RR Auction: Space & Aviation 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’s nearly four decades of business continue to grow, achieving 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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Scott Carpenter97 - Scott Carpenter
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Flown lapel pin carried by Carpenter on his Faith 7 mission. Pin is of a small Mercury capsule and measures approximately .75? long. Accompanied by a
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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Scott Carpenter98 - Scott Carpenter
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Flown small silver piece of battery fragment from Carpenter’s Mercury mission. Fragment is encased in a 1.5 x 1.5 block of Lucite with a small piece o
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Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
 
 
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Gordon Cooper and Guenter Wendt99 - Gordon Cooper and Guenter Wendt
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Unbound flight plan for Cooper’s MA-9 mission, 8.5 x 10.5, labeled “Revision A,” inside and dated April 15, 1963. Signed on the front cover in black i
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Mercury100 - Mercury
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Original color chart, 36 x 10.25, titled in the lower left, “Mercury Orbit Chart MOC-6. 1st Edition—February 1963, Published by the USAF,” picturing a
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Gene Kranz101 - Gene Kranz
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Mercury star chart from the personal collection of flight director Gene Kranz. Laminated double-sided chart measures 4 x 10.75 with many stars and con
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Scott Carpenter and Chris Calle102 - Scott Carpenter and Chris Calle
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Brilliant original mixed media artwork by Calle depicting the launch of John Glenn’s Friendship 7 capsule, 18 x 13, signed in the lower border in penc
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Alan Shepard: Bob Peak103 - Alan Shepard: Bob Peak
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Commercial illustrator (1927–1992) best known for innovative design in the development of the modern movie poster. He designed posters for such classi
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Mercury 7104 - Mercury 7
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Color limited edition 35 x 25 print, numbered 414/1500, featuring an artist’s rendition of a launch, with portraits of each astronaut interspersed thr
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Convair Astronautics105 - Convair Astronautics
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Very rare 1961 Convair employee badge, 2? in diameter, issued to A. N. Gordon. In fine condition, with expected light wear. Early flight items that ar
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Gordon Cooper106 - Gordon Cooper
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Certificate presented to Cooper by the Chamber of Commerce of the United States, one page, 10.25 x 15, April 30, 1962. The Chamber of Commerce’s “Grea
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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