RR Auction: Space & Aviation Auction

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