RR Auction: Space & Aviation Auction

Of the select dozen men that have stepped foot on the Moon, all have worn the standard Omega chronographs. Officially issued by NASA, they are acknowl

A fantastic square 1.25 x 1.25 swatch of wing fabric from the 1903 Wright Flyer that made the first heavier-than-air flight at Kitty Hawk on December

Series 1935 A ‘short snorter’ one dollar silver certificate, signed vertically on the left side in fountain pen, “Orville Wright,” and signed througho

United States of America “annual sporting license,” number 479, issued to Edward G. Knapp by the Federation Aeronautique Internationale for the year o

French engineer and aviator (1872–1936) who made the first crossing of a large body of water in a heavier-than-air craft when he flew across the Engli

Original wing fabric swatch, 2 x 2.25, excised from the Curtiss NC-4. The brown swatch is affixed to a 15 x 20 piece of textured cover stock paper wit

Original wing fabric swatch, 2 x 2, excised from the Douglas World Cruiser #2 ‘Chicago.’ The chestnut swatch is affixed to a 15 x 20 piece of textured

Striking vintage matte-finish 8 x 10 close-up portrait of Lindbergh in his aviation gear looking skyward, signed in fountain pen, “C. A. Lindbergh.” S

Signed book: We. Limited author’s autograph edition, numbered 682. NY: G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 1927. Hardcover, 6.75 x 10, 308 pages. Lindbergh’s autobiog

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

ALS signed “Amelia Earhart,” one page both sides, 7.25 x 10.5, personal letterhead, December 20, 1932. Letter to Mrs. Grosvenor. In part: “You were ki

Sought-after limited edition flown airmail cover carried on her historic transatlantic flight from Newfoundland to Ireland on May 20–21, 1932, 6.5 x 3

Choice limited edition flown airmail cover, 9.5 x 4, numbered 5/49, signed on the left side in fountain pen, “Carried by air, Honolulu–Oakland, Januar

Partly-printed DS, signed “Amelia Earhart,” one page both sides, 8 x 7, January 12, 1935. United States Department of Agriculture baggage declaration

Appealing glossy sepia 6 x 8 photo full-length photo of Earhart shaking hands, boldly signed at the bottom in fountain pen. Matted in its original mat

Original unsigned glossy 5.25 x 4 photo of Earhart in a plane’s cockpit with the complex instrument panel clearly visible, stamped on the reverse, “Ne

Remarkable vintage 8 x 10 photo of Earhart posing in front of her Lockheed Model 10 Elektra along with Hollywood stunt pilot and flight instructor Pau

Partly-printed DS, signed twice in pencil, “Amelia Earhart,” one page both sides, 8 x 7, March 25, 1937. United States Department of Agriculture bagga

Impressive archive of material from the estate of Hal Hermes (1920–1989), a test pilot for the US Army Air Forces and later the Civil Aeronautics Asso

Flown Hindenburg advertising Veedol postcard carried on the airship’s initial flight from Friedrichshafen , Germany, to Lakehurst, New Jers

Original fabric swatch, 1.25 x 1, excised from Igor Sikorsky’s VS-300A helicopter. The silver swatch is encased in a 3 x 3 x 1 Lucite display produced

Vintage glossy 8 x 10 photo of von Braun with his arms crossed, signed and inscribed over his original signature and inscription in black felt tip, “T

Collection of Hans Hosenthien’s handwritten notes, totaling ten pages on eight sheets, including five pages from WWII–era Germany and five pages from

Valve-shaped 7.75? metal rod used in the successful launch of the Explorer 1 satellite on January 31, 1958. An integral part of the rod-spring combo d

Metal fragment removed from the Complex 26 gantry for the launch of the Explorer I satellite, .75 x .25, affixed to an off-white 6.25 x 3.5 presentati

Textured matte-finish 3.5 x 4.75 portrait of Gagarin in uniform, signed vertically in blue ink. In fine condition, with a slightly trimmed bottom edge

