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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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Edgar Mitchell512 - Edgar Mitchell
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Color satin-finish 10 x 8 photo of Mitchell posing in his white space suit in front of the Apollo 14 mission insignia, signed in blue felt tip, “Edgar
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Edgar Mitchell513 - Edgar Mitchell
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Color satin-finish 10 x 8 photo of Mitchell standing next to the American flag on the lunar surface, signed in blue felt tip, “In the Fra Mauro Highla
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NASA Mission Control514 - NASA Mission Control
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Satin-finish 10 x 8 photo of Mission Control celebrating the successful ending of the Apollo 13 mission, signed in black felt tip by Chris Kraft, Gene
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Wally Schirra and Walt Cunningham515 - Wally Schirra and Walt Cunningham
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Color glossy 10 x 8 ‘red-numbered’ NASA photo of the Earth taken from orbit during the mission, signed in black felt tip by Wally Schirra and Walt Cun
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Wally Schirra516 - Wally Schirra
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Color vintage 8 x 10 NASA head-and-shoulders photo, signed and inscribed in blue ballpoint “Best wishes Robert, Walter M. Schirra, Jr.” In fine condit
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Wally Schirra517 - Wally Schirra
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Original NASA manual titled “Results of the Third United States Manned Orbital Space Flight, NASA SP-12,” 8 x 10.25, 107 pages, dated October 3, 1962.
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Wally Schirra518 - Wally Schirra
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Color satin-finish 8 x 10 photo of Schirra and Alan Shepard before his Gemini launch, signed in blue felt tip, “Relaxing with Al Shepard before GT-6 l
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Harrison Schmitt519 - Harrison Schmitt
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Color 8 x 10 NASA photo of Schmitt in his white space suit, signed in black felt tip, “Harrison H. Schmitt, Apollo 17.” In fine condition.
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Rusty Schweickart520 - Rusty Schweickart
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Two satin-finish 8 x 10 photos of Schweickart during the Apollo 9 mission, each signed in black felt tip, with Schweickart adding his mission to both.
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Alan Shepard521 - Alan Shepard
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Color vintage 8 x 10 NASA photo, signed in blue ballpoint, “Alan B. Shepard, Jr.” In fine condition.
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Alan Shepard522 - Alan Shepard
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Color 10 x 8 NASA photo of Shepard posing in his spacesuit in front of the Apollo 14 mission insignia, signed in black felt tip, “best wishes—Alan She
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Alan Shepard523 - Alan Shepard
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Crisp gold ink signature, “Alan Shepard,” on a black card. Matted with a fantastic color photo of Shepard saluting from the lunar surface to an overal
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Alan Shepard524 - Alan Shepard
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Uncommon vintage glossy 7.75 x 10 NASA photo of Shepard posing outside in his Mercury space suit, signed and inscribed in black ink, “To George R. San
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Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
 
 
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Skylab 1525 - Skylab 1
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Color 10 x 8 NASA photo of Skylab’s first crew, signed in black felt tip by Joe Kerwin, Charles Conrad, and Paul Weitz, who also adds a brief inscript
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Deke Slayton526 - Deke Slayton
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Color vintage 8 x 10 NASA photo of Slayton in a jacket and tie, signed in blue ballpoint, “D. K. Slayton.” In fine condition.
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SMEAT527 - SMEAT
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Color satin-finish 10 x 8 photo of the SMEAT (Skylab Medical Experiment Altitude Test), signed in black felt tip by Bob Crippen and William Thornton,
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Space Shuttle Astronauts528 - Space Shuttle Astronauts
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Collection of 13 signed photos, various finishes, both individual and crew photos, ranging in size from 4.5 x 5.75 up to 10 x 8, each signed by the as
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Space Shuttle Discovery529 - Space Shuttle Discovery
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Color 20 x 16 presentation which includes four color photographs of the mission’s satellite rescues and a mission patch, signed in black felt tip by S
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Voyager530 - Voyager
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Two souvenir covers honoring the Voyager straight line and close course distance records, each signed in black ink by Dick Rutan and Jenna Yeager. Bot
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Voyager531 - Voyager
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Majestic color glossy 20 x 16 double-weight photo of the Voyager in flight, signed in black felt tip by Jeana Yeager and Dick and Burt Rutan. Scattere
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John Young and Charlie Duke532 - John Young and Charlie Duke
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Glossy 10 x 8 photo of John Young and Charlie Duke training for one of their moonwalks, signed in black felt tip by both Young and Duke. In fine condi
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John Young533 - John Young
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Color 8 x 10 NASA photo of Young in his blue space shuttle flight suit with several spacecraft models in front of him, signed and inscribed in blue fe
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Charles Addams534 - Charles Addams
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Original vintage signed and inscribed full-length felt tip sketch of Wednesday Addams on an off-white 4.25 x 11 sheet, signed and inscribed, “For Fath
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Charles Baudelaire535 - Charles Baudelaire
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Influential nineteenth-century French writer (1821–1867) best known for his highly imaginative and experimental verse, including the seminal 1857 coll
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Estimate : 5,000.00 - 6,000.00
 
 
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Pierre Bonnard536 - Pierre Bonnard
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French painter and lithographer (1867–1947). He trained at the Académie Julien, then joined the group called Les Nabis, which included Denis an...
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Mathew Brady537 - Mathew Brady
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Docketing notation in Brady’s hand, “E. L. Cook, Dec. 6/64,” on the last page of a four-page ALS to Brady from Cook, four pages on two adjoining sheet
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Laurent de Brunhoff538 - Laurent de Brunhoff
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Author and illustrator (b. 1925) best known for continuing the Babar the Elephant series of children's books, created by his father. Four origin...
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Estimate : 20,000.00 - 25,000.00
 
