RR Auction: Rare Manuscript, Document, and Autograph Auction

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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’s nearly four decades of business continue to grow, achieving 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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Apollo 15526 - Apollo 15
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Apollo 15 insurance cover, 6.5 x 3.5, with a cachet of the Apollo 15 mission insignia, and bearing a July 26, 1971, Kennedy Space Center postmark, sig
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Apollo 16527 - Apollo 16
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Cue card used during training for the Apollo 16 mission. Card measures 5.75 x 4.75, is dated September 4, 1972, at the top, and is headed at the top,
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Apollo 16528 - Apollo 16
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Irregularly-shaped four-sided cue card used during training for the Apollo 16 mission. Card measures 5.5 x 3.5, is dated December 13, 1971, and is hea
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Apollo Beta Cloths529 - Apollo Beta Cloths
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Collection of 18 Beta cloth swatches, ranging in size from 5.5 x 5.75 up to 12.25 x 12.75, all with printed color mission emblems or logos. The larges
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Apollo Training Manuals530 - Apollo Training Manuals
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Uncommon complete set of six brad-bound 1966 NASA Apollo training manuals, each 8.5 x 5.5, various lengths. These early manuals were originally provid
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 2,500.00
 
 
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Neil Armstrong532 - Neil Armstrong
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Highly-desirable uninscribed color 8 x 10 NASA photo of Armstrong posing in his white space suit, his helmet by his side, signed in blue felt tip. Lig
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Estimate : 2,500.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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Neil Armstrong533 - Neil Armstrong
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We Came in Peace for All Mankind album signed in person on the front cover in black felt tip by Armstrong. In fine condition, with a punch hole to top
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Neil Armstrong534 - Neil Armstrong
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The Retrospect yearbook, dating from Armstrong’s senior year at Blume High School in Wapakoneta, Ohio, in 1947, hardcover, 8 x 11, 88 pages. Armstrong
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Estimate : 3,000.00 - 4,000.00
 
 
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Neil Armstrong535 - Neil Armstrong
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Folded instrument navigation chart, 5 x 8.5, which opens to a size of 34.75 x 16.75, entitled “United States Low Altitude Enroute Charts…Effective Jan
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Neil Armstrong536 - Neil Armstrong
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TLS, one page, 8.5 x , personal letterhead, December 1, 1988. Letter to Ms. Hester’s middle school class. In part: “I am very pleased to learn of your
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Neil Armstrong537 - Neil Armstrong
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Possibly one-of-a-kind Apollo 11 prime recovery ship commemorative cover, on a 5.5 x 3.25 card, bearing a stamped cachet honoring the naval recovery,
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Estimate : 1,200.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Cosmonauts539 - Cosmonauts
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Amazing collection of 25 Kniga covers and 19 postcards, each signed by a cosmonaut. Kniga covers include: Yuri Gagarin; Gherman Titov; Valery Bykovsky
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Estimate : 2,500.00 - 3,500.00
 
 
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Charlie Duke540 - Charlie Duke
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A 9 x 9 swatch of Beta cloth bearing a pre-printed 3.5? diameter Apollo 16 mission emblem, signed in black ink, “The voyage of a lifetime, Charlie Duk
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Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
 
 
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Liberty Bell 7541 - 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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Mars542 - Mars
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Particles from the Zagami Martian meteorite, totaling 1/10 carat, presented in a clear glass vial suspended in a 2.5 x 2.5 x 2.5 acrylic cube. In fine
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Christa McAuliffe543 - Christa McAuliffe
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Uncancelled personal check, 6 x 2.75, filled out and signed by McAuliffe, “S. Christa McAuliffe,” payable to Cape Kennedy Medals for $134.50, January
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Estimate : 2,500.00 - 3,500.00
 
 
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Mercury 7544 - Mercury 7
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Signed book: The Astronauts: Pioneers in Space. First edition. NY: Golden Press, 1961. Hardcover, 7.5 x 10.25, 92 pages. Signed inside in ink and ball
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Estimate : 3,000.00 - 4,000.00
 
 
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Soyuz 9545 - Soyuz 9
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Glossy 3.25 x 5.25 photo of a chess board at move number 53, the winning move of Touv Chian Bvi, titled in Russian along the bottom, “Checkmate in 2 m
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Guenter Wendt546 - Guenter Wendt
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Astronaut’s PPK flown aboard an Apollo mission. Velcro-closing bag measures 8 x 9.5, has “G. Wendt,” written on the top flap, and is signed in black f
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Estimate : 5,500.00 - 6,500.00
 
 
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Edward H. White II547 - Edward H. White II
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Official color 8 x 10 NASA lithograph, signed and inscribed in black ink to baseball Hall of Famer Warren Spahn, “To Warren—I certainly enjoyed meetin
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Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
 
 
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Buzz Aldrin549 - Buzz Aldrin
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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
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Buzz Aldrin550 - Buzz Aldrin
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Color satin-finish 10 x 8 photo of Aldrin facing the American flag while on the lunar surface, signed in silver ink, “July 20, 1969 AD, Buzz Aldrin Ap
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Buzz Aldrin551 - Buzz Aldrin
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Color satin-finish 8 x 10 photo of Aldrin posing in his white space suit, signed in blue felt tip, “We came in peace, Buzz Aldrin, Apollo XI.” In very
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Buzz Aldrin552 - Buzz Aldrin
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Color satin-finish 8 x 10 photo of Aldrin in a suit and tie, signed in blue felt tip, “Buzz Aldrin, Group III 1963.” In fine condition, with a few sca
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Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
 
