbur Wright" at the 2e Exposition Internationale Aérona...

Hugely desirable pairing of ALSs from legendary aviation brothers Orville and Wilbur Wright, both one page, similarly sized at 5.5 x 8.5 and 5.25 x 8.

Group lot of 14 prints of portrait sketches by cartoonist Milton Caniff of various heroes of aviation, including Air Force pilots and generals, astron

Program for the graduation formal of Air Command and Staff College Class of 1992, held at the Civic Center in Montgomery, Alabama, on June 13, 1992, w

Early French aircraft designers and builders. Vintage matte-finish 10 x 8 photo of the French aviation pioneers posing in front of an aircraft with mi

Two limited edition 10 x 8 philatelic souvenirs from FLOREX '97 honoring Col. Joe W. Kittinger, Jr., each numbered to 200, all signed in black f...

Air mail postal cover, 6 x 3.5, postmarked on March 9, 1929, signed vertically along the left edge in black ink by Charles Lindbergh, "C. A. Li...

Signed book: We. Special author's autograph edition, limited issue, numbered 607/1000. NY: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1927. Hardcover, 6.75 x 10.2...

American aeronaut and inventor (1832–1913) whose Union balloon corps tracked enemy movements during the Civil War, known a

Italian aviator (1890–1933) who is best remembered for his record-setting long-range seaplane flights in the 1920s, which

FDC with a Colorano silk cachet honoring the 75th anniversary of the Wright Brothers, signed in blue or black ballpoint by Burt Rutan, the designer of

Four items signed in black ink or felt tip by Chuck Yeager: an off-white 5 x 3 card; a light green 5 x 3 card with affixed image; a color 5 x 5.25 tri

Three items signed in ballpoint or felt tip by Chuck Yeager: an ALS signed “Chuck,” one page, 4

Two photos: a 5.5 x 8 photo clipped from a book that shows Chuck Yeager accepting the Peacetime Congressional Medal of Honor from President Ford, sign

Dinner ticket for the 1980 Enshrinement Ceremonies at the Aviation Hall of Fame in Dayton, Ohio, on July 19, 1980, 4 x 2.25, signed on the reverse in

Vintage matte-finish 9.25 x 7 photo of the original seven Mercury astronauts admiring a large rocket and capsule model, signed in the lower border in

Fantastic vintage glossy 10 x 8 photo of White beside a plane during his Air Force days, signed and inscribed in fountain pen, "To Judy, Best w...

Official color glossy 9.75 x 8 NASA photo of President Nixon enjoying a laugh with the Apollo 11 crew as they peer out of their quarantine trailer fol

Program sheet for an ‘Alumni Awards Luncheon’ held by the General Alumni Association of the Uni

Two items: an ink signature, "Neil Armstrong, Apollo 11," on an off-white 4.25 x 2 card; and an oversized official color 15.75 x 21.5 NASA...

Uncommon oversized official color semi-glossy 13.5 x 10.75 NASA photo of the Earth as viewed from outer space, affixed to the original 20 x 16 present

Official oversized color 15.75 x 23.5 NASA photographic print of LMP Buzz Aldrin standing next to the American flag on the lunar surface during the hi

Color semi-glossy 8 x 10 photo of history's second moonwalker proudly posing in his white space suit against a lunar backdrop, signed in blue fe...

Signed book: Magnificent Desolation: Images from the Apollo 11 Lunar Mission with the Words of Astronaut Buzz Aldrin. First edition, limited issue, nu

Signed book: NASA: The Complete Illustrated History. Limited collector's edition. Norwalk, CT: Easton Press, 2005. Leatherbound hardcover, 9.75 ...

Two symposium programs signed by an Apollo moonwalker: a program for ‘Looking Backward, Looking Forward: Forty Years of U.S

Desirable trio of ink signatures and inscriptions of the Apollo 11 astronauts on individual 5.5 x 4.5 album pages: "To Charles, Neil Armstrong,...

Apollo 12 'Type 1' insurance cover bearing a mission emblem cachet with Navy wings underneath, postmarked at the Kennedy Space Center on Nov...

Uncommon pairing of orange “Apollo 12, Arrival Ceremony” passes, 5 x 4, both marked below,

Official color 8 x 10 NASA lithograph of the Apollo 12 crew posing in their white space suits in front of the lunar module, signed in black felt tip b

Launch day cover with an affixed color cachet honoring the launch of Apollo 12, postmarked at Cape Canaveral on November 14, 1969, signed in blue ball

Desirable 'Type 1' cover with a cachet of the Apollo 13 mission insignia, signed in black felt tip by the original prime crew of James Lovel...

Official color 10 x 8 NASA lithograph showing four views from the Apollo 13 mission, signed in black felt tip, "The Apollo 13 mission, NASA'...

Launch day cover with a cachet honoring the Apollo 13 mission, postmarked at Cape Canaveral on April 11, 1970, signed in ink by James Lovell, Fred Hai

Color satin-finish 10 x 8 photo of Mission Control with Flight Director Gene Kranz in the foreground and LMP Fred Haise on the television screen in th

Desirable color glossy 8 x 10 photo of the two would-be moonwalkers during training, signed in black felt tip, "James Lovell" and "Fr...

Recovery cover with a cachet honoring the Apollo 7 mission's splashdown in the Atlantic Ocean, postmarked at Cape Canaveral on the recovery date...

Official color 10 x 8 NASA lithograph of the American crew of the Apollo–Soyuz Test Project posing together in their white

Six books signed by astronauts, including: Buzz Aldrin (No Dream Is Too High); Alan Shepard (Moon Shot, inscribed); Dave Scott (Two Sides of the Moon)

Two official color NASA lithographs, 8 x 10 and 10 x 8, with one depicting the launch of STS-4, the third test flight of the Space Shuttle Orbiter Col

Program for a symposium at the National Museum of Naval Aviation, held at the Naval Air Station, in Pensacola, Florida, on May 9 and 10, 2002, 18 page

Color 34 x 22.5 paperstock poster of planet Earth as seen from outer space, signed and inscribed in purple felt tip, "To Helenâ€

Official color 8 x 10 NASA lithograph of Borman posing beside a model rocket, signed in black felt tip. In very fine condition.

Official color 8 x 10 NASA lithograph of the Gemini 7 prime and backup crews, signed in black felt tip by Command Pilot Frank Borman. In fine conditio

Signed book: The Last Man on the Moon. First St. Martin's Griffin Edition. NY: St. Martin's Griffin, 2000. Hardcover, 6.5 x 9.5, 356 pages. ...

Two programs for the United States Naval Aviation Hall of Honor Enshrinement Ceremonies of 2004 and 2006, both 5.5 x 8.5, individually signed on the f

Two official color 8 x 10 NASA lithographs of Apollo 17 crew members Gene Cernan and Ron Evans in their white space suits, individually signed and ins

Color satin-finish 20 x 16 photo of the Command Module Columbia soaring high above the lunar surface during the Apollo 11 mission, signed in black fel

Color satin-finish 8 x 10 photo of Cooper wearing his silver space suit during the Mercury program, signed in blue felt tip, "Gordon Cooper, Fa...

Soviet commemorative cover honoring the 500th anniversary of the birth of Copernicus, signed in ink by Alexei Leonov, Valeri Kubasov, Vladimir Shatalo

Seven items signed in black felt tip by Bob Crippen, including: five different 8 x 10 photos (one also signed by Karol 'Bo' Bobko); and two ...

Color satin-finish 20 x 16 close-up photo of LMP Cunningham jotting down notes inside the Apollo CSM-101 spacecraft during the Apollo 7 mission, signe

Two photos: an official 8 x 10 NASA Lithograph of Cunningham posing with a rocket model, signed in silver ink, "Walt Cunningham, Apollo 7"...

Color satin-finish 10 x 8 photo of Duke collecting lunar soil samples at the rim of Plum crater, signed in blue felt tip, "Dream Big! Charlie D...

