RR Auction Space & Aviation Autograph & Artifact Auction

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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 close to 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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Arctic Explorers1Arctic Explorers
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Collection of ten commemorative covers, each with stamped or printed cachets, with some commemorating first flights, and four honoring visits or lectu
Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Aviation2Aviation
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Original program, 9 x 12, 84 pages, for the National Charity Air pageant held on October 8–9, 1933, at Roosevelt Field, New York. Great program full o
Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Hugh L. Dryden3Hugh L. Dryden
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DS, signed “Hugh L. Dryden,” one page, 8 x 10, 1932. As president of the Institute of the Aeronautical Sciences, Dryden authorizes a Certificate of Me
Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Aviators4Aviators
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Four signed vintage glossy and postcard photos, 3.5 x 5.5 and 5.5 x 3.5, each signed in ink by the respective aviator pictured. Signers are: Claude Gr
Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Jacqueline Cochran5Jacqueline Cochran
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Two items: TLS, one page, 8.5 x 11, personal letterhead, July 6, 1968. Short letter to an admirer. In part: “Thank you for including me among your col
Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
James H. Doolittle6James H. Doolittle
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Two commemorative covers, both commemorating “First to fly ‘blind’ relying solely on instruments,” one with a stamped cachet honoring the first annive
Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Aviation Pioneers7Aviation Pioneers
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Offered here is the unique and exceptional John McHale Collection of Aviation Pioneers. Spanning from the 1920s to the 1940s, this enormous and colorf
Estimate : 20,000.00 - 25,000.00
Civil War Airplanes8Civil War Airplanes
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Detailed archive consisting of a collection of letters, notes, and drawings relating to Dr. R. Finley Hunt's invention of a flying machine which...
Estimate : 15,000.00 - 20,000.00
Amelia Earhart and Pioneering Aviatrixes and Astronauts9Amelia Earhart and Pioneering Aviatrixes and Astronauts
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Signed book: 20 Hrs. 40 Min: Our Flight in Friendship. Limited ‘Author’s autograph edition’ of 150 copies (this copy No. 71). NY: G. P. Putnam’s Sons,
Estimate : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
Amelia Earhart10Amelia Earhart
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Commemorative cover with a stamped cachet honoring Earhart’s arrival at New York after becoming the first woman to cross the Atlantic alone, sponsored
Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
Amelia Earhart11Amelia Earhart
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Commemorative air mail cover with a stamped cachet honoring the first amphibian flight from Cleveland to Detroit over Lake Erie on May 14, 1929, and s
Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
Amelia Earhart12Amelia Earhart
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Sophisticated vintage glossy head-and-shoulders photo, neatly trimmed to 6.5 x 8.5, signed in fountain pen, “Amelia Earhart.” Photo appears to be moun
Estimate : 2,500.00 - 3,000.00
Amelia Earhart13Amelia Earhart
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Outstanding vintage sepia glossy 8 x 10 photo of Earhart posing before her Lockheed Model 5B Vega, the plane in which she made her historic flight in
Estimate : 3,000.00 - 3,500.00
Amelia Earhart14Amelia Earhart
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Original wing fabric watch, 2 x 2, excised from Amelia Earhart's Lockheed Vega 5B. The red swatch is affixed to a 15 x 20 piece of textured cove...
Estimate : 1,000.00 - 2,000.00
Amelia Earhart15Amelia Earhart
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Signed book: The Fun of It. First edition, first printing. NY: Brewer, Warren and Putnam, 1932. Hardcover, 5.25 x 8.25, 218 pages. Signed on the first
Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
Howard Hughes16Howard Hughes
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Scarce and impressive flight-flown commemorative airmail postal cover, 9.5 x 4, carried by Hughes on his triumphant 1938 around-the-world flight. The
Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
Charles Lindbergh17Charles Lindbergh
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TLS signed “Charles,” one page, 8.5 x 11, April 9, 1957. Letter to Billy Wilder regarding Wilder’s film The Spirit of St. Louis. In full: “I have just
Estimate : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
Charles Lindbergh18Charles Lindbergh
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Signed book: WE. First edition, first printing. NY: G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 1927. Hardcover, 5.75 x 8.25, 318 pages. Signed and inscribed in fountain pen
Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
Charles Lindbergh19Charles Lindbergh
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Signed book: WE. Authors Autograph limited edition of 1000 copies (this being No: 696). NY: G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 1927. Hardcover, 6.75 x 10, 308 pages.
Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,200.00
Charles Lindbergh20Charles Lindbergh
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ALS signed “Charles A. Lindbergh,” one page, 5.25 x 7.25, personal letterhead, April 23, 1935. Letter to British author, Harold Nicolson, concerning s
Estimate : 3,000.00 - 4,000.00
Charles Lindbergh21Charles Lindbergh
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ALS signed “Charles A. Lindbergh,” one page, 5.25 x 7.75, personal letterhead, December 25, 1928. Letter to Bill McCracken. In full: “I am enclosing a
Estimate : 40,000.00 - 60,000.00
Alys McKey22Alys McKey
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First female pilot to fly in Canada. Three items: vintage glossy 6.5 x 4.5 photo of McKey behind the controls of a plane, signed in black ink, “July 3
Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Eddie Rickenbacker23Eddie Rickenbacker
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Eight commemorative covers, all with stamped or type cachets, mostly regarding various first flights, with one bearing typed information regarding Ric
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Earle Ovington24Earle Ovington
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Former lab assistant to Thomas Edison (1879–1936) who, in 1911, made the first official airmail flight in the United States. Collection of 33 items co
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Franklin D. Roosevelt25Franklin D. Roosevelt
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Two items: Senate of the State of New York air mail mailing envelope, 6 x 3.5, postmarked January 1, 1931, signed along the top in fountain pen by Roo
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Igor Sikorsky26Igor Sikorsky
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Pioneer aviation engineer (1889–1972) who developed the first four-engine airplane and the first modern helicopter to be put into widespread use. Six
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Wiley Post27Wiley Post
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Vintage glossy 8 x 5 unsigned photo of Post posing in front of the Winnie Mae after his flight around the world. Notation on the reverse reads, “Landi
Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
A. C. Read28A. C. Read
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DS, signed “A. C. Read,” one page, 10 x 15, November 19, 1941. In part: “United States Naval Air Station Pensacola, Florida. Know all men by these pre
Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
World in the Air29World in the Air
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The World in the Air by Francis Trevelyan, second volume. NY: G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 1930. Hardcover, 8.5 x 11.5, 336 pages. Includes a unique history of
Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Celestino Usuelli30Celestino Usuelli
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Italian aviation and dirigible pioneer (1877–1926) who was the first person to cross the Alps in an airship. Vintage 4.75 x 6.75 silver gelatin photo,
Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
Wright Brothers31Wright Brothers
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A 2 x 2 section of the wing fabric of the Wright EX biplane Vin Fiz, affixed to 14.25 x 19.5 linen-textured print featuring a 10 x 8 photograph of the
Estimate : 1,000.00 - 2,000.00
Wright Brothers Aviation32Wright Brothers Aviation
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Rare, un-numbered and signed collection of the Wright Aeronautical Corporation's 1928 Flights hand-colored lithograph set, depicting historic fe...
