RR Auction: Rare Manuscript, Document and Autograph Auction

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Headquartered in Amherst, NH, RR Auction is globally recognized as the trusted source for authentic autographed memorabilia and rare signed documents. Since its inception in 1976, the firm has published over 360 consecutive monthly autograph catalogs, which are distributed internationally. The firm recently auctioned the autographed photo of Albert Einstein with his tongue wagging for a record $74,340 and the check astronaut Neil Armstrong signed the day he left for the moon for $27,350.
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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Alan Shepard628 - Alan Shepard
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Signed book: Moon Shot. First edition, first printing. Atlanta: Turner Publishing, Inc., 1994. Softcover, 6 x 9, 383 pages. Signed on a bookplate affi
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Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
 
 
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Shuttle Candidates629 - Shuttle Candidates
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Color 10 x 8 NASA photo of an artist’s conception of a shuttle landing at Edwards, signed in blue felt tip by Marsha Ivins, and also signed in felt ti
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Spacelab630 - Spacelab
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Unused checklist style notebook, 7 x 9.25, labelled on the front, “ERNO Spacelab Note Book. Notebook is broken into informational sections including S
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SpaceShipOne631 - SpaceShipOne
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Ansari X Prize Competition program, 8 x 10, 48 pages, signed on the front cover in black felt tip by Burt Rutan (ins), Mike Melvill, Pete Siebold, Bri
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STS-107632 - STS-107
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Space Shuttle Columbia STS-107 Robbins Medal, approximately 1.5 x 2 with a raised design on the face of the mission insignia, and the mission and astr
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Valentina Tereshkova and Alexei Leonov633 - Valentina Tereshkova and Alexei Leonov
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Color satin-finish 8 x 10 photo of Tereshkova saluting an officer before her flight as Leonov looks on, signed in blue felt tip by both, with Leonov a
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Valentina Tereshkova634 - Valentina Tereshkova
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Satin-finish 10 x 8 photo of Tereshkova eating from a tube while in her capsule, signed in blue felt tip, adding “First woman in Space,” and “Vostok-6
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Valentina Tereshkova635 - Valentina Tereshkova
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Color satin-finish 8 x 10 portrait of Tereshkova in her spacesuit, signed in black felt tip, adding “First woman in space,” and “Vostok-6 16.06-19.06
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Valentina Tereshkova636 - Valentina Tereshkova
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Matte-finish 4 x 6.5 photo of Tereshkova in her cosmonaut suit, signed in the lower border in black ink. In fine condition. Accompanied by the origina
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Milt Thompson637 - Milt Thompson
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NASA research pilot (1926–1993) selected as an astronaut for the United States Air Force X-20 Dyna-Soar program in April 1960. After the Dyna-Soar pro
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Guenter Wendt638 - Guenter Wendt
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Color satin-finish 10 x 8 photo of Wendt having a laugh with Alan Shepard shortly before the Apollo 14 launch, signed in blue felt tip, “Apollo 14—1/1
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Guenter Wendt639 - Guenter Wendt
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Satin-finish 8 x 10 photo of Wendt at work, signed in blue felt tip, “Guenter F. Wendt, Mercury-Gemini-Apollo Pad leader.” In very fine condition.
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Guenter Wendt640 - Guenter Wendt
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Satin-finish 8 x 10 photo of Wendt helping John Glenn into his Friendship 7 capsule, signed in blue felt tip, “Guenter F. Wendt, Padleader.” In very f
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John Young641 - John Young
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Color 8 x 10 NASA photo of Young in his blue space shuttle flight suit, signed and inscribed in black felt tip, “To Dennis Ashley, Best Wishes, John Y
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19th Century American Authors642 - 19th Century American Authors
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Choice selection of seven vintage ink signatures of prominent 19th century American authors on cards and sheets of various sizes. Signers are: Harriet
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Leon Bakst643 - Leon Bakst
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Russian painter (1866–1924) remembered for the exotic, richly colored sets and costumes that he designed for the Ballets Russes. ALS in French, one pa
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Artists644 - Artists
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Collection of 40 items, primarily consisting of portraits and art postcards, each signed by the artist. Signers are: Bele Bachem, Arno Breker, Anthony
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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Hans Christian Andersen645 - Hans Christian Andersen
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Beloved Danish author (1805–1875) best known for such classic fairy tales as The Ugly Duckling, The Red Shoes, and The Emperor’s New Clothes. AQS in G
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Frederic-Auguste Bartholdi646 - Frederic-Auguste Bartholdi
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Color vintage 5.5 x 3.25 cardstock photo of a scenic illustration featuring the sun rising behind the Statue of Liberty, signed in black ink, “F. Bart
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Joseph Beuys and Jasper Johns647 - Joseph Beuys and Jasper Johns
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Influential German artist (1921–1986) and a central figure in the post-war European artistic consciousness, best known for his concept of ‘Social Scul
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Lord Byron649 - Lord Byron
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ALS signed “Byron,” four pages on two adjoining sheets, 7.25 x 9, August 7, 1811. Extensive, unpublished letter to his friend James Wedderburn Webster
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Estimate : 6,000.00 - 7,000.00
 
