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Headquartered in Boston’s North End, RR Auction is a globally recognized and trusted source for rare documents, manuscripts, autographs, and historic artifacts. Since its inception in 1980, RR has achieved countless record-setting prices in over 425 successful sales, including Truman Capote’s hand-notated manuscript for Breakfast at Tiffany’s for over $300,000, President Kennedy’s 1963 convertible for $318,000, and a pair of Bonnie and Clyde’s guns for over $500,000. Internationally known and frequently featured in all media outlets—with appearances on NBC’s Today Show, CBS This Morning, Fox News, the New York Times Sunday Magazine, and the London Times—RR Auction prides itself on selling authentic material, thoroughly examined by in-house experts and third-party authenticators, to uphold the guarantee of authenticity. With a stunning full-color print catalog and a massive online presence, RR Auction continues to achieve record prices for clients around the world.
ALS - Autograph Letter Signed
ANS - Autograph Note Signed
AQS - Autograph Quotation Signed
AMQS - Autograph Musical Quotation Signed
DS - Document Signed
FDC - First Day Cover
Inscribed - “Personalized”
ISP - Inscribed Signed Photograph
LS - Letter Signed
SP - Signed Photograph
TLS - Typed Letter Signed
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Fred Haise Signed Photograph6480 - Fred Haise Signed Photograph
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Color satin-finish 10 x 8 photo of the Apollo 13 splashdown on April 17, 1970, signed in black felt tip, “A successful splashdown for Apollo 13!—after
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Fred Haise Signed Photograph6481 - Fred Haise Signed Photograph
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Color satin-finish 8 x 10 photo of the Earth, signed in gold ink, “Our view of home from the Lifeboat ‘Aquarius,’ Fred Haise, Apollo 13 LMP.” In very
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Apollo 13 Mission Control Signed Photograph6482 - Apollo 13 Mission Control Signed Photograph
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Satin-finish 10 x 8 photo of mission control celebrating the safe return of the Apollo 13 crew, signed in blue felt tip by Gerry Griffin, Gene Kranz,
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Apollo 13 Flight Directors Signed Photograph6483 - Apollo 13 Flight Directors Signed Photograph
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Color glossy 8 x 10 photo of a Saturn V rocket launch, signed in black felt tip by five flight directors, including: Chris Kraft, Gerry Griffin, Glynn
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Gene Kranz and Sy Liebergot Signed Photograph6484 - Gene Kranz and Sy Liebergot Signed Photograph
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Choice satin-finish 10 x 8 photo of the Apollo 13 spacecraft, signed in gold ink, “Gene Kranz, ‘Flight,’” and “‘Flight… we’d better think about gettin
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Apollo 14 Signed Photograph6486 - Apollo 14 Signed Photograph
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Official color 10 x 8 NASA lithograph of the Apollo 14 crew posing in their white spacesuits in front of their mission insignia, signed in red felt ti
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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Alan Bean’s Apollo 14 Flown Robbins Medal6487 - Alan Bean’s Apollo 14 Flown Robbins Medal
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Flown sterling silver Apollo 14 Robbins medal, approximately 1.5? in diameter, with a raised design of the Apollo 14 mission insignia on the face and
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Estimate : 8,000.00 - 10,000.00
 
 
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Edgar Mitchell’s Apollo 14 Flown Beta Cloth6488 - Edgar Mitchell’s Apollo 14 Flown Beta Cloth
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Flown 9 x 9 swatch of Beta cloth bearing a 4 x 3.5 Apollo 14 mission insignia in the center, signed and flight-certified in black ink, “Flown to the m
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Estimate : 2,500.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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Edgar Mitchell Signed Apollo 14 Training-Used LM Checklist6489 - Edgar Mitchell Signed Apollo 14 Training-Used LM Checklist
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Ring-bound checklist used in training at the Kennedy Space Center simulators, entitled “Apollo 14, LM Lunar Surface Checklist,” approximately 150 page
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 2,500.00
 
