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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Amelia Earhart535 - Amelia Earhart
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Exceptional pearl-finish 11 x 8.5 photo of Earhart with famed aviator Wiley Post looking at a plane engine at Union Air Terminal in Burbank, Californi
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Amelia Earhart536 - Amelia Earhart
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Ink signature, “Amelia Earhart,” on an off-white 2.75 x 2 card. Scattered light dampstaining and toning, otherwise fine condition.
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Howard Hughes537 - Howard Hughes
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Scarce commemorative airmail postal cover, 9.5 x 4, carried by Hughes on his triumphant 1938 around-the-world flight. The cover, issued in conjunction
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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Charles Lindbergh538 - Charles Lindbergh
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Desirable airmail cover with a stamped horseshoe cachet reading “Lindbergh Again Flies the Airmail,” signed in the upper left in fountain pen, “C. A.
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Jacques-Etienne Montgolfier539 - Jacques-Etienne Montgolfier
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Choice LS in French, signed “Montgolfier,” three pages on two adjoining sheets, 6.5 x 9, January 2, 1786. Montgolfier pleads with Malesherbes to help
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 2,500.00
 
 
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World War II Aviators540 - World War II Aviators
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Two hardcover books: The Air Combat Paintings of Robert Taylor, signed on the half-title page by Adolf Galland and Johnnie Johnson; and a limited edit
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Orville Wright541 - 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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Orville Wright542 - Orville Wright
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Typed invitation in German, one page, 7 x 9, September 6, 1909, to a celebration of Wright at the Hotel Centralin Berlin, signed on the reverse in pen
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Orville Wright543 - Orville Wright
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Winters National Bank check, 8.25 x 3, filled out in another hand and signed by Wright, “Orville Wright,” payable to The Patterson Tool & Supply...
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Wright Brothers544 - Wright Brothers
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Original French advertisement broadside, 9.75 x 7, featuring an image of Wilbur Wright and the Wright Flyer on one side, headed across the top, “Bon a
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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