RR Auction: Space & Aviation Auction

Mercury capsule contractor’s model produced by McDonnell. Complete model stands 11.5? high with a painted Mercury capsule with its attached escape roc

Custom-made detailed model of the Liberty Bell 7 capsule, measuring approximately 11.5? tall with a 6? diameter, featuring an astronaut figurine insid

Cardboard and plastic hand-painted scale model of a Redstone rocket, standing 29? tall, complete with capsule and tower, signed and inscribed in black

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

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

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

Hardcover NASA report entitled “Results of the Project Mercury Ballistic and Orbital Chimpanzee Flights,” Washington, DC: NASA, 1963. Hardcover, 8.25

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

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

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

Laserprint 16 x 20 photo of Carpenter speaking to President Kennedy on the telephone after his mission, signed in black felt tip, “Speaking to Preside

Laserprint 16 x 20 photo of Carpenter posing in his space suit outside of the Mercury Control Center, signed in black felt tip. In fine condition. Fro

Color satin-finish 8 x 10 photo of Cooper emerging from a smoky mist, signed in black felt tip, “Gordon Cooper, Faith 7.” In fine condition.

Glossy 8 x 10 photo of Cooper’s lift-off, signed in black felt tip. Double-matted and framed with a Faith 7 patch, medallion, and printed biography to

Color official lithograph of Grissom standing with a model rocket, trimmed to a size of 7.25 x 9.25, signed and inscribed in black felt tip, “Thanks J

Very nice official color semi-glossy 8 x 10 ‘red-numbered’ NASA photo of the Mercury astronauts posing in their silver space suits, signed in black fe

Color official NASA lithograph of Schirra in his Mercury space suit, a model of his capsule in the background, trimmed to a size of 7.5 x 9.25, signed

Humorous vintage matte-finish 11 x 14 photo of Shepard and Gus Grissom imitating Bob Hope and Bing Crosby dressed in matching striped jackets, and wit

Four color NASA lithographs, three 8 x 10 and one 10 x 8, each signed by the Mercury astronaut pictured. Signers are: John Glenn, Wally Schirra, Gordo

Three photos: official color 10 x 8 NASA lithograph of the launch of the Sigma 7 mission, signed in black felt tip; glossy 8 x 10 photo of the launch