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

Original copy of a German document, three pages on two sheets, 8.25 x 11.75, July 3, 1944. Launch report of a German V-2 (A4) rocket, stamped as top s

Appreciably rare World War II-dated partly-printed V-2 flight report documents from Germany’s Pennemunde rocket research station,

Rare World War II-dated V-2 flight report documents from Germany’s Pennemunde rocket research station, three total pages, 8.25 x 1

Two Rare World War II-dated graph plotting charts for a V-2 flight from Germany’s Pennemunde rocket research station. The two Germ

World War II-dated collection of Hans Hosenthien's handwritten notes, totaling nine pages on six sheets, deriving from Germany's Peenemunde ...

Two sheets of handwritten notes by rocket scientist Lovell Lawrence, Jr., who developed the first engine to break the sound barrier while working with

Collection of 17 pages of Hans Hosenthien's handwritten notes, unsigned and undated, however, given his use of the English written language, it&...

Four original vintage 10 x 8 photographs of the Douglas X-3 Stiletto, an experimental jet aircraft with a slender fuselage and a long tapered nose. Th

Signed book: Always Another Dream: The Story of a Rocket Test Pilot. First edition. Cleveland, OH: The World Publishing Company, 1960. Hardcover with

Postal cover with a stamped cachet honoring the North American X-15 program, postmarked at Edwards Air Force Base on April 21, 1961, signed in black b

Postal cover with a stamped cachet honoring the North American X-15 program, postmarked at Edwards Air Force Base on September 4, 1964, signed in blac

Postal cover with a stamped cachet honoring the North American X-15 program, postmarked at Edwards Air Force Base on September 29, 1964, signed in ink

Postal cover with a stamped cachet honoring the North American X-15 program, postmarked at Cape Canaveral on February 20, 1962, signed in ballpoint,...

Project Mercury Earth Path Indicator manufactured by the Minneapolis Honeywell Regulator Company, measuring 5˝ x 5.25˝ x 9.5˝, wit...

Signed book: Project Mercury by Charles Coombs. First edition. NY: William Morrow and Company, 1960. Hardcover with dust jacket, 6.5 x 8.5. Inscribed

Gordon Cooper's personally-owned and -used F-86F range computer, measuring 4.5˝ in diameter, signed on one side in blue felt tip, "Go...

Historic pairing of items: an ALS, one page, 8.5 x 11, personal letterhead, in full: "Instead of blaming newly designed equipment observers bla...

Large color satin-finish 16 x 20 photo of the iconic group shot of the original seven Mercury astronauts posing together in their silver space suits,

Limited edition presentation of three lengths of lifting cables that aided in the decades-long search and recovery of the Liberty Bell 7, the spacecra

Impressive flown component from Gus Grissom's Mercury-Redstone 4 Liberty Bell 7 spacecraft, recovered from the Atlantic Ocean on July 20, 1999. ...

Extremely rare USS Lake Champlain cover from the recovery of Alan Shepard following his historic first flight on the Freedom 7, canceled â̈́...

Significant TLS signed "Virgil I. Grissom," one page, 8 x 10.5, NASA letterhead, January 16, 1963. Letter of recommendation for longtime P...

Instrument pilot certificate card, 2.5 x 4, issued to Air Force 2nd Lt. Virgil I. Grissom, with an expiration date of April 3, 1952. In part: "...

Crystal-clear color satin-finish 20 x 16 photo of the original Mercury astronauts posing in front of a Convair F106-B aircraft at Langley Air Force Ba

Fascinating hand-drawn plotting chart by Curt Newport, who created this navigational aid as team leader of the Liberty Bell 7 Recovery Expedition. Acc

Hand-drawn plotting chart by Curt Newport, who created this navigational aid as team leader of the Liberty Bell 7 Recovery Expedition. The chart is ac

One-of-a-kind laminated 1999 planning calendar hand-annotated by Curt Newport as team leader of the Liberty Bell 7 Recovery Expedition. Newport used t

Early circa 1985 hand-drawn navigational chart for the recovery of the Liberty Bell 7 spacecraft, accomplished in graphite and black ink on an off-whi

Early circa 1987 hand-drawn navigational chart for the recovery of the Liberty Bell 7 spacecraft, accomplished in graphite on an off-white 17.5Ë...

Souvenir typescript of the introductory ‘Original Seven’ NASA press conference from 1959, one page, 8.5 x 11, s

Scott Carpenter's copy of the "Project Mercury Candidate Evaluation Program" report, prepared by the Wright Air Development Center in ...

A swatch of fabric attested to as being removed from the parachute of Alan Shepard’s Freedom 7 capsule after it was recovered by t

Color semi-glossy 8 x 10 photo of the dramatic launch of the Mercury-Atlas 6 mission, signed in blue felt tip, "Friendship 7 launchâ€

Color satin-finish 8 x 10 photo of the launch of the Mercury-Atlas 7 mission, signed in black felt tip, "Scott Carpenter, Aurora 7, 24 May 1962...

Six original vintage glossy 8 x 10 silver gelatin photos of John Glenn, including three different images of him in his silver Project Mercury suit, on

Color satin-finish 8 x 10 photo of the Mercury capsule with escape tower attached, signed in blue and black felt tip, "Scott Carpenter, Aurora ...

Color satin-finish 11 x 14 photo of the Mercury Seven in their silver space suits, signed in black felt tip, "Wally Schirra," "Gordon...

Classic color satin-finish 14 x 11 photo of NASA's original seven astronauts in front of an F-106 Delta Dart, signed in blue and black felt tip,...

Hand-drawn plotting chart by Curt Newport, who created this navigational aid as team leader of the Liberty Bell 7 Recovery Expedition. The chart is ac

One-of-a-kind 1:40,000 scale dive planning chart hand-annotated by Curt Newport as team leader of the Liberty Bell 7 Recovery Expedition and featured

Original DCI press kit for the Discovery Channel movie ‘In Search of Liberty Bell 7,’ which first aired on Dece

Kodak gray scale 12˝ x 14˝ galley copy of an airbrushed painting by artist Michael Lee of the sunken Liberty Bell 7 spacecraft on the fl...

Commemorative cover with a stamped cachet honoring the USS Kearsarge and the “Project Mercury Recovery Team” for the ...

Vintage fountain pen signature, "J. H. Glenn, Jr.,” on an off-white 5 x 3 card. In fine condition.

Limited edition acrylic display featuring small segments of Mercury MR-3 Alan Shepard flown parachute and Mercury MA-6 John Glenn flown heatshield, at

Color satin-finish 8 x 10 photo of Carpenter posing in his silver Project Mercury suit, signed in blue felt tip, "Scott Carpenter, Aurora 7.&qu...

Glossy 10 x 8 photo of Gordon Cooper entering the Mercury capsule, neatly signed in blue felt tip. In fine condition.

Official color 7.5 x 9.5 NASA lithograph of Carpenter in a formal pose with a Mercury 7 pin on his lapel, signed and inscribed in black ink, "F...

Color satin-finish 8 x 10 photo of John Glenn in his Project Mercury space suit, signed in black felt tip. In fine condition, with a slight bend along

Official glossy 8 x 10 NASA photo of Schirra in a formal up-close pose, signed and inscribed in black ink, "Best wishes—Al, ...