RR Auction: Fine Autographs and Artifacts

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RR Auction's May's Fine Autograph and Artifact sale brings nearly 1,000 unique items to the auction block, including a stunning handwritten musical manuscript by Johann Sebastian Bach; a remarkable letters by Nikola Tesla, Stephen Hawking, and Albert Einstein; and an incredibly rare baseball signed by President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Other highlights include a fantastic selection of sports cards and autographs, including a complete set of 1956 Topps baseball cards, a wealth of modern relics, and a book signed by Babe Ruth. 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 2022.
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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Pappy Boyington Signed Book354 - Pappy Boyington Signed Book
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Signed book: Baa Baa Black Sheep. Later printing. Fresno, CA: Wilson Press, Inc., 1958. Hardcover with dust jacket, 5.75 x 8.75, 384 pages. Signed on
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Ambrose E. Burnside Signed Mortgage Bond355 - Ambrose E. Burnside Signed Mortgage Bond
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Partly-printed DS, signed “A. E. Burnside,” one page, 16 x 13, July 15, 1870. First mortgage bon
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Ambrose E. Burnside Document Signed356 - Ambrose E. Burnside Document Signed
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Partly-printed DS, signed “A. E. Burnside,” one page, 14 x 8.5, May 6, 1867. As Governor, Captai
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Lazare Carnot and Jacques-Nicolas Billaud-Varenne Document Signed357 - Lazare Carnot and Jacques-Nicolas Billaud-Varenne Document Signed
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Manuscript DS in French, signed "Carnot" and "Billaud-Varenne," one page, 8.25 x 12.5, December 29, 1793. Official order of the ...
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Henry Seymour Conway (2) Autograph Letters Signed358 - Henry Seymour Conway (2) Autograph Letters Signed
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Two boldly penned letters by Conway to important military officials: an ALS signed "H. S. Conway," one page, 7.25 x 9.25, June 24, 1790, t...
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Doolittle's Raiders Signed Lithograph and Multi-Signed Companion Sheet359 - Doolittle's Raiders Signed Lithograph and Multi-Signed Companion Sheet
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Limited edition color 26.5 x 18.5 lithograph entitled '0820 18 April 1942,' numbered 332/2000, signed in the lower border in pencil by James...
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Desmond Doss (3) Signed Items360 - Desmond Doss (3) Signed Items
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Three items signed by Desmond Doss, including: a softcover edition of Desmond Doss: In God's Care, published in 1998 by The College Press in Col...
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Abel Aubert du Petit-Thouars Autograph Letter Signed361 - Abel Aubert du Petit-Thouars Autograph Letter Signed
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ALS in French, signed “A. du Petit-Thouars,” three pages on two adjoining sheets, 7.25 x 9.25, J
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Enola Gay Signed Print362 - Enola Gay Signed Print
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Color 18 x 24 poster reproducing the navigator's log of the Enola Gay from its historic flight to drop the atomic bomb on Hiroshima on August 6,...
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Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
 
