RR Auction: Fine Autographs & Artifacts

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Headquartered in Boston’s North End, RR Auction is a globally recognized and trusted source for rare documents, manuscripts, autographs, and historic artifacts. Since its inception in 1980, RR has achieved countless record-setting prices in over 425 successful sales, including Truman Capote’s hand-notated manuscript for Breakfast at Tiffany’s for over $300,000, President Kennedy’s 1963 convertible for $318,000, and a pair of Bonnie and Clyde’s guns for over $500,000. Internationally known and frequently featured in all media outlets—with appearances on NBC’s Today Show, CBS This Morning, Fox News, the New York Times Sunday Magazine, and the London Times—RR Auction prides itself on selling authentic material, thoroughly examined by in-house experts and third-party authenticators, to uphold the guarantee of authenticity. With a stunning full-color print catalog and a massive online presence, RR Auction continues to achieve record prices for clients around the world.
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
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Edwin A. Walker461 - Edwin A. Walker
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Highly decorated United States Army officer (1909–1993) who fought in World War II and the Korean War. Glossy 5 x 7 half-length photo of Walker seated
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Gideon Welles462 - Gideon Welles
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Secretary of the Navy under Lincoln and Johnson (1802–1878). Civil War–dated LS, one page, 7.75 x 9.25, April 22, 1862. Letter to E. L. Norton. In par
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Joseph Wheeler463 - Joseph Wheeler
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Confederate major general (1836–1906), known as ‘Fightin’ Joe,’ who led his troops in vigorous opposition to Sherman during the Atlanta campaign. Civi
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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William C. Westmoreland464 - William C. Westmoreland
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Two items: a TLS signed “W. C. Westmoreland,” one page, 7 x 8.5, four-star letterhead, November 17, 1975, in part: “It is not true that the Army is no
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Sgt. Alvin C. York465 - Sgt. Alvin C. York
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Bank check, 7 x 2.75, filled out and signed by York, payable to C. M. McClung & Co. for $216.50, May 11, 1946. In fine condition, with expected ...
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Amelia Earhart466 - Amelia Earhart
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Fountain pen signature, “Amelia Earhart,” on the reverse of an off-white 3.5 x 2 business card of Gregory M. Abbott of the WOR radio station in New Je
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Amelia Earhart467 - Amelia Earhart
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Program for the Christmas Party of the Oldsmobile Girls held at the Hotel Olds in Lansing, Michigan, December 19, 1928, bearing an affixed frontispiec
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Gerhard Fieseler468 - Gerhard Fieseler
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German World War I flying ace and aircraft designer and manufacturer (1896–1987). Satin-finish 3.5 x 4.75 photo of Fieseler wearing a scarf, signed in
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Howard Hughes and Linda Darnell469 - Howard Hughes and Linda Darnell
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Pencil signatures, “Howard Hughes” and “Linda Darnell,” on a folded beige 4.5 x 4.5 scallop-edged napkin from the Gala Ice Show at the Hotel New Yorke
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Charles Lindbergh470 - Charles Lindbergh
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Series 1935 A ‘short snorter’ one dollar silver certificate, signed vertically to the left of Washington’s portrait in fountain pen, “C. A. Lindbergh,
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Charles Lindbergh471 - Charles Lindbergh
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Fountain pen signature, “C. A. Lindbergh,” on the reverse of an off-white 3.75 x 2.25 card advertising a lecture by Bessie Stuart Campbell. Also promi
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Orville Wright472 - Orville Wright
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Fantastic block of eight red two-cent postage stamps commemorating the 1928 International Civil Aeronautics Conference, 1.5 x 8.75, signed on the blan
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Mercury Astronauts475 - Mercury Astronauts
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Official color 10 x 8 NASA lithograph of the Mercury Seven astronauts, signed in black and blue felt tip by Scott Carpenter, Gordon Cooper, John Glenn
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Gemini 6476 - Gemini 6
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Color satin-finish 10 x 8 photo of the Gemini 6 crew in their white space suits, signed in blue felt tip by Tom Stafford and Wally Schirra. In fine co
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Gemini 9477 - Gemini 9
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Official color 8 x 10 NASA lithograph depicting the launch and splashdown of Gemini 9, signed in blue felt tip by Gene Cernan and Tom Stafford. Revers
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Gemini 11478 - Gemini 11
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Color satin-finish 8 x 10 photo of the crew of Gemini 11 on the deck of the recovery ship USS Guam, signed in blue felt tip by Richard Gordon and Char
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Gemini 12479 - Gemini 12
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Exceptional glossy 8.5 x 11 double-weight McDonnell Aircraft Corporation aerial photo of Egypt and the Sinai peninsula, signed in black felt tip by Ja
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Gus Grissom480 - Gus Grissom
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Adorable child’s crayon drawing on an off-white 17 x 11.25 sheet depicting two astronauts on the lunar surface beside their rocket ship, signed and in
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Bill Anders481 - Bill Anders
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Dignified glossy 3.5 x 4.5 head-and-shoulders portrait of Anders in a suit and tie, signed in the lower right in black ballpoint, “W. A. Anders.” Some
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Apollo 10482 - Apollo 10
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Kranz’s laminated Apollo badge for the NASA Manned Spacecraft Center, Mission Control Center-Houston, 2.5 x 4, stamped with his name, “Eugene F. Kranz
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Apollo 11483 - Apollo 11
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Color glossy 9.25 x 7 photo of the Apollo 11 prime crew posing together in their spacesuits against a lunar background, affixed to a 12 x 10.5 mount,
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Estimate : 8,000.00 - 10,000.00
 
