RR Auction: August 2016 Fine Autograph and Artifact Auction

Unique vintage birthday card featuring an affixed image of Snoopy as an astronaut with hand-inked text, “I’ve gotta hurry, it’s Tom Lane’s birthday!,”

Extremely rare postal cover with a Kennedy Space Center launch day postmark from the day of the Challenger disaster, January 28, 1986, signed in vario

Color satin-finish 8 x 10 photo of Aldrin on the lunar surface, signed in blue felt tip, “First Lunar Landing, Buzz Aldrin, Apollo XI.” In very fine c

Color satin-finish 10 x 8 photo of Aldrin standing next to the American flag on the lunar surface, signed in silver ink, “July 20, 1969 AD, Buzz Aldri

Color semi-glossy 8 x 10 photo of Aldrin posing in his white space suit against a lunar backdrop, signed in blue felt tip, “Buzz Aldrin, Apollo XI.” I

Vintage commemorative cover with a cachet of the Apollo 11 mission insignia, postmarked July 24, 1969, the recovery date of the Apollo 11 crew by the

Official Rawlings baseball bat signed in blue felt tip on the barrel by the full Apollo 12 crew, “I walked on the moon! Charles Conrad, Cdr. Apollo XI

Apollo 12 ‘Type 2’ insurance cover bearing a mission emblem cachet with NASA Manned Spacecraft Center Stamp Club text, postmarked Kennedy Space Center

Page removed from the Apollo 13 Lunar Module Flight Crew G & N Dictionary, 5.5 x 8, with a basic date of January 5, 1970, signed on one side in ...

Double-sided cue card used during Apollo 15 training, 8 x 10.5 or 10.5 x 8, consisting of pages 18 (dated November 18, 1971) and 19 (dated September 1

Cue card used during Apollo 16 simulation bay training, 2.5 x 8, dated April 5, 1972, headed “CM Post EVA,” and listing steps for “Cabin Repress” and

Pair of double-sided cue cards used during Apollo 17 simulation bay training, both 4 x 7, dated July 26, 1972, and August 1, 1972, with two small swat

Alitalia airline menu cover depicting a celestial map, 6.25 x 9, signed in blue felt tip by Armstrong. Attractively double-matted and framed. In fine

Official color 7.25 x 9 NASA photo of Armstrong posing in his white space suit against a lunar background, signed and inscribed in black felt tip, “To

Superb uninscribed glossy 8 x 9.75 photo of Armstrong in a suit and tie, signed in black felt tip, “All good wishes, Neil Armstrong.” In very fine con

Desirable 8.25 x 11 magazine photo of Aldrin on the lunar surface during the Apollo 11 mission, signed and inscribed in black felt tip, “To Tony Holla

Felt tip signature and inscription, “Best wishes to Stephen Thomasson, Neil Armstrong,” on an off-white 5 x 3 card. In fine condition, with a few ligh

Limited edition uncut sheet of SpaceShots trading cards entitled ‘International Space Milestones-I,’ numbered 390/9500, 8.5 x 11.25, signed in the low

Patriotic color 13 x 16 giclee print on stretched canvas entitled ‘A Distant Celebration: Planting Our Colors,’ signed by Bean along the bottom in bla

Color limited edition 13 x 16 giclee print on stretched canvas entitled ‘A Distant Celebration: Rendering Honors,’ numbered 15/225, signed along the b

Color glossy 7.5 x 9.5 photo taken moments after the separation of the Saturn-IVB from the Apollo 8 command service module, matted to an overall size

Three books from the personal collection of moonwalker Gene Cernan, each signed on an opening page in black ink below his ownership stamp, “Gene Cerna

Group of six NASA books from the personal collection of moonwalker Gene Cernan, each signed on an opening page in black ink below his ownership stamp,

Group of five NASA books from the personal collection of moonwalker Gene Cernan, each signed on an opening page in black ink below his ownership stamp

Group of six aviation books from the personal collection of moonwalker Gene Cernan, each signed on an opening page in ink below his ownership stamp, “