 
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Apollo 14 Lunar Surface-Used Safety Line Segment6490 - Apollo 14 Lunar Surface-Used Safety Line Segment
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Flown 1 x .25 section of lunar surface safety line carried to the surface of the moon during Apollo 14, presented to a NASA employee following the mis
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Apollo 14 Collection of Three Charts6491 - Apollo 14 Collection of Three Charts
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Collection of three original charts prepared for NASA by the Department of Defense, all measuring 22? x 17?, with each showing scale representations o
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Apollo 14 Flight Plan6492 - Apollo 14 Flight Plan
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Unbound Apollo 14 flight plan manual, “AS-509/CSM-110/LM-8,” 372 pages, 8 x 10.5, dated twice with the last being January 31, 1971. The manual provide
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Edgar Mitchell and Gene Cernan Signed Apollo 14 LM Model6493 - Edgar Mitchell and Gene Cernan Signed Apollo 14 LM Model
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Detailed 1/48 scale model of the Apollo Lunar Excursion Module, measuring approximately 7? tall, set on a 8 x 8 base, signed on the base in silver ink
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Edgar Mitchell Signed Photograph6494 - Edgar Mitchell Signed Photograph
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Uncommon color satin-finish 8 x 10 photo of Launch Complex 39 at the Kennedy Space Center, signed in black felt tip, “Wernher von Braun’s Saturn V roc
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Edgar Mitchell Signed Photograph6495 - Edgar Mitchell Signed Photograph
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Color satin-finish 10 x 8 photo of Mitchell next to the American flag on the surface of the moon, signed in silver ink, “Edgar Mitchell, 6th man to wa
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Edgar Mitchell Signed Photograph6496 - Edgar Mitchell Signed Photograph
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Color satin-finish 10 x 8 photo of Mitchell posing in his white spacesuit against a backdrop with the Apollo 14 mission emblem, signed in blue felt ti
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Edgar Mitchell Signed Baseball6497 - Edgar Mitchell Signed Baseball
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Official Rawlings Major League baseball signed in blue ballpoint on the sweet spot and side panels with a lengthy description of his athletic EVA, “Al
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Apollo 14 Flown Kapton Foil6498 - Apollo 14 Flown Kapton Foil
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Two generous swatches of flown Kapton foil, measuring approximately 3.5 x 1.75 and 2.5 x 2.75, recovered from the Command Module after the flight. In
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Guenter Wendt Signed Photograph6499 - Guenter Wendt Signed Photograph
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Color satin-finish 10 x 8 photo of Wendt with the Apollo 14 astronauts just prior to launch, signed in blue felt tip, “Apollo 14—1/31/71, Guenter F. W
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Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
 
 
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Dave Scott’s Lunar Surface-Used 500mm Zeiss Lens6501 - Dave Scott’s Lunar Surface-Used 500mm Zeiss Lens
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One-of-a-kind Zeiss Tele-Tessar 500mm f/8 lens extensively used by Dave Scott on the lunar surface and in orbit during the Apollo 15 mission. The silv
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Estimate : 400,000.00 - 600,000.00
 
 
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Dave Scott’s Apollo 15 Lunar Surface-used Rover Map6502 - Dave Scott’s Apollo 15 Lunar Surface-used Rover Map
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Remarkable lunar map used on the surface of the moon, labeled “Hadley Rille, EVA-III, 2 of 2,” one page, 10.5 x 8, signed and certified on the reverse
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Estimate : 20,000.00 - 30,000.00
 
 
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Dave Scott’s Apollo 15 Lunar Orbit Flown Photography Chart6503 - Dave Scott’s Apollo 15 Lunar Orbit Flown Photography Chart
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Exceptional flown Apollo 15 lunar orbit chart, folded to 13 x 7.5, signed and flight-certified in the photography legend in black felt tip, “Flown to
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Estimate : 8,000.00 - 10,000.00
 
 
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Dave Scott’s Medium-Sized Apollo 15 Flown Flag6504 - Dave Scott’s Medium-Sized Apollo 15 Flown Flag
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Supremely desirable flown American flag, 11.5 x 7.75, signed and flight-certified in blue ballpoint by Commander Dave Scott, “Flown in Lunar Orbit for
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 4,000.00
 
