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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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Walt Cunningham278 - Walt Cunningham
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Color satin-finish 14 x 11 photo of the Saturn IB launch on October 11, 1968, signed in silver ink, “The launch of the first Apollo mission, Walt Cunn
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Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
 
 
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Walt Cunningham279 - Walt Cunningham
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Color glossy 11 x 14 photo of the Saturn V taking off, signed in black felt tip, “Apollo 7 Launch—Walt Cunningham, Apollo 7.” In fine condition.
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Donn Eisele280 - Donn Eisele
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Official color 8 x 10 NASA lithograph of Eisele in a suit and tie, with an astronaut pin on his lapel, signed in black felt tip. In fine condition.
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Wally Schirra281 - Wally Schirra
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Color satin-finish 8 x 10 photo of Schirra in his blue flight suit and holding a camera while standing next to a model of a rocket, signed in black fe
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Apollo 7 and 9282 - Apollo 7 and 9
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Three original first edition Apollo charts: an Apollo 9 Earth Orbit chart, an Apollo 7 mission chart, and a general mission chart labeled “Apollo Miss
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Apollo 8287 - Apollo 8
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Sterling ‘Silver Snoopy’ lapel pin flown on the Apollo 8 mission and presented by James Lovell to a Kennedy Space Center Flight Crew Operations worker
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Apollo 8288 - Apollo 8
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A .25 x .25 fragment of heat shield from the Apollo 8 Command Module, flown to the moon in December of 1968. Swatch is affixed to an FDC with an affix
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Frank Borman289 - Frank Borman
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Official color glossy 8 x 10 NASA ‘red-numbered’ photo of the liftoff of Apollo 8, signed in black felt tip, “The first flight to the Moon! Frank Borm
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Apollo 8290 - Apollo 8
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Breathtaking color 22 x 17 photographic print, featuring the earth rising from the lunar surface, signed and inscribed in black felt tip, “To Paul Cox
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Frank Borman291 - Frank Borman
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Official color 8 x 10 NASA lithograph of the earthrise taken by Apollo 8, signed in gold ink, “In the Beginning, God created the Heavens and the Earth
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Apollo 8 Internal NASA Archive292 - Apollo 8 Internal NASA Archive
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Collection of 11 NASA reports and manuals concerning the Apollo 8 mission. Titles include: AS-503A Preliminary Abort and Alternative Mission Studies:
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Apollo 9: Dave Scott296 - Apollo 9: Dave Scott
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Flown fabric American flag, 5.75 x 4, carried aboard Apollo 9. Flag is signed on two white stripes in blue ballpoint, “This flag was carried aboard Ap
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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Apollo 9297 - 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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Apollo 9298 - Apollo 9
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Flown French flag, 5.5 x 4, carried into earth orbit on board Apollo 9. Flag is affixed to a rigid 11 x 14 certificate stating “Carried into space dur
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Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
 
 
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Apollo 9299 - Apollo 9
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Printed poem flown on the Apollo 9 mission. The untitled poem by John Evelyn is printed on a 4 x 3 sheet of parchment-type paper. Poem reads, “There i
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Jim McDivitt’s Lunar Module Inverter300 - Jim McDivitt’s Lunar Module Inverter
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Lunar Module inverter presented to astronaut Jim McDivitt. Inverter measures 8.25 x 3.75 and has been converted into a presentation piece with the det
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Apollo 9301 - Apollo 9
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Booklet entitled “Code-Name: Spider, Flight of Apollo 9,” 12 x 4.5, printed by the US Government Printing Office, 1969, and distributed by NASA’s Offi
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Apollo 9302 - Apollo 9
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Apollo 9 launch date postal cover with a cachet honoring the mission, signed in black felt tip and ink by Dave Scott, James McDivitt, and Rusty Schwei
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Apollo 9303 - Apollo 9
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Two clipped color book photos of the Apollo 9 astronauts: one of Dave Scott and Jim McDivitt, signed in black felt tip by Scott and in green felt tip
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Apollo 9304 - Apollo 9
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Three color clipped book photos of the Apollo 9 mission, each signed by one of the mission’s astronauts: Dave Scott, James McDivitt, and Rusty Schweic
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