 
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Charles Bukowski539 - Charles Bukowski
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Christmas card sent to Red Stodolsky, featuring an old-fashioned Santa Claus image on the front, 7.75 x 5.5 closed, signed inside by Bukowski’s longti
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Karel Capek540 - Karel Capek
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One of the most influential Czech writers of the 20th century who introduced and made popular the word ‘robot,’ which first appeared in his 1921 play
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Mary Cassatt541 - Mary Cassatt
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Influential American-born painter (1844–1926) who became one of the leading lights of the Impressionist movement and one of the first female artists t
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Estimate : 5,000.00 - 6,000.00
 
 
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Jules Cheret542 - Jules Cheret
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ALS in French, one page, 4.5 x 7, black-bordered letterhead, July 6, 1890. Brief letter to a gentleman. In full (translated): “Here is the sketch I pr
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Agatha Christie543 - Agatha Christie
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TLS, one page both sides, 5.5 x 7, Winterbrook House letterhead, March 16, 1972. Letter to an admirer. In part: “Books take varying times to write bec
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Agatha Christie544 - Agatha Christie
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Color 4 x 7 cardstock photo of Christie printed to commemorate her 80th birthday, signed in blue ballpoint. In fine condition.
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Agatha Christie545 - Agatha Christie
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TLS, one page, 7.25 x 4.5, December 19, 1962. Letter to an admirer. In full: “Thank you very much for your nice letter which I appreciate very much. I
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Samuel L. Clemens546 - Samuel L. Clemens
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ALS signed “S. L. Clemens,” one page, 4.25 x 6.75, The Players, Gramercy Park letterhead, December 29, no year. Humorous letter to “Mrs. Hutton.” In f
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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Samuel L. Clemens547 - Samuel L. Clemens
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ALS signed “S. L. Clemens,” one page both sides, 5.25 x 8.5, July 11. Letter to friend and Hartford mayor, Henry ‘Brer’ Robinson. In full: “I hope you
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Salvador Dali548 - Salvador Dali
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Signed book: Dali. First edition. NY: Ballantine Books, 1974. Softcover, 8.75 x 11.75. Signed in black felt tip on the two-page title page, “Dali 1974
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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Charles L. Dodgson549 - Charles L. Dodgson
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Beloved British author of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, better known by his pen name, Lewis Carroll (1832–1898). ANS signed “C. L. Dodgson,” one p
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Charles Dickens550 - Charles Dickens
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ALS, two pages, 4.5 x 7, Tavistock House, London, April 19, 1853. Letter to J. C. d'Arnaud Gerkens. In full: “Your counsel general has had the k...
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Estimate : 10,000.00 - 12,000.00
 
 
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Alexandre Dumas, pere551 - Alexandre Dumas, pere
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Rare original 2.5 x 4 carte-de-visite photo by Pierre Petit of Paris, neatly signed at the bottom of the image in black ink. In fine condition, with a
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Alexandre Dumas, pere552 - Alexandre Dumas, pere
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ALS in French, signed “A. Dumas,” one page, 5 x 8.5, no date. Letter to Victor Hugo. In full (translated): “I don’t know where to find your Study on S
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Gustave Eiffel553 - Gustave Eiffel
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LS in French, signed “G. Eiffel,” two pages, lightly-lined on two adjoining sheets, 8 x 10.25, January 21, 1904, to the President of the Scientific Co
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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T. S. Eliot554 - T. S. Eliot
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Fountain pen signature, “T. S. Eliot,” on an off-white 3.75 x 2.75 card, dated November 20, 1951. In fine condition.
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Ralph Waldo Emerson555 - Ralph Waldo Emerson
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AQS on an off-white 5.25 x 3 sheet, signed “R. W. Emerson,” dated February 10, 1864. Emerson pens a line from his poem ‘Boston.’ In full: “For what av
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F. Scott Fitzgerald556 - F. Scott Fitzgerald
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Rare TLS signed “Scott Fitzgerald,” one page, 8.5 x 11, November 16, 1939. Brief letter to Isabel Horton, sister of actor Edward Everett Horton. In fu
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Estimate : 5,000.00 - 6,000.00
 
 
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Ian Fleming557 - Ian Fleming
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Ballpoint signature, “Ian Fleming,” on an off-white 5 x 3.5 sheet. In fine condition with a light crease along the right side and paperclip impression
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Robert Frost558 - Robert Frost
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Signed book: A Masque of Reason. Limited edition of 800 copies (this being No. 656). NY: Henry Holt and Company, 1947. Hardcover, 7.25 x 10.25, 30 pag
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James Montgomery Flagg559 - James Montgomery Flagg
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ALS, one page both sides, 7 x 10.25, December 14, 1927. Letter to a gentleman. In part: “The original of the cover you write me about is a life-size o
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Jean Genet560 - Jean Genet
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Prominent and controversial French novelist, playwright, poet, essayist, and political activist (1910–1986). ANS in French, one page, 4.25 x 6.5, no d
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe561 - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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German writer, scientist, and philosopher (1749–1832) who takes a place among the central intellectual and artistic figures of his day. His poetry and
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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