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