Recovery cover with a stamped cachet honoring the Gemini 9 recovery in the Atlantic Ocean, postmarked on the USS William C. Lawe on June 6, 1966, sign

Seven items signed in black felt tip by Bob Crippen, including: four different 8 x 10 photos; and three Panini trading cards. In overall very fine con

ALS, one page, 7.25 x 10.5, personal letterhead, March 13, 1971. Handwritten letter to "Mr. Zuckerman," in part: "We certainly need a...

Official vintage glossy 10 x 8 NASA photo of China taken from inside the Faith 7 spacecraft during his historic orbital flight, signed and inscribed i

Satin-finish 16 x 20 photo of the damaged Apollo 13 capsule, signed in silver ink, "Okay. Right now, Houston, the voltage isâ€

Official color 8 x 10 NASA lithograph of Haise in his white space suit against a starry background, signed and inscribed in black felt tip, "To...

Two items: an ALS signed "Fred Haise, Apollo 13 LMP," one page, 5.5 x 8.5, personal stationery, March 5, 2003, in part: "I sure wish ...

Official color 8 x 10 NASA lithograph of Haise in his white space suit, signed in black felt tip, "Fred Haise, Apollo 13 LMP, Enterprise CDR.&q...

Two SpaceShots trading cards—one of the Apollo 13 launch and one of Haise in his white space suitâ€

Official color 10 x 8 NASA lithograph of the Apollo 15 crew in their white space suits, signed and inscribed in black felt tip, "Safwat, My Ver...

Three trading cards signed by the NASA Flight Director: two Panini cards showing Kranz in the Mission Control Center in Houston, signed in black felt

First African-American astronaut (1935–1967) who was killed in a crash of an F-104 Starfighter at Edwards Air Force Base.

Pair of satin-finish photos of Apollo-Soyuz Test Project cosmonauts Alexei Leonov and Valeri Kubasov in their space suits, 8 x 10 and 10 x 8, both pho

Six items signed by Lousma, including: three different color satin-finish photos, 8 x 10 and 10 x 8, each signed in black felt tip; and three differen

Two trading cards—a SpaceShot card featuring the classic white space suit image, and a Panini card honoring his Apollo 8 f

Color satin-finish 10 x 8 photo of the iconic Apollo 8 'Earthrise,' signed in black felt tip by CMP James Lovell. In fine condition.

Color satin-finish 8 x 10 photo of Lovell posing in front of the launch pad in his white space suit, signed in black felt tip. In fine condition.

Two official color 8 x 10 NASA lithographs of would-be Apollo 13 moonwalkers Fred Haise and Jim Lovell, individually signed and inscribed in black fel

Three photos: two identical color 8 x 10 Lockheed Martin cardstock photos of McCandless's historic first untethered free flight, signed in black...

Sought-after signed book: The Astronauts by Don Myrus. First edition. NY: Rutledge Books / Grosset & Dunlap, 1961. Hardcover, 8.5 x 11.25, 92 pa...

Group lot of five vintage covers and envelopes, each postmarked between 1962 and 1968, individually signed in ink by one of the original Mercury astro

Mercury Journal pamphlet detailing the chronology of each of the six crewed flights made between May 1961 and May 1963, 8.5 x 11, signed on the front

Greeting card invitation for a press conference at the Astronaut Hall of Fame on October 28, 1998, in honor of John Glenn’

Commemorative cover with a cachet honoring the opening of the Smithsonian Institution's National Air and Space Museum, postmarked at Washington,...

Official color 10 x 8 NASA lithograph of Mitchell posing in his white space suit against the Apollo 14 mission insignia, signed in black felt tip, &...

Group lot of six calling and business cards belonging to Apollo moonwalkers, each 3.5 x 2, individually signed in ink or felt tip by the following ast

Official color 8 x 10 NASA lithograph containing portraits of Astronaut Group 8, signed in ink and felt tip by all 35 pictured astronauts: Guion Blufo