A Fine Selection of Manuscripts and Documents - Session 1

EDWARD H. WHITE AND GUS GRISSOM: Excessively rare S.P., a 10" x 8" color photograph showing the prime and secondary crews of the disastrou...

VIRGIL I. GRISSOM: (1926 - 1967) American astronaut, a member of the original Mercury astronauts, killed in a flash fire in the Apollo 1 capsule. Exce

NEIL ARMSTRONG: (b. 1930) American astronaut and commander of the Apollo 11 mission, the first man to walk on the Moon. Excellent S.P. 10" x 13...

(APOLLO ASTRONAUTS): Exceptional NASA-issued S.P. 10" x 8" color, an image of a well-illuminated full moon signed by twelve Apollo program...

(APOLLO 11): Rare Apollo 11 commemorative postal cover signed by Apollo 11 crew members NEIL ARMSTRONG, MICHAEL COLLINS and BUZZ ALDRIN who writes: ...

GEORGI DOBROVOLSKY AND VIKTOR PATSAYEV: An excessively rare signed Soviet space item, a 1968 Soviet space flight commemorative postcard signed by cosm

KONSTANTIN TSIOLKOVSKY: (1857 - 1935) Pioneering Russian scientist and rocket designer who laid out the basic principles of modern space flight. Outst

KONSTANTIN TSIOLKOVSKY: (1857 - 1935) Pioneering Russian scientist and rocket designer who laid out the basic principles of modern space flight. Outst

YURI GAGARIN: (1934 - 1968) Russian cosmonaut, the first man in space who died tragically in a routine training flight. Excessively rare A.L.S. 1p. 4t

(PIONEERING RUSSIAN COSMONAUTS): Fine and rare S.P. 11 1/2" x 9" color, an official photograph showing the first six Soviet cosmonauts thr...

(PIONEERING RUSSIAN COSMONAUTS): A great association piece, scarce D.S. 1p. 8vo., [n.p., ca. 1960s], a Russian Christmas card sent to Sergei Korolov,

(PIONEERING RUSSIAN COSMONAUTS): A great vintage S.P. 9" x 7" b/w, showing the ten first cosmonauts, seated in a group portrait. Signed by...

(RUSSIAN COSMONAUTS): Typed D.S. 1p. 4to., Star City, June 29, 1963, a document in Russian giving the schedule for appearances by six pioneering Russi

WALTER E. DISNEY: (1901 - 1966) American artist, film producer and businessman, creator of Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck, producer of the first animate

JOHN LAW: (1671 - 1729) Scottish financier and creator of the Mississippi Company, an investment scheme which saw the company's shares skyrocket...

JAMES B. DUKE: (1856 - 1925) American businessman who made millions in the tobacco industry which later saw strict government regulation, constructed

JOHN JACOB ASTOR: (1763 - 1848) American fur trader and financier, Astor grew to become the dominant fur trader in America and built a fortune from in

WILLIAM G. FARGO: (1818 - 1881) American businessman who organized Wells Fargo & Co. and American Express, he later operated the Pony Express. R...

HENRY WELLS AND JAMES C. FARGO SIGNED STOCK CERTIFICATE: Rare and desirable signed stock certificate, 1p. sm. folio, May 30, 1866, a certificate indic

FREDERIC J. FISHER: American industrialist, president of the Fisher Body Co., maker of the majority of American automobile bodies. Rare D.S. "R...