 
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Apollo 11484 - Apollo 11
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Rare Apollo Program Office Splashdown Party program, 10 x 13, held in honor of the Apollo 11 mission at the Shoreham Hotel in Washington, D. C., on Se
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Estimate : 3,000.00 - 4,000.00
 
 
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Neil Armstrong485 - Neil Armstrong
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Unusual matte-finish 8 x 10 candid photo of Armstrong signing an autograph between two gentlemen, signed in the lower border in black ink, “Neil Armst
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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Neil Armstrong486 - Neil Armstrong
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Collection of correspondence from Armstrong and his wife, in the form of Christmas cards, all to the same recipient, as well as assorted unsigned item
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Estimate : 3,000.00 - 4,000.00
 
 
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Neil Armstrong487 - Neil Armstrong
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Official color 8 x 10 ‘alternative’ NASA lithograph of Armstrong in his white space suit posing against a lunar background, signed in blue felt tip. I
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Neil Armstrong488 - Neil Armstrong
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Uncommon official color later-generation 8 x 10 NASA lithograph of Armstrong in his white space suit, signed and inscribed in black felt tip, “To the
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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Neil Armstrong489 - Neil Armstrong
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Uncommon semi-glossy 6.75 x 10 photo of Armstrong during his visit to the Friendship Veterans Fire Engine Company, signed in the lower border in black
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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Buzz Aldrin490 - Buzz Aldrin
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Collection of three items: first, a color commemorative stamp sheet, 7.5 x 8.5, celebrating the 1960s, signed in black felt tip. Triple-matted and fra
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Buzz Aldrin491 - Buzz Aldrin
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Official color 8 x 10 NASA lithograph of Aldrin posing in his white space suit, signed in black ink. In fine condition. An exceptional uninscribed pho
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Apollo 12492 - Apollo 12
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Color satin-finish 8 x 10 photo of the Apollo 12 launch from the Kennedy Space Center, signed in black felt tip by Charles Conrad, Alan Bean, and Rich
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Alan Bean493 - Alan Bean
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Color limited edition 12 x 15 giclee print on stretched canvas entitled ‘My Brother Jim Irwin,’ numbered 15/100, signed in the lower left in silver in
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Alan Bean494 - Alan Bean
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Fantastic color limited edition 29.25 x 23.5 lithograph of Bean’s painting entitled ‘Right Stuff Field Geologists,’ 280/550, signed in the lower borde
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Apollo 13495 - Apollo 13
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Official color 10 x 8 NASA lithograph of the Apollo 13 crew posing in their white space suits, signed in blue ink by James Lovell and Ken Mattingly, a
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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Apollo 13496 - Apollo 13
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Commemorative cover with a cachet of the Apollo 13 mission emblem, signed in black felt tip by James Lovell, Ken Mattingly, and Fred Haise. In fine co
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Edgar Mitchell497 - Edgar Mitchell
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Color glossy 50 x 10 panoramic photo of Mitchell working a TV camera on the lunar surface, with the lunar module Antares to his immediate right, signe
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Edgar Mitchell498 - Edgar Mitchell
