RR Auction: Space Exploration Auction

Extraordinary 18K solid yellow gold Omega Speedmaster Professional BA 145.022 watch presented to the family of the late Gus Grissom at a special gala

Alan Bean’s personally-owned and -worn 18K solid yellow gold Omega Speedmaster Professional BA 145.022 watch intended for presenta

Ron Evan's personally-owned 18K solid yellow gold Omega Speedmaster Professional chronograph wristwatch (Ref. BA 145.022), presented to the Apol...

Richard Gordon's personally-owned and frequently-worn 18K yellow gold Rolex President Day-Date wristwatch (Ref. 1803, Serial No. 2038922), prese...

Record-setting cosmonaut Gennady Padalka's flown Omega Speedmaster Professional wristwatch, serial number 77754951, used on the International Sp...

Exceptional flown Omega Speedmaster Professional chronograph wristwatch which stayed on Space Station MIR for an entire year—one o

Cosmonaut Yuri Artyukhin's flown Omega Flightmaster (Ref. 145.026) chronograph wristwatch, carried on the Soyuz 14 mission to the Salyut 3 milit...

NASA Flight Director Neil B. Hutchinson's Rolex GMT-Master (Reference #1675) wristwatch, worn on a daily basis throughout his career in Mission ...

Desirable Apollo-era (mid-1960s) example of the original Omega Speedmaster Professional 'Moonwatch' (Ref. ST105.012). Renowned as the world&...

Flown Seiko Premier (SRL023) wristwatch carried to the International Space Station aboard the Boeing CST-100 Starliner on Orbital Flight Test-2 (OFT-2

Neil Armstrong's exceedingly rare menu from the "Astronaut Appreciation Dinner" sponsored by Omega and held at the Hotel Warwick in Ho...

Rare set of oversized souvenir color photographs commemorating Apollo 11, housed in a special box depicting the lunar surface, with folder inside bear

Unusual DS, signed “J. McDivitt,” one page, 11 x 8.5, January 12, 1969. Interesting printed diagram of two views of a...

Uncommon hardcover book published in 1997 to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Omega Speedmaster. Hardcover bound in black cloth with gilt-stamped

Outstanding French postcard from the series ‘L'Aviation en 1908,’ 5.5 x 3.5, reproducing the photograph by ...

Scarce emergency oxygen system built for the Convair B-58 Hustler crewmember escape capsule, measuring approximately 11˝ x 6˝ x 11.5...

Large 91 x 36 blueprint entitled "Cylinder, Pan & Instrumentation Assy." for an unspecified aircraft, prepared by the Douglas Aircraft...

Booklet in French entitled Construction et Manoeuvres de l'Aeroplane Wright, Monographies d'Aviation #5, by A. Bracke, 6 x 8.75, 16 pages, p...

Small third-stage compressor blade from a T-38 Talon, measuring approximately 2˝ x .5˝, mounted on a baseplate engraved with the name an...

Color 22 x 17 print of an illustration showing the iconic Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird in flight, signed in black felt tip by SR-71 pilots Buz Carpenter,

Appealing 16 x 7 print of an artist's rendering of the iconic Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird, matted to an overall size of 19.5 x 10.5, signed on the ...

Detailed World War II–era production illustration of the Douglas A-26 Invader, 15.75 x 11, produced by the Douglas Aircraft Compan

Detailed World War II–era production illustration of the Douglas C-74 Globemaster, 20.5 x 11, produced by the Douglas Aircraft Com

Six original color glossy 10 x 8 photographs of the Aero Spacelines Super Guppy, billed as the 'largest airplane in the world,' highlighted ...

Technical intelligence report entitled "High-Speed Tests on the HE-162 Jet Fighter," 15 pages, 8.5 x 11, released in February 1947. Transl...

Nice display of cockpit hardware from a World War II-era Grumman F6F Hellcat: an original Bakelite two-button aircraft hand controller grip, marked ...

Uncommon flight manual for the North American B-25J medium bombardment airplane, 224 pages, contained within its original 6.5 x 8.25 North American Av

Spiral-bound Lockheed T-33A consolidated checklist, 44 pages, 5 x 8, issued on September 1, 1958, by Air Training Command. The checklist provides inst

Operational training course mission card checklist for the North American F-100 Super Sabre supersonic fighter jet, 5 x 8.25, issued at Nellis Air For

Nice group of 16 vintage circa 1930s–1940s brochures, maps, and schedules for various airlines from throughout the United States,

Hardcover book entitled "Instruction Manual, Electricity, PB4Y-2 Airplane," by the Consolidated Vultee Aircraft Corporation, 8.5 x 11.25, ...

Flight handbook for the Lockheed T-33A/TV-2 Shooting Star jet trainer, 10.25 x 11.5, with a revision date of April 15, 1958. The handbook offers a des

Thick Douglas Aircraft Co. manual identified as "C-47 Manufacturing Procedure Manual, Lower Nose Assem.—Fuselage, Index No. ...

Unbound loose-leaf "Pilot's Handbook for Army Model C-54G, Navy Model R5D-5 Airplanes," 8.25 x 11, 77 pages, revised June 1, 1946. The...

Softcover Boeing B-29 Superfortress Airplane Commander Training Manual (AAF Manual No. 50-9), marked as "Restricted," 8 x 10.5, 177 pages,...

Two reports by Northrop Aircraft, Inc., entitled "Free Air Test Facility Development" (1 April 1947) and "Summary Report: Free Air Te...

Thick bracket-bound collection of World War II–era Lockheed daily activity reports, detailing deliveries, transfers, releases, and

Unbound loose-leaf "USAF Series T-29B Aircraft Flight Manual," 8.25 x 11, revised April 10, 1959. The manual features highly detailed diag...

Maintenance manual for the Douglas DC-4, marked "Engineering Copy" on the title page, 9 x 11.5, with a revision date of August 20, 1946. ...

Official Rawlings 1999 World Series League (Selig) baseball signed on the sweet spot in ballpoint by Austrian skydiver, daredevil, and BASE jumper Fel

Two items: a color satin-finish 10 x 8 photo of Austrian daredevil Felix Baumgartner during one of his harrowing skydives, signed in blue felt tip; an

Two items: a color satin-finish 10 x 8 photo of Austrian daredevil Felix Baumgartner before one of his famous freefalls, signed in blue felt tip; and

Limited edition display featuring an original piece of the Red Bull Stratos Helium Balloon that carried Austrian skydiver Felix Baumgartner 24 miles u

Two items signed in black ink or felt tip by Joe Kittinger: a color glossy 8 x 10 photo of Kittinger performing his record-breaking skydive from an al

Detailed World War II–era production illustration of the Douglas B-17F Flying Fortress, 17 x 11, produced by the Douglas Aircraft

Three items commemorating the flight of the 'Double Eagle II,' the first balloon to cross the Atlantic Ocean when it landed in Miserey near ...

Two glossy photos of the ‘Glamorous Glennis,’ the Bell X-1 experimental rocket plane that Chuck Yeager used to

Glossy 10 x 8 photo of a celestial scene with two planets and distant sun, signed in silver ink, “Clyde W. Tombaugh.”...

Ink signature, "Clyde W. Tombaugh, Discovered 9th planet, Pluto, on 18 Feb. 1930,” on an off-white 5 x 3 card, the reverse of whic...

Two items signed in ink or ballpoint by Gene and Carolyn Shoemaker and David Levy, the discoverers of Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9, a comet that broke apart