RR Auction: Rare Manuscripts, Documents and Autographs

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Headquartered in Amherst, NH, RR Auction is globally recognized as the trusted source for authentic autographed memorabilia and rare signed documents. Since its inception in 1976, the firm has published over 360 consecutive monthly autograph catalogs, which are distributed internationally. The firm recently auctioned the autographed photo of Albert Einstein with his tongue wagging for a record $74,340 and the check astronaut Neil Armstrong signed the day he left for the moon for $27,350.
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 Shepard509 - Alan Shepard
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Signed book: Moon Shot. First edition, later printing. Atlanta: Turner Publishing Inc., 1994. Hardcover with dustjacket, 6.25 x 9.25, 383 pages. Signe
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Alan Shepard510 - Alan Shepard
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Color glossy 10 x 8 NASA photo of the Apollo 14 crew posing in front of their mission emblem, signed in black felt tip. In very good condition, with a
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Alan Shepard511 - Alan Shepard
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Signed book: The Real Stuff. NY: Praeger, 1985. Hardcover, 6.5 x 9.5, 227 pages. Signed and inscribed on the title page in blue ballpoint “To LK and B
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Shuttle ALT Crew: Haise and Fullerton512 - Shuttle ALT Crew: Haise and Fullerton
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Color glossy 10 x 8 photo of Fred Haise and Gordon Fullerton in the Enterprise cockpit, signed in black felt tip by both Haise and Fullerton. In fine
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Skylab513 - Skylab
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FDC with a cachet honoring the Skylab missions, signed in black ink by Jerry Carr, Bill Pogue, Dick Gordon, Charles Conrad, Ed Gibson, and Owen Garrio
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Deke Slayton514 - Deke Slayton
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Color 8 x 10 NASA photo of Slayton in his space suit posing with a model of the Apollo-Soyuz modules, signed and inscribed in black felt tip “Best wis
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Space Shuttle515 - Space Shuttle
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Six color 10 x 8 NASA crew photos, various finishes, each signed in black felt tip by the respective crew pictured. Crews are from: STS-110, STS-114,
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Space Shuttle516 - Space Shuttle
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Collection of 10 commemorative covers, each with a cachet of a different shuttle mission, each signed in black felt tip by the respective crew picture
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Space Shuttle Columbia: Michael Anderson517 - Space Shuttle Columbia: Michael Anderson
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Color 8 x 10 NASA photo, signed and inscribed in black felt tip “To: Hinkley Middle School, Best wishes, Michael Anderson.” In fine condition.
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Space Shuttle Columbia: David Brown518 - Space Shuttle Columbia: David Brown
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Color 8 x 10 NASA photo, signed and inscribed in black felt tip “To the Hinkley Middle School—Study hard and may all your dreams come true—David Brown
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Tom Stafford519 - Tom Stafford
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Color satin-finish 11 x 14 photo of Stafford posing in his spacesuit with a moon globe, signed in blue felt tip. In very fine condition.
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STS-6520 - STS-6
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Comical color glossy 10 x 8 ‘red-numbered’ NASA photo of the ‘F-Troop’ crew, signed in black felt tip by Don Peterson, Story Musgrave, and Paul Weitz,
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STS-7521 - STS-7
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Color 10 x 8 NASA photo of the Challenger crew, signed in black felt tip by Sally Ride, Bob Crippen, John Fabian, Rick Hauck, and Norm Thagard, who in
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Test Pilots522 - Test Pilots
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Large wooden scale model of a Douglas D 558-II, signed on the left wing in black felt tip “Scott Crossfield, Mach 2, 11/20/53” (the date he broke Mach
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Test Pilots523 - Test Pilots
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Signed book: Mach Busters: X-1 Test Pilots. Lebanon: X-Pilots Books, 1997. Softcover, 6.75 x 9.75, 64 pages. Signed on the title page in black felt ti
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Guenter Wendt525 - Guenter Wendt
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Glossy 8 x 10 NASA photo of the Apollo 11 liftoff, signed in black felt tip, “Apollo XI Launch! Guenter F. Wendt Padleader 1969.” In very fine conditi
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X-1: ‘Slick’ Goodlin528 - X-1: ‘Slick’ Goodlin
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Second test pilot of the Bell X-1 supersonic rocket plane, and the first to operate the craft in powered flight. Well-done scale composite model of a
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Chuck Yeager and Bud Anderson529 - Chuck Yeager and Bud Anderson
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Color glossy 10 x 8 photo of two P-51s in flight, including the ‘Old Crow,’ signed in blue felt tip by Chuck Yeager and in black felt tip by Bud Ander
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Chuck Yeager530 - Chuck Yeager
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Outstanding color limited edition 25 x 37.5 print of Yeager in his flight suit with airplanes in the background, numbered #886/1400, signed in the low
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John Young and Bob Crippen531 - John Young and Bob Crippen
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Color satin-finish 8 x 10 NASA photo of the liftoff of Columbia on its first mission, signed in blue felt tip by John Young and in black felt tip by B
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Ansel Adams533 - Ansel Adams
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Signed book: Yosemite and the Range of Light. Special edition. Boston: New York Graphic Society, 1979. Hardcover with dustjacket, 15.5 x 12.5. Signed
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Jean Arp534 - Jean Arp
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Sculptor, painter, and abstract artist (1886–1966) who helped found the Dada movement. Signed book: Arp. First edition. Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 19
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James Baldwin535 - James Baldwin
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ALS, one page, 8.25 x 11.5, March 15, 1982. Brief letter to an admirer. In full: “Please forgive me for so long a delay, but I have been travelling, a
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Frederic-Auguste Bartholdi536 - Frederic-Auguste Bartholdi
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Eminent French sculptor (1834–1904) best known for designing the Statue of Liberty. Vintage sepia matte-finish 5.5 x 4 photo of one of his works, by S
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Cecil Beaton537 - Cecil Beaton
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ALS signed “Mr. B,” three pages both sides, 5.75 x 8, Ashcombe House letterhead. Letter to a friend. In part: ”They say British pictures are getting b
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Cecil Beaton538 - Cecil Beaton
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ALS signed “Cecil,” one page, 8 x 10, no date. In part: “I want to thank you for the offer of your snapshots—a very great addition. A great many perso
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Cecil Beaton539 - Cecil Beaton
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ALS signed “Cecil,” one page, 8.5 x 11, no date. In part: “Many thanks for agreeable cheque…Oh I hope the venture will be a success.” In fine conditio
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Thomas Hart Benton540 - Thomas Hart Benton
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Renowned American artist (1889–1975) whose distinctive ‘regionalist’ style made him one of the most influential figures in American art during the 193
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Albert Bierstadt541 - Albert Bierstadt
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German-American painter (1830–1902) best known for his large landscapes of the American West during the 19th century. ALS signed “A. Bierstadt,” three
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William Peter Blatty542 - William Peter Blatty
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Satin-finish 18 x 12 photo from The Exorcist, signed in blue felt tip. In very fine condition.
