RR Auction: Space & Aviation Auction

Rare ALS signed “Wilbur Wright,” four pages two sets of adjoining sheets, 4.5 x 5.5, January 25, 1912. Letter to Mr. W. de Hevesy in Paris. In part: “

Exceptionally rare 3.5 x 5.5 real photo postcard of the Wright brothers standing side by side, boldly signed in the lower border in ink, “Orville Wrig

Vintage 5.75 x 3.75 cardstock photo of the Wright Brothers’s first flight, captioned at the bottom ‘First Man-Flight, December 17, 1903, Kitty Hawk, N

DS, four pages, 8 x 13, 1928. A Deed of Gift for the L. S. Thompson Speed Trophy, in part: “Before and immediately following the entry in 1917 of the

Complete set of the nine flown fabric presentations created by the Smithsonian Institution National Air and Space Museum with fabric removed during re

Remarkable flown piece of aluminum alloy framework recovered from the wreckage of the Hindenburg crash site. The lightweight duralumin fragment consis

TMS signed “Charles (A. Lindbergh),” five onionskin pages, 8.25 x 11, July 12, 1971. Detailed criticism and commentary concerning a biographical manus

Lindbergh’s Society of Experimental Test Pilots membership card, 3.75 x 2.25, appointing Lindbergh as an Honorary Fellow, boldly signed at the bottom

Exceptional color limited edition 25 x 31 lithograph entitled ‘Naval Aviation: 75th Anniversary Commemorative,’ numbered 908/1000, signed in pencil by

North American Aviation ejection seat assembly skeleton, 22.25 x 47 x 34.5, with wooden backrest, foam headrest and armrests with “Danger” stickers af

United States Air Force portable pressure suit ventilation unit, measuring 8.5 x 13 x 12, featuring a metal tag on the top, “Ventilating Unit, Pressur

Bookmark made of flown fabric from the National Geographic Society–US Army Air Corps balloon Explorer II, 2.25 x 7, printed with an image of the ballo

Von Braun’s handwritten notes in pencil on the requirements for a spacecraft destined for Mars, unsigned, six pages on four sheets, no date. The first

Attractive DS, signed “Wernher von Braun,” one page, 10.5 x 8, April 7, 1961. George C. Marshall Space Flight Center ‘Suggestion Award Certificate’ is

Two rare booklets related to the US Air Force Missile Test Project operated by RCA during the 1950s, including: an annual report for 1955, 10.75 x 8,

Uncommon 1/15 scale General Electric bio-satellite model, measuring 7.75? long, and bearing NASA and General Electric logo stickers. Includes original

Early model of a Lockheed Agena-B upper stage space launch vehicle, measuring 10.75? long, with original 9.25 x 5.25 plastic base. In fine condition,

Attractive full-scale lightweight replica of the Sputnik satellite, measuring 22? in diameter, with four removable antennae, each able to telescope to

Console from the Information Display Systems of the MIR Space Station featuring a digital clock along with numerous knobs, switches, and displays labe

Stunning 1:5 scale custom handmade model of the Luna 9 spacecraft, measuring approximately 12 x 20 x 7, constructed of metal with elements of plastic

Porthole from the Russian Cosmos 2089 photo surveillance satellite, measuring 11.5? in diameter, set upon a custom-made metal stand to an overall heig

Desirable left-handed cosmonaut glove from a Sokol KV pressure suit worn by Sergei Krikalev, a veteran of six space flights who ranks second for the l

Soviet VKK-6 high altitude pressure suit and GSh-6A helmet: the complete dark green flight suit is a size large and stamped on the right shoulder, “BK

Cosmonaut communications training helmet. Leather radio headset worn under the hood of the Sokol spacesuit, consisting of mesh hair netting, hard padd

Flown Hasselblad film canister carried on the Salyut-4 spacecraft from December 26, 1974, to February 9, 1975, measuring 3.75 x 3.5 x 2, serial number

Set of three packets of cosmonaut MIR-era space food, each labeled in Cyrillic with pictures of the ingredients, including: tomato soup, cabbage soup,

Leather zippered portfolio case, 14.75 x 10, embossed in red Cyrillic in the upper right corner (translated), “XXIII, Congress, CPSU,” and signed and

Intercontinental Hotels card for the Curacao branch in Willemstad, Netherlands Antilles, 6 x 4, dated July 29, 1961, and signed at the bottom in blue

Yuri Gagarin’s space diploma issued by the Central Radio Club of the Soviet Union for the first space-to-Earth two-way radio communication via ultra s

Dutch FDC, 7.5 x 3.75, with a cachet honoring the first men in space, postmarked July 3, 1961, signed in black ink by Shepard, “Alan B. Shepard, Jr.,”

Color 22 x 16.75 lithograph of Alexei Leonov’s 1990 painting entitled ‘First Walk,’ depicting his own historic 12-minute spacewalk during the Voskhod

Color satin-finish 16 x 12 photo of Leonov in his spacesuit, signed in black felt tip. In fine condition, with a slightly grainy quality to the image.

Official color semi-glossy 8 x 10 red-numbered NASA photo of commander Alexei Leonov and CMP Vance Brand prior to their Apollo-Soyuz mission, signed i

Satin-finish 8 x 10 photo of Leonov during his historic first space walk, signed in black felt tip by Leonov, who adds “1st Man Walk in Space, 18 03 6

Semi-glossy 8 x 10 cardstock photo of Valery Bykovsky and Valentina Tereshkova posing together, both signing in silver ink. In fine condition, with a

Semi-glossy 8 x 10 cardstock close-up photo of a smiling Valentina Tereshkova in her spacesuit, signed in black felt tip by Tereshkova, who has added

Interesting set of twenty-three pins from the USSR depicting cosmonauts within a circular golden border, measuring about .75? in diameter, including:

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

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

Scarce X-15 pilot backup oxygen supply backpack for the MC-2 pressure suit, measuring approximately 17.5 x 20 x 3, consisting of the backup oxygen tan

Original one-of-a-kind 1/1 scale precision model of a Mercury-Redstone Space Capsule. The outside of the capsule has "United States" in wh...

Rare flown panel fragment from the Mercury-Atlas 1 space capsule. The ribbed exterior panel measures approximately 21.25 x 19.75. In expected conditio

Wally Schirra’s special edition black-bodied 501 CM series Hasselblad camera with an A12 back, a PME 45 prism finder, and a Carl Zeiss Planar 2.8/80 T

First motion switch used in the launch of Cooper’s Faith 7 capsule, mounted inside a 9.25 x 3.5 x 3.5 display, with a descriptive plaque on the side r

Wally Schirra’s personally-owned and -worn light blue NASA flight jacket manufactured by Avirex Ltd. of New York, size large, featuring an embroidered

Gordon Cooper’s silver-colored Mercury capsule tie tack, measuring .75 x .25, and attached to an embossed personal stationery card. In fine condition.

Gordon Cooper’s gold-colored lapel pin, measuring .25 x .5, designed after the ancient symbol for the planet Mercury. Attached to a Project Mercury in

Prototype replica of the Randall steel survival knife carried by Gus Grissom on his MR-4 Liberty Bell 7 mission. Crafted in 2006, the knife measures 9

Amazing yellow ‘Mercury Way’ metal street sign, measuring 22 x 13.75, used as a temporary replacement when signs on Lower Broadway were renamed on May

Limited edition heat shield segment removed from the outer perimeter section of a Mercury spacecraft, numbered 3/16, measuring approximately 1 x 1 x 1