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 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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X-15 Pilots363 - X-15 Pilots
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Collection of seven items each signed by a different X-15 pilot. Signers are: Joe Walker (commemorative cover), Forrest Petersen (FDC), Milt Thompson
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Mercury Astronauts365 - Mercury Astronauts
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Official color 9.5 x 7.5 NASA lithograph of the Mercury astronauts posing in front of an Air Force jet at Langley on January 20, 1961, signed in black
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Walt Cunningham366 - Walt Cunningham
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Collection of 15 unsigned photos from the personal collection of Apollo astronaut Walt Cunningham, including: 13 vintage official color glossy 10 x 8
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Apollo 9367 - 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 9368 - Apollo 9
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Flown Kapton foil insulation swatch, approximately 1.5 x 1, removed from the top hatch of the Apollo 9 Lunar Module Spider by Schweickart and McDivitt
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Apollo 10369 - Apollo 10
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A 9 x 9 swatch of flown Beta cloth, with a 3? mission emblem printed in the center, carried on board Apollo 10. Signed across the top in blue ballpoin
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Estimate : 3,000.00 - 4,000.00
 
 
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Apollo 11370 - Apollo 11
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Signed book: First on the Moon. First edition. Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1970. Hardcover with dust jacket, 6.25 x 9.5, 434 pages. Signed on t
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Apollo 11371 - Apollo 11
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Scarce complete set of three official color 8 x 10 NASA lithographs of Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, and Michael Collins pictured individually in their
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Estimate : 3,000.00 - 4,000.00
 
 
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Apollo 11372 - Apollo 11
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Historic flown sterling silver Apollo 11 Robbins Medal, approximately 1.25? diameter, with a raised early design on the face of the iconic Apollo 11 m
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Estimate : 20,000.00 - 30,000.00
 
 
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Neil Armstrong373 - Neil Armstrong
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Very nice uninscribed official color 8 x 10 NASA lithograph (‘worm’ logo) of Armstrong posing in his white space suit, signed in blue felt tip. In fin
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Estimate : 2,500.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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Neil Armstrong374 - Neil Armstrong
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Color glossy 9.5 x 7 photo of the Agena Target Vehicle as seen from Gemini 8 during rendezvous, affixed to a 12 x 10.5 mount, signed and inscribed in
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Neil Armstrong375 - Neil Armstrong
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Rare color 8 x 10 paperstock photo of the lunar surface labeled “Official NASA Picture No. 4, The mare Crisium, Nectaris, Tranquility and Fertility pi
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Neil Armstrong376 - Neil Armstrong
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Apollo 11 launch date postal cover with a stamped cachet of the mission’s emblem, signed in blue ballpoint by Armstrong. Cover also bears secretarial
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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Neil Armstrong377 - Neil Armstrong
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Desirable official color 8 x 10 NASA lithograph of Armstrong in his white space suit, boldly signed and inscribed in black felt tip, “To Bill Norton—B
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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Buzz Aldrin378 - Buzz Aldrin
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Color satin-finish 20 x 16 photo of Aldrin standing on the lunar surface, signed in blue felt tip, “Edwin E. (Buzz) Aldrin, Jr., Apollo XI, July 20, 1
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Buzz Aldrin379 - Buzz Aldrin
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Color satin-finish 8 x 10 photo of Aldrin descending the ladder of the lunar module, signed in silver ink, “The Eagle has landed, Buzz Aldrin, Apollo
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Buzz Aldrin380 - Buzz Aldrin
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Color satin-finish 20 x 16 photo of the first footprint on the moon, signed in blue felt tip, “First lunar landing foot print, Buzz Aldrin, Apollo XI,
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Apollo 12381 - Apollo 12
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Uncommon official color glossy 10 x 8 ‘red-numbered’ NASA photo of the lunar surface, signed in black felt tip by Richard Gordon, Alan Bean, and Charl
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Gene Kranz and Sy Liebergot382 - Gene Kranz and Sy Liebergot
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Satin-finish 10 x 8 photo of the Apollo 13 capsule, signed in gold ink, “Solve the problem—Lets not make it worse by guessing! 4/13/70, Gene Kranz, Fl
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Apollo 14383 - Apollo 14
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Uncommon official color glossy 10 x 7.75 ‘red-numbered’ NASA photo of Shepard planting the American flag on the lunar surface, signed in black felt ti
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Apollo 15384 - Apollo 15
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Flown aluminum ‘lunar rover license’ plate, 1.3 x 0.8, marked with the registration number “LRV 001,” with “MOON” as the home state, the year 1971, an
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Estimate : 10,000.00 - 12,000.00
 
 
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Apollo 15385 - Apollo 15
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Flown COAS Spare Light Bulb Assembly carried to the lunar surface on board the Apollo 15 Lunar Module Falcon. Assembly measures 2 x 1.75. Assembly con
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Estimate : 20,000.00 - 25,000.00
 
 
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Apollo 15386 - Apollo 15
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Flown embroidered Apollo 15 mission patch, 4? in diameter, carried to the moon in the Apollo 15 Lunar Module Falcon, signed on the reverse in blue fel
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Estimate : 3,000.00 - 4,000.00
 
 
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Apollo 15387 - Apollo 15
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Flown Series 1953B two dollar bill, serial number A70489987A, signed across the top of the reverse in blue ballpoint, “Carried aboard Apollo 15, July
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Estimate : 5,000.00 - 6,000.00
 