 
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Enola Gay: Tibbets, Ferebee, Van Kirk Signed Print363 - Enola Gay: Tibbets, Ferebee, Van Kirk Signed Print
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Color 24 x 18 print of a Harley Copic painting entitled 'Atomic Warfare Is Born,' which shows the Enola Gay flying over Japan, with a large ...
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Enola Gay (3) Signed Items364 - Enola Gay (3) Signed Items
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Three items: a glossy 10 x 8 cardstock photo of Paul Tibbets, Theodore ‘Dutch’ Van Kirk, and To
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Enola Gay Signed Photograph365 - Enola Gay Signed Photograph
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Desirable 9 x 7 cardstock composite photo featuring four Enola Gay images, signed in black felt tip, "Paul W. Tibbets," "Thomas W. Fe...
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Enola Gay: Paul Tibbets Signed Print366 - Enola Gay: Paul Tibbets Signed Print
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Color 24 x 18 print of a Harley Copic painting entitled 'Atomic Warfare Is Born,' which shows the Enola Gay flying over Japan, with a large ...
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Élie Frédéric Forey Autograph Letter Signed367 - Élie Frédéric Forey Autograph Letter Signed
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ALS in French, signed “Forey,” one page both sides, 5.25 x 8.25, December 30, 1855. Untranslated
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Joseph Fouche Document Signed368 - Joseph Fouche Document Signed
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Manuscript DS in French, signed “Fouche,” one page, 8 x 12.5, October 3, 1809. Untranslated docu
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John Gurwood Letter Signed369 - John Gurwood Letter Signed
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LS signed “J. Gurwood, Lt. Col.,” one page, 7.25 x 9, September 10, 1834. Letter to "Captain Cre
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Richard Howe Signed Free Frank370 - Richard Howe Signed Free Frank
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Hand-addressed address panel, 4.75 x 3, addressed in the hand of Richard Howe to “Mr. Vincent Hall, Langar, Bingham, Nottin
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Iwo Jima: Joe Rosenthal Signed Stamp Block371 - Iwo Jima: Joe Rosenthal Signed Stamp Block
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Desirable block of three 3¢ United States postage stamps depicting the flag raising on Iwo Jima affixed to a 5.75 x 3.25 card, signed
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Jean-Baptiste Jourdan Autograph Letter Signed372 - Jean-Baptiste Jourdan Autograph Letter Signed
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ALS in French, signed “Jourdan,” one page, 6.75 x 7.75, August 4, 1799. Untranslated handwritten
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Ernest J. King Typed Letter Signed373 - Ernest J. King Typed Letter Signed
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TLS, one page, 8 x 10.5, Navy Department, Bureau of Aeronautics letterhead, December 17, 1928. Letter to Hiram Bingham, the president of the National
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Charles Eugène Gabriel de La Croix, Marquis de Castries Autograph Letter Signed374 - Charles Eugène Gabriel de La Croix, Marquis de Castries Autograph Letter Signed
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Uncommon ALS in French, signed “Castries,” one page, 6.25 x 7.75, November 29, 1782. Untranslate
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Etienne Macdonald Letter Signed375 - Etienne Macdonald Letter Signed
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LS in French, signed “Macdonald,” one page, 7.25 x 9, Legion of Honour letterhead, December 30,
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William Mahone Signed Interest Bond376 - William Mahone Signed Interest Bond
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Partly-printed DS, signed “Wm. Mahone,” one page, 12.25 x 8.25, December 2, 1869. Interest bond
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George C. Marshall Typed Letter Signed377 - George C. Marshall Typed Letter Signed
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TLS signed “G. C. Marshall,” one page, 6.5 x 8.5, personal Department of the Army, Office of Gen
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Fairfax Moresby Autograph Letter Signed378 - Fairfax Moresby Autograph Letter Signed
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ALS, one page, 8 x 12.75, August 13, 1824. Handwritten letter to William Slade in London, reporting on a prize ordered "for the use of the Aust...
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Georges Mouton, comte de Lobau Letter Signed379 - Georges Mouton, comte de Lobau Letter Signed
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LS in French, signed “Lobau,” one page, 8 x 10.25, Département de la Seine lett
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William Nelson, 1st Earl Nelson Autograph Letter Signed380 - William Nelson, 1st Earl Nelson Autograph Letter Signed
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ALS signed “Nelson & Bronte,” one page both sides, 8 x 10, June 28, 1829. Handwritten letter mar
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Chester Nimitz Signed Photograph381 - Chester Nimitz Signed Photograph
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Iconic vintage matte-finish 7 x 5 photo of Fleet Admiral Chester Nimitz signing the Japanese surrender aboard the USS Missouri on September 2, 1945, s
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John J. Pershing Signed Photograph382 - John J. Pershing Signed Photograph
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Handsome matte-finish 9.25 x 13.25 photo of Pershin in his four-star uniform by Harris & Ewing, signed and inscribed in the lower border in foun...
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George Brydges Rodney Autograph Letter Signed383 - George Brydges Rodney Autograph Letter Signed
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ALS signed “Rodney,” one page both sides, 7.5 x 9.5, July 6, 1783. Handwritten letter concerning
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George Rooke Autograph Letter Signed384 - George Rooke Autograph Letter Signed
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ALS signed “G: Rooke,” three pages on two adjoining sheets, 7 x 8.75, June 28, 1702. Handwritten
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Philippe Paul, comte de Ségur Autograph Letter Signed385 - Philippe Paul, comte de Ségur Autograph Letter Signed
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ALS in French, signed “Le Cte. de Segur,” one page, 4.5 x 7.25, no date. Untranslated handwritte
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Louis-Gabriel Suchet Letter Signed386 - Louis-Gabriel Suchet Letter Signed
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LS in French, signed “L. G. Suchet,” one page, 7.5 x 9, Army of Italy letterhead, February 10, 1
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Anne Hilarion de Tourville Autograph Note Signed387 - Anne Hilarion de Tourville Autograph Note Signed
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ANS in French, signed “Le M'al de Tourville,” one page, 6.5 x 3.5, May 2, 1697. Untranslated han
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Laurent Jean François Truguet Autograph Letter Signed388 - Laurent Jean François Truguet Autograph Letter Signed
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ALS in French, signed “Truguet,” one page, 4.5 x 7, personal letterhead, June 15, 1802. Untransl
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USS Constitution 1927 Bronze Restoration Ashtray389 - USS Constitution 1927 Bronze Restoration Ashtray
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Foundry cast bronze ashtray made from metal reclaimed during the 1927 restoration of the USS Constitution. The ashtray measures 6.25 x 4.5 x 1, with b
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Richard Varick Autograph Document Signed with 14 Total Signatures390 - Richard Varick Autograph Document Signed with 14 Total Signatures
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Boldly penned third-person ADS from Richard Varick, who signs his name a total of 14 times throughout the document’s six t
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Claude Louis Hector de Villars Letter Signed391 - Claude Louis Hector de Villars Letter Signed
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Scarce LS in French, signed “Villars,” one page both sides, 6.75 x 8.75, March 7, 1733. Untransl
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Duke of Wellington Signed Free Frank392 - Duke of Wellington Signed Free Frank
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Hand-addressed envelope panel, 5 x 3.5, filled out in Wellington's hand and dated at "London, April first 1828," addressed to "W....
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Charles and Anne Lindbergh Signed Book393 - Charles and Anne Lindbergh Signed Book
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Signed book: North to the Orient by Anne Morrow Lindbergh. First edition. NY: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1935. Hardcover with dust jacket, 5.75 x 8.
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Orville Wright Signed Photograph394 - Orville Wright Signed Photograph
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Iconic 6 x 4.5 cardstock photo of the Wright Brothers’ first flight, captioned at the bottom ‘F
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Estimate : 2,500.00 - 3,500.00
 
