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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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Guenter Wendt’s Mercury and Gemini Fuse46 - Guenter Wendt’s Mercury and Gemini Fuse
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A fuse used in verifying the firing circuits in Mercury and Gemini spacecraft from the collection of Guenter Wendt, measuring 1.25? long, wrapped in t
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Liberty Bell 7 Flown Film47 - Liberty Bell 7 Flown Film
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A limited edition presentation containing a 1.5? long segment of film from Liberty Bell 7’s pilot observation camera, recovered from the Atlantic Ocea
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Liberty Bell 7 Recovered Component48 - Liberty Bell 7 Recovered Component
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Flown cylindrical component from Gus Grissom’s Liberty Bell 7 spacecraft, recovered from the Atlantic Ocean on July 20, 1999. The piece measures appro
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Friendship 7 Umbilical Cable49 - Friendship 7 Umbilical Cable
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A cut cross section of the umbilical cable released from the Atlas rocket used to launch John Glenn into orbit on February 20, 1962, measuring approxi
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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NBC Reporter’s Mercury-era Launch Helmet50 - NBC Reporter’s Mercury-era Launch Helmet
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Red hard plastic news reporter’s helmet with affixed decals on the front and sides reading “NBC,” “NBC News,” and “WFGA-TV 12, Jacksonville, Florida.”
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Gene Kranz’s MA-9 Operations Manual52 - Gene Kranz’s MA-9 Operations Manual
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Gene Kranz’s operations manual for Mercury-Atlas 9, entitled “Mercury/Atlas Network Countdown,” April 5, 1963, with tabbed sections including “Flight
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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Group 2 Astronaut Signed FDC55 - Group 2 Astronaut Signed FDC
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First day cover with a Friendship 7 launch date postal cancellation, signed along the left side in ink and ballpoint by all nine Group 2 astronauts: “
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 4,000.00
 
 
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Jim McDivitt’s Gemini 4 Flown Flag56 - Jim McDivitt’s Gemini 4 Flown Flag
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Flown American flag, 6 x 4, signed on the white lines in black ink, “Flown on Gemini IV, Jim McDivitt.” In fine condition. Accompanied by a certificat
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Gordon Cooper’s Gemini 5 Jacket57 - