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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Wilbur Wright425 - Wilbur Wright
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Original 6.5 x 4.75 press photo of Wright standing with Paul Tissandier and student pilots Captain Paul N. Lucas-Girardville and Count Charles de Lamb
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Wright Brothers426 - Wright Brothers
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Original December 1909 issue of Encyclopedie de l'Aviation, 8.5 x 10.5, published in Paris and containing an alphabetical listing of 782 previou...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Wright Brothers427 - Wright Brothers
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Original French journal entitled “Les Aeroplanes de 1910,” 9 x 10.75, published by Librairie Aeronautique in Paris, with photos and descriptions of se
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Wright Brothers428 - Wright Brothers
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Original limited edition French booklet entitled “De Montgolfier a Wilbur Wright,” 7.5 x 10.75, published in Paris and dated December 22, 1908, number
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Wright Brothers429 - Wright Brothers
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Original German booklet entitled “Flug von Heinrich Adams,” 6.25 x 9.25, 144 pages, published in Leipzig in 1909, with images and articles on the Wrig
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Wright Brothers430 - Wright Brothers
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Five original issues of Le Petit Journal, all 12 x 17.5, ranging in date from 1909–1913, with the 1913 issue featuring an image of a Wright Flyer soar
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Mercury Astronauts431 - Mercury Astronauts
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DS, signed “M. Scott Carpenter,” “Leroy G. Cooper, Jr.,” “Virgil I. Grissom,” “Walter M. Schirra, Jr.,” “Alan B. Shepard, Jr.,” and “D. K. Slayton,” f
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Estimate : 3,000.00 - 4,000.00
 
 
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Dave Scott432 - Dave Scott
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Flown embroidered Apollo 9 mission patch, measuring 3.5? in diameter, carried on board Apollo 9 by Dave Scott. Signed on the reverse in black felt tip
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Estimate : 5,000.00 - 6,000.00
 
 
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Dave Scott433 - Dave Scott
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Flown printed fabric American flag, 6 x 4, flown on board Apollo 9, signed on a white stripe in blue ballpoint, “Flown aboard Apollo 9, March 3-13, 19
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Estimate : 4,000.00 - 6,000.00
 
 
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Dave Scott434 - Dave Scott
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Dave Scott’s printed Aeronautics and Space Report of the President, 1973 Activities, 8 x 10, 131 pages. Report was made for President Richard Nixon to
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Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
 
 
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Apollo 11436 - Apollo 11
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Color glossy 9.25 x 7 photo of the Apollo 11 prime crew posing together in their spacesuits against a lunar background, affixed to a 12 x 10.5 mount,
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Estimate : 10,000.00 - 12,000.00
 
 
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Apollo 11437 - Apollo 11
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Apollo 11 'Type 3' insurance cover with a cachet of the mission insignia, bearing a July 16, 1969, Kennedy Space Center cancellation, signed...
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Estimate : 10,000.00 - 12,000.00
 
 
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Apollo 11438 - Apollo 11
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Color vintage 13.75 x 10.5 James Russell National Geographic Society photo of the society’s president Dr. Melvin M. Payne, Neil Armstrong, and Buzz Al
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Estimate : 2,500.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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Apollo 11439 - Apollo 11
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Official color 10 x 8 NASA lithograph of Buzz Aldrin working on the lunar surface, signed and inscribed in black felt tip, “To Norman Graves, Neil Arm
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Estimate : 2,500.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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Neil Armstrong440 - Neil Armstrong
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Fantastic early official color 8 x 10 NASA lithograph of Armstrong in a dark jacket and tie, signed and inscribed in black felt tip, “To Doctor Soboci
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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Neil Armstrong441 - Neil Armstrong
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Official and highly desirable uninscribed color 8 x 10 NASA lithograph of Armstrong posing in his white space suit, signed in black felt tip. In fine
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Estimate : 2,500.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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Neil Armstrong442 - Neil Armstrong
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Official NASA booklet entitled ‘Log of Apollo 11,’ 10.25 x 7.75, 11 pages, signed and inscribed inside in black felt tip, “Best wishes to Hans J. Moel
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Neil Armstrong443 - Neil Armstrong
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Exceptionally desirable personal check, 6 x 2.75, filled out and signed by Armstrong, “Neil A. Armstrong,” payable to Lorian Trust for $2500.00, June
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Estimate : 6,000.00 - 8,000.00
 
 
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Neil Armstrong444 - Neil Armstrong
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Color 10 x 8 cardstock photo of Buzz Aldrin working on the lunar surface, with Armstrong’s memorable first words from the moon printed in the lower bo
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Estimate : 2,500.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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Neil Armstrong445 - Neil Armstrong
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TLS, one page, 8 x 10.5, Peace Corps letterhead, July 16, 1971. Letter to Grant Treaster, Jr., thanking him for submitting a poster entry for the Peac
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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