RR Auction: Space & Aviation Auction

An amazing typed manuscript of an essay entitled “What Clement Ader Did,” which was published in the May 1912 edition of The Aero Club of America Bull

Vintage oversized matte-finish 10.75 x 14 bust portrait, by Cornwell of Dayton, Ohio, signed and inscribed in fountain pen, “For Roy G. Fitzgerald, wi

British businessman (1877–1910) who, with his partner Frederick Henry Royce, founded one of the most legendary firms in automotive history. Scarce ALS

Original glossy 4.25 x 6.25 full-length photo of Wilbur Wright standing outdoors in France. Reverse bears an M. Rol & Co. photographer’s stamp a...

Original 4.5 x 6.5 full-length press photo of Wilbur Wright standing outdoors in Le Mans, France, in 1908. Reverse bears several notations and an M. R

Original 4.5 x 6.5 press photo of Wilbur Wright, Leon Bollee, the Wright’s American business agent Hart O. Berg, and another gentleman conferring in f

Original 4.75 x 6.5 photo of Wilbur Wright engaged in discussion with three men in front of a Wright Flyer. Reverse bears a Photographe du Journal sta

Original 4.5 x 6.5 press photo of Wilbur Wright tending to a line by his Wright Flyer in Le Mans in 1908. Reverse bears an Agence Internationale photo

Original 4.5 x 6.5 press photo of Wilbur at the controls of his 1907 Wright Flyer shortly before his first European flight at Les Hunaudieres race cou

Original glossy 9.25 x 7 photo of a Wright Flyer just feet off the ground as a crowd looks on, presumably taken from a demonstration in France. Photo

Original photo of a Wright Model A in flight over the grandstands at Rheims. Photo is affixed to an 11 x 11.5 mount. In fine condition, with a bit of

Glossy 6 x 4.5 photo of Orville and Katharine Wright feeding hay to a head of oxen, signed and inscribed in fountain pen to French aviator Paul Tissan

A prop shaft oiler, four inches long, used on the 1904 and 1905 Wright Flyers. Oiler is stamped on the top, “Lunkenheimer No. O Sentinel, Made in the

A flown grease cup used on the Curtiss ‘Jenny’ and the DeHaviland DH-4 during World War I. Cup and hinged lid measures 1.5? long and has a threaded bo

Unsigned book: La Navigation Aerienne. Paris: Librairie Commerciale, 1907. Hardcover, 8.5 x 12, 71 pages. Book bears an owner’s signature on the rever

Unsigned book: L’Epopee Aerienne. Paris: H. Dunod et E. Pinat, 1910. Hardcover, 13.75 x 10, 104 pages. End of book holds five color fold-out multi-lay

Original French advertisement broadside, 9.75 x 7, featuring an image of Wilbur Wright and the Wright Flyer on one side, headed across the top, “Bon a

Original booklet entitled “L’Aeroplane des Freres Wright,” 5.5 x 8.75, 22 pages, printed in 1908, and featuring a pull-out diagram of a Wright Flyer.

Original booklet, in German, entitled “Beteiligung an Schau-und Wettfliegen Flugmaschine Wright Gesellschaft 1910,” 6.5 x 10, eight pages, with severa

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 French booklet entitled “Les Premiers Hommes-Oiseaux [The First Men-Birds],” 6.25 x 9.5, 78 pages, printed in Paris and dated 1908. Inside be

Rare original German booklet entitled “Die Bruder Wright,” with cover translating to: “The Wright Brothers. A study of the development of the flying m

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

Original French booklet entitled “L’Aerophile,” 8 x 11, dated November 15, 1910, full of articles, advertisements, and photos on aviation. Inside of t

Original German booklet entitled “Deutsche Zeitschrift fur Luftschiffahrt,” 7 x 10 pages, dated July 15, 1908. Front cover is stamped “From the privat

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 French magazine entitled “L’Assiette au Beurre,” January 1909, 9.5 x 12.5, featuring several color illustrations inside. In very good conditi

Original French publication entitled “L’Aviation Illustree,” 11 x 15, eight pages, dated March 27, 1909. Front page features a large image of a Wright

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

Original and very colorful French advertising poster for “La Raphaelle Liqueur Bonal,” 45.5 x 62.5, done by G. Rosetti in 1908. Poster depicts a waite

Vintage Zeppelin airship tobacco card collector’s album from 1932, in German, 13.5 x 9.5, complete with over 200 small photo cards affixed on the appr

Collection of approximately 185 items relating to dirigibles, consisting primarily of commemorative covers and postcard photos, with several other for

Flown metal fragment from the Hindenburg retrieved from its crash site, matted within a limited edition display featuring an image of the ill-fated di

Original swatch of fabric from the Fokker D-VII U-10 fighter airplane. Swatch measures 2 x 2 and is affixed to a presentation certificate which incorp

Original swatch of fabric from the Curtiss NC-4 airplane. Swatch measures 1.75 x 1.75 and is affixed to a presentation certificate which incorporates

Signed book: We. Limited author’s autograph edition, numbered 859/1000. NY: G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 1927. Hardcover, 6.75 x 10, 308 pages. Lindbergh’s aut

Unusual matte-finish 8 x 10 photo of Earhart wearing a plaid skirt with her hands clasped in a relaxed, candid pose, attractively signed against the l

A collection of 66 letters to businessman Ellis A. Gimbel, dating from 1937–1941, thanking Gimbel for sending replicas of a medal he presented to Amel

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

Uncommon and desirable commemorative airmail postal cover, 9.5 x 4, carried by Hughes on his triumphant 1938 around-the-world flight. The cover, issue

Collection of three flown items carried by Hughes on his triumphant 1938 around-the-world flight. Items are: a commemorative airmail postal cover, 9.5

Hardcover manual entitled “Service and Instruction Manual Radio B-24D Airplane,” 8.5 x 11.25, 252 pages, prepared by the Flight and Service department

Hardcover instruction manual entitled “Power Plant B-24 D Airplane,” 9 x 11.25, 203 pages, printed in 1943 by Consolidated Aircraft Corporation. Manua

Softcover Pilot’s Powerplant Manual, 6.5 x 9.5, 392 pages, issued by the US Department of Commerce’s Civil Aeronautics Administration, dated October 1

Manual entitled “Instrument Flying Basic Without Radio Aids,” staple bound, 8.5 x 11, 82 pages, issued by the Commanding General of the Army Air Force

Collection of 171 covers, almost all Pan-Am first flight covers from various clipper routes around the world, most with stamped cachets commemorating

ANS, in pencil, signed “B,” one page, 4.75 x 8, red-bordered Office of Director letterhead, December 9. Note reads, in full: “Do you think you could g

Rare hardbound lecture entitled “Fifth Wings Club ‘Sight’ lecture: Space Flight Past, Present, and Future,” given by von Braun in New York City on May

A complete set of six sterling silver “Milestones of Manned Flight” medallions issued in 1969 by TWA. Each medallion measures approximately 1.5 inches