 
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Albert Camus650 - Albert Camus
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TLS in French, one page both sides, 8.25 x 10.5, Librairie Gallimard letterhead, November 12, 1953. Letter to Nancy MacDonald, chairman of Spanish Ref
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Estimate : 6,000.00 - 7,000.00
 
 
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Elias Canetti651 - Elias Canetti
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Two untranslated letters both in German: ALS, one page both sides, 7 x 9, December 11, 1963, to Eva-Maria Demisch head of the arts section of the Fran
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Estimate : 3,000.00 - 3,500.00
 
 
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Truman Capote652 - Truman Capote
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Signed book: In Cold Blood. Limited first edition, first printing of 500 copies (this being No. 11). NY: Random House, 1965. Hardcover with slipcase,
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Agatha Christie653 - Agatha Christie
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TLS, one page both sides, 4.75 x 7, Winterbrook House letterhead, November 19, 1971. Letter to an admirer. In part, “I know how maddening this changin
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Samuel L. Clemens654 - Samuel L. Clemens
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Crystal-clear vintage matte-finish 4 x 5.75 portrait of Clemens seated at his desk and holding a cigar, signed in the upper right in fountain pen, “Ma
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 2,200.00
 
 
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Samuel L. Clemens655 - Samuel L. Clemens
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Ink signature, “Yrs truly, S. L. Clemens, Mark Twain, Feb. 1878,” on an off-white 4.75 x 1.75 slip. In fine condition, with a small tear to right edge
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Samuel L. Clemens656 - Samuel L. Clemens
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ALS signed “Sam’l L. Clemens,” one page, lightly-lined both sides, 5 x 7.75, October 26, 1870. Letter to Dr. Cardener. In full: “How men do lose their
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Jean Cocteau657 - Jean Cocteau
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Boldly penned ALS in French, one page, 8.25 x 10.5, August 19, 1960. In this untranslated letter, Cocteau writes to Jacques Lepage, editor of a litera
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Salvador Dali658 - Salvador Dali
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Signed book: Essays of Michel de Montaigne. Limited edition of 1000 copies (this being No. 605). NY: Doubleday, 1974. Hardcover with slipcase, 7 x 9.7
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Salvador Dali659 - Salvador Dali
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Signed book: Dali: A Study of his Art-in-Jewels. Limited edition of 100 copies (this being No. 97). Greenwich, Connecticut: New York Graphic Society,
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Honore De Balzac660 - Honore De Balzac
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Scarce ALS in French, signed “de Bc,” one page, 4 x 5.25, August 31, [1848]. Letter to Paul Guerville at the “Theatre Historique.” In part (translated
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Edgar Degas661 - Edgar Degas
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ALS in French, signed “Degas,” one page on a 5 x 3 telegraph postcard, no date but postmarked March 6, 1900. Brief letter to Madame Milan. In full (tr
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Estimate : 4,000.00 - 5,000.00
 
