RR Auction: Rare Manuscript, Document, and Autograph Auction

Original 6.5 x 4.75 press photo of Wright standing with Paul Tissandier and student pilots Captain Paul N. Lucas-Girardville and Count Charles de Lamb

Original December 1909 issue of Encyclopedie de l'Aviation, 8.5 x 10.5, published in Paris and containing an alphabetical listing of 782 previou...

Original French journal entitled “Les Aeroplanes de 1910,” 9 x 10.75, published by Librairie Aeronautique in Paris, with photos and descriptions of se

Original limited edition French booklet entitled “De Montgolfier a Wilbur Wright,” 7.5 x 10.75, published in Paris and dated December 22, 1908, number

Original German booklet entitled “Flug von Heinrich Adams,” 6.25 x 9.25, 144 pages, published in Leipzig in 1909, with images and articles on the Wrig

Five original issues of Le Petit Journal, all 12 x 17.5, ranging in date from 1909–1913, with the 1913 issue featuring an image of a Wright Flyer soar

DS, signed “M. Scott Carpenter,” “Leroy G. Cooper, Jr.,” “Virgil I. Grissom,” “Walter M. Schirra, Jr.,” “Alan B. Shepard, Jr.,” and “D. K. Slayton,” f

Flown embroidered Apollo 9 mission patch, measuring 3.5? in diameter, carried on board Apollo 9 by Dave Scott. Signed on the reverse in black felt tip

Flown printed fabric American flag, 6 x 4, flown on board Apollo 9, signed on a white stripe in blue ballpoint, “Flown aboard Apollo 9, March 3-13, 19

Dave Scott’s printed Aeronautics and Space Report of the President, 1973 Activities, 8 x 10, 131 pages. Report was made for President Richard Nixon to

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,

Apollo 11 'Type 3' insurance cover with a cachet of the mission insignia, bearing a July 16, 1969, Kennedy Space Center cancellation, signed...

Color vintage 13.75 x 10.5 James Russell National Geographic Society photo of the society’s president Dr. Melvin M. Payne, Neil Armstrong, and Buzz Al

Official color 10 x 8 NASA lithograph of Buzz Aldrin working on the lunar surface, signed and inscribed in black felt tip, “To Norman Graves, Neil Arm

Fantastic early official color 8 x 10 NASA lithograph of Armstrong in a dark jacket and tie, signed and inscribed in black felt tip, “To Doctor Soboci

Official and highly desirable uninscribed color 8 x 10 NASA lithograph of Armstrong posing in his white space suit, signed in black felt tip. In fine

Official NASA booklet entitled ‘Log of Apollo 11,’ 10.25 x 7.75, 11 pages, signed and inscribed inside in black felt tip, “Best wishes to Hans J. Moel

Exceptionally desirable personal check, 6 x 2.75, filled out and signed by Armstrong, “Neil A. Armstrong,” payable to Lorian Trust for $2500.00, June

Color 10 x 8 cardstock photo of Buzz Aldrin working on the lunar surface, with Armstrong’s memorable first words from the moon printed in the lower bo

TLS, one page, 8 x 10.5, Peace Corps letterhead, July 16, 1971. Letter to Grant Treaster, Jr., thanking him for submitting a poster entry for the Peac

McDonnell Douglas commemorative cover, 7.25 x 4, with a cachet honoring the first flight of the DC-10, signed in red felt tip. In fine condition.

Ink signatures, “Neil Armstrong,” and “Buzz Aldrin,” on a 10.25 x 7.5 off-white acid-free sheet. In very fine condition. Consignor indicates that the

Official glossy 10 x 8 NASA photo of the Apollo 11 space craft at the launch complex for a rehearsal, signed in blue felt tip, “AS 506, Apollo XI, Buz

Official glossy 8 x 10 NASA photo of the Apollo 11 space craft on the launch pad in July of 1969, signed in blue felt tip, “Columbia and Eagle ready f

Color giclee print on canvas, 24 x 6.75, showing the earthrise taken during the Apollo 11 mission, signed in silver ink by Buzz Aldrin and Michael Col

TLS, one page, 7 x 9, National Air and Space Museum letterhead, September 1, 1976. Letter to Dr. Anthony Cipriano. In full: "Thank you for your...

Original first edition Earth Orbit Chart, 41.5 x 13.5, prepared for NASA under the direction of the Department of Defense by the Aeronautical Chart an

Original set of three first edition Lunar Monitor Charts (LMD), each 55 x 24, prepared for NASA under the direction of the Department of Defense by th

Uncommon Apollo 15 postal cover, 6.5 x 3.75, numbered 212 of 300, carried to the lunar surface aboard the Falcon, signed in the lower left corner by c

Fantastic original signed Robert McCall felt tip sketch of the Apollo 15 lunar module on the moon’s surface, with the manned lunar rover in the backgr

Flown Bolivian flag, 6 x 4, flown to lunar orbit aboard Apollo 15, signed in blue ink on the yellow panel, “Flown around the Moon for 6 days (74 orbit

Flown Ugandan flag, 6 x 4, flown to lunar orbit aboard Apollo 15, signed in blue ink on a yellow panel, “Flown around the Moon for 6 days (74 orbits),

Official Rawlings Major League baseball signed in blue ballpoint on the sweet spot, “Dave Scott, Apollo 15 Commander.” In fine condition.

Dave Scott’s NASA Mission Contingency Investigation Plan memo, stamp-dated November 1972, 8 x 10.5, 27 pages, bound with two staples along the left ed

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

Very rare flown Apollo 15 embroidered mission patch, measuring almost 4? in diameter, with the addition of an embroidered silver “XV” hallmark near th

Signed book: America’s Journey into Space: The Astronauts of the United States. This is a rare Printer’s Proof sent to author Anthony Cipriano before

Seven commemorative covers with various cachets, each signed in felt tip or ballpoint by a moonwalker, including: Edgar Mitchell, Buzz Aldrin, Gene Ce

Original Lunar Farside chart (LFC-2), 23 x 31, first edition, August 1967, prepared for NASA by the Department of Defense by the Aeronautical Chart an

Uncanceled personal check, 6 x 2.75, filled out and signed by McAuliffe, “S. Christa McAuliffe,” payable to Cape Kennedy Medals for $134.50, January 2

Mailing envelope, 6.5 x 3.5, signed along the bottom in black felt tip, “S. Christa McAuliffe,” to which was later added a stamped Goddard Shuttle Tra

Collection of two pieces of ground support hardware from the Saturn V S-IC program: an unused oxidizer start valve, 3.5 x 2.5 x 3, manufactured by Fut

Collection of five pieces of ground support hardware. First, a ball valve assembly wrench, 8.5? long, with a recessed circular fitting at the head. A

Collection of seven pieces of ground support hardware: a Saturn adapter assembly, serial no. 0000023, housed in its original clean room packaging, wit

Collection of nine parts, all housed in their original or clean room packaging. Items include: three Saturn IBM Instrument unit parts consisting of a

Saturn socket assembly affiliated for the Saturn V S-IC (first stage) system. Made by Pur-o-Later the assembly measures 5.5? long and is labeled “Sock

Collection of four parts designed for use on the space shuttle. Three rectangular metal wiring tunnel closures, each stenciled with different part num

Available to US bidders only. Two Shuttle TCS (Thermal Control System) blankets, one measuring 37 x 9.25 and the other 22 x 4.75, both numbered on the

Collection of six MIT-designed Apollo Guidance and Navigation optics parts manufactured by the Kollsman Instrument Company: five metal and plastic bla

An unused bank of Apollo ground support Roto-tellite switches made for control room panels. Bank measures 1.5 x 2.5 x 2.5 with six blank indicator lig