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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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Apollo 13 Flown Couch Fabric6469 - Apollo 13 Flown Couch Fabric
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Larger than usual swatch of flown fabric from the backing material of the astronauts’ couches inside the Apollo 13 Command Module, measuring approxima
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Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
 
 
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Apollo 13 Flown Heat Shield6470 - Apollo 13 Flown Heat Shield
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One of 59 flown Apollo 13 plugs removed from the heat shield of the command module Odyssey. The full plug measures approximately 1.25 x 1.25 and is en
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Apollo 13 Heat Shield  Fragments6471 - Apollo 13 Heat Shield Fragments
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Small package of approximately 40 flown fragments from the Apollo 13 command module Odyssey’s ablative aft heat shield, affixed to an 11 x 8.5 certifi
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Apollo 13 Flown Kapton Foil6472 - Apollo 13 Flown Kapton Foil
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Flown 1 x .75 swatch of Kapton foil removed from the Apollo 13 command module Odyssey’s thermal coating. Housed in a Lucite display case with an engra
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Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
 
 
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James Lovell Oversized Signed Photograph6473 - James Lovell Oversized Signed Photograph
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Dramatic color satin-finish 20 x 16 photo of the damaged Apollo 13 service module floating in space, signed in silver ink, “‘Houston, we’ve had a prob
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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James Lovell Signed Photograph6474 - James Lovell Signed Photograph
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Color semi-glossy 8 x 10 photo of Lovell wearing his white spacesuit with his hand on a globe of the moon, signed in blue felt tip, “Houston we have a
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Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
 
 
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James Lovell Signed Photograph6475 - James Lovell Signed Photograph
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Official color glossy 11.75 x 8 red-numbered NASA photo of Lovell reading a newspaper, signed in black felt tip, “‘Houston, we’ve had a problem!’ Jame
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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James Lovell and Fred Haise Signed Photograph6476 - James Lovell and Fred Haise Signed Photograph
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Official color glossy 8 x 11 red-numbered NASA photo of Lovell and Haise in their white training suits, signed in black felt tip, “James Lovell, Apoll
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Lovell, Haise, and Lousma Oversized Signed Photograph6477 - Lovell, Haise, and Lousma Oversized Signed Photograph
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Haunting satin-finish 20 x 16 photo of the damaged Apollo 13 service module, signed in silver ink, “ ‘Houston, we’ve had a problem!’ James Lovell, Apo
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Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
 
 
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James Lovell and Fred Haise Pair of Signed Photographs6479 - James Lovell and Fred Haise Pair of Signed Photographs
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Desirable pairing of signed photos: a limited edition color satin-finish 10 x 8 composite photo produced by the Astronaut Scholarship Foundation, numb
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Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
 
 
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Fred Haise Signed Photograph6480 - Fred Haise Signed Photograph
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Color satin-finish 10 x 8 photo of the Apollo 13 splashdown on April 17, 1970, signed in black felt tip, “A successful splashdown for Apollo 13!—after
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Fred Haise Signed Photograph6481 - Fred Haise Signed Photograph
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Color satin-finish 8 x 10 photo of the Earth, signed in gold ink, “Our view of home from the Lifeboat ‘Aquarius,’ Fred Haise, Apollo 13 LMP.” In very
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Apollo 13 Mission Control Signed Photograph6482 - Apollo 13 Mission Control Signed Photograph
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Satin-finish 10 x 8 photo of mission control celebrating the safe return of the Apollo 13 crew, signed in blue felt tip by Gerry Griffin, Gene Kranz,
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Apollo 13 Flight Directors Signed Photograph6483 - Apollo 13 Flight Directors Signed Photograph
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Color glossy 8 x 10 photo of a Saturn V rocket launch, signed in black felt tip by five flight directors, including: Chris Kraft, Gerry Griffin, Glynn
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Gene Kranz and Sy Liebergot Signed Photograph6484 - Gene Kranz and Sy Liebergot Signed Photograph
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Choice satin-finish 10 x 8 photo of the Apollo 13 spacecraft, signed in gold ink, “Gene Kranz, ‘Flight,’” and “‘Flight… we’d better think about gettin
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Apollo 14 Signed Photograph6486 - Apollo 14 Signed Photograph
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Official color 10 x 8 NASA lithograph of the Apollo 14 crew posing in their white spacesuits in front of their mission insignia, signed in red felt ti
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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Alan Bean’s Apollo 14 Flown Robbins Medal6487 - Alan Bean’s Apollo 14 Flown Robbins Medal
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Flown sterling silver Apollo 14 Robbins medal, approximately 1.5? in diameter, with a raised design of the Apollo 14 mission insignia on the face and
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Estimate : 8,000.00 - 10,000.00
 
 
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Edgar Mitchell’s Apollo 14 Flown Beta Cloth6488 - Edgar Mitchell’s Apollo 14 Flown Beta Cloth
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Flown 9 x 9 swatch of Beta cloth bearing a 4 x 3.5 Apollo 14 mission insignia in the center, signed and flight-certified in black ink, “Flown to the m
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Estimate : 2,500.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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Edgar Mitchell Signed Apollo 14 Training-Used LM Checklist6489 - Edgar Mitchell Signed Apollo 14 Training-Used LM Checklist
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Ring-bound checklist used in training at the Kennedy Space Center simulators, entitled “Apollo 14, LM Lunar Surface Checklist,” approximately 150 page
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 2,500.00
 
 
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Apollo 14 Lunar Surface-Used Safety Line Segment6490 - Apollo 14 Lunar Surface-Used Safety Line Segment
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Flown 1 x .25 section of lunar surface safety line carried to the surface of the moon during Apollo 14, presented to a NASA employee following the mis
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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