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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Glenn Martin351 - Glenn Martin
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Flown commemorative cover with a cachet honoring the 25th anniversary of Martin’s Newport Harbor flight, signed in black ink vertically along the cach
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Ruth R. Nichols352 - Ruth R. Nichols
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Aviatrix (1901–1960) who was the only woman yet to hold simultaneous world records for speed, altitude, and distance. Commemorative cover with a stamp
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Orville Wright353 - Orville Wright
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Bank check, 8.75 x 3, filled out in another hand and signed by Wright, payable to American Federation of Arts for $6.00, February 3, 1927. In fine con
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Orville Wright354 - Orville Wright
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Air mail envelope, 7.25 x 3.75, bearing four December 17, 1936, Kitty Hawk, North Carolina cancellations, signed in black ink in the lower left by Wri
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Estimate : 2,500.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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Orville Wright355 - Orville Wright
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Exceptionally desirable 5.25 x 3.75 cardstock photo of the Wright Brothers’ first flight at Kitty Hawk, signed in the lower right in fountain pen. Som
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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X-1 Pilots356 - X-1 Pilots
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Well-done composite scale model of a Bell X-1 rocket research plane, signed on the wing in black felt tip by Chuck Yeager, Scott Crossfield, and Bob H
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Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
 
 
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X-1: Slick Goodlin357 - X-1: Slick Goodlin
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Second test pilot of the Bell X-1 supersonic rocket plane (1923–2005), and the first to operate the craft in powered flight. Well-done composite scale
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Chuck Yeager358 - Chuck Yeager
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Detailed 1/32 scale model of Yeager’s Bell X-1 rocket research plane, signed on the top of a wing in black felt tip. Model is accompanied by its displ
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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S-IB Engine Gauges359 - S-IB Engine Gauges
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Very rare complete Apollo-era S-IB Output control panel used at either the Kennedy Space Center or Mission Control. Panel measures 24 x 17.5 x 5.5, wi
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 4,000.00
 
 
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Mercury Astronauts361 - Mercury Astronauts
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Mercury-Atlas 7 launch day cover with a stamped cachet honoring the second man in orbit, signed vertically in ink by six of the original astronauts, “
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Mercury Astronauts362 - Mercury Astronauts
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DS signed twice each in pencil by Gus Grissom, Wally Schirra, and Deke Slayton, one page, 8 x 5.25, no date but circa 1959–1961. Air Force AFTO form 7
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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Project Mercury363 - Project Mercury
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A 3.75? tall section of handrail from the gantry handrail of Complex 14. Rail is attached to a 4 x 4 wooden base with an engraved plaque that reads, “
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Apollo 8364 - Apollo 8
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Color official NASA 8 x 10 lithograph of the Apollo 8 crew posing in front of their simulator, signed and inscribed in black felt tip, “To Joyce, many
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Apollo 9365 - Apollo 9
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Color 6.5 x 9.25 photo of the Apollo crew posing in front of their rocket, affixed to its original 11 x 14 mount, signed on the mount in black ink by
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Buzz Aldrin366 - Buzz Aldrin
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Color satin-finish 8 x 10 photo of Aldrin in his white space suit, signed in blue felt tip, “We came in peace, Buzz Aldrin, Apollo XI.” In very fine c
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Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
 
 
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Buzz Aldrin367 - Buzz Aldrin
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Color satin-finish 8 x 10 photo of Aldrin in his space suit prior to the Apollo 11 launch, signed in blue felt tip, “With best wishes, Buzz Aldrin, Ap
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Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
 
 
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Buzz Aldrin368 - Buzz Aldrin
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Limited edition 17 x 26 lithograph of Aldrin in his white space suit prior to launch (done in the style of Paul Calle), numbered 14/200, signed in pen
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Apollo 11: Aldrin and Collins369 - Apollo 11: Aldrin and Collins
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Impressive color 24 x 17 giclee print on canvas of a space capsule, with an astronaut clearly visible through the window, signed in silver ink by Buzz
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Apollo 11370 - Apollo 11
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Ink and ballpoint signatures of Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, and Michael Collins on individual off-white cards or sheets, with Collins’s signature mat
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Apollo 11371 - Apollo 11
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Desirable complete collection of three signed photos: an official color 8 x 10 NASA lithograph of Armstrong in his white space suit, signed and inscri
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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