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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James Lovell511 - James Lovell
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Color satin-finish 8 x 10 photo of Lovell posing in his white space suit alongside a globe of the moon, signed in blue felt tip, “Houston we have a pr
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Ken Mattingly512 - Ken Mattingly
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Color satin-finish 8 x 10 photo of Mattingly posing in his white space suit, signed in blue felt tip. In fine condition.
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Sally Ride513 - Sally Ride
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Color satin-finish 8 x 10 photo of Ride nestled into a sleep restraint during her history-making shuttle flight, signed in black felt tip. In very fin
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Stu Roosa514 - Stu Roosa
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Official color 10 x 8 NASA lithograph of Roosa posing in his white space suit with the Apollo 14 mission emblem in the background, signed and inscribe
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Wally Schirra515 - Wally Schirra
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Three signed photos, two 10 x 8 and one 8 x 10, various finishes, including an official NASA glossy, each signed in blue or black felt tip by Schirra.
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Dave Scott516 - Dave Scott
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Color satin-finish 10 x 8 photo of Scott saluting the American flag on the lunar surface during his mission, signed in blue felt tip, “7th Man on the
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Dave Scott517 - Dave Scott
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Color satin-finish 8 x 10 photo of Scott posing in his white space suit with a model of the lunar rover, signed in blue felt tip, “Dave Scott, 7th Man
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Alan Shepard518 - Alan Shepard
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Glossy 10 x 8 NASA photo of the Apollo 14 splashdown, signed in blue felt tip. In fine condition.
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Alan Shepard519 - Alan Shepard
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Vintage official glossy 8 x 10 NASA photo of Shepard in a jacket and tie, signed and inscribed in fountain pen, “To Glenn Bailey, with warm regards—Al
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SMEAT520 - SMEAT
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Color satin-finish 10 x 8 photo of the crew posing together during their testing, signed in black felt tip by Bob Crippen, William Thornton, and Karol
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Jack Swigert521 - Jack Swigert
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Commemorative cover with a cachet honoring Apollo 13 issued by the Manned Spaceflight Cover Society, signed in black felt tip. Encapsulated in a plast
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Guenter Wendt522 - Guenter Wendt
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Satin-finish 10 x 8 photo of Wendt holding Ham the chimp, signed in black felt tip, “‘Ham’ America’s first chimp in space, Guenter F. Wendt, Padleader
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John Young523 - John Young
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Color satin-finish 8 x 10 full-length photo of Young posing in his white space suit, signed in black felt tip, “John Young, 9th Man on the Moon, Apoll
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John Young524 - John Young
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Color satin-finish 10 x 8 photo of Young saluting the American flag on the lunar surface, signed in silver ink, “John Young, 9th Man on the Moon, Apol
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Ansel Adams525 - Ansel Adams
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TLS, one page, 8.5 x 11, personal letterhead, March 24, 1980. Humorous letter to the wife of the CEO of Paul Masson Vineyards. In part: “Extreme thank
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Ansel Adams526 - Ansel Adams
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Signed book: Examples. Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1983. Hardcover with dust jacket, 9.25 x 10.75, 177 pages. Signed on a bookplate affixed to
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Artists: Nast and Parrish527 - Artists: Nast and Parrish
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Two checks: a bank check filled out in another hand and signed by Thomas Nast, “Th: Nast,” December 30, 1892; and a personal check filled out and sign
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Frederic-Auguste Bartholdi528 - Frederic-Auguste Bartholdi
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ALS in French, signed “F Bartholdi,” one page, 7 x 4.5, personal letterhead, May 17, 1898. Untranslated letter to a friend, with Bartholdi adding a br
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Pierre Bonnard529 - Pierre Bonnard
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French painter and lithographer (1867–1947). He trained at the Académie Julien, then joined the group called Les Nabis, which included Denis an...
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British Artists530 - British Artists
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Collection of three items: ink signature, “Francis Bacon,” on a white 5 x 3 slip; a commemorative cover with a cachet honoring International Volunteer
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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