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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Columbia STS-107417 - Columbia STS-107
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Color glossy 10 x 8 NASA photo of the Columbia crew posing in their orange flight suits with their helmets, signed in black felt tip by Rick Husband,
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Estimate : 3,000.00 - 4,000.00
 
 
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Amelia Earhart418 - Amelia Earhart
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Vintage ink signature, “Amelia Earhart,” on an off-white 2.25 x 1 card. Attractively double-matted and framed with an original press photo to an overa
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Amelia Earhart419 - Amelia Earhart
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Vintage fountain pen signature, “Amelia Earhart,” at the conclusion of an admirer’s letter, one page both sides, 5 x 8, April 10, 1936. The initial re
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Gus Grissom420 - Gus Grissom
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Color 11 x 14 print of Grissom’s Freedom 7 capsule splashing down, made by McDonnell, signed in the lower border in blue ballpoint, “Virgil I. Grissom
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Robert H. Goddard421 - Robert H. Goddard
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Booklet, 6.5 x 9.5, 14 pages, of an article by Goddard entitled “Liquid-Propellant Rocket Development,” published by the Smithsonian Institute on Marc
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Estimate : 3,000.00 - 4,000.00
 
 
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Gus Grissom422 - Gus Grissom
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Program from the first annual Youth Leadership Banquet, two pages, 4 x 7, sponsored by the Alamogordo Chamber of Commerce and held at the Chaparral Ju
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Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
 
 
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Gus Grissom423 - Gus Grissom
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Vintage matte-finish 4 x 5 close-up photo of a drenched Grissom talking on a telephone after his Mercury mission, signed in blue ballpoint, “Virgil I.
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Gus Grissom424 - Gus Grissom
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Desirable flown 1961 Roosevelt dime carried on board Gus Grissom’s Mercury Liberty Bell 7 flight. Dime is housed in a silver bezel with a dime-sized s
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Estimate : 3,000.00 - 4,000.00
 
 
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Hubble Space Telescope425 - Hubble Space Telescope
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Flown limited edition Hubble Space Telescope polymide film,numbered 66/75, retrieved during a 1999 shuttle mission. Film measures .75 x 1 and is encas
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Charles Lindbergh426 - Charles Lindbergh
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Signed book: We. Limited “author’s autograph edition” of 1,000 copies (this being copy No. 682). New York: G. P. Putnam’s Sons, 1927. Hardcover, 6.5 x
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Charles Lindbergh427 - Charles Lindbergh
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Signed book: The Spirit of St. Louis. Trade edition. NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1953. Hardcover with dust jacket, 5.75 x 8.5, 562 pages. Signe...
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Charles Lindbergh428 - Charles Lindbergh
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Choice vintage matte-finish 14 x 10.25 photo, boldly signed in fountain pen, “Charles A. Lindbergh.” The image shows Lindbergh with his engineer, H. K
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Estimate : 1,800.00 - 2,200.00
 
 
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Mercury 7429 - Mercury 7
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Collection of six stamps, consisting of five four-cent Project Mercury stamps, and an eight-cent double stamp honoring the United States in Space, eac
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Mercury 7430 - Mercury 7
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Vintage color magazine cover from the September 14, 1959, issue of Life, trimmed to a size of 10.25 x 9, signed vertically in various color inks by al
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Moonwalkers431 - Moonwalkers
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Color limited edition 31 x 25 print entitled ‘Moonwalkers’, numbered 535/1000, signed in blue felt tip by 11 of the 12 astronauts who have walked on t
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Bill Pogue432 - Bill Pogue
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Off-white hard hat prepared for Pogue for use at the Kennedy Space Center. Fiberglass hat has “Pogue,” painted across the front, an adjustable head ba
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Stuart Roosa433 - Stuart Roosa
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Off-white hard hat prepared for Roosa for use at the Kennedy Space Center. Fiberglass hat has, “Roosa,” painted across the front, an adjustable head b
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Space Shuttle Tile434 - Space Shuttle Tile
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Available to US bidders only. Angled black shuttle tile, measuring 5 x 5 x 2, numbered V070-395018-113 7HBOLK, removed from the space shuttle Endeavou
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Alan Shepard435 - Alan Shepard
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TLS, signed “Alan, your friendly golfing mullet!,” one page, NASA letterhead, 5.25 x 7.25, no date. Letter written to Robert Goulet, shortly before hi
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Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
 
 
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Alan Shepard436 - Alan Shepard
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Color vintage semi-glossy 13.5 x 10.75 photo of the Antares on the lunar surface, affixed to its original 19.5 x 15.5 mount, signed and inscribed on t
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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