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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 over 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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C. H. Bell683 - C. H. Bell
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Commodore during the Civil War. Original 2.25 x 4 carte-de-visite full-length portrait of Bell in uniform, signed in the lower border in black ink, “C
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Pappy Boyington and Mike Kawato684 - Pappy Boyington and Mike Kawato
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Two books: a hardcover edition of Baa Baa Black Sheep, signed and inscribed, “Aug 22, 87—To Bob Harris—With best Regards—Pappy Boyington,” on his full
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Pappy Boyington685 - Pappy Boyington
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Signed book: Baa Baa Black Sheep. Later printing. New York: G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 1958. Hardcover with dust jacket, 6 x 8.5, 384 pages. Signed on the ha
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Don Carlos Buell686 - Don Carlos Buell
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American military officer (1818–1898) who served in the Seminole, Mexican-American, and Civil Wars. His actions in the last were the source of much co
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George Cadwalader687 - George Cadwalader
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Army general (1806–1879) in the Mexican-American and Civil War. Partly-printed DS, signed “Geo. Cadwalader,” one page, 21.5 x 17.5, November 6, 1872.
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William P. Carlin688 - William P. Carlin
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Union general (1829–1903) who commanded brigades at the Battle of Chickamauga, Lookout Mountain, and Missionary Ridge. War-dated ALS signed “W. P. Car
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Henri J. G. Clarke689 - Henri J. G. Clarke
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French army officer of Irish descent. LS in French, signed as Napoleon’s Minister of War, “Cte. D’Hunebourg,” one page, 8 x 10, July 12, 1809. Letter
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Confederate Soldier’s Letter690 - Confederate Soldier’s Letter
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Civil War–dated ALS signed “A. W. Johnson,” one page both sides, 5 x 7.25, Adam’s Run, South Carolina, January 31, 1865. Letter to his father. In part
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John M. Cuyler691 - John M. Cuyler
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Union general and surgeon (1810–1884). Handwritten war-dated pass, signed “Jno. M. Cuyler, Medl. Inspector U. S. A.,” on an off-white 8 x 4.5 sheet, d
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James H. Doolittle692 - James H. Doolittle
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Vintage ink signature, “J. H. Doolittle,” on an off-white 4.5 x 2.5 page, with typed collector’s notations and binder holes across the top edge. In fi
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Enola Gay693 - Enola Gay
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Color satin-finish 10 x 8 photo of an artist’s depiction of the Enola Gay immediately after dropping the bomb on Hiroshima, signed in blue felt tip by
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Enola Gay694 - Enola Gay
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Cardstock 10 x 8 photo of the Enola Gay crew in uniform, signed vertically in blue felt tip by Paul W. Tibbets, Tom Ferebee, and Theodore J. ‘Dutch’ V
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Enola Gay695 - Enola Gay
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Composite 8 x 10 cardstock photo of Little Boy and its devastating aftermath in Hiroshima, signed in blue ink, “Paul Tibbets, Pilot,” “Tom Ferebee, Bo
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Enola Gay: Dutch Van Kirk696 - Enola Gay: Dutch Van Kirk
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Color satin-finish 10 x 8 photo of the Enola Gay on the runway, signed in blue felt tip, “The first atomic bomb was dropped from 30,600 feet. It deton
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Gustavus V. Fox697 - Gustavus V. Fox
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Assistant secretary of the Navy during the Civil War (1821–1883). Original 2.25 x 4 carte-de-visite portrait of Fox presented in an original 3.75 x 5.
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Gabreski, Mahurin, and Johnson698 - Gabreski, Mahurin, and Johnson
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Color limited edition 27 x 20.5 print entitled A Wolfpack Salute, numbered 79/300, signed in pencil by Gabby Gabreski, Bud Mahurin, and Jerry Johnson.
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Iwo Jima699 - Iwo Jima
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Glossy 11 x 14 photo of the Iwo Jima flag raising, signed in blue felt tip by three Medal of Honor recipients from that battle: Jack Lucas, Hershel Wi
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Husband E. Kimmel700 - Husband E. Kimmel
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American naval admiral (1882–1968) who commanded the Pacific Fleet at the time of the attack on Pearl Harbor. Vintage matte-finish 5 x 7 half-length p
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Douglas MacArthur701 - Douglas MacArthur
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Commemorative cover with a cachet honoring the 35th anniversary of the liberation of Korea, signed across the top in ink. Double-matted with a profile
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Randolph B. Marcy702 - Randolph B. Marcy
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Career military officer (1812–1887) who served as chief of staff to his son-in-law, General George B. McClellan, during the Civil War. Original 2.25 x
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John H. Martindale703 - John H. Martindale
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Union officer and politician (1815–1881) who participated in the Peninsula Campaign as well as the Bermuda Hundred Campaign, the Battle of Cold Harbor
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Edward York McCauley704 - Edward York McCauley
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Union naval officer who served on the USS Fort Henry. Original 2.25 x 4 carte-de-visite portrait of McCauley in uniform and sporting fluffy facial hai
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Memphis Belle705 - Memphis Belle
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Color 38 x 25.75 print entitled ‘Memphis Belle,’ signed in the borders in ballpoint by Robert Morgan, Peggy Evans (wife of Vincent B. Evans), Harold P
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Military706 - Military
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Ten covers postmarked 1969, each signed in ink by a prominent military figure. Signers are: Omar N. Bradley, Lucius D. Clay (2), Maxwell Taylor, Georg
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Military Aviators707 - Military Aviators
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Three commemorative covers, including one FDC, each signed in ink or felt tip by a different aviator. Signers are: Chuck Yeager, James Doolittle, and
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Ormsby Mitchel708 - Ormsby Mitchel
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Union officer and astronomer (1810–1862). Uncommon ALS signed “O. M. Mitchel,” one page, 7.75 x 7, October 28, 1848. Letter to an unidentified recipie
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Mountbatten of Burma709 - Mountbatten of Burma
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FDC with a cachet honoring the Red Cross Centenary, signed at the bottom in black ballpoint, “Mountbatten of Burma, AF.” Encapsulated in a plastic PSA
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James Nagle710 - James Nagle
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Union general (1822–1866) best known for his actions at the 1862 Battle of Antietam, where his brigade played a key role in securing Burnside's ...