Group of six military books from the personal collection of moonwalker Gene Cernan, each signed on an opening page in ink below his ownership stamp, “

Charming original watercolor still life painting of fruits and vegetables on a table, 20 x 14, signed in black ink, “Michael Collins I ’07.” In condit

Color glossy 8.5 x 11 double-weight McDonnell Aircraft Corporation photo of the Gemini 12 splashdown, signed in black felt tip by James Lovell and Buz

Official color 10 x 8 NASA lithograph of Irwin saluting the American flag on the lunar surface, signed in black felt tip, “Jim Irwin,” with a printed

Collection of five original charts, various sizes, all pertaining to the lunar or Martian landscape. Charts are titled: “The Aristarchus-Herodotus Reg

Choice commemorative cover with a cachet honoring the Apollo–Soyuz Test Project docking of American and Soviet spacecraft, signed in blue ballpoint by

Exceptional pair of first edition Apollo 17 lunar orbital science contingency flight charts, sheets No. 1 and 2, both 41 x 28.25, dated September 29,

Uncommon FDC with a cachet honoring US10 Huntsville, Alabama, signed in black felt tip by Scott Carpenter, Deke Slayton, and Wally Schirra, in blue fe

Four lunar charts: pair of first edition Apollo 11 lunar module ascent monitoring charts, sheets 3A and 3B, both 35.75 x 12.5, displaying landing site

Signed book: Go, Flight!. First edition. Lincoln, NE: University of Nebraska, 2015. Hardcover with dust jacket, 6.25 x 9.25, 341 pages. Signed on the

Unique 8 x 10 photo of the Mercury Freedom 7 prior to launch, neatly mounted and lacquered on a 12 x 14 wooden frame, and prominently signed and inscr

Flown fragment of a Skylab oxygen supply tank recovered by three people in Western Australia, presented in a 4.25? tall acrylic display above a small

Flown nose gear tire segment used on the Atlantis during mission STS-27 and again on Columbia during mission STS-28, approximately .75 x .75. Encased

Ken Reightler’s green-and-blue Land’s End long-sleeve rugby shirt worn and flown during the STS–60 mission, size large, embroidered on the left breast

Tom Jones’s blue Land’s End polo shirt worn and flown during the STS–68 mission, size medium, embroidered on the left breast in white thread, “Endeavo

Uncommon 14 x 4.25 embroidered McDonnell Douglas logo patch, signed on the reverse in black felt tip, “Tom Jones, STS–59–68–80–98.” In fine condition.

Kathy Thornton’s gray Land’s End polo shirt worn during training for STS–73, women’s regular size small, embroidered on the left breast with black thr

Two Beta cloth swatches, both approximately 9 x 9 and bearing a 3.5? diameter Skylab I (SL–2) mission insignia in the center, both signed in black fel

Flown two-sided checklist page carried on board STS-6, 10.5 x 8.5, signed and flight-certified on one side in blue ballpoint, “Flown on STS–6. From my

Extraordinary matte-finish 10.25 x 13.5 photo of an early clay model of Mount Rushmore, thoughtfully signed and inscribed in fountain pen, “Greetings

ALS in French, two pages, 5.5 x 7, November 9, no year. Letter to a friend, in part (translated): “I was planning to be at my studio on Monday, which

ALS in French, signed “G. Eiffel,” two pages on two adjoining sheets, 5.25 x 8.25, September 5, 1909. Letter to “My dear Captain,” in full (translated

Exceptional original pencil and watercolor sketch of an elderly woman admiring her much younger reflection in a department store window on an off-whit

Signed book: Eight Ball. First edition. Kyoto, Japan: Kyoto Shoin, 1989. Hardcover, 9 x 12.25, 48 pages. Signed and inscribed on an opening page in bl

Belgian symbolist painter (1858–1921). Untranslated ALS in French, one page, 4.5 x 7, no date. Pencil notation in upper left corner indicates the year