Exceptional color postcard of Yuri Gagarin and Gherman Titov in uniform and reading a newspaper on a park bench, 5.75 x 4, signed in blue ink by Titov

Matte-finish 4.75 x 3.25 photo of the first four cosmonauts in their military uniforms, signed vertically in blue ink by Yuri Gagarin and Andriyan Nik

Two color vintage 5 x 5.75 postcard photos of the Voskhod 2 cosmonauts, signed vertically in black ink by Alexei Leonov, and in red ballpoint by Pavel

Rare glossy 9.5 x 7.25 group photo of the crew members that comprised the Soyuz 6, 7, and 8 missions, signed in the lower border in various colored in

Partly-printed DS in Cyrllic, one page, 11.5 x 7.75, no date. The document reads, in full (translated): “Attention! The button for the team ‘Ignition’

Impressive commemorative cover, 6 x 4.25, with a cachet and stamp honoring Cosmonaut’s Day, a Russian national holiday held on April 12 commemorating

DS in Spanish, one page, 5.75 x 3.75, no date [1965]. Entitled “Sociedad De Amistad Sovietico-Cubano [Cuban–Soviet Friendship Society],” the document

Collection of over 75 mostly first-generation photographs of cosmonauts with many different types of images, measuring between 4.5 x 5.5 to 7 x 9.5, i

Four flown film canisters used by Vladimir Lyakhov and Aleksandr Aleksandrov aboard the Soyuz T-9 and Salyut 7 missions, three measure 2.75? long and

Five flown film canisters used by Pyotr Klimuk and Vitali Sevastyanov aboard the Soyuz 18 mission, all measure 2.75? long and 1? in diameter, each is

Five film canisters flown aboard the Mir Space Station from February to July of 1990. Each separately labeled canister measures 2.75? high, and all ar

Flown Fortis official cosmonauts chronograph worn on board Soyuz TM-34 by commander Yuri Gidzenko, numbered 5279, signed on the Velcro fabric strap in

An interesting cosmonaut pilot survival kit contained within an olive drab canvas bag, stamped on the front with part numbers, "HA3-7, 8904907....

Collection of ten packages of Russian space food, with cuisine including: salty almonds, oatmeal with wild berries, coffee with sugar, crackers, toffe

Soyuz Descent Module Hydrogen Peroxide Yaw Thruster for attitude control, measuring approximately 11.5 x 6.5 x 4.5, engraved on the central bracket in

Wonderful 1:4 scale model of the important Soviet Sputnik-1 satellite on a handsome curved aluminum stand, measuring approximately 22? tall, with a pl

Enormous 1:72 scale model of the Soviet N1-L3 rocket, one of two examples produced by Energia Corporation, constructed of metal and resin, measuring 5

Three aluminum commemorative coins, all approximately 1.25? in diameter, issued between 2005 and 2007, each honoring a different unmanned Sputnik miss

Impressively large collection of approximately 450 Soviet commemorative space pins and buttons, various shapes and sizes, commemorating different cosm

Desirable souvenir collector’s panel, 10.5 x 13.25, honoring the 15th anniversary of Alexei Leonov’s first space walk, signed in pencil by Leonov. The

Nice collection of twenty-three photos of X-plane test pilots, including many official glossy NASA photos, approximately 8 x 10 and 10 x 8, including:

Ideal satin-finish 10 x 8 photo of an X-15 aircraft on the tarmac, signed vertically in black felt tip by Neil Armstrong, William Knight, Milt Thompso

Exceptional vintage official NASA 8 x 10 glossy photo of Armstrong in a suit and tie, signed and inscribed in blue ink, “To Grace—with best wishes—Nei

Uncommon commemorative cover with a stamped cachet honoring the X–15 aircraft and its various affiliations, postmarked at Edwards Air Force Base, May

FDC, 6.5 x 3.5, with a cachet honoring President Dwight D. Eisenhower, signed in various ink types by Scott Crossfield, Chuck Yeager, Robert White, Wi

Three items: an ink signature, “Robert M. White, X–15 Astronaut,” on a white 6 x 4 card with a small sketch of an X-15 soaring over the Earth, with Wh

Candid glossy 8 x 10 photo of Yeager leaning against his aircraft, signed in black ink. In fine condition.

