RR Auction: Rare Manuscripts, Documents and Autographs

Color limited edition 23.5 x 32 lithograph entitled ‘Too Beautiful To Have Happened By Accident,’ numbered #585/600, depicting Bean holding the flag o

Composite 1/200 scale model of a Saturn V rocket, 20.5? in height, presented on a wooden base, and signed on the sides in black felt tip by 11. Signer

Color glossy 13.5 x 10.75 composite photo of the space shuttle and an astronaut, affixed to a 20 x 16 mount, signed on the mount in black felt tip by

Color limited edition 27.5 x 17.5 print entitled ‘Helping Hands,’ numbered #695/850, signed in pencil by Bean. Double matted to an overall size of 34

Color 14 x 11 NASA photo of the Apollo 10 command module orbiting the moon, signed in black felt tip, “Gene Cernan, Apollo X.” In fine condition, with

Payload specialist aboard the ill-fated Columbia. Color 8 x 10 NASA photo, signed and inscribed in gold ink “To Rosemarie Ulbig, Best wishes, Kalpana

American businessman (1881–1956) who founded the multibillion-dollar aircraft manufacturing company that still bears his name. Rare partly-printed DS,

American financier (1883–1954) who founded Braniff Airways and who was killed in the crash of a private plane. TLS signed “Tom,” one page, 7 x 10, per

Color satin-finish 8 x 10 photo of Collins in his space suit posing against a lunar background, signed in blue felt tip. In very fine condition.

Color 8 x 10 NASA photo of Collins posing in his space suit against a lunar background, signed in black felt tip. In fine condition, with biographical

Color satin-finish 8 x 10 photo of Collins training during his Gemini mission, signed in black ink. In fine condition.

Business check, 6 x 2.75, filled out and signed by Conrad, payable to Charles Conrad, Jr. for $5000.00, January 8, 1979. Removably presented on a colo

Glossy 10 x 8 photo of Conrad performing an experiment on the lunar surface, signed in black felt tip, “An Island of Refuge in an Ocean of Storms. Cha

Aircraft industrialist (1892-1981) who founded the Douglas Aircraft Company in 1921. Building on the success of the twin engine DC-3, Douglas Aircraft

Signed book: 20 hrs. 40 min: Our Flight in the Friendship. Later printing. NY: G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 1928. Hardcover, 5.5 x 8.5, 314 pages. Signed and i

Flight mechanic who flew on the maiden voyage of the Hindenburg. Limited edition flown commemorative cover, 7.5 x 4.5, #1134/1466, with a cachet honor

Vintage 8 x 10 photo of Earhart posing in front of her plane along with Hollywood stunt pilot and flight instructor Paul Mantz and Lockheed test pilot

Commemorative cover with a cachet honoring the Gemini 11 flight, signed in blue ballpoint by Charles Conrad and in black ballpoint by Dick Gordon. In

Satin-finish 10 x 8 photo of Wendt clowning around with Glenn before his flight, signed in black felt tip by both John Glenn and Guenter Wendt, adding

A CAM 2 air mail envelope, 9 x 4, bearing a purple horseshoe stamped cachet announcing, “Lindbergh Again Flies the Air Mail,” signed on the front in b

TNS, one page, 5.25 x 8, United States Senate letterhead, no date. Short memo to his secretary. In full: “Please add the Senator from Indiana, Mr. Bay

Colorful composite scale model of Hoover’s P-51 Mustand ‘Ole Yeller,’ signed on the wing in green felt tip. In fine condition. Accompanied by a color

TLS signed “Anne M. Lindbergh,” one page, 8.5 x 11, May 25, 1970. Letter to the Chairwoman of Smith College declining a speaking invitation. In part:

Mother of Charles Lindbergh. Highly uncommon, vintage matte-finish 8.5 x 11 photo of Lindbergh’s mother clutching her pearl necklace and wearing an av

Exceptional oversized vintage matte-finish 10.5 x 12.75 Underwood and Underwood photo of Lindbergh posing with the Spirit of St. Louis, signed and ins

Five laserprint photos, 8.5 x 11 and 11 x 8.5, including one color, each signed in blue felt tip or ink by Kranz. In fine condition.

