RR Auction: Space & Aviation 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’s nearly four decades of business continue to grow, achieving 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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Howard Hughes41 - Howard Hughes
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Uncommon and desirable commemorative airmail postal cover, 9.5 x 4, carried by Hughes on his triumphant 1938 around-the-world flight. The cover, issue
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Howard Hughes42 - Howard Hughes
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Collection of three flown items carried by Hughes on his triumphant 1938 around-the-world flight. Items are: a commemorative airmail postal cover, 9.5
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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B-24D Radio Service and Instruction43 - B-24D Radio Service and Instruction
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Hardcover manual entitled “Service and Instruction Manual Radio B-24D Airplane,” 8.5 x 11.25, 252 pages, prepared by the Flight and Service department
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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B-24D Airplane44 - B-24D Airplane
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Hardcover instruction manual entitled “Power Plant B-24 D Airplane,” 9 x 11.25, 203 pages, printed in 1943 by Consolidated Aircraft Corporation. Manua
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Pilots Powerplant45 - Pilots Powerplant
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Softcover Pilot’s Powerplant Manual, 6.5 x 9.5, 392 pages, issued by the US Department of Commerce’s Civil Aeronautics Administration, dated October 1
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Instrument Flying Basic46 - Instrument Flying Basic
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Manual entitled “Instrument Flying Basic Without Radio Aids,” staple bound, 8.5 x 11, 82 pages, issued by the Commanding General of the Army Air Force
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Pan-Am47 - Pan-Am
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Collection of 171 covers, almost all Pan-Am first flight covers from various clipper routes around the world, most with stamped cachets commemorating
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Wernher von Braun49 - Wernher von Braun
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ANS, in pencil, signed “B,” one page, 4.75 x 8, red-bordered Office of Director letterhead, December 9. Note reads, in full: “Do you think you could g
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Wernher von Braun50 - Wernher von Braun
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Rare hardbound lecture entitled “Fifth Wings Club ‘Sight’ lecture: Space Flight Past, Present, and Future,” given by von Braun in New York City on May
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Wernher von Braun51 - Wernher von Braun
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A complete set of six sterling silver “Milestones of Manned Flight” medallions issued in 1969 by TWA. Each medallion measures approximately 1.5 inches
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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