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Results: RR Auction's Fine Autographs and Artifacts Featuring WWII

RR Auction's Fine Autographs and Artifacts Featuring WWII realized $1,024,444.

PC Auction DeskSeptember 8, 2026Source reviewed / 10 citations / 3 sources

Results: RR Auction's Fine Autographs and Artifacts Featuring WWII — Illustration: Pricing Culture Studio

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Auction Math · 355 public lot recordsPC Auction Desk

$1.0M

Total realized

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Estimate range (Σ)

100%

Sell-through

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vs Σ high estimate

Auction highlights

Alexander Hamilton Letter Signed as Treasury Secretary - Circular on the 1790 Tonnage Act, a Cornerstone of Early Federal Finance
EstimateFrom $8K
Sold$54,811
Winston Churchill Typed Letter Signed to Charles de Gaulle on Their Wartime Alliance and “the greatest peril I have ever known”
EstimateFrom $50K
Sold$50,908
Enola Gay and Bockscar Crew-Signed Short Snorter - Autographs Obtained in 1945 by Tail Gunner Bob Caron
EstimateFrom $40K
Sold$37,551
Zhou Enlai Typed Letter Signed on US Policy Toward China: "I know for sure that there has been no anti-American propaganda"
EstimateFrom $25K
Sold$31,245
Dambusters Logbook from the Most Famous Bombing Raid of WWII — Operation Chastise, May 16, 1943 — Signed by Five Pilots Killed in Action: Gibson, Young, Maltby, Suggitt, and Paape
EstimateFrom $30K
Sold$25,611
Nuremberg Trials: Alfred Jodl Typed Manuscript Signed, His Final Statement to the Tribunal: "One's duty to fellow countrymen and fatherland transcends every other"
EstimateFrom $10K
Sold$24,348
Chester Nimitz Autograph Letter Signed to the Parents of the Sullivan Brothers: "When their country needed their help they promptly gave their services—and, unfortunately, their lives"
EstimateFrom $2K
Sold$23,544
T. E. Lawrence Hand-Drawn Map of the Crusader Castles of Palestine
EstimateFrom $10K
Sold$20,133
Original 1945 Nuremberg Indictment of Göring and 23 Other Nazi Leaders — Signed at the Trial by All Eight Judges of the International Military Tribunal
EstimateFrom $10K
Sold$19,506
Robert Oppenheimer Typed Letter Signed to a WAC Master Sergeant at Los Alamos on Her “contribution to the development of the atomic bomb”
EstimateFrom $15K
Sold$18,760
Thomas Jefferson Letter Signed as President on the Embargo Act of 1807: "The belligerent powers have beset the high way of commercial intercourse with edicts which...expose our commerce and mariners...a prey to their fleets and armies"
EstimateFrom $15K
Sold$18,750
Marilyn Monroe Signed Photograph to Bit-Part Actor Dick Ryan: "It's a pleasure to work with you"
EstimateFrom $20K
Sold$18,503

	Estimate	Sold price
Alexander Hamilton Letter Signed as Treasury Secretary - Circular on the 1790 Tonnage Act, a Cornerstone of Early Federal Finance	From $8K	$54,811
Winston Churchill Typed Letter Signed to Charles de Gaulle on Their Wartime Alliance and “the greatest peril I have ever known”	From $50K	$50,908
Enola Gay and Bockscar Crew-Signed Short Snorter - Autographs Obtained in 1945 by Tail Gunner Bob Caron	From $40K	$37,551
Zhou Enlai Typed Letter Signed on US Policy Toward China: "I know for sure that there has been no anti-American propaganda"	From $25K	$31,245
Dambusters Logbook from the Most Famous Bombing Raid of WWII — Operation Chastise, May 16, 1943 — Signed by Five Pilots Killed in Action: Gibson, Young, Maltby, Suggitt, and Paape	From $30K	$25,611
Nuremberg Trials: Alfred Jodl Typed Manuscript Signed, His Final Statement to the Tribunal: "One's duty to fellow countrymen and fatherland transcends every other"	From $10K	$24,348
Chester Nimitz Autograph Letter Signed to the Parents of the Sullivan Brothers: "When their country needed their help they promptly gave their services—and, unfortunately, their lives"	From $2K	$23,544
T. E. Lawrence Hand-Drawn Map of the Crusader Castles of Palestine	From $10K	$20,133
Original 1945 Nuremberg Indictment of Göring and 23 Other Nazi Leaders — Signed at the Trial by All Eight Judges of the International Military Tribunal	From $10K	$19,506
Robert Oppenheimer Typed Letter Signed to a WAC Master Sergeant at Los Alamos on Her “contribution to the development of the atomic bomb”	From $15K	$18,760
Thomas Jefferson Letter Signed as President on the Embargo Act of 1807: "The belligerent powers have beset the high way of commercial intercourse with edicts which...expose our commerce and mariners...a prey to their fleets and armies"	From $15K	$18,750
Marilyn Monroe Signed Photograph to Bit-Part Actor Dick Ryan: "It's a pleasure to work with you"	From $20K	$18,503

Lot rows show the price fields disclosed in the source record.

Market context · Memorabilia · 2026 YTDPC Auction Desk

RR Auction

$29.3M

Goldin

$19.5M

Christie's

$10.9M

Juliens Auction

$6.4M

Sotheby's

$1.9M

#12 of 17 RR Auction sales this yearMemorabilia YTD $68.1MAvg sell-through 98%Leader RR Auction

Contextual data provided by Pricing Culture Analytics; this is not an exhaustive list. Pricing Culture Analytics organizes publicly available auction data to analyze and produce insights.

RR Auction's Fine Autographs and Artifacts Featuring WWII concluded 11 June.

The sale realized $1,024,444^[1] across 355 of 355 lots, a 100% sell-through^[1].

Auction highlights

Sale file

Alexander Hamilton Letter Signed as Treasury Secretary - Circular on the 1790 Tonnage Act, a Cornerstone of Early Federal Finance sold for $54,811^[2].
Winston Churchill Typed Letter Signed to Charles de Gaulle on Their Wartime Alliance and “the greatest peril I have ever known” sold for $50,908^[3].
Enola Gay and Bockscar Crew-Signed Short Snorter - Autographs Obtained in 1945 by Tail Gunner Bob Caron sold for $37,551^[4].
Zhou Enlai Typed Letter Signed on US Policy Toward China: "I know for sure that there has been no anti-American propaganda" sold for $31,245^[5].
Dambusters Logbook from the Most Famous Bombing Raid of WWII — Operation Chastise, May 16, 1943 — Signed by Five Pilots Killed in Action: Gibson, Young, Maltby, Suggitt, and Paape sold for $25,611^[6].

Source note: RR Auction publishes the official result page for Fine Autographs and Artifacts Featuring WWII.^[1]\n\nSource note: The auction house publishes this official lot page as part of the sale, providing a direct first-party source for the listed object.^[3]^[2]\n\nSource note: The auction house publishes this official lot page as part of the sale, providing a direct first-party source for the listed object.

Results: RR Auction's Fine Autographs and Artifacts Featuring WWII

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