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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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Challenger: Mike Smith696 - Challenger: Mike Smith
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Color 8 x 10 NASA photo of Smith in his blue flight suit holding a shuttle model, signed and inscribed in black felt tip, “Leo, Best wishes, Mike Smit
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Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
 
 
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Michael Collins697 - Michael Collins
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Color satin-finish 8 x 10 photo of Collins in his white space suit, nicely signed in blue felt tip. In very fine condition.
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Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
 
 
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Michael Collins698 - Michael Collins
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Uncommon and desirable color satin-finish 8 x 10 ‘red-numbered’ NASA photo of Collins posing in his white space suit against a lunar background, signe
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Charles Conrad700 - Charles Conrad
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Color glossy 8 x 10 close-up photo of Conrad in his blue flight suit, signed and inscribed in black felt tip, “To Don, Charles Conrad, Jr.” In fine co
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Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
 
 
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Gordon Cooper701 - Gordon Cooper
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Color satin-finish 8 x 10 photo of Cooper posing in his Mercury flight suit and shrouded in mist, signed in blue felt tip. In very fine condition.
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Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
 
 
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Donald W. Douglas702 - Donald W. Douglas
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Aircraft industrialist (1892–1981) who founded the Douglas Aircraft Company in 1921. Building on the success of the twin engine DC-3, Douglas Aircraft
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Charlie Duke703 - Charlie Duke
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Color satin-finish 10 x 8 photo of Duke saluting the flag on the lunar surface, signed in blue felt tip, “Charlie Duke, Apollo XVI.” In very fine cond
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Charlie Duke704 - Charlie Duke
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Color satin-finish 8 x 10 full-length photo of Duke in his white space suit alongside an Apollo 16 mission emblem, signed in silver ink. In very fine
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Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
 
 
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Joe Engle705 - Joe Engle
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Color 8 x 10 NASA photo of Engle holding a model of the space shuttle, signed in black felt tip. In very fine condition.
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Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
 
 
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John Glenn706 - John Glenn
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Color satin-finish 8 x 10 photo of Glenn in his Mercury space suit, signed in the lower border in blue felt tip. In very fine condition.
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John Glenn707 - John Glenn
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Color glossy 7.75 x 10 photo of Glenn in his Mercury space suit, signed at the top in black felt tip. In fine condition.
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John Glenn708 - John Glenn
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Official Rawlings Major League baseball signed in blue ballpoint on a side panel. In very fine condition.
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Fred Haise and Gene Kranz709 - Fred Haise and Gene Kranz
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Color satin-finish 10 x 8 photo of Kranz watching an image of Fred Haise on a large screen at mission control, signed in black felt tip, “Fred Haise,
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Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
 
 
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Fred Haise710 - Fred Haise
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Two photos: color satin-finish 8 x 10 of Haise posing in front of a jet, signed in black felt tip, “Fred Haise, Apollo 13 LMP, Enterprise CDR”; and a
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Hindenberg: Werner Franz711 - Hindenberg: Werner Franz
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Fourteen-year-old cabin boy who survived the final flight of the Hindenberg. Two cardstock 10 x 8 photos of the Hindenberg, one of the craft in flight
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Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
 
 
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Jim Irwin712 - Jim Irwin
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Color 10 x 8 NASA photo of Irwin saluting the flag on the lunar surface, signed in black felt tip below a pre-printed sentiment. In very fine conditio
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Jim Irwin713 - Jim Irwin
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Color 10 x 8 NASA photo of Irwin saluting the flag on the lunar surface, signed and inscribed in black felt tip around a pre-printed sentiment, “Jeff,
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Jim Irwin714 - Jim Irwin
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Religious booklet in German, 6 x 8, titled ‘Der Mond Allein,’ (The Moons Alone), eight pages, signed on the front cover in black felt tip. In fine con
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Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
 
 
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Joe Kittinger715 - Joe Kittinger
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Two items: a commemorative cover bearing a cachet honoring the 40th anniversary of Kittinger’s record setting Project Excelsior jump, signed in black
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Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
 
 
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Chris Kraft716 - Chris Kraft
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Three different satin-finish 10 x 8 photos, one color, of Kraft at Mission Control, each signed in black felt tip. In fine condition, with some minor
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James Lovell717 - James Lovell
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Color vintage 8 x 10 NASA photo of Lovell in a suit and tie, signed and inscribed in black ink, “To Sid, Best regards, James Lovell.” In fine conditio
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James Lovell718 - James Lovell
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Color satin-finish 8 x 10 photo of Lovell posing in his white space suit against a celestial background, signed in black felt tip, “Aim for the stars!
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Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
 
 
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Robert McCall719 - Robert McCall
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Color 10 x 8 NASA photo of McCall’s rendition of the Apollo-Soyuz docking, signed in black felt tip; and a color satin-finish 8 x 10 of the Mission Co
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Robert McCall720 - Robert McCall
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Signed book: The Art of Robert McCall. First edition, first printing. NY: Bantam Books, 1992. Hardcover with dust jacket, 11.5 x 11.5, 150 pages. Sign
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Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
 
 
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James McDivitt721 - James McDivitt
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Two signed NASA photos, a color 8 x 10 signed and inscribed in black ink; and a glossy 8 x 10 signed in blue felt tip. In fine condition.
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Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
 