 
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Orville Wright Signed Sporting License395 - Orville Wright Signed Sporting License
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United States of America “Annual Sporting License,” number 286, issued to Clarence M. Young by t
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Giovanni Caproni Autograph Letter Signed396 - Giovanni Caproni Autograph Letter Signed
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ALS in Italian, signed “G. Caproni,” two pages on two adjoining sheets, 4.5 x 7, RMS Mauretania
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Clarence Chamberlin Signed Photograph397 - Clarence Chamberlin Signed Photograph
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Vintage 3.5 x 5.5 cardstock photo of Clarence Chamberlin standing in front of ‘Miss Stratosphere,â€
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Douglas 'Wrong Way' Corrigan Signed Photograph398 - Douglas 'Wrong Way' Corrigan Signed Photograph
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Vintage matte-finish 3.25 x 5.5 postcard photo of Douglas Corrigan waving to crowds from an automobile following his 'accidental' transatlan...
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Chuck Yeager Signed Photograph and Signature399 - Chuck Yeager Signed Photograph and Signature
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Two items: a color satin-finish 8 x 10 photo of Yeager posing in front of a Northrop F-20 Tigershark, signed and inscribed in black felt tip, "...
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Moonwalkers (11) Signed Lithograph400 - Moonwalkers (11) Signed Lithograph
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Coveted limited edition color 30 x 24.25 lithograph entitled 'Moonwalkers,' numbered 286/1000, signed in felt tip by eleven of the twelve mo...
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Estimate : 3,000.00 - 5,000.00
 
 
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Gemini 4: White and McDivitt Signed Book401 - Gemini 4: White and McDivitt Signed Book
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Signed book: Gemini: America's Historic Walk in Space. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, 1965. Hardcover, 8.75 x 11.25. Signed on a page with...
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Neil Armstrong EVA Spacesuit Boots X-Ray402 - Neil Armstrong EVA Spacesuit Boots X-Ray
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Highly desirable original NASA X-ray of Apollo 11 astronaut Neil Armstrong’s EVA spacesuit boots, 14 x 17, with upper area
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Estimate : 4,000.00 - 5,000.00
 
 
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Neil Armstrong Pre-Flight Spacesuit (Torso) X-Ray403 - Neil Armstrong Pre-Flight Spacesuit (Torso) X-Ray
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Original one-of-a-kind 17 x 14 X-ray of a portion of Neil Armstrong's A7L spacesuit torso showing the neck ring and the suit's PLSS and OPS ...
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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