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Ray Bradbury543 - Ray Bradbury
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Signed book: One More for the Road. First edition, first printing. NY: William Morrow, 2002. Hardcover with dustjacket, 5.5 x 8.5, 289 pages. Signed a
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Ray Bradbury544 - Ray Bradbury
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Signed book: Fahrenheit 451: 40th Anniversary Edition. Later printing. NY: Simon & Schuster, 1993. Hardcover with dustjacket, 6 x 8.75, 190 page...
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Ray Bradbury545 - Ray Bradbury
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Glossy 10 x 8 photo of Bradbury at his cluttered desk, signed and inscribed in the upper and lower borders in black felt tip “For Fred Bomar! Good wis
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Robert Browning546 - Robert Browning
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ALS, one page, 4.25 x 7, June 4, 1869. Letter to Edward B. Nicholson. In full: “I shall have very great pleasure in subscribing to the projected magaz
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Robert Browning547 - Robert Browning
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Ink signature, “Ever yours faithfully, R. Browning,” on an off-white 4.25 x 1.5 slip clipped from a letter. Affixed to an off-white 5 x 3 card. In ver
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Robert Browning548 - Robert Browning
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Ink signature, “Robert Browning, London, May 3, ‘81,” on an off-white 4 x 2.5 card. In fine condition, with a few spots of toning and soiling. Accompa
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Robert and Elizabeth Barrett Browning549 - Robert and Elizabeth Barrett Browning
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Rare ink signatures, “Elizabeth Barrett Browning” and “Robert Browning, Rome, February 3, 1860,” on an off-white 5 x 1.75 slip. In fine condition, wit
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William Jennings Bryan550 - William Jennings Bryan
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TLS signed “W. J. Bryan,” two pages, 8.5 x 11, The Commoner letterhead, December 3, 1904. Letter regarding confusion about speaking engagements. In pa
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Pearl S. Buck551 - Pearl S. Buck
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Signed book: The Kennedy Women. Limited edition first edition of 575 copies (This being No. 235). NY: Cowles Book Company, 1970. Hardcover with dustja
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Thornton Burgess552 - Thornton Burgess
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AQS on a light pink 5.75 x 3.5 album page. Burgess writes: “With open mind pursue your way and add to knowledge everyday,” signed at the conclusion, “
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Thornton Burgess553 - Thornton Burgess
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TLS signed “Thornton W. Burgess,” one page, 8.25 x 7, personal letterhead, March 18, 1929. Letter to an admirer. In full: “Sister South Wind has just
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James M. Cain554 - James M. Cain
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American novelist (1892–1977) best known as the author of such crime/noir classics as The Postman Always Rings Twice and Double Indemnity. Vintage pea
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Alexander Calder555 - Alexander Calder
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Pearls Gallery catalog for a Calder exhibition, entitled Crags and Critters of 1974, 9.25 x 9.25, signed inside the cover in blue felt tip, “Greetings
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Thomas Carlyle556 - Thomas Carlyle
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Influential Scottish-born Victorian philosopher, essayist, and historian (1795–1881). ALS signed “T. Carlyle,” one page both sides, 3.75 x 5, black-bo
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Carlo Carra557 - Carlo Carra
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Italian painter (1881–1966) associated with Futurism. ALS in Italian, one page, 5.75 x 9, L’Ambrosiano letterhead, Forte dei Marmi, July 22, 1936. Let
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Henri Cartier-Bresson558 - Henri Cartier-Bresson
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French photographer (1908–2004) considered to be the father of modern photojournalism. Masterful 5.75 x 4.25 postcard photo of Cartier-Bresson’s ‘Pari
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Samuel L. Clemens559 - Samuel L. Clemens
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ALS signed “S. L. Clemens,” four pages, 5 x 8, Florence, Italy, January 1, 1893. Letter to Frederick J. Hall. In full: “Ours of Dec. 19 is to hand, ...
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Paddy Chayefsky560 - Paddy Chayefsky
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American playwright and screenwriter. He won Academy Awards for Marty (1955) and Hospital (1971). Glossy 8 x 10 photo, signed and inscribed in black f
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Willa Cather561 - Willa Cather
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Signed book: Lucy Gayheart. Limited edition first edition of 749 copies (This being No. 84). NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 1935. Hardcover, 6 x 9.25, 231 pages
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Samuel L. Clemens562 - Samuel L. Clemens
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Witty and desirable AQS on an off-white 4.5 x 3.25 sheet. Clemens writes: “The principal difference between a cat & a lie is, that a cat has onl...
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