 
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Buzz Aldrin553 - Buzz Aldrin
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Two items: official color 8 x 10 NASA lithograph of Aldrin in his white space suit, signed and inscribed in black felt tip; and a hardcover copy of Th
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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ALT Crews554 - ALT Crews
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Official color satin-finish 10 x 8 ‘red-numbered’ NASA photo of the ALT mission emblem, signed in black felt tip by Fred Haise, Gordon Fullerton, Joe
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Apollo 8555 - Apollo 8
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Commemorative cover with a cachet honoring the first television broadcast from outer space, signed in black felt tip by James Lovell, Frank Borman, an
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Apollo 10556 - Apollo 10
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Color 8 x 10 official NASA lithograph of the Apollo 10 crew posing in their white space suits in front of their capsule during training, signed and in
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Apollo 12557 - Apollo 12
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Color official NASA lithograph of the Apollo 12 crew posing in front of an LEM during training, trimmed to a size of 7 x 9.25, signed and inscribed in
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Apollo 13 Mission Control558 - Apollo 13 Mission Control
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Official 10 x 8 NASA glossy photo of mission control celebrating the successful conclusion of the Apollo 13 mission, signed in ink and felt tip by Gen
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Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
 
 
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Apollo 14559 - Apollo 14
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Color glossy photo of the Apollo 14 crew in their white space suits posing in front of their mission insignia, trimmed to a size of 9.25 x 7.5, signed
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Apollo LM Transparencies560 - Apollo LM Transparencies
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Original NASA/Grumman Apollo Lunar Module Transgraphic brochure printed in the mid-1960s in Germany. This brochure measures 8 x 10 and features eight
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Alan Bean561 - Alan Bean
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Color satin-finish 10 x 8 photo of Bean working on the lunar surface by the lander, signed in silver ink, “An island of refuge in an ocean of storms,
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Alan Bean562 - Alan Bean
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Color official NASA 8 x 10 lithograph of Bean in a jacket and tie, an astronaut pin on his lapel, signed and inscribed in black felt tip, “To Joyce—Wi
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Scott Carpenter563 - Scott Carpenter
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Four signed photos of Carpenter around the time of his mission, various finishes, each signed in blue felt tip by Carpenter, adding small descriptions
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Scott Carpenter564 - Scott Carpenter
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Four signed photos, various finishes, including an official NASA glossy photo, each signed in ink or felt tip, with Carpenter adding a brief inscripti
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Gene Cernan565 - Gene Cernan
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Color satin-finish 10 x 8 photo of Cernan saluting the American flag on the lunar surface, signed in blue felt tip, “Gene Cernan, Last man on moon, Ap
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Michael Collins566 - Michael Collins
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Color satin-finish 8 x 10 photo of Collins posing in his white space suit, signed in blue felt tip. In very fine condition.
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Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
 
 
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Michael Collins567 - Michael Collins
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Very rare 4? diameter Apollo 11 Biological Isolation Garment patch featuring the embroidered Apollo 11 mission insignia, signed on the reverse in blac
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Charles Conrad568 - Charles Conrad
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Color 8 x 10 official NASA lithograph of Conrad in a suit and tie, signed and inscribed in black felt tip, “To Joyce, with best wishes, Pete, Charles
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Gordon Cooper569 - Gordon Cooper
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Four photos of Cooper during his Mercury mission, various finishes, including an official color 8 x 10 NASA lithograph, each signed in black felt tip,
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Gordon Cooper570 - Gordon Cooper
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Four official NASA glossy photos of Cooper during his Mercury training and mission, each signed in blue felt tip. In fine condition.
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Gordon Cooper571 - Gordon Cooper
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Color satin-finish 8 x 10 photo of Cooper posing in his Mercury flight suit, a model of his capsule in front of him, signed and inscribed in black fel
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Walt Cunningham572 - Walt Cunningham
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Color official NASA 8 x 10 lithograph of Cunningham holding a model of a capsule, signed and inscribed in black felt tip, “Best wishes Warner, study h
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Gemini 12573 - Gemini 12
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Comical unsigned color official NASA glossy 10 x 8 photo of the Gemini 12 primary and backup crews posing together in their capsule, with Buzz Aldrin
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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John Glenn and Scott Carpenter574 - John Glenn and Scott Carpenter
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Three items: a satin-finish 8 x 10 photo of Carpenter, signed in felt tip; a color satin-finish 10 x 8 photo of Glenn and his Friendship 7, signed in
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Richard Gordon575 - Richard Gordon
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Color official NASA 8 x 10 lithograph of Gordon posing with a model rocket, signed and inscribed in blue felt tip, “To Joyce, With best wishes and man
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Fred Haise576 - Fred Haise
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Color official NASA 8 x 10 lithograph of Haise in his white space suit, signed and inscribed in black felt tip, “To George—Best wishes, Fred Haise, Ap
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Jim Irwin577 - Jim Irwin
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Official color 8 x 10 NASA lithograph of Irwin saluting the American flag on the lunar surface, signed in black felt tip below a pre-printed sentiment
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Jim Irwin578 - Jim Irwin
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Official color 10 x 8 NASA lithograph of Irwin saluting the flag on the lunar surface, signed in black felt tip beneath a pre-printed sentiment. In ve
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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