RR Auction: Rare Manuscript, Document, and Autograph Auction

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Headquartered in Boston’s North End, RR Auction is a globally recognized and trusted source for rare documents, manuscripts, autographs, and historic artifacts. Since its inception in 1980, RR has achieved countless record-setting prices in over 425 successful sales, including Truman Capote’s hand-notated manuscript for Breakfast at Tiffany’s for over $300,000, President Kennedy’s 1963 convertible for $318,000, and a pair of Bonnie and Clyde’s guns for over $500,000. Internationally known and frequently featured in all media outlets—with appearances on NBC’s Today Show, CBS This Morning, Fox News, the New York Times Sunday Magazine, and the London Times—RR Auction prides itself on selling authentic material, thoroughly examined by in-house experts and third-party authenticators, to uphold the guarantee of authenticity. With a stunning full-color print catalog and a massive online presence, RR Auction’s nearly four decades of business continue to grow, achieving record prices for clients around the world.
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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Charles Lindbergh525 - Charles Lindbergh
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Signed book: The Spirit of St. Louis. Later printing. NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1954. Hardcover with dust jacket, 5.75 x 8.5, 562 pages. Bold...
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Alexei Leonov and Gene Cernan526 - Alexei Leonov and Gene Cernan
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Original signed ink self-portrait, done by Leonov, of himself in his Russian dress uniform, on an off-white 4 x 7 mailing envelope, signed by Leonov a
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Charles Lindbergh527 - Charles Lindbergh
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Vintage matte-finish 7 x 9.25 photo of Lindbergh, dressed in a suit and tie, his goggles in his hand, standing in front of the Spirit of St. Louis, si
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Charles Lindbergh528 - Charles Lindbergh
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Signed book: We. Limited author’s autograph edition, numbered 35/1000. NY: G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 1927. Hardcover, 6.75 x 10, 308 pages. Signed on the co
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Pioneers of Flight529 - Pioneers of Flight
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Exceptional commemorative cover with a stamped cachet honoring National Aviation Day in 1934, signed in ink by 15 pioneers of flight: “Orville Wright,
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Estimate : 3,000.00 - 5,000.00
 
 
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Space Collection530 - Space Collection
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An amazing collection of 73 signed individual and crew portraits, spanning from Project Mercury to the Shuttle era, almost all inscribed to longtime N
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Estimate : 50,000.00 - 60,000.00
 
 
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Wilbur Wright: Alexander Graham Bell531 - Wilbur Wright: Alexander Graham Bell
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Typed manuscript, signed “Alexander Graham Bell,” two pages, 8.5 x 11, personal letterhead, no date [June, 1912]. In full: “In the untimely death of W
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Estimate : 4,000.00 - 6,000.00
 
 
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Naval Aviation in Space532 - Naval Aviation in Space
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Color limited edition lithograph titled ‘Naval Aviation in Space,’ 25 x 30, numbered 736/1000, signed in the lower border in pencil by nine astronauts
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Estimate : 2,500.00 - 3,500.00
 
 
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Wernher von Braun533 - Wernher von Braun
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TLS in German, two pages, 8 x 10.5, NASA letterhead, October 23, 1970. Letter responding to concerns over animal testing, in part (translated): “Anima
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Orville Wright534 - Orville Wright
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Bank check, 8.25 x 3, filled out and signed by Wright, payable to The Dayton Gas Company for $6.80, July 14, 1917. Nicely matted and framed against a
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Buzz Aldrin535 - Buzz Aldrin
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Color 10 x 8 NASA photo of Aldrin on the lunar surface, signed in black felt tip. In fine condition.
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Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
 
 
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Buzz Aldrin536 - Buzz Aldrin
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Signed book: Men From Earth. First edition. NY: Bantam Books, 1989. Hardcover with dust jacket, 6.25 x 9.5, 312 pages. Signed in black ink on a bookpl
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Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
 
 
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Buzz Aldrin537 - Buzz Aldrin
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Two color NASA prints: an 11 x 14 of Aldrin standing on the lunar surface, signed and inscribed in black felt tip, “To Samuel Kloda, with best wishes,
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Buzz Aldrin538 - Buzz Aldrin
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Proof sheet for the 1997 edition of Who’s Who, one page, 8.25 x 11.75, with a printed biography of Aldrin in the middle, and a request for any further
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Apollo 7539 - Apollo 7
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Launch date postal cover with a cachet honoring the launch of the Apollo 7 mission, signed in black ink by Walt Cunningham and in blue ballpoint by Wa
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Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
 
 
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Apollo 10: Young and Cernan540 - Apollo 10: Young and Cernan
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Vintage matte-finish 10 x 13.25 photo of the Apollo 10 capsule shortly before splashdown, signed and inscribed in black felt tip, “To Dick, with best
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Apollo 14541 - Apollo 14
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Commemorative cover with a stamped cachet of the Apollo 14 mission, signed in blue ballpoint by Ed Mitchell and Stu Roosa. Cover also bears an autopen
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Astronauts542 - Astronauts
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Collection of 10 commemorative covers, nine bearing various mission or space cachets, each signed in ink or felt tip by a different astronaut. Signers
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Aviation Prints543 - Aviation Prints
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Four color 14 x 11 prints of different Lockheed aircraft, including the U-2 and SR-71, signed in ink and felt tip by a total of 49 pilots, including:
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Scott Carpenter544 - Scott Carpenter
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Satin-finish 8 x 10 photo of Carpenter in his space suit outside the launch pad, signed in blue felt tip, “M. Scott Carpenter, Aurora 7.” In very fine
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Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
 
 
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