Estimate : 4,000.00 - 6,000.00
Orville Wright and Henry Ford33Orville Wright and Henry Ford
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Program, 7.5 x 10.75, for “A Celebration in Honor of Wilbur and Orville Wright,” held at the Edison Institute in Dearborn, Michigan on April 16, 1938,
Estimate : 3,000.00 - 3,500.00
Wright Brothers34Wright Brothers
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Original 2.5 x 2.5 swatch from the 1903 Kitty Hawk Flyer, limited edition number 4 of 25, affixed to a 16 x 20 certificate from the Wright family auth
Estimate : 1,000.00 - 2,000.00
Orville Wright35Orville Wright
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Two Christmas cards, respectively measuring 5 x 4 and 6.25 x 5.5 closed with each signed in type by Wright. The first card features an embossed Christ
Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
Orville Wright and Space and Aviation Pioneers36Orville Wright and Space and Aviation Pioneers
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City National Bank check, 8.75 x 3, filled out in another hand and signed by Wright, payable to Orville Wright for $100.00, January 3, 1927. Check is
Estimate : 5,000.00 - 6,000.00
Orville Wright37Orville Wright
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Original mailing envelope, 5.75 x 4.5, addressed by Orville Wright. In full: “Rev. H.R. Lookabill, Greentown, Indiana.” Lookabill has penciled “From O
Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
Orville Wright38Orville Wright
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Signed book: The Wright Brothers. First edition, later printing. NY: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1943. Hardcover with dustjacket, 6 x 9, 340 pages. S
Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
Orville Wright39Orville Wright
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TLS, one page, 7.25 x 10.5, personal letterhead, March 24, 1928. Letter to Gordon Dorrance, president of Dorrance and Company. In full: “I have your l
Estimate : 2,000.00 - 2,500.00
Orville Wright40Orville Wright
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TLS, one page, 7.25 x 5.5, personal letterhead, December 14, 1938. Wright responds to an invitation by Albert T. Bell of Atlantic City, New Jersey. In
Estimate : 1,000.00 - 2,000.00
Orville Wright41Orville Wright
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First flight cover with a cachet honoring the United States Air Mail First Flight—Bethlehem, Pennsylvania—Route AM 1, signed on the front in fountain
Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
Orville Wright42Orville Wright
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First flight cover with a cachet honoring the first official flight of Canadian air mail from Ottawa to St. John in 1929, signed in the upper left in
Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
Orville Wright43Orville Wright
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Airport dedication cover with a cachet honoring the dedication of Nova Scotia’s airport on August 28, 1931, signed above the cachet in fountain pen, “
Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
Orville Wright44Orville Wright
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TLS, one page, 7.25 x 10.5, personal letterhead, December 22, 1943. Letter to Reverend H. Randall Lookabill. In full: “I was pleased to receive your g
Estimate : 1,000.00 - 2,000.00
Orville Wright45Orville Wright
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Fabulous vintage 6 x 8.5 half-length photo of an artist’s portrait of a seated Wright with his hands in his lap, signed and inscribed in fountain pen
Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
Orville Wright46Orville Wright
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Vintage 6.25 x 4.25 cardstock photo of the First Man Flight on December 17, 1903, at Kitty Hawk, signed in fountain pen. Double matted and framed to a
Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
Orville Wright47Orville Wright
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Pilot’s license, four pages, 3 x 4.25, May 27, 1926. Leatherbound pilot’s license, Certificate no. 6413, for Kenneth W. Montee, signed “Orville Wright
Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
Wilbur Wright48Wilbur Wright
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TLS, two pages, 8.5 x 11, The Wright Company letterhead, November 10, 1911. Letter to Lieutenant H. H. Arnold. In full: “Your letter of recent date se
Estimate : 40,000.00 - 50,000.00
Explorer I: Van Allen, James49Explorer I: Van Allen, James
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NASA data sheet entitled Explorer-I and Jupiter-C, 6.25 x 9, one page both sides, signed in black felt tip by James Van Allen (signed “J. A. Van Allen
Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Konstantin Tsiolkovsky50Konstantin Tsiolkovsky
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Unsigned partial manuscript in Tsiolkovsky’s hand, written in pencil (in Russian) on the reverse of an untranslated 8.25 x 11.5 typed sheet, no date,
Estimate : 1,000.00 - 2,000.00