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Impressive color satin-finish 30 x 20 photo of LMP Mitchell on the lunar surface next to the American flag, signed in black felt tip, “Standing with ‘
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John Young499 - John Young
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Color satin-finish 8 x 10 full-length photo of Young posing in his white space suit with the Apollo 16 emblem in the background, signed in black ink,
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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Gene Cernan500 - Gene Cernan
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Color satin-finish 20 x 16 photo of an unmanned lunar rover on the surface of the moon, signed in black felt tip, “’America’s challenge of today has f
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Cosmonauts501 - Cosmonauts
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Uncommon glossy 11.75 x 8 photo of seven cosmonauts, signed and inscribed to Serbian mathematician Tatomir P. Andelic in various colored felt tip by V
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Challenger502 - Challenger
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Collection of seven commemorative covers representing each of the astronauts lost in the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster, each with a different spac
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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Christa McAuliffe503 - Christa McAuliffe
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Mailing envelope, 6.5 x 3.5, postmarked January 28, 1986, signed along the bottom in black ink, “S. Christa McAuliffe.” In fine condition.
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Gene Kranz504 - Gene Kranz
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Project Mercury laminated star chart panel from Kranz’s personal archives, 10.75 x 4, signed in black felt tip. In fine condition, with some toned adh
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Saturn IVB Output Panel505 - Saturn IVB Output Panel
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Saturn IVB ground control panel, 19 x 17.5, labeled at the top, “S IV B Output,” with a display tube in the center to indicate deflection of the J2 ro
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Liberty Bell 7506 - Liberty Bell 7
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A limited edition presentation containing a 1.5? long segment of film from Liberty Bell 7’s pilot observation camera, recovered from the Atlantic Ocea
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Apollo 7507 - Apollo 7
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Flown Apollo 7 Robbins medal, approximately 1? in diameter, with a raised design on the face featuring the mission insignia. The reverse of the sterli
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Apollo 9508 - Apollo 9
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Flown Apollo 9 Robbins medal, approximately 1-inch diameter, with a raised design on the face of the mission insignia. The reverse of the sterling sil
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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Apollo 11509 - Apollo 11
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A flown .5 x .5 swatch of Kapton foil from the Apollo 11 Command Module Columbia’s thermal protection subsystem. Affixed to an 8.5 x 11 informational
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Apollo 15510 - Apollo 15
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Flown American flag, 5.5 x 4, carried to the South Pole in 1970, and flown to lunar orbit during the Apollo 15 mission. Flag is signed on three white
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Estimate : 4,000.00 - 6,000.00
 
 
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Apollo 15511 - Apollo 15
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Apollo 15 Robbins Medal, approximately 1.5? diameter, with a raised design on the face of the Apollo 15 mission insignia. The reverse of the sterling
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Estimate : 3,000.00 - 4,000.00
 
 
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Al Worden512 - Al Worden
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An A7L Space Suit Neck Dam Assembly, 10.75 x 9, labeled “Worden” on a gray patch. The component is comprised of a thin metal ring encircling black rub
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Estimate : 4,000.00 - 6,000.00
 
 
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