RR Auction: Fine Autographs & Artifacts

Fountain pen signature, “Orville Wright,” on an off-white 2.75 x 1.25 clipped slip, with a collector’s notation, “Father of Aviation,” written below.

The Winters National Bank check, 7.5 x 3, filled out in another hand and signed by Wright, payable to Everybody’s Book Shop for $8.80, January 13, 191

Bank check, 8.25 x 3, filled out in another hand and signed by Wright, payable to the Pennsylvania R. R. Co. for $25.95, April 5, 1930. Gorgeously pre

Breathtaking matte-finish 5.75 x 7 crystal-clear portrait of Wright in a classic head-and-shoulders pose, signed and inscribed in black ink, “To my tr

Color glossy 14 x 11 doubleweight photo of the Mercury astronauts posing in front of an F-102 Air Force jet, signed in black felt tip by Scott Carpent

Two items: a color glossy 8 x 10 photo of the Mercury 7 crew, signed in black felt tip by Wally Schirra, John Glenn, Gordon Cooper, and Scott Carpente

Two signed manuals: a staple-bound Project Mercury Spacecraft Flight Operations Manual, 161 pages, 5 x 7, April 1, 1962, signed on the front cover in

Two certificates of achievement presented to Gordon Cooper after his Gemini 5 mission. A “Diplome de Record,” presented by the Federation Aeronautique

Gemini 8 recovery cover with a stamped cachet honoring the two-man spacecraft and its emergency landing, signed in black ballpoint by Neil Armstrong a

Limited edition replica Gemini 11 flight plan, numbered 50/50, 8.5 x 11, signed on the front cover in blue ballpoint, “Replica of the original flight