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1950s Rockets

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles / Autographs Start Price:NA Estimated At:400.00 - 600.00 USD
1950s Rockets

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Auction Date:2013 Nov 21 @ 18:00 (UTC-05:00 : EST/CDT)
Location:5 Rt 101A Suite 5, Amherst, New Hampshire, 03031, United States
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
Collection of almost 60 posters, schematic prints, early rocket diagrams, and blueprints from the 1950s, various sizes, all originating from the estate of German rocket pioneer Alfred Fritz. Most are labeled in German, with some of the blueprints hand-done in pencil. All of these items were intended for a space museum in Stuttgart, Germany, which never came to fruition. In very good overall condition. Fritz worked briefly in Peenemunde during World War II, but opted not to come to America with Werner von Braun, although the two kept in contact afterwards. Many of the original drawings were done by engineers that were employed by Peenemunde and show an early approach to spaceflight done before even Sputnik was launched by the Russians.