RR Auction: Science and Technology Auction

Superb grouping from pioneering French aircraft designer and builder Louis Charles Breguet (1880–1955), remembered for his Breguet XIX which crossed t

TLS in French, signed in pencil, “Louis Breguet,” one page, 8 x 10.5, personal letterhead, May 1, 1917. Letter to "Monsieur Riffard," in p...

Fantastic group of five items associated with pioneering aviator and polar explorer Richard E. Byrd (1888–1957), who in 1927 made a transatlantic flig

Two booklets related to George Cayley (1773-1857), a prolific English engineer and one of the most important people in the history of aeronautics: an

Unusual collection of photographs associated with aviation pioneer Clarence Chamberlin and his famous passenger Charles A. Levine, who he took on the

Original vintage matte-finish 4.5 x 6.25 photograph of Clarence D. Chamberlin and Lloyd W. Bertaud holding up a large kite, stamped with an "Ag...

Collection of nine items relating to the 1910 and 1911 Coanda aircraft, a sesquiplane and precursor to the motorjet that was designed by Romanian inve

Grouping of material related to the Curtiss NC-4 flying boat, the first aircraft to fly across the Atlantic Ocean. The group is highlighted by a one-p

Original vintage glossy 7 x 5 photograph of Amelia Earhart posing with a bouquet of flowers beside German aviator Gerhard Fieseler. In fine condition.

Fascinating photograph collection of pre-World War I early gliders and aviation pioneers, ranging in size from 3.5 x 2.25 to 7 x 5, with the majority

Archive of original photos and patents relating to the work of French aircraft designer and spaceflight theorist Robert Esnault-Pelterie, which includ

Anglo-French Grand Prix motor racing champion, aviator, and an aircraft manufacturer and designer (1877–1964). ALS in French, signed “M. Farman,” one

Flown airmail cover carried on the first flight of the Douglas D-558-2 Skyrocket on February 4, 1948, signed in blue ballpoint by the pilot, "J...

Two flown covers carried on experimental aircraft, both with stamped cachets filled out with information on the flights, signed by the respective pilo

Group of five airmail covers flown on experimental helicopters, all with stamped cachets filled out with information on the flights, signed by the res

Group of nine airmail covers flown on military jets, all with stamped cachets filled out with information on the flights, signed by the respective pil

Group of eight airmail covers flown on United States military aircraft, all with stamped or typed cachets filled out with flight information, signed b

Group of six airmail covers flown on passenger jets, all with stamped or typed cachets filled out with information on the flights, signed by the respe

Rare flown airmail cover with a stamped cachet reading, "U. S. Missile Mail, May 1, 1959, Point Mugu, Calif.," postmarked at Point Mugu, C...

Two flown covers carried on flights by USAF astronauts who never went to space, both with cachets filled out with information on the flights, signed b

Printed booklet in German for an aviation patent granted to Paul Molnar, F. W. Rogler, and Hans Horbiger in Budapest for their "Flugmaschine [F...

Group of five items associated with Wilhelm Kress (1836–1913), an aviation pioneer and an early aircraft designer who built the experimental Drachenfl

Fantastic collection of eight vintage photographs of the 'improved' Langley Aerodrome, each approximately 6.5 x 4.75, showing images of the ...

Group of three items related to Samuel P. Langley (1834–1906), an American astronomer, physicist, and aviator who conducted some of the first manned f

Collection of ten original vintage photographs, ranging in size from 6.5 x 4.5 to 10.5 x 8.25, with subjects including: Lindbergh in front of the Spir

Group of five flown covers carried on test flights of the Douglas DC-8, each with a stamped cachet filled out with the flight's information and ...

Group of four items associated with inventor Hiram Maxim (1840–1916), best known for inventing the first portable fully automatic machine gun, but who

Two items related to James Means (1853–1920), an industrialist who designed model gliders and widely published information about flight: a booklet ent

Scottish pioneer aviator (1905–1959) who, flying solo or with his wife, Amy Johnson, set many records during the rapid development of aviation in the

Magnificent original vintage matte-finish 14.25 x 10 full-length photo of Peruvian aviator Juan Bielovucic seated and posing in his Voisin Frèr...

Group of three items associated with Nadar and his 'Societe d'Encouragement de la Locomotion Aérienne au moyen du plus lourd que l'...

Impressive original vintage photograph collection related to Louis Paulhan (1883–1963), one of the most well-known French pilots in America, who won t

Collection of items related to Alphonse Penaude (1850–1880), a pioneer of aviation design and engineering who originated the use of twisted rubber to

Collection of eight items relating to Louis-Francois Roux (1838-1921), a French architect and engineer who developed an early flying machine deemed a

Wonderful collection of original vintage photographs associated with Brazilian inventor and aviation pioneer Alberto Santos-Dumont (1873–1932), who ma

Group of six items related to Australian aviator Charles Kingsford Smith (1897–1935), who in 1928 made the first transpacific flight from the United S

Inventor of the biplane used in WWI called the Sopwith Camel (1888-1989). Two photos: a glossy 6.5 x 4.5 photo of Thomas Sopwith seated at the control

Aviator (1900–1929) who made the first non-stop flight between New York City and Havana, Cuba, and who died in a crash in 1929. Airmail cover marked w

Impressive collection of items relating to French aviation pioneers Gabriel and Charles Voisin, brothers who in 1906 formed the Appareils d'Avia...

