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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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Amelia Earhart and Charles Lindbergh31 - Amelia Earhart and Charles Lindbergh
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Two reels of 16mm film featuring International Newsreel and MGM News footage of Amelia Earhart and Charles Lindbergh. The reels include footage of Lin
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Pilot’s Airplane Manual32 - Pilot’s Airplane Manual
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Pilot’s Airplane Manual by N. O. Anderson, 6.5 x 9, 150 pages, September 1940, issued by the US Department of Commerce and the Civil Aeronautics Admin
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Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
 
 
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Aircraft Power Plant Manual33 - Aircraft Power Plant Manual
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Unsigned book: Aircraft Powerplant Manual by G. Burnell Manly. Later printing. Chicago: Frederick J. Drake and Company, 1942. Hardcover, 5.75 x 7.75,
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Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
 
 
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Skymaster C-54 Training Manual34 - Skymaster C-54 Training Manual
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Pilot Training Manual for the Skymaster C-54, 8 x 10.5, 206 pages. Dated August of 1945, this manual is labeled “restricted,” features an introduction
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Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
 
 
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World War II Manuals35 - World War II Manuals
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Three World War II technical manuals issued by the War Department. Titles are: Aircraft Electrical Systems (TM 1-406), Electrical Fundamentals (TN 1-4
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Aviation36 - Aviation
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Nice collection of 24 color aviation lithographs designed by Charles H. Hubbell, 16.5 x 13.75, including a set of 12 depicting military aircraft publi
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Wernher von Braun40 - Wernher von Braun
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Von Braun’s handwritten notes in pencil on the requirements for a spacecraft destined for Mars, unsigned, seven lined pages (all but one single-sided)
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Estimate : 10,000.00 - 15,000.00
 
 
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Wernher von Braun41 - Wernher von Braun
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Incredible draft autograph letter in pencil, unsigned, three pages, 8 x 10.5, no date. Letter to Igor Sikorski. In part: “Upon return…I find a letter
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,500.00
 
 
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Wernher von Braun42 - Wernher von Braun
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The Explorers Club membership card issued to Wernher Von Braun in 1967, 3.75 x 2.25, signed along the bottom in black felt tip. Also bears a facsimile
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Wernher von Braun43 - Wernher von Braun
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Apollo 11 naval recovery cover with a stamped cachet honoring the mission’s recovery force, signed in black felt tip by von Braun. In fine condition,
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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