RR Auction: Fine Autographs and Artifacts

Color 10.5 x 8.5 cardstock print by the Bureau of Engraving and Printing depicting the commemorative 1962 Project Mercury postage stamps, signed in va

Three swatches of Beta cloth, each approximately 9 x 9, with mission insignias for each of the three manned Skylab missions printed in the center, sig

Three items from the personal collection of Guenter Wendt: a napkin featuring the Apollo 17 mission emblem, signed on the reverse by Wendt and stamped

Very nice wooden Saturn 1B rocket model. Multi-stage rocket measures 42.5? tall, including its square wooden base, with each stage labeled accordingly

Official glossy 10 x 8 NASA photo of Weitz flown during STS-6, signed and flight-certified in felt tip, “Carried on STS-6 in our FDF, Paul Weitz CDR.”

Official glossy 10 x 8 NASA photo of Paul Weitz, F. Curtis Michel, and Jim Irwin relaxing while training at the Panama Jungle Survival School, flown d

Official satin-finish 10 x 8 ‘red-numbered’ NASA photo of the Skylab 2 prelaunch activity, flown during STS-6, signed and flight-certified in felt tip

Flown official glossy 10 x 8 NASA photo flown during STS-6, signed and flight-certified in felt tip, “Carried on STS-6 in our FDF, Paul Weitz CDR.” A

ANS, in pencil, signed “B,” one page, 4.75 x 8, red-bordered Office of Director letterhead, December 9. Note reads, in full: “Do you think you could g

Handsome color 4 x 5.75 postcard photo of Gagarin in his Soviet Air Force uniform, vertically signed in blue ballpoint. In fine condition, with trivia

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

Two ablator plugs from an Apollo Command Module heat shield, one measuring .75? long and the other measuring 1? long. In overall fine condition.

Beta cloth swatch flown into lunar orbit aboard the Apollo 14 Command Module Kitty Hawk, approximately .75 x .75. Encased in a cylindrical 2.75 x 3.25

Engine actuator, 27? long and weighing almost 43 pounds. Actuator bears a maker’s label which reads, “Moog Servocontrols, Inc. Actuator Serial No. 21,

Nice limited edition presentation of flown fragments from all manned Apollo missions, numbered 2/10, displayed in a 2.75 x 3.75 x 1 Lucite block again

Freeze-dried packet of ‘space food’ 5.25 x 3.5, labeled on the outside of the sealed pouch “Beef Bites,” consisting of six small bite-sized sandwiches

NASA Battery Substitute Assembly, 19 x 9 x 7.5, with its George C. Marshall Space Flight Center metal label stating “Battery Substitute…Serial No. L00

Command Module strut assembly from a Block I spacecraft, measuring 54? long, with five metal collars (three full and two half), all numbered “V34-5902

Flight-ready Lunar Module deployment truss manufactured by Grumman Aircraft. This piece comprised part of the structural-mechanical assembly between t

Apollo Saturn IB Launch Vehicle ordnance panel, 19 x 18 x 9, with its circuits and wiring present, used to monitor the retro rockets and separation bo