 
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Dave Scott’s Apollo 15 Lunar Surface-Flown Flag6505 - Dave Scott’s Apollo 15 Lunar Surface-Flown Flag
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Remarkable flown American flag carried to Earth’s south pole in 1970 and to the lunar surface on Apollo 15 in 1971, 5.5 x 4, signed in blue ballpoint
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Estimate : 5,000.00 - 7,000.00
 
 
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Dave Scott’s Apollo 15 Flown USSR Flag6506 - Dave Scott’s Apollo 15 Flown USSR Flag
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Rare flown flag of the Soviet Union carried on the Apollo 15 mission, 5.75 x 4.25, signed and flight-certified along the bottom in ink, “Flown in luna
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 4,000.00
 
 
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Dave Scott’s Apollo 15 Lunar Surface-Flown License Plate6507 - Dave Scott’s Apollo 15 Lunar Surface-Flown License Plate
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Flown aluminum ‘lunar rover license plate,’ 1.3 x 0.8, marked with the registration number “LRV 001,” with “MOON” as the home state, the year 1971, an
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Estimate : 8,000.00 - 10,000.00
 
 
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Dave Scott’s Lunar Surface-Flown Apollo 15 Patch6508 - Dave Scott’s Lunar Surface-Flown Apollo 15 Patch
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Flown embroidered Apollo 15 mission patch, 4? in diameter, carried to the moon in the Apollo 15 Lunar Module Falcon, signed on the reverse in blue fel
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Estimate : 6,000.00 - 8,000.00
 
 
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Dave Scott’s Apollo 15 Flown Crew-Signed Currency6509 - Dave Scott’s Apollo 15 Flown Crew-Signed Currency
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Flown Series 1953B two dollar bill, serial number A70489370A, signed and flight-certified across the top of the reverse in blue ballpoint, “Carried ab
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Estimate : 5,000.00 - 7,000.00
 
 
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Dave Scott’s Original Apollo 15 Pucci Emblem Sketch6510 - Dave Scott’s Original Apollo 15 Pucci Emblem Sketch
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Unique original colored pencil concept sketch for the Apollo 15 emblem by Emilio Pucci on an off-white 8 x 10 sheet, showing the three red, white, and
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Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
 
 
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Apollo 15 ‘Phases of the Moon’ Flown Cover6511 - Apollo 15 ‘Phases of the Moon’ Flown Cover
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Flown ‘Phases of the Moon’ postal cover, 5.5 x 3.5, carried into lunar orbit during the Apollo 15 mission, with an affixed color cachet depicting all
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Estimate : 5,000.00 - 6,000.00
 
 
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Dave Scott’s Apollo 15 Flown Cover6512 - Dave Scott’s Apollo 15 Flown Cover
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Uncommon Apollo 15 postal cover, 6.5 x 3.75, numbered 44 of 400, carried to the lunar surface aboard the Falcon, signed in the lower left corner in bl
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Estimate : 6,000.00 - 8,000.00
 
 
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Dave Scott’s Apollo 15 ‘Spanish Silver’ Robbins Medal6513 - Dave Scott’s Apollo 15 ‘Spanish Silver’ Robbins Medal
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Apollo 15 Robbins medal minted using flown metal, approximately 1.5? in diameter, with a raised design of the Apollo 15 mission insignia on the face a
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Estimate : 3,000.00 - 4,000.00
 
 
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Robert McCall’s Apollo 15 Original Stamp Drawing6514 - Robert McCall’s Apollo 15 Original Stamp Drawing
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McCall’s preliminary artwork for his design of the memorable eight-cent United States ‘Decade of Achievement’ postage stamps issued in 1971, accomplis
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Estimate : 8,000.00 - 10,000.00
 
 
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Al Worden’s A7L Spacesuit Neck Dam Assembly6515 - Al Worden’s A7L Spacesuit Neck Dam Assembly
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An A7L Spacesuit Neck Dam Assembly, 10.75 x 9, labeled “Worden” on a gray patch. The component is comprised of a thin metal ring encircling black rubb
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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Al Worden’s Training-Used Apollo 15 CSM Updates Manual6516 - Al Worden’s Training-Used Apollo 15 CSM Updates Manual
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Ring-bound quarters copy of the Apollo 15 CSM Updates manual, approximately 106 pages plus cardstock covers, 6 x 8, March 29, 1971, signed in black fe
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Estimate : 2,500.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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Apollo 15 Training Sun Compass6517 - Apollo 15 Training Sun Compass
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Training sun compass for the Apollo 15 mission, 7 x 10.75, with an 8? in diameter rotating compass wheel, printed on June 18, 1971. The front of the s
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Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
 