 
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Apollo 15388 - Apollo 15
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Uncommon Apollo 15 postal cover, 6.5 x 3.75, numbered 45 of 400, carried to the lunar surface aboard the Falcon, signed in the lower left corner by cr
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Estimate : 6,000.00 - 8,000.00
 
 
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Apollo 15389 - 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 : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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Al Worden390 - Al Worden
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Flown fabric flag of Panama carried on board Apollo 15, 6 x 4.25, signed and flight-certified in black ink by Command Module Pilot Al Worden, “Flown t
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Apollo 16391 - Apollo 16
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Unusual 27 x 9 uncut strip of Beta cloth bearing three printed 3.5? diameter Apollo 16 mission insignia emblems. Rolled and in fine condition, with a
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Apollo 16392 - Apollo 16
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Flown Pyro System schematic section from a data book flown to the moon’s surface aboard the Apollo 16 Lunar Module Orion, approximately 1.5 x 1.5. Enc
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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John Young393 - John Young
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Very scarce official color 8 x 10 NASA lithograph of Young in his white space suit, signed in black felt tip, “John Young, Apollo 16, 9th man to walk
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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Moonwalkers394 - Moonwalkers
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Impressively displayed collection of ink signatures of all 12 moonwalkers: Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, Charles Conrad, Alan Bean, Alan Shepard, Edgar
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Estimate : 3,000.00 - 4,000.00
 
 
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Apollo Saturn MSS395 - Apollo Saturn MSS
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Limited edition acrylic display containing a section of metal from one of the permanently installed fire nozzles of the Apollo Mobile Service Structur
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Lunar Module 9396 - Lunar Module 9
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Limited edition acrylic display containing a swatch of Kapton foil removed from the H-Series Lunar Module 9, numbered 11/25, measuring 5 x 4 x 1, feat
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Columbia STS-107397 - Columbia STS-107
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Flight crew briefing for Space Shuttle Columbia (STS 107), 11 x 8.5, 28 pages, headed “OV-102 L-1 Day.” Introduction states that the briefing includes
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 4,000.00
 
 
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Hubble Space Telescope398 - Hubble Space Telescope
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Flown swatch of Hubble Space Telescope polymide insulation film, retrieved during a 1999 shuttle mission. The silver-colored swatch measures .75 x 1,
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Wernher von Braun399 - Wernher von Braun
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Uncommon glossy 7.5 x 9.5 photo of the spacecraft pioneer posing beside a rocket model, boldly signed and inscribed in black ink, “To my fellow member
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Wernher von Braun400 - Wernher von Braun
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Stellar matte-finish 9.5 x 7.25 photo of Von Braun seated at his desk at Marshall Space Flight Center in 1960, signed and inscribed in fountain pen, “
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Cosmonauts401 - Cosmonauts
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Excellent collection of five Soviet postage stamps commemorating the country’s space program and its important figures, affixed to individual off-whit
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Russian Space Pins402 - Russian Space Pins
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A collection of approximately 450 Soviet commemorative space pins and buttons, various shapes and sizes, commemorating different cosmonauts, missions,
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Apollo 11: Dolores Black403 - Apollo 11: Dolores Black
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Seamstress who made the flag deployed on the lunar surface during the Apollo 11 mission. Three color satin-finish photos of Armstrong and Aldrin on th
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Apollo 12404 - Apollo 12
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Semi-glossy 10 x 8 lightweight photo of the lunar landscape taken during the mission, signed in black felt tip by Richard Gordon, Charles Conrad, and
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Alan Bean405 - Alan Bean
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Color satin-finish 10 x 8 photo of Bean next to the Lunar Module, signed in silver ink, “An island of refuge in an ocean of storms. Alan Bean, Apollo
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Alan Bean406 - Alan Bean
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Color satin-finish 16 x 20 photo of Bean stepping foot on the lunar surface, signed in blue felt tip, “Stepping into the Ocean of Storms for 26 hours
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Scott Carpenter407 - Scott Carpenter
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Color satin-finish 8 x 10 photo of the launch of John Glenn’s Friendship 7, signed in black felt tip, “‘God speed John Glenn’ Friendship 7 launch, 20
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Scott Carpenter408 - Scott Carpenter
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Color satin-finish 10 x 8 photo of Carpenter on the phone with President Kennedy after his Mercury flight, signed in blue felt tip, “Speaking with Pre
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Gene Cernan409 - Gene Cernan
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Color glossy 10 x 8 photo of Cernan saluting the American flag on the lunar surface, signed in blue felt tip, “Last Lunar Landing, Gene Cernan, Apollo
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Gene Cernan410 - Gene Cernan
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Color satin-finish 20 x 16 photo of Cernan driving the lunar rover on the moon’s surface, signed in silver ink, “Driving the lunar rover in the Valley
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Gene Cernan411 - Gene Cernan
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Fabulous crystal-clear color satin-finish 20 x 16 photo of Cernan on the lunar surface, signed in black felt tip, “Aim high! Impossible dreams do come
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Challenger412 - Challenger
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Ten identical unissued official 11 x 14 NASA Manned Flight Awareness certificates intended for presentation to those involved in investigating the Cha
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Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
 
 
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Charles Conrad413 - Charles Conrad
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Satin-finish 10 x 8 photo of Conrad taking samples of moon rocks, signed in blue felt tip. In fine condition, with specks of silvering to the surface.
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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