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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Mercury Model107 - Mercury Model
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Mercury capsule contractor’s model produced by McDonnell. Complete model stands 11.5? high with a painted Mercury capsule with its attached escape roc
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Mercury Capsule108 - Mercury Capsule
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Custom-made detailed model of the Liberty Bell 7 capsule, measuring approximately 11.5? tall with a 6? diameter, featuring an astronaut figurine insid
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Alan Shepard109 - Alan Shepard
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Cardboard and plastic hand-painted scale model of a Redstone rocket, standing 29? tall, complete with capsule and tower, signed and inscribed in black
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Atlas-Mercury110 - Atlas-Mercury
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A scale model of the Atlas-Mercury spacecraft. The 1:48 scale model measures 22.5? high and sits on a 6.25 x 6.25 wooden base, with a descriptive NASA
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Mercury111 - Mercury
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An unusual and detailed hand-painted model of a Mercury astronaut in his spacesuit and wearing a backpack, possibly be a NASA prototype model. Model m
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Mercury112 - Mercury
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Official NASA report titled “Results of the Third United States Manned Orbital Space Flight,” 8 x 10.25, 120 pages, and dated October 3, 1962, which p
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Mercury Tests113 - Mercury Tests
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Hardcover NASA report entitled “Results of the Project Mercury Ballistic and Orbital Chimpanzee Flights,” Washington, DC: NASA, 1963. Hardcover, 8.25
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Mercury114 - Mercury
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Original NASA manual titled “Results of the Second United States Manned Orbital Space Flight, NASA SP-6,” 8 x 10.25, 107 pages, dated May 24, 1962. In
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John Glenn115 - John Glenn
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TLS signed “J. H. Glenn, Jr,” one page, 7.5 x 9.5, January 15, 1965. Letter to an admirer concerning his health and fitness after suffering a head inj
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Wally Schirra116 - Wally Schirra
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ALS, one page, 8.5 x 11, personal letterhead, April 28, 2001. Letter describing his early career. In part: “I was assigned to the Space Task Group in
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