 
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Dave Scott’s Apollo 15 Training-Used LM Star Chart6518 - Dave Scott’s Apollo 15 Training-Used LM Star Chart
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Rotating circular star chart used in training for the Apollo 15 mission, measuring 8.25? in diameter, signed on the reverse in blue felt tip, “LM AOT
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Dave Scott Oversized Signed Lunar Map6519 - Dave Scott Oversized Signed Lunar Map
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Enormous official NASA first edition lunar map, 58.5 x 41.25, labeled in a box in the lower right, “Lunar Uncontrolled Photomap, Rima Hadley, 1st Edit
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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Dave Scott’s Astronaut Turtle Pen6520 - Dave Scott’s Astronaut Turtle Pen
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Dave Scott’s metal-bodied AG7 Fisher turtle space pen, measuring 5? long, with patriotic stripes on lower portion of short cylinder. Housed in its ori
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Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
 
 
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Apollo 15 Signed Photograph6521 - Apollo 15 Signed Photograph
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Official color 10 x 8 NASA lithograph of the Apollo 15 crew posing in their white spacesuits against a lunar backdrop, signed and inscribed in black f
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Al Worden’s Apollo 15 Signed Insurance Cover6522 - Al Worden’s Apollo 15 Signed Insurance Cover
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Apollo 15 ‘Type 1’ insurance cover, 6.5 x 3.5, with a cachet of the Apollo 15 mission insignia, and bearing a July 26, 1971, Kennedy Space Center post
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Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
 
 
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Apollo 15 Signed Cover6523 - Apollo 15 Signed Cover
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Polish commemorative cover, 6.25 x 4.5, with a cachet honoring the landing site of the Apollo 15 mission, signed in black felt tip by Dave Scott, Al W
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Dave Scott and Al Worden Signed Guidebook6524 - Dave Scott and Al Worden Signed Guidebook
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Official NASA booklet entitled ‘On the Moon with Apollo 15: A Guidebook to Hadley Rille and the Apennine Mountains,’ published in June 1971, 46 pages,
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Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
 
 
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Apollo 15 Final Flight Plan6525 - Apollo 15 Final Flight Plan
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Apollo 15 flight plan manual entitled “AS-510/CSM-112/LM-10, Final Flight Plan,” containing the revisions of sections three and five, 435 pages, 8 x 1
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Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
 
 
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Apollo 15 Collection of Four Charts6526 - Apollo 15 Collection of Four Charts
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Collection of four original charts from the Lunar Topographic Orthophotomap Series, including one of the Apollo 15 landing area. All four measure 25.5
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Apollo 15 Signed Photograph6527 - Apollo 15 Signed Photograph
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Official color 10 x 8 NASA lithograph of the Apollo 15 crew posing with the lunar rover, affixed to its original 13.5 x 10.75 mount, signed and inscri
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Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
 
 
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Apollo 15 Signed Photograph6528 - Apollo 15 Signed Photograph
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Uncommon official color 10 x 8 NASA heavy cardstock photo of Irwin saluting the American flag at the Apollo 15 landing site, signed in black felt tip,
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Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
 
 
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Jim Irwin Signed Photograph6530 - Jim Irwin Signed Photograph
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Official color semi-glossy 9.75 x 8 red-numbered NASA photo of the lunar module and footprints on the moon’s surface, signed in black ink, “We left a
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Jim Irwin Signed Photograph6531 - Jim Irwin Signed Photograph
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Official color 10 x 8 NASA double-weight lithograph of Irwin saluting the American flag on the lunar surface, signed in black felt tip, “Jim Irwin,” w
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Dave Scott Panoramic Signed Photograph6532 - Dave Scott Panoramic Signed Photograph
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Impressive color satin-finish 40.25 x 8.5 panoramic photo of Apollo 15 Commander Dave Scott picking up the Apollo lunar surface drill with Mount Hadle
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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