RR Auction: Space & Aviation Auction

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