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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Alan Shepard596 - Alan Shepard
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Color 10 x 8 official NASA lithograph of Shepard next to the American flag during the Apollo 14 EVA, nicely signed in black felt tip. Matted to an ove
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Shuttle Challenger597 - Shuttle Challenger
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Two unbound NASA manuals for OV 099, both 8.5 x 11, titled Flight Data File Ascent Pocket Checklist, revision A, dated May 6, 1983; and Flight Data Fi
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Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
 
 
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Space Books598 - Space Books
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Two first edition books: first, a hardcover copy of Apollo EECOM: Journey of a Lifetime, signed by Sy Liebergot and accompanied by a color 7 x 5 satin
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Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
 
 
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Space Shuttle Restricted Area Signs599 - Space Shuttle Restricted Area Signs
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Two NASA restricted access signs, both 1.75 x 9.25. One is for the Shuttle Mission Operations Area, requiring a certain badge certification for entry;
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Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
 
 
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Ansel Adams and Charles Wilson Peale600 - Ansel Adams and Charles Wilson Peale
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Two items: first, a serene 6 x 4.25 postcard photo entitled ‘Forest, Floor of Yosemite,’ signed on the reverse in black felt tip, “Ansel Adams 1-5-76,
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Frederic-Auguste Bartholdi601 - Frederic-Auguste Bartholdi
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Eminent French sculptor (1834–1904) best known for designing the Statue of Liberty. Crisply penned ALS in French, signed “F. Bartholdi,” one page, 4.7
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Gutzon Borglum602 - Gutzon Borglum
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Exceptional matte-finish 7.75 x 10.25 photo of workers rappelling the face of George Washington while carving Mount Rushmore, signed in the lower righ
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,500.00
 
 
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Mary Cassatt603 - Mary Cassatt
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Partly-printed DS, signed three times, “Mary S. Cassatt,” and also signed once by her father, one page both sides, 8 x 10, February 28, 1876. Customs
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Estimate : 6,000.00 - 8,000.00
 
 
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Mary Cassatt604 - Mary Cassatt
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ALS in French, one page both sides, 4.5 x 6, Mesnil-Beaufresne letterhead, no date. Letter to her biographer, art critic Achille Segard. In full (tran
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Estimate : 3,000.00 - 4,000.00
 
 
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Randolph Caldecott605 - Randolph Caldecott
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English artist and illustrator (1846–1886). He is famous for his drawings of contemporary English country life and for his charming and humorous illus
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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