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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World War II351 - World War II
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ALS in pencil, signed “R. Parkin” in the return address area, one page, 5.75 x 4, Kriegsfefangenenlager [Prisoner of War Camp] letterhead, March 8, 19
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Amelia Earhart353 - Amelia Earhart
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Crisp fountain pen signature, “Amelia M. Earhart,” on an off-white 4.75 x 2.75 slip affixed to a slightly larger album page. In fine condition, with s
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Claude Grahame-White354 - Claude Grahame-White
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Pioneering British aviator (1879–1959) who was the first to make a night flight. Scarce matte-finish 3.5 x 5.5 postcard photo of White wearing a dappe
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Joe Kittinger355 - Joe Kittinger
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Color glossy 8 x 10 photo of Kittinger performing his then record-breaking skydive, signed in black felt tip, “Joe W. Kittinger, 102,800 ft—16 Aug 60.
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Alberto Santos-Dumont356 - Alberto Santos-Dumont
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Brazilian aviation pioneer (1873–1932) who designed, built, and flew the first practical dirigible, demonstrating that controlled flight was possible.
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Orville Wright357 - Orville Wright
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Exceptionally desirable 6.25 x 4.5 cardstock photo of the Wright Brothers’ first flight at Kitty Hawk, boldly signed in the lower right in fountain pe
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Orville Wright358 - Orville Wright
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Partial TLS signed for both by Orville, “Wilbur & Orville Wright, O. W.,” one page, 8.5 x 11, Wright Cycle Company letterhead, [October 9, 1905]...
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Estimate : 2,500.00 - 3,500.00
 
 
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Orville Wright360 - Orville Wright
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FDC with a cachet honoring Orville and Wilbur Wright, signed in the left border in fountain pen, “Orville Wright”; and a .25 x 1 swatch of muslin fabr
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 2,500.00
 
 
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Orville Wright361 - Orville Wright
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Bank check, 8.5 x 3, filled out in another hand and signed by Wright, payable to Wilbur H. Wright for $50.93, March 14, 1947. Expertly double-matted a
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Orville Wright and Henry Ford362 - Orville Wright and Henry Ford
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Extraordinary matte-finish 10 x 8 photo of Orville Wright and Henry Ford looking over a set of blueprints for the restoration of the Wright Brothers’
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Estimate : 3,000.00 - 4,000.00
 
 
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X-15 Pilots363 - X-15 Pilots
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Collection of seven items each signed by a different X-15 pilot. Signers are: Joe Walker (commemorative cover), Forrest Petersen (FDC), Milt Thompson
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Mercury Astronauts365 - Mercury Astronauts
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Official color 9.5 x 7.5 NASA lithograph of the Mercury astronauts posing in front of an Air Force jet at Langley on January 20, 1961, signed in black
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Walt Cunningham366 - Walt Cunningham
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Collection of 15 unsigned photos from the personal collection of Apollo astronaut Walt Cunningham, including: 13 vintage official color glossy 10 x 8
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Apollo 9367 - Apollo 9
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Flown Apollo 9 Robbins medal, approximately 1-inch diameter, with a raised design on the face of the mission insignia. The reverse of the sterling sil
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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Apollo 9368 - Apollo 9
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Flown Kapton foil insulation swatch, approximately 1.5 x 1, removed from the top hatch of the Apollo 9 Lunar Module Spider by Schweickart and McDivitt
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Apollo 10369 - Apollo 10
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A 9 x 9 swatch of flown Beta cloth, with a 3? mission emblem printed in the center, carried on board Apollo 10. Signed across the top in blue ballpoin
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Estimate : 3,000.00 - 4,000.00
 
 
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Apollo 11370 - Apollo 11
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Signed book: First on the Moon. First edition. Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1970. Hardcover with dust jacket, 6.25 x 9.5, 434 pages. Signed on t
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Apollo 11371 - Apollo 11
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Scarce complete set of three official color 8 x 10 NASA lithographs of Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, and Michael Collins pictured individually in their
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Estimate : 3,000.00 - 4,000.00
 
 
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Apollo 11372 - Apollo 11
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Historic flown sterling silver Apollo 11 Robbins Medal, approximately 1.25? diameter, with a raised early design on the face of the iconic Apollo 11 m
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Estimate : 20,000.00 - 30,000.00
 
 
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Neil Armstrong373 - Neil Armstrong
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Very nice uninscribed official color 8 x 10 NASA lithograph (‘worm’ logo) of Armstrong posing in his white space suit, signed in blue felt tip. In fin
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Estimate : 2,500.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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