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 continues to achieve 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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Edgar Mitchell448 - Edgar Mitchell
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Two items: official glossy 8 x 10 NASA photo of the Apollo 14 ALSEP on the lunar surface, signed in purple ink; and a February 25, 1971, edition of Sp
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Alan Shepard449 - Alan Shepard
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Color 10 x 8 official NASA lithograph of Shepard posing in front of the Apollo 14 mission insignia, signed in black felt tip, “Best wishes—Alan Shepar
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Edgar Mitchell450 - Edgar Mitchell
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Flown embroidered Apollo 14 mission patch, 4? in diameter, carried into lunar orbit in the Apollo 14 Command Module Kitty Hawk; and a color 5.25 x 7 p
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Apollo 15451 - Apollo 15
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Flown Lunar Module Hammock Hook and Strap carried to the lunar surface on board the Apollo 15 Lunar Module Falcon. Strap and hook measure 9 x 1 and co
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Estimate : 8,000.00 - 10,000.00
 
 
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Apollo 15452 - Apollo 15
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Flown lunar surface EVA retractable tether used on the lunar surface by Apollo 15 Lunar Module Pilot Jim Irwin. The tether, referred to by astronauts
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Estimate : 20,000.00 - 25,000.00
 
 
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Apollo 15453 - Apollo 15
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Flown COAS Spare Light Bulb Assembly carried to the lunar surface on board the Apollo 15 Lunar Module Falcon. Assembly measures 2 x 1.75. Assembly con
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Apollo 15454 - Apollo 15
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Uncommon Apollo 15 postal cover carried to the lunar surface aboard the Falcon, 6.5 x 3.75, numbered 108 of 300 and signed in the lower left corner by
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Estimate : 6,000.00 - 8,000.00
 
 
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Apollo 15455 - Apollo 15
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Apollo 15 Robbins Medal, approximately 1.5? diameter, with a raised design on the face of the Apollo 15 mission insignia. The reverse of the sterling
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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Charlie Duke456 - Charlie Duke
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A 9 x 9 swatch of Beta cloth, bearing a pre-printed 3.5? diameter Apollo 16 mission insignia, signed in black felt tip, “The voyage of a lifetime, Cha
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Robert McCall457 - Robert McCall
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Collection of seven items with original McCall illustrations. First, a signed book: The Art of Robert McCall. First edition, first printing. NY: Banta
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Challenger458 - Challenger
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Postal cover with a stamped cachet of the mission emblem, and a January 28, 1986—the date of the tragic Challenger launch—Cape Canaveral postal cancel
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Columbia STS-107459 - Columbia STS-107
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Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test debrief for Launch day minus one briefing produced by NASA's prime Space Shuttle processing contractor Uni...
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Columbia STS-107460 - Columbia STS-107
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Color 11 x 8.5 Boeing Space Flight Awareness employee bulletin for a meet-and-greet with the STS-107 crew, February 2001, signed in blue and black fel
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Columbia STS-107461 - Columbia STS-107
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Bright fluorescent orange vehicle access placard for Palmdale Plant 42 Site, the birth place of Space Shuttle Orbiter OV-102 Columbia, 11 x 8.5, signe
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Space Shuttle462 - Space Shuttle
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Collection of 100 Space Shuttle test flight covers, dating from 1971–1979, each with stamped or printed cachets, and all bearing Edwards Air Force Bas
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Space Shuttle Manuals463 - Space Shuttle Manuals
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Collection of five NASA space shuttle manuals, dating from 1980–1983, each bound by a single staple. Titles are: Payload Accommodations at the Rotatin
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Space Shuttle: STS-83 and STS-94464 - Space Shuttle: STS-83 and STS-94
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Two flown embroidered shuttle mission patches from the personal collection of astronaut Susan Still: one from STS-83 flown on board the Columbia in Ap
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Astronauts and Cosmonauts465 - Astronauts and Cosmonauts
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Glossy 11.5 x 9.25 photo of 39 astronauts and cosmonauts posing outside of Star City on October 3, 1987, signed in ink and felt tip by 32 including: A
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Cosmonauts466 - Cosmonauts
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Color vintage glossy 10.75 x 7 photo of the Soviet Union’s first cosmonauts posing together, signed in felt tip and ink by all ten: Yuri Gagarin, Gher
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Estimate : 2,500.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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Hubble467 - Hubble
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Collection of four NASA media publications regarding the Hubble telescope, including a press kit, media reference guide, and the Optical Telescope Ass
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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