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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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Joseph Shelby459 - Joseph Shelby
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Confederate Cavalry officer (1830–1897), when the Confederacy's collapse came he refused to surrender and led part of his force to Mexico where ...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Daniel Sickles460 - Daniel Sickles
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Controversial and colorful American politician and military officer (1819–1914). After discovering his young wife was having an affair, Sickles shot t
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Sir William Sidney Smith461 - Sir William Sidney Smith
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British admiral (1764–1840) who fought in the French Revolutionary Wars. Of Smith, Napoleon commented, ‘That man made me miss my destiny.’ Partial ALS
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Spanish-American War462 - Spanish-American War
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ALS, twelve pages in pencil on six sheets, 5.5 x 8.75, no date [circa July 1898]. A letter from Edwin Cole to his wife describing in detail the Battle
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Estimate : 4,000.00 - 5,000.00
 
 
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Joseph Stilwell463 - Joseph Stilwell
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TLS signed “J. W. Stilwell,” one page, 8 x 10.5, December 5, 1944. Letter of thanks reads, in part: “I appreciate your thoughtfulness in enclosing the
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Lorenzo Thomas464 - Lorenzo Thomas
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Controversial army officer (1804–1875) who did not get along well with Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton; President Johnson attempted to replace Stant
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Vietnam War465 - Vietnam War
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Laserprint 13.5 x 10.5 photo of the funeral procession for the Vietnam Unknown Soldier, signed in blue felt tip by Col. Jeff Feinstein, Col. Bill Stoc
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Lew Wallace466 - Lew Wallace
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Union general (1827–1905) who became better known as the author of the best-selling novel Ben-Hur. ALS, one page, 6.5 x 11, May 3, 1889. Letter to Sec
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William Wells467 - William Wells
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Union general (1837–1892) who received the Congressional Medal of Honor for his gallantry and role in the victory at Gettysburg. Merchants National Ba
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Joseph Wheeler468 - Joseph Wheeler
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Mechanics’ National Bank check, 7 x 3, filled out and signed by Wheeler, “Joseph Wheeler,” payable to S. T. Cameron for $65, May 20, 1902. In fine con
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John E. Wool469 - 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. LS, one lightly-lined page, both sides, 7.75
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Buzz Aldrin470 - Buzz Aldrin
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Color 8 x 10 NASA photo of Aldrin posing in his white space suit against a lunar background, nicely signed in black ink. In very fine condition.
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Buzz Aldrin471 - Buzz Aldrin
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Scarce color 8 x 10 NASA photo of Aldrin in his white space suit, signed in black felt tip, “‘Contact Light, OK, Engine Stop’—Buzz Aldrin, Apollo XI L
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Buzz Aldrin472 - Buzz Aldrin
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Archive of 11 items from a 1984 NASA presentation on Lunar Surface Return, each 8.5 x 11 or 11 x 8.5, used by Aldrin during a presentation at the Lynd
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Apollo 11: Aldrin and Duke473 - Apollo 11: Aldrin and Duke
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Color 19.5 x 15.5 limited edition print of Aldrin on the lunar surface, numbered 44/99, commemorating the first words spoken from the moon, signed in
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Apollo 14: Cernan and Engle474 - Apollo 14: Cernan and Engle
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Two Apollo 14 commemorative covers, both with stamped cachets of the mission insignia, signed in black felt tip by back-up crew members Joe Engle and
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Apollo 17475 - Apollo 17
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Menu from the Apollo 17 spalshdown dinner held on the USS Ticonderoga, 5.25 x 8, two pages, signed and inscribed on the front cover, “To patty, How gr
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Apollo 15476 - Apollo 15
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Commemorative cover with a cachet of the Apollo 15 mission insignia, as well as a July 26, 1971, Kennedy Space Center cancellation, signed under the c
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Neil Armstrong477 - Neil Armstrong
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Color 8 x 10 NASA photo of Armstrong posing in his white space suit, his helmet by his side, signed and inscribed in blue felt tip “To Eduard A. Pinto
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Neil Armstrong478 - Neil Armstrong
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Color 8 x 10 NASA ‘alternative’ photo of Armstrong in his white space suit posing against a lunar background, signed in blue felt tip. In very good co
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 4,000.00
 
 
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Apollo 15479 - Apollo 15
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Uncommon Apollo 15 postal cover, 6.5 x 3.75, #108 of 300, carried to the lunar surface aboard the Falcon, signed in the lower left corner by crew memb
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Estimate : 6,000.00 - 8,000.00
 
