RR Auction: Space & Aviation Auction

Original piece of fabric from The Spirit of St. Louis, approximately 2 x 3, signed in fountain pen “C. A. Lindbergh” and dated in another hand Septemb

Vintage matte-finish 8 x 11 photo, signed and inscribed in fountain pen, “To George Wingay, With best wishes, Charles A. Lindbergh, June 3, 1927.” Pho

Exquisite, crystal-clear vintage matte-finish 7.5 x 9.5 photo of Charles and Anne Lindbergh clad in fur-lined flight suits and posing in front of thei

ALS, in pencil, signed “Father,” three onionskin pages, 8.25 x 10.75, January 29, 1960. From Switzerland, Lindbergh writes to his son Scott. In part:

TLS signed “C. A. Lindbergh,” one page, 8 x 10, Long Barn, Weald letterhead, September 28, 1937. Letter to Timothy Burns. In full: “Thank you very muc

Youthful vintage matte-finish 7.5 x 9.75 portrait of Lindbergh in a suit and tie, affixed to a same-size mount. In fine condition.

Program for a testimonial dinner honoring Lindbergh hosted by the citizens of Dayton, Ohio, on August 5, 1927, 5.5 x 8.25, two pages, signed on the fr

TLS, one page, 7 x 10.5, personal letterhead, April 10, 1933. Letter to a Massachusetts woman seeking advice to give a friend regarding flying. In ful

Original wing fabric swatch, 2 x 2, excised from Amelia Earhart's Lockheed Vega 5B. The red swatch is affixed to a 15 x 20 piece of textured cov...

Scarce and impressive flown commemorative airmail postal cover, 9.5 x 4, carried by Hughes on his triumphant 1938 around-the-world flight. The cover,

Scarce commemorative airmail postal cover, 9.5 x 4, carried by Hughes on his triumphant 1938 around-the-world flight. The cover, issued in conjunction

Incredibly rare and highly important ALS, four pages on two adjoining sheets, 5 x 6.25, personal letterhead, June 6, 1909. Letter to Paul Tissandier i

An incredibly significant and most likely one-of-a-kind collection of diagrams done by Orville and Wilbur Wright during the instruction of one of thei

Vintage matte-finish 10.75 x 8.5 photo of Orville Wright posing between Glenn Martin and William H. Coverdale, signed in the lower border in fountain

TLS, one page, 7.25 x 10.5, personal letterhead, March 11, 1926. Letter to C. F. Schory of the National Aeronautics Association providing very specifi

Winters National Bank check, 8.5 x 3, filled out in another hand and signed by Wright, “Orville Wright,” payable to The Dayton Power & Light Co....

Six signed items: pencil signature, “Amelia Earhart,” at the bottom of an autograph request dated June 20, 1931; souvenir typescript signed in blue ba

Signed book: The First World Flight. First edition, limited issue, numbered 531/575. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1925. Hardcover, 6.5 x 9.75, 328 pages.

Pilot (1890–1926) who became the second overnight mail service pilot to die on duty. Vintage 5.5 x 3.5 postcard photo of Smith in the cockpit of his C

Original program, 9 x 12, 84 pages, for the National Charity Air pageant held on October 8–9, 1933, at Roosevelt Field, New York. Great program full o

Scarce maiden voyage passenger list from the Hindenburg’s first eastward crossing from Lakehurst, New Jersey to Frankfurt on Main, Germany, on May 11,

Vintage 5.5 x 3.5 postcard photo of the Hindenburg on the ground in Frankfurt, with observers in the foreground, and a larger crown in the background.