 
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Mercury 13722 - Mercury 13
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FDC with a cachet honoring the Mercury women, signed in felt tip and ink by Jerrie Cobb, Jerri Truhill, B. Stedman, Janey Hart, Sarah Ratley, Rhea Wol
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Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
 
 
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Mercury Astronauts723 - Mercury Astronauts
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Glossy 10 x 8 photo of the Mercury astronauts and Richard Nixon on the Capital steps, signed in blue and black felt tip by Scott Carpenter, Wally Schi
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Edgar Mitchell724 - Edgar Mitchell
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Color satin-finish 10 x 8 photo of Mitchell next to the American flag on the lunar surface, signed in blue felt tip. In very fine condition.
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Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
 
 
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NASA Flight Controllers725 - NASA Flight Controllers
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Color satin-finish 8 x 10 photo of a footprint on the lunar surface, signed in black felt tip by Gene Kranz, Chris Kraft, Glynn Lunney, and Gerry Grif
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Hermann Oberth726 - Hermann Oberth
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Romanian and German physicist and engineer (1894–1989) considered one of the founding fathers of rocketry and astronautics. Color satin-finish 5 x 7 h
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Bob Overmyer and Karl Henize727 - Bob Overmyer and Karl Henize
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Two color 8 x 10 NASA photos of the astronauts posing in their white space suits, signed and inscribed in blue and black felt tip by Bob Overmyer and
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Sally Ride728 - Sally Ride
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Two felt tip signatures, “Sally K. Ride,” on individual off-white 5 x 3 cards. Both are encapsulated in plastic PSA/DNA authentication holders. In ove
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Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
 
 
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Wally Schirra729 - Wally Schirra
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Glossy 8 x 10 photo of Schirra’s Mercury launch, signed in black felt tip. In very fine condition.
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Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
 
 
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Harrison Schmitt730 - Harrison Schmitt
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Glossy 8 x 10 formal portrait of Schmitt, signed in black felt tip, “Jack Schmitt.” In very fine condition.
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Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
 
 
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Alan Shepard731 - Alan Shepard
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Early color 8 x 10 NASA photo of Shepard in a suit and tie, signed and inscribed in black felt tip, “To Mary—Alan Shepard.” In fine condition.
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Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
 
 
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Alan Shepard732 - Alan Shepard
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Color 10 x 8 NASA photo of Shepard posing in his space suit in front of the Apollo 14 mission insignia, signed in black felt tip, “Best wishes—Alan Sh
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Space Shuttle733 - Space Shuttle
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Ten color crew photos, mostly NASA, all 8 x 10 or 10 x 8, each signed in felt tip by members of the crew pictured. Missions are: STS-79 (signed by fiv
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Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
 
 
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STS-7734 - STS-7
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Two items: original hand-painted image by an unknown artist showing Sally Ride, on a Kennedy Space Center–postmarked cover, signed in black ballpoint
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Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
 
 
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Jack Swigert735 - Jack Swigert
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Cardstock 2.75 x 4.25 photo of Swigert in his white space suit, with the Apollo 13 mission information printed below, signed in blue felt tip. In fine
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Test Pilots736 - Test Pilots
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Three items: glossy 10 x 8 photo of the F-100C on its first flight takeoff, signed in black felt tip by Al White; a color 8.5 x 11 commemorative sheet
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Charles Veach737 - Charles Veach
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NASA astronaut who flew on two shuttle missions. He died of cancer in 1995. Color 8 x 10 NASA photo of Veach in his blue flight suit posing alongside
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Chuck Yeager738 - Chuck Yeager
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Two items: color satin-finish 8 x 10 photo of Yeager with a jet, signed in black felt tip; and a copy of the December 17, 1961, Wright Brothers Day pr
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Joseph Addison739 - Joseph Addison
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English essayist, poet, and politician (1672-1719). Manuscript DS, signed “J. Addison,” one page, 7.5 x 4, May 8, 1717. Document concerning a payment
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Alain-Fournier740 - Alain-Fournier
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French author and soldier (1886–1914) whose novel Le Grand Meaulnes is considered a classic of French literature. ALS in French, signed “H. Alain-Four
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Frederic-Auguste Bartholdi741 - Frederic-Auguste Bartholdi
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Color vintage 5.5 x 3.25 cardstock photo of a scenic illustration featuring the sun rising behind the Statue of Liberty, signed in black ink, “F. Bart
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Antoine Bourdelle742 - Antoine Bourdelle
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Prolific French sculptor (1861–1929). Exceptional vintage matte-finish 8 x 11 bust photo by G. L. Manuel Freres, affixed to its original 11.75 x 15.5
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Gutzon Borglum743 - Gutzon Borglum
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Two TLSs, both 8.5 x 11 and dated December 12, 1922: one on personal letterhead to industrialist Curtis Freshel, in part: “I am under contract to deli
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Samuel L. Clemens744 - Samuel L. Clemens
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Partial self-contained ANS signed “S. L. Clemens,” one page, 5.5 x 2.25, no date. Conclusion of a longer letter reads, “Is there a mistake somewhere?
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Fanny Burney745 - Fanny Burney
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British novelist, diarist, and playwright (1752–1840) whose writing is known for its satire, feminist slant, and sympathy toward social justice and eq
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Samuel L. Clemens746 - Samuel L. Clemens
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Vintage glossy 3.25 x 5.25 photo of Clemens seated on a porch in a white hat, a folded paper in his lap, signed in black ink. Suede-matted and framed
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Estimate : 4,000.00 - 6,000.00
 
 
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