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Henry M. Naglee711 - Henry M. Naglee
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Union general who commanded a brigade in the Army of the Potomac during the Peninsula Campaign (1815–1886). Civil War–dated partly-printed DS, signed
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Chester Nimitz712 - Chester Nimitz
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Vintage program cover from the United Nations Corner-Stone Ceremony, held in New York on October 24, 1949, 8 x 10.5, signed at the top in blue ink, “C
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William Pepperell, Jr713 - William Pepperell, Jr
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Merchant and soldier (1696–1759) in Colonial Massachusetts, remembered for organizing, financing, and leading the 1745 expedition that captured the Fr
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John J. Pershing714 - John J. Pershing
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Vintage ink signature, “John J. Pershing, Feby 9, 1927,” on an off-white 4.5 x 2.5 lightly-lined page, with binder holes across the top edge. In very
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David D. Porter715 - David D. Porter
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Civil War-dated LS, one page, lightly-lined, 7.5 x 10.5, Memphis, September 5, 1863. Letter to two surgeons. In full: “You will hold a careful survey
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Francis Gary Powers716 - Francis Gary Powers
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Signed book: Operation Overflight. Later printing. NY: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1970. Hardcover with dust jacket, 6 x 8.5, 375 pages. Signed on the
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Prince Robert, Duke of Chartres717 - Prince Robert, Duke of Chartres
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Grandson of King Louis-Philippe of France. He fought for the Union in the American Civil War, and then for France in the 1870 Franco-Prussian War. Ori
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Eddie Rickenbacker718 - Eddie Rickenbacker
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Vintage ink signature, “Capt. E. V. Rickenbacker,” on an off-white 4.5 x 2.5 page, with typed collector’s notations and binder holes across the top ed
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Stephen C. Rowan719 - Stephen C. Rowan
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Vice admiral in the US Navy (1808–1890) who commanded the broadside ironclad New Ironsides on blockade duty off Charleston. Original 2.5 x 4 carte-de-
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Truman Seymour720 - Truman Seymour
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Career soldier and an accomplished painter (1824–1891). Original 2.5 x 4 carte-de-visite bust portrait of Seymour in uniform, signed at the bottom of
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Adam J. Slemmer721 - Adam J. Slemmer
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Army officer (1828–1868) during the Seminole Wars, Civil War, and Old West. Original 2.25 x 4 carte-de-visite bust portrait of Slemmer in uniform, sig
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Joseph B. Smith722 - Joseph B. Smith
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US naval officer (1826–1862) who was killed in action while in acting-command of the USS Congress when she was destroyed by the Confederate ironclad C
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James H. Van Alen723 - James H. Van Alen
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Union general (1819–1886) who served as Hooker's Chief of Staff at the battle of Chancellorsville. He disappeared during a trip from Liverpool t...
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Franz von Hipper724 - Franz von Hipper
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Admiral in the German Imperial Navy (1863–1932). Vintage 3.5 x 5.5 postcard photo of an artist’s rendition of von Hipper in uniform, signed in fountai
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John E. Wool725 - John E. Wool
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American military officer (1784–1869) who served in the War of 1812, Mexican-American War, and Civil War. ALS signed “John E. Wool, Major General,” on
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World War II726 - World War II
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FDC , signed felt tip and ink by James Doolittle, Mathew Ridgeway, William Westmoreland, Mark Clark, Thomas Moorer, and Alexander Haig. In fine condit
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Clement Ader728 - Clement Ader
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French engineer (1841–1925) best known for his pioneering work in aviation. Rare ALS in French, signed “Ct Ader,” one page both sides, 4.75 x 6.5, Vil
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Apollo 11729 - Apollo 11
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FDC bearing a July 20, 1969, Moon Landing cancellation, and a September 9, 1969, Washington, D. C. cancellation, signed in black felt tip by Neil Arms
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Apollo 11 and 8730 - Apollo 11 and 8
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DS, two pages, 8.5 x 11, March 27, 1968. A printed “Agenda for Astronaut Briefing on S-II Stage,” signed in various inks on the first page by Neil Arm
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Apollo 12731 - Apollo 12
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Apollo 12 ‘Type 1’ insurance cover, 6.5 x 3.5, with a cachet of the Apollo 12 mission emblem with navy wings underneath, bearing a November 14, 1969,
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Neil Armstrong732 - Neil Armstrong
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Always desirable uninscribed color 8 x 10 NASA photo of Armstrong posing in his white space suit, his helmet by his side, boldly signed in blue felt t
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Neil Armstrong733 - Neil Armstrong
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Mailing envelope with a typed return address of the Air Force Kokee Station and a March 22, 1965, Waimea, postal cancellation, signed on the reverse i
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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