An unused sheet of embossed stationery, 8.25 x 11.5, engraved at the top, “Luftschiff Hindenburg An Bord,” [On board Airship Hindenburg] and a red Ger

Vintage postcard, 5.5 x 3.5, of the Hindenburg over Lakehurst, New Jersey, in 1936. Reverse is addressed to a woman, and features a German postmark fo

Original US Air Force K-1 flight helmet. High altitude pressurized flight helmet has a thin gray separate fiberglass outer shell with a detachable inn

Original brad-bound pilot training manual for the B-24 Liberator heavy bomber published by the Army Air Forces Office of Flying Safety, October 1944,

Original Pilots’ Airplane Manual by N. O. Anderson, US Department of Commerce Civil Aeronautics Bulletin No. 27, September 1940. Softcover, 6.5 x 9, 1

Original color painting of the ‘Red Baron,’ 21 x 27, oil on wrapped canvas, signed in the lower left in white paint, “N. Nucum, ’71.” In fine conditio

TLS signed “R. H. Goddard,” one page, 8.5 x 11, Mescalero Ranch, Roswell, New Mexico letterhead, January 18, 1941. Letter to Emory Lakatos. In full: “

Ink signature, “Wernher von Braun,” on an off-white 6 x 4 card with two photos of von Braun affixed above the signature. In fine condition. Accompanie

Glossy 6.75 x 8.75 photo of von Braun standing alongside a Saturn V model, signed and inscribed in black felt tip “To John F. Meek, sincerely—Wernher

Vintage glossy 8 x 10.75 portrait of the legendary rocket scientist, signed and inscribed in fountain pen, “To Jacob Bacal, Best Wishes—Wernher von Br

Four items, each signed “H. Oberth” in ballpoint or felt tip, the latter three bearing affixed stamps with first day cancellations: one commemorative

Flown fragment from a captured German V-2 rocket that was test fired in 1946 at the White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico. Fragment measures approxi

Book: Guided Missiles Fundamentals. Later printing. Washington, DC: Department of the Air Force, 1959. Softcover, 8.25 x 10.75, 575 pages. In fine con

World War II–era aluminum support truss from part of the framework of a German V-2 rocket, approximately 11 x 2.25 x .75, recovered from the Peenem&...

Very neat Hydrogen Peroxide yaw thruster for use on the Soyuz 7K-OK spacecrafts (1966–1971). Capsules of this design were planned for manned lunar mis

Lever from one compartment of the Soyuz 7K-L1 moon flyby spacecraft living module. Component measures approximately 7.5 x 12 x 9 and is dominated by t

Enormous wing protective shield for the elevon of the space shuttle Buran. Heavy shield measures 21 x 34.5 and is one of 16 sections that would have b

Docking control monitor from the Salyut space station. Monitor measures approximately 7 x 6 x 14, with a metal label attached to the end reading, “KP-

Proton-K Launch Vehicle Engine Ignition System Component, circa 1970s–1980s, measuring approximately 7.5 x 4.5 x 4.5, with Russian markings on the pie

Extensively flown Beaulieu movie camera flown to the Salyut 6 space station on board Soyuz 26 in 1977 and returned to earth three years later on board

Cosmonaut Anatoli Artsebarski’s flown Soyuz TM-12/Mir EO-9 extra vehicular activity glove. Left-handed glove is numbered and lettered in Russian and i

Flown watch worn on board the International Space Station Expedition 5 by cosmonaut Sergey Treshchev. Digital Casio module 2265, model W42H has a blac

Very uncommon flown heat shield plug carried on the unmanned Voskhod (Sunrise) spacecraft. Plug measures approximately 2” in diameter with expected ch

Flown and used mirror #133 worn by cosmonaut Aleksandr Volkov during a four hour and twenty minute space walk outside the Mir Space Station on Februar

Flown heat shield plug carried on the Soyuz TM-30 capsule, the final flight to the Mir space station. The capsule remained in orbit from April 4–June

Flown heat shield fragment from the Soyuz TMA-2 mission to the ISS from April 28, 2003, to October 27, 2003. Fragment measures approximately .75 x .5,

Rare shaped heat shield tile made as part of the reusable thermal protection system (TPS) on the Russian Buran shuttle. Tile measures 6 x 4 x 2.5 and

Flown Russian light protective transporting canister, 3.5? high with a diameter of 4?, #39, used for the delivery and protection of film brought to an