 
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Neil Armstrong482 - Neil Armstrong
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Superlative uninscribed color 8 x 10 NASA photo of Armstrong posing in his white space suit, his helmet by his side, signed in blue felt tip. In fine,
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Astronauts483 - Astronauts
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Ten color NASA photos of Apollo, Skylab, and shuttle astronauts, each signed in black felt tip or blue ink by the astronaut(s) pictured. Singers are:
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Alan Bean484 - Alan Bean
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Two color cardstock photos of Bean’s artwork, 5.75 x 8.25 and 5.75 x 4, each signed in black felt tip or gold ink. One also bears a ‘First Moon Landin
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Scott Carpenter485 - Scott Carpenter
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Souvenir typescript detailing the touch and go decent of his space capsule, one page, 8.5 x 11, NASA letterhead. In part, “Due to a malfunction in the
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Challenger486 - Challenger
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Commemorative cover with a cachet honoring the shuttle ‘free flyer’ tests in the Neutral Buoyancy Simulator, signed in blue and black ink by Ron McNai
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Michael Collins487 - Michael Collins
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Color vintage 8 x 10 NASA photo of Collins from 1963, signed in black felt tip. In fine condition, with a couple trivial wrinkles to background along
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Gordon Cooper488 - Gordon Cooper
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Two color satin-finish photos: a 10 x 8 photo of the Gemini 5 lift-off, signed in the lower border in blue felt tip, “Gemini 5 launch for an 8 day wor
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Walt Cunningham489 - Walt Cunningham
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Patch honoring Cunningham as an American Space Pioneer and bearing the Apollo 7 mission insignia, 5? in diameter, signed at the bottom in black felt t
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Bill Dana490 - Bill Dana
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Collection of ten identical 10 x 8 color satin-finish photos of Dana standing in front of his test plane, each signed in black felt tip by Dana, addin
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Charlie Duke491 - Charlie Duke
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Unusual black felt tip hand tracing on an off-white 8.5 x 8.5 sheet, signed in the center, “Charlie Duke, Apollo 16.” In fine condition.
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Female Astronauts492 - Female Astronauts
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Thirteen color NASA photos, twelve 8 x 10 and one 10 x 8, each signed and inscribed in black felt tip by the astronaut pictured. Signers are: Kathryn
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Gathering of Eagles, 1985493 - Gathering of Eagles, 1985
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Limited edition set of three lithographs, 1180/1200, one 17.5 x 23.5 and two 7 x 23.5 from the 1985 Gathering of Eagles. The two smaller prints are si
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Charles Lindbergh494 - Charles Lindbergh
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Fountain pen signature and inscription, “To Terry, Kathy, Warren [?], Charles Dietrich, With best wishes, Charles A. Lindbergh, Jan. 9, ’71,” on an of
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Jim Irwin495 - Jim Irwin
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Two personal checks, 6 x 2.75, each filled out and signed by Irwin, “James B. Irwin,” dated 1989 and 1990. Both are encapsulated in plastic PSA/DNA au
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Jack Lousma496 - Jack Lousma
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Two color NASA photos: an 8 x 10 of Lousma in his white space suit holding a Skylab model, signed in black felt tip; and a 10 x 8 of Lousma training o
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Edgar Mitchell497 - Edgar Mitchell
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Apollo 14 launch pass bearing the mission insignia, stamped on the reverse as number 9316, 4 x 2.5, signed vertically on the front in black felt tip b
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Edgar Mitchell498 - Edgar Mitchell
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Apollo 14 launch date postal cover, signed in blue ballpoint, “From My Personal Collection, Edgar Mitchell, Apollo 14.” Removably presented on a color
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Maria Mitchell499 - Maria Mitchell
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The first American woman to work as a professional astronomer, who used a telescope to discover what became known as ‘Miss Mitchell's Comet’ (18...
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Judy Resnik500 - Judy Resnik
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Color 8 x 10 NASA photo, signed and inscribed horizontally in black ink “Best wishes to Colby! Judy Resnik.” Some mild rippling from moisture exposure
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Carl Sagan501 - Carl Sagan
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TLS, one page, 8.5 x 11, Cornell University letterhead, March 5, 1993. Letter to an admirer. In part: “I’m afraid I must disagree with the distinction
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Carl Sagan502 - Carl Sagan
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TLS, one page, 8.5 x 7 (bottom third likely trimmed off), Cornell University letterhead, February 25, 1974. Letter to Professor Ernest Dale. In part:
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Harrison Schmitt503 - Harrison Schmitt
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Signed book: Return to the Moon. First edition, later printing. NY: Copernicus Books, 2006. Hardcover with dust jacket, 6.5 x 9.5, 335 pages. Signed o
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Alan Shepard504 - Alan Shepard
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Gold ink signature, “Alan Shepard,” on a black 4 x 1.5 card. Matted with a photo of Shepard saluting on the moon to an overall size of 14 x 15. In fin
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Clyde W. Tombaugh505 - Clyde W. Tombaugh
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DS, one page, 7.5 x 5.25, March 1, 1952. Notice of insufficient remittance from the US Government Printing Office, asking that Tombaugh send the fifty
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Wernher von Braun506 - Wernher von Braun
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Felt tip signature, “Werner von Braun,” on an off-white 5 x 3 card. In fine condition, with some light toning to corners, most of which could be matte
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Patty Wagstaff507 - Patty Wagstaff
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Colorful scale wooden model of a Walter Extra 300 airplane signed in black felt tip on the wing. In fine condition. Accompanied by a photo taken at ti
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Skylab508 - Skylab
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Color vintage 13.5 x 11 photo of the recovery of the Skylab I crew, affixed to its original 19.5 x 15.5 mount, signed and inscribed on the mount in bl
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Guenter Wendt509 - Guenter Wendt
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ALS signed “Guenter F. Wendt, Padleader,” one page, 8.5 x 11, NASA letterhead, no date. Letter to an admirer. In full: “From Mercury, where we did not
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Orville Wright510 - Orville Wright
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Vintage 7 x 5 postcard commemorating the 25th anniversary of the Wright Brothers first flight, postmarked Kitty Hawk, December 17, 1928, featuring a s
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 2,500.00
 
 
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