Signed book: Lost Moon. Later printing. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1994. Hardcover with dustjacket, 6.25 x 9.25, 378 pages. Signed on the title page in

Color 8 x 10 NASA photo of Lovell posing in his space suit with a globe of the moon, signed in-person in black felt tip. In fine condition.

Exceptional vintage matte-finish 10 x 8 photo of the Mercury 7 astronauts with a model of a rocket, signed in various inks “Alan B. Shepard, Jr.,” “Wa

Seven original signed ink and/or pastel sketches: one of an astronaut posing on an alien planet with an American flag on an off-white 9 x 12 sheet of

Color 8 x 10 NASA photo of McAuliffe holding a space shuttle model, signed and inscribed in black ink “To Forrest—May you realize your dreams! S. Chri

FDC with a cachet honoring a decade of space achievement, signed in ballpoint and felt tip by Gordon Cooper, John Glenn, Deke Slayton, Scott Carpenter

Two color satin-finish photos, an 8 x 10 of the lift-off of Apollo 11 and an 8 x 10 of a lunar footprint, each signed in black felt tip by Gene Kranz,

Italian aeronautical engineer and pioneer in Arctic aviation who flew over the North Pole with Amundsen and Ellsworth in 1926, completing the flight f

French aviator (1889–1915) who earned a place in aviation history as the first fighter ace. Though he was widely believed to have made the first loop

Aviator and aircraft designer and member of the Aviation Hall of Fame famous for his work in establishing the Experimental Aircraft Association. Compo

Commemorative Sieger postage stamp, 4.5 x 2.5, honoring the Apollo 14 mission, signed across the stamp in black ink by Roosa. In fine condition, with

Color satin-finish 10 x 8 photo of Schirra posing in his Mercury spacesuit, signed in blue felt tip, adding his Mercury flight symbol under his signat

ALS, one page, lightly-lined, 7.75 x 10, no date. Brief letter to an admirer. In full: “Appreciate your interest but I do not have time, money or secr

A 9 x 9 swatch of beta cloth bearing a printed 3.5-inch diameter Skylab I mission insignia, signed in black ink by Paul Weitz, Joe Kerwin, and Charles

Personal check, 6 x 2.75, filled out and signed by Slayton, “Donald K. Slayton,” payable to Marjory Slayton for $1744.23, December 12, 1984. In fine c

Color limited edition 22 x 34 print for the 10th Planetary Congress of the Association of Space Explorers in Moscow in 1994, #98/127, signed in silver

Air Force office and flight surgeon (1910–1999) known as ‘the fastest man alive,’ he was a pioneer in studying the effects of acceleration and deceler

Color satin-finish 11 x 14 photo of the shuttle in orbit, its robot arm positioned in the shape of the number seven (specifically for this photo op),

NASA astronaut (1931–1982) who, as a last-minute replacement for Ken Mattingly (who had been exposed to German measles) was one of three crew members

American astronomer (1906–1997) best known for discovering Pluto in 1930. Ballpoint signature, “Clyde W. Tombaugh, Discovered 9th planet, Pluto, on 18

Original acrylic painting by Ray Waddey, canvas stretched over a wooden frame, 24 x 20, depicting the Glamorous Glen II and the Old Crow flying in for

Glossy 10 x 8 photo of Yeager talking to Jimmy Stewart and another dignitary, signed in black felt tip. In very fine condition.

American aviator (1895–1970) who set the east-to-west transcontinental speed record in 1930. Vintage sepia matte-finish 10 x 8 photo of Turner posing

TLS, one page, 7.25 x 10.5, personal letterhead, March 24, 1928. Letter to Gordon Dorrance, president of Dorrance and Company. In full: “I have your l