Astronaut Scott Carpenter’s used survival pack from his early Project Mercury desert survival training. Consists of the main tan canvas pack with two

Flown flight plan and roller used by Gordon Cooper on Mercury 9, consisting of a translucent flight plan threaded through two spools contained within

A Navy Mark IV high-altitude pressure suit and helmet developed by the B. F. Goodrich Company and the US Navy for high-altitude pilots, best known for

Extremely rare Mercury Capsule Horizon Scanner manufactured by Barnes Engineering Company, measuring approximately 5.75? tall and 5.5? in diameter, la

Mercury Spacecraft Attitude Rate Indicator manufactured by Honeywell, 8 x 4 x 5, with an affixed parts label on the top reading, “Indicator Attitude a

Vintage glossy 13 x 10 photo of the original seven Mercury astronauts posing in front of a US Air Force jet, signed in various ink types, “M. Scott Ca

Exceptional set of official color 8 x 10 NASA lithographs of six of the original seven Mercury astronauts, each signed and inscribed to Harold Collins

Extraordinary official vintage glossy 8 x 10 NASA photo of Mercury astronauts John Glenn, Gus Grissom, and Alan Shepard, signed in blue ballpoint, “Vi

Signed book: The Astronauts. Later printing. NY: E. P. Dutton & Co., 1960. Hardcover with dust jacket, 5.5 x 8.25, 192 pages. Signed on the half...

DS, signed “M. Scott Carpenter,” “Leroy G. Cooper, Jr.,” “Virgil I. Grissom,” “Walter M. Schirra, Jr.,” “Alan B. Shepard, Jr.,” and “D. K. Slayton,” f

Rare ALS signed “Virgil,” one page both sides, 8 x 10, Project Mercury letterhead, January 8, 1961. Letter to his brother and sister-in-law, “Lowell...

DS, signed twice in pencil, “Virgil I. Grissom,” one page both sides, 8 x 5.25, December 6, [1962]. Part two of Air Force AFTO form 781, an “Aircraft

Mercury-Atlas 7 launch day cover with a stamped cachet honoring the second man in orbit, signed vertically in ink by six of the original astronauts, “

Desirable commemorative launch day cover with a Goldeycraft cachet honoring the path of Shepard’s historic flight aboard the Freedom 7, postmarked May

Color limited edition 21 x 29.25 lithograph of R. L. Rasmussen’s watercolor of a Mercury rocket entitled ‘Space…The Pioneers,’ numbered 16/300, signed

Kranz’s cardstock NASA M/A-7 Operations badge bearing an image of the capsule, 2 x 3, filled out in type, “Kranz, G., NASA.” Reverse is serial numbere

Deke Slayton’s personally-owned and -used Type MB-1 army green clothing bag. Issued in the late 1950s and early 1960s to pilots for carrying personal

Scott Carpenter’s gray nylon flight jacket worn in honor of the 50th anniversary of the Omega watch company, size large, bearing several embroidered p

Wally Schirra’s gray nylon flight jacket worn in honor of the 50th anniversary of the Omega watch company. An embroidered 50th anniversary 1957 Speedm

A limited edition presentation containing a .5 x .75 fragment of flown heat shield from the Friendship 7 capsule that carried John Glenn into orbit on

A substantial segment of flown heat shield from the Aurora 7 spacecraft, measuring approximately 1 x 1 x 1, and displayed on a wooden base with an eng

A sizable segment of flown heat shield from the Sigma 7 spacecraft, measuring approximately 1 x 1 x 1, and displayed on a wooden base with an engraved