Original vintage matte-finish 6.5 x 5 photograph of Wilbur Wright with Captain Paul N. Lucas-Girardville, Charles de Lambert, and Paul Tissandier in P

Original vintage matte-finish 5 x 6.5 half-length portrait photograph of Wilbur Wright in France circa 1912. Reverse bears a caption in French (statin

Original vintage glossy 5 x 6.75 photograph of Wilbur Wright with French automobile manufacturer and inventor Leon Bollee in France circa 1908. Revers

Signed book: Yeager. Later printing. NY: Bantam Books, 1985. Hardcover with dust jacket, 6.5 x 9.25, 342 pages. Signed on the first free end page in b

Tremendous color limited edition 27.25 x 34.25 textured canvas print of a 1997 painting by Alan Bean entitled ‘Reaching for the Stars,’ numbered 945/1

Chinese high altitude pressure suit, complete with a white helmet with visors and a parachute harness. The dark green flight suit features a zip-up fr

Extremely attractive 1:80 scale gold-tone model of the Shenzhou 6 spacecraft made by the China Academy of Space Technology (CAST). Includes a set of f

TLS, one page, 7.75 x 10.5, personal letterhead, May 10, 1955. Letter to Henri Corbiere, in full: "Enclosed find my answers to your inquiry dat...

Outstanding Project Mercury Flight Controller Handbook personally-owned and –used by longtime NASA flight director Gene Kranz. Contained with its orig

Flown Gemini 6 Fliteline gold-plated medallion, 1? diameter, with the front featuring a raised design of the mission insignia, the reverse engraved wi

Rocketdyne J-2 engine component, as used in NASA's Saturn IB and Saturn V launch vehicles. The circular component measures 7.75? in diameter and...

Rare NASA In-Flight Coverall Garment (ICG) Chamber Suit consisting of a white jacket and pants, likely produced for use in an Apollo spacecraft altitu

Exceptional official color 10 x 8 NASA lithograph of the Apollo 1 prime crew posing in their blue flight suits with a model of the ill-fated Block I C

Huge North American Aviation (NAA)–produced large-format paper diagram of the Apollo 8 Command Module 103 displays and controls panels, measuring 18.5

Buzz Aldrin’s collection of four vintage matte-finish ‘night airglow’ photos taken by him and Command Pilot James Lovell during the Gemini 12 mission

Sought-after signed book: Apollo: Ten Years Since Tranquility Base. Washington, D.C.: National Air and Space Museum, 1979. Softcover, 8 x 10, 174 page

Official color 7.75 x 9.75 NASA lithograph of Commander Neil Armstrong posing in his white space suit against a lunar background, signed boldly in bla

Remarkable pair of ring-bound manuals used by NASA engineer and TELMU flight controller Don Puddy during and after the historic moon-landing mission o

Program front cover for the Motorola Communications Petroleum Seminar held in Houston, Texas, on June 15, 1972, signed in black ink by Neil Armstrong.

Flown swatch of fabric from the backing material of the astronauts’ couches inside the Apollo 13 Command Module, housed in a limited edition Lucite di

Rare uncompleted Apollo A7L lunar boot manufactured by International Latex Corporation (ILC) in Dover, Delaware, around late 1968 or early 1969, with

Flown 5.75 x 4 American flag carried to the South Pole from January 9–15, 1970, and then flown to lunar orbit aboard the Command Module Endeavor durin

Desirable flown American flag carried into lunar orbit aboard the Command Module Endeavor during the Apollo 15 mission, 6.25 x 4, signed in the lower

Supremely desirable mid-sized flown American flag carried into lunar orbit on Apollo 15, 11.5 x 7.5, signed in the lower right corner in blue ballpoin

Sought-after flown Apollo 15 'Sieger' postal cover carried to the lunar surface aboard the LM Falcon, numbered 52/400 [hand-corrected], sign...

Flown embroidered Apollo 9 mission patch, measuring 3.5? in diameter, signed and flight-certified on the reverse in blue felt tip, “Flown aboard Apoll

Dave Scott's flown sterling silver Apollo 9 Robbins medal with a raised design of the mission insignia on the face, approximately 1? in diameter...

Dave Scott's gold-plated Fliteline medallion flown aboard the Gemini 8 mission, approximately 1? in diameter, with a raised insignia of the miss...

Sought-after color satin-finish 10 x 8 photo of Young leaping off the lunar surface and saluting the American flag, signed nicely in silver ink, “John

A superb example of one of Eugene A. Cernan’s Apollo 17 insurance covers, 6.5 x 3.5, bearing a mission cachet and "NASA Manned Spacecraft Cente...

Sought-after color satin-finish 8 x 10 full-length photo of Young posing in his white space suit with an Apollo 16 mission insignia in the background,

Unflown sterling silver Skylab 2 (SLM-1) Robbins medal, approximately 1.25? in diameter, with a raised mission insignia design on the face, and the re

Rare flown 5.5 x 5.5 swatch of Beta cloth bearing a 3.5? diameter emblem of the Apollo–Soyuz Test Project, signed around the insignia in black ink by

Unflown sterling silver Apollo-Soyuz Robbins Medal, approximately 1.25? in diameter, with a raised design on the face of the mission insignia, and the

Hubble Space Telescope Data Interface Unit (HST/DIU) flight model wiring harness, measuring 24? long, featuring a white cord terminating in "J1...

Pair of two Communications Carriers designed for use aboard the Space Shuttle and International Space Station, including: one white headset with a thi

Original circa 1970s Soviet Sokol-K space suit, featuring the flag of the USSR on the left shoulder and a Salyut program patch on the right breast. Ma

Desirable left-handed 4000 series Space Shuttle glove TMG (Thermal Micrometeoroid Garment), with an ILC-Dover tag on the interior, reading: "It...

Left-handed Flocked Bladder Assembly for a Space Shuttle/International Space Station Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU) glove, annotated inside the wr

Small microphone boom associated with the Space Shuttle and International Space Station programs, measuring 6.75? long, marked near the base: "...

Space Shuttle Annunciator Control Panel faceplate, 6 x 12, featuring white text on a gray background, with areas marked "Annunciator," &qu...

Boot Sizing Insert Toe Cap Assembly for a Space Shuttle EMU Boot, measuring approximately 12? x 4.5? x 3.25?, marked on the top: "Item: Boot In...

A Payload and General Support Computer (PGSC) manufactured by IBM as a ThinkPad Model 760XD laptop, with modifications for use aboard the Space Shuttl

Unflown sterling silver STS-1 Robbins medal, possibly a prototype, approximately 1.5? in diameter, featuring a raised design of the mission insignia o

Impressive collection of 52 unflown sterling silver Space Shuttle Robbins medallions representing the majority of missions between STS-59 and STS-109,

Flown tire segment used on the orbiters Atlantis for STS-27 and Columbia for STS-28, housed in a limited edition Lucite display, numbered 176/200. The

Extremely rare five-volume ‘photographic edition’ set containing 949 lunar images taken by Ranger impact probes 7, 8, and 9 during the program’s succe

Grouping of four items relating to the Transit 1–B, the second launched satellite from the US Navy-helmed Transit system, which was the first satellit

Color satin-finish 8 x 10 photo of the Mercury-Atlas 7 liftoff from Cape Canaveral, signed in black felt tip, "Aurora 7 launch, 24 May, 1962, S...

Official color 8 x 10 NASA lithograph of Cooper in a formal head-and-shoulder pose, signed and inscribed in blue ballpoint, "To Johnny, Gordon ...

Color semi-glossy 8 x 10 head-and-shoulders photo of John Glenn wearing his Mercury space suit, signed in black felt tip. In fine condition, with two

Limited edition color glossy 9.75 x 7.75 cardstock photo of Shepard receiving the NASA Distinguished Service Medal from President Kennedy on May 8, 19

Color glossy 8 x 10 photo of the Gemini 5 crew posing in their white space suits with two NASA workers, signed in the lower border in black felt tip b

Official NASA publication entitled "Analysis of Apollo 8 Photography and Visual Observations" (NASA SP-201). Washington, DC: NASA, 1969. S...

Color satin-finish 10 x 8 photo of LMP Schweickart performing an EVA during the Apollo 9 mission, signed in the lower border in black felt tip, &quo...

Color satin-finish 8 x 10 half-length photo of Commander Stafford posing in his white space suit with a lunar globe, signed in black felt tip. In very

Uncommon official color glossy 8 x 10 red-numbered NASA photo of CDR Tom Stafford posing in his white space suit, signed in black felt tip. Reverse be

Iconic color semi-glossy 8 x 10 full-length photo of LMP Aldrin standing on the lunar surface, his visor showing the reflection of photographer CDR Ne

Color semi-glossy 8 x 10 photo of LMP Aldrin posing in his white space suit against a lunar backdrop, signed in blue felt tip, "Buzz Aldrin, Ap...

Color satin-finish 8 x 10 photo of LMP Aldrin posing in his white space suit against a lunar backdrop, signed in blue felt tip, "We Came in Pea...

Color satin-finish 8 x 10 full-length photo of LMP Aldrin standing on the lunar surface, his visor showing a small reflection of the photographer, CDR