 
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Arthur Conan Doyle662 - Arthur Conan Doyle
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ALS signed “A. Conan Doyle,” one page, 5 x 8, personal letterhead, February 18, 1916. Letter to Mrs. Anley. In full: “I lecture on Loos at H. Majesty’
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Arthur Conan Doyle663 - Arthur Conan Doyle
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Ink signature, “A. Conan Doyle,” on an off-white 3.75 x 3 card. In fine condition, with mild toning to the left half.
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Charles Dickens664 - Charles Dickens
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ALS signed “Wilmot,” one page, 4.5 x 7, black-bordered Gad’s Hill Place letterhead, December 5, 1863. Letter to Peter Cunningham. In part: “I am delig
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Estimate : 6,000.00 - 7,000.00
 
 
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Charles L. Dodgson665 - Charles L. Dodgson
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Exquisite ALS signed “C. L. Dodgson,” four pages on two adjoining sheets, 4.5 x 7, April 8, 1892. Letter to Thomas Gibson Bowles, founder and editor o
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Gustave Eiffel666 - Gustave Eiffel
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ALS in French, signed “G. Eiffel,” one page, 5.25 x 8, personal letterhead, December 5, 1894. Letter to Monsieur Picard, “Commissaire generale de l’Ex
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W. E. B. Du Bois667 - W. E. B. Du Bois
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Influential black writer, educator, and civil rights activist (1868–1963) best known as the co-founder of the NAACP and author of The Souls of Black F
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Max Ernst668 - Max Ernst
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AQS in German on an off-white 8.25 x 10.5 sheet, signed in cursive and in print at the conclusion, “Max Ernst (Max Ernst).” Ernst quotes from his poem
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Estimate : 1,800.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Ralph Waldo Emerson669 - Ralph Waldo Emerson
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ALS signed “R. W. Emerson,” three pages on two adjoining sheets, 8 x 10, October 10, 1893. Letter to James Monroe and Company in Boston. In part, “Mr.
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Eugene Field670 - Eugene Field
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American writer (1850–1895) best known for his poems of childhood, including ‘Wynken, Blynken, and Nod’ and ‘Little Boy Blue.’ Miniscule ALS, one page
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Robert Frost671 - Robert Frost
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Signed book: Selected Poems. Later printing. NY: Henry Holt and Company, 1923. Hardcover, 5.25 x 8, 143 pages. Signed on the first free end page, “Rob
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Jean de la Fontaine672 - Jean de la Fontaine
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One of the most famous French poets of the 17th century (1621–1695) widely known for his collections of fables. ADS in French, signed “de La Fontaine
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Estimate : 15,000.00 - 20,000.00
 
 
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Robert Frost673 - Robert Frost
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Signed book: New Hampshire. First edition, fourth printing. NY: Henry Holt and Company, 1924. Hardcover, 5.75 x 8.75, 113 pages. Opposite the first pa
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe674 - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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German writer, scientist, and philosopher (1749–1832) who takes a place among the central intellectual and artistic figures of his day. His poetry and
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Estimate : 4,000.00 - 5,000.00
 
 
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Ernest Hemingway675 - Ernest Hemingway
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Personal check, 6.25 x 2.75, filled out and signed by Hemingway, “Ernest M. Hemingway,” payable to First National Bank of Key West for $200.00, Februa
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 1,700.00
 
 
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August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben676 - August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben
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German poet (1798–1874) best known as the author of ‘Das Lied der Deutschen’ (a.k.a. ‘Deutschland uber alles’), the national anthem of Germany. ALS in
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Julia Ward Howe677 - Julia Ward Howe
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Author, suffragette, dramatist, poet, and biographer (1819–1910), best remembered as the lyricist of ‘Battle Hymn of the Republic.’ Civil War–dated AL
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Julia Ward Howe678 - Julia Ward Howe
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AQS on an off-white 5.5 x 7.75 sheet. Howe writes, in full, “The responsibilities of a mother are many and momentous. One of her important duties is t
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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