Limited edition Mercury astronaut action figure from Hasbro’s 1997 GI Joe Classic Collection, standing 12? tall, housed in its original unopened prese

Satin-finish 10 x 8 photo of launch pad leader Guenter Wendt holding Ham the chimpanzee, signed in black felt tip, “’Ham,’ America’s first chimp in sp

Wonderful collection of six of the seven Mercury astronauts, 8 x 10 and 10 x 8, each signing in ink and felt tip, including: Wally Schirra, John Glenn

Official color 9.25 x 7.25 NASA photo of Schirra posing in his Mercury suit, signed and inscribed in black ink, “Best wishes, Harold, and thank you fo

Limited edition satin-finish 18 x 12 photo of Carpenter beside the Aurora 7 capsule, numbered 87/151, signed in the upper left in silver ink by Carpen

Vivid color 8.5 x 11 cardstock photo of the Mercury-Atlas rocket launching John Glenn’s Friendship 7, signed in black felt tip by John Glenn, Scott Ca

Felt tip and ballpoint signatures, “Alan Shepard,” “John Glenn,” “DK Slayton,” “Scott Carpenter,” “Wally Schirra,” and “Gordon Cooper,” on an off-whit

Desirable set of five official NASA photos and lithographs, two of which are of the ‘red–numbered’ variety, 8 x 10 and 10 x 8, individually signed and

Two items: first, a manual entitled Results of the Second United States Manned Orbital Space Flight, 107 pages, 8 x 10.25, May 24, 1962, signed on the

Four books: a first edition of For Spacious Skies, hardcover with dust jacket, signed on the title page in black ink, “Scott Carpenter, Aurora 7” and

Two items: a Topping Inc. model of the McDonnell–NASA manned satellite capsule for Project Mercury, standing 6? tall, encircled with embossed letterin

Insightful grouping of material related to the development of Mercury, Apollo, and Skylab spacesuits by B. F. Goodrich Aerospace and Defense Products

Collection of items related to Project Mercury, including: an official NASA Mercury Project Summary with results of the fourth manned orbital flight o

Floor tile removed from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Launch Complex 19, 4.5 x 4, signed in black felt tip, “Guenter F. Wendt, Padleader, GT-19 Flo

Collection of five packages of sealed Gemini-era NASA space food with original corresponding spec sheets filled out in pencil from Melpar, Inc., dated

Collection of five packages of sealed NASA space food manufactured by Whirlpool corporation, with tasty cuisine including: “Sausage Bites,” “Toasted B

Vintage official NASA 7.75 x 10 glossy photo of Young in a white suit and tie, signed and inscribed in blue ink, “To Grace, With Best Wishes, John You

Vintage official glossy 8 x 10 NASA photo of James McDivitt and Ed White looking over training plans while preparing for water egress training, signed

Rare glossy 8 x 10 photo of the Gemini IV launch, neatly mounted and lacquered on a 11 x 13 wooden frame, signed and inscribed on top of the lacquer i

Color official vintage glossy 8 x 10 ‘red-numbered’ NASA photo of White in his Gemini spacesuit, thoughtfully signed and inscribed in black felt tip,

Exceptional official color 8 x 10 NASA lithograph of White in his Gemini spacesuit posing with a model rocket, signed in black felt tip, “Ed White.” I

Rare vintage set of five unsigned official color glossy 8 x 10 ‘red-numbered’ NASA photos of Gemini 4 pilot Ed White’s historic 20-minute spacewalk. S

Collection of 21 original glossy NASA photos relating to the Gemini 4 mission, 8 x 10 and 10 x 8, all with purple NASA caption text on the reverse, in

Jim McDivitt’s Gemini Spacecraft Number 4 manual, 249 pages, 9 x 11.5, January 28, 1965, signed on the title page in green felt tip, “James A. McDivit

Flown Gemini 5 schematic for the Communications Digital Command System and Instrumentation Telemetry Control System, one page both sides, 17 x 10.5, s