Flown Russian light protective transporting canister, 8.25? high with a diameter of 5.5?, #KAP-350-N13, flown to and from the Mir space station for th

An extremely rare pneumatic safety package from the Global Rocket 1 (GR-1), measuring approximately 7.5 x 7 x 3, with multiple inputs and outputs, wit

Five flown film canisters, flown on board the Mir Space Station from February to July of 1990. Canisters measure 2.75? high, are each labeled separate

Three rare aluminum screw-top film canisters, each 3 inches tall and 1 inch in diameter, flown aboard the Soviet Soyuz 18 mission in 1975. All caniste

Rare wooden, hand-painted model of a Buran shuttle, 6.5? long, signed on the wings in blue felt tip by the crew members of Soyuz TM-12, cosmonauts Ser

Fantastic early stylized model of the Soyuz spacecraft, approximately 5 x 6.5 x 1.5, displayed on a metal base to an overall height of 13 inches. A fe

Three photos of various finishes, ranging in size from 3.5 x 5 to 4 x 7, each signed in blue or black ink by the cosmonaut pictured. Signers are: Yuri

Original watercolor artwork by Leonov entitled ‘The Construction of the Central Square,’ depicting the Baikonur Cosmodrome while being built, on an of

Vintage matte-finish 3.25 x 5.25 photo of Gagarin speaking in front of a bank of microphones, signed in the lower border in blue ballpoint. Photo is a

Color satin-finish 10 x 8 photo of Leonov performing the first ever space walk, signed in silver ink in Russian, with Leonov also printing his name in

Satin-finish 10 x 8 photo of Popovich in flight, signed in blue felt tip with mission information and dates. In very fine condition.

Color satin-finish 8 x 10 portrait of Tereshkova in her spacesuit, signed in black felt tip, adding “First woman in space,” and “Vostok-6 16.06-19.06

Vintage 3.75 x 5.75 postcard photo of Gagarin wearing numerous medals, signed in the lower border in blue ballpoint. In fine condition.

Glossy 8.5 x 5.5 photo of the Soyuz T-7 crew, signed in felt tip by crew members Leonid Popov, Svetlana Savitskaya, and Alexander Serebov, as well as

Two photos: one color satin-finish 7 x 4.75 photo of the Soyuz 39 crew, signed in red felt tip by Vladimir Dzhanibekov and Jugderdemidiyn Gurragcha; a

Three photos: one satin-finish 6 x 8 crew photo, signed in black ink by the TM-5 crew, Alexander Alexandrov, Viktor Savinykh, and Anatoly Solovyov; on

The Soviet Union’s Voskhod 1 (1964) was the first space flight to carry more than one crewman into outer space; Voskhod 2 (1965) featured the first pe

Very nice original artwork entitled ‘Space Race Opens Space Age,’ mixed media on a 22 x 13 illustration board, depicting the Russian Sputnik satellite

Commemorative cover with a cachet honoring rocket technology, signed in various inks by 17 early cosmonauts, including Valery Bykovsky, Anatoly Filipc

Fourteen signed items, primarily consisting of covers, photos, and souvenir typescripts. Signers are: Gherman Titov, Pavel Popovich, Andriyan Nikolaye

Uncommon signed book in Russian: Cosmonautics of the USSR [Kosmonautika CCCP]. Moscow, 1986. Hardcover, 10.5 x 12.75, 496 pages. Calligraphically insc

Three flown parachute pieces from Valentina Tereshkova’s Vostok 6 mission in 1963. Pieces are affixed to a printed 8.5 x 11 certificate of authenticit

Impressive collection of approximately 290 Soviet space pins, primarily issued throughout the 1960s and 1970s, honoring a variety of programs and cosm

Booklet entitled “The X-15 Research Airplane,” produced by NASA, 7.75 x 10, 12 pages, signed on the first page in black felt tip, “Neil Armstrong X-15

Uncommon and uninscribed color satin-finish 10 x 8 NASA photo of an X-15 in flight over California, signed in black felt tip. In fine condition.

Glossy 10 x 8 photo of Armstrong with his fellow X-15 pilots, signed in blue felt tip. In fine condition, with slight irregular adhesion to the signat

Glossy 10 x 8 photo of Cotton and White reviewing paperwork in front of an Air Force aircraft, signed in black felt tip by both. In very fine conditio

Color satin-finish 10 x 8 photo of Knight posing in front of his jet, signed in black felt tip, “Wm. J. Knight, X-15 A-2, 4520 mph, Oct. 3, 1967, Edwa

Glossy 8 x 10 photo of Peterson walking away from his jet after landing, signed in black ballpoint, “Forrest S. Peterson, RAOM US Navy, X-15 Pilot.” I

NASA research pilot (1926–1993) selected as an astronaut for the United States Air Force X-20 Dyna-Soar program in April 1960. After the Dyna-Soar pro

Glossy 10 x 8 photo of Thompson posing in front of his plane, signed and inscribed in black felt tip “To Mrs. Matt Henderson, Regards, Milt Thompson.”

Postal cover bearing a March 30, 1961, Edwards Air Force Base cancellation and stamped X-15 cachet with the text “Record of 169,600 ft.,” signed over

Specially bound hardcover book entitled X-15: A Compendium, Vol. II, 7 x 9.25, consisting of NASA X-15 research documents SP-60, TN D-1157, TN D-1158,

Glossy 10 x 8 photo of an X-15 outside, signed in black felt tip by Scott Crossfield, Robert M. White, Wm. J. Knight, Joe Engle, and Bill Dana. In ver

Three air mail commemorative covers, each with a stamped cachet honoring the X-15 program, each signed in ink or felt tip by a different pilot. Signer

Signed book: X-15: Man’s First Flight Into Space. Later printing. NY: Ridge Press, Inc., 1959. Paperback, 5.25 x 8, 64 pages. Signed on the front cove

Flown limited edition FDC, 9.5 x 4, 627/1000, with a cachet honoring the 50th anniversary of Yeager’s first supersonic flight, signed above the cachet

Commemorative cover with a cachet honoring the 25th anniversary of Yeager’s first supersonic flight, signed in black ballpoint, “Charles Yeager, B/Gen

Color limited edition 17 x 11 National Aviation Hall of Fame print of Yeager’s Bell X-1, numbered #156/1000, signed in pencil. Rolled and in fine cond

Color limited edition 17 x 11 National Aviation Hall of Fame print of Yeager’s Glamorous Glennis III, numbered #156/1000, signed in pencil. Rolled and

Glossy 9.5 x 7 NASA composite photo featuring portraits of the Mercury Seven, signed in blue and black felt tip by all seven original astronauts, most

Fantastic original vintage 1959 NASA newsletter detailing progress on the Mercury program, four pages, 8 x 10.5, vertically signed in ballpoint on the

Vintage ink and ballpoint signatures, “Leroy G. Cooper, Jr.,” “Virgil I. Grissom,” “Donald K. Slayton,” “M. Scott Carpenter,” “Alan B. Shepard, Jr.,”

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

Flown screw from Gus Grissom’s Liberty Bell 7, recovered from the Atlantic Ocean on July 20, 1999. Screw bolt measures approximately .5? in length and

Flown metal ring component from Gus Grissom’s Liberty Bell 7 spacecraft, recovered from the Atlantic Ocean on July 20, 1999. Ring measures approximate

Three flown pieces of wire, each approximately .25? long, removed from the umbilical head of the Liberty Bell 7 spacecraft after the Mercury-Redstone

Capsule Flight Operations Manual, SEDR 109, 6.25 x 7.5, bound by three rings inside a plastic cover. Title page reads, “Project Mercury NASA Capsule F

Project Mercury Launch Complex control box. Box measures 21.5 x 6.5 x 9.5, with four plugs on the left of the top, two having covers. Inside of box ha

Commemorative cover with a stamped cachet honoring the 10th anniversary of the flight of Freedom Seven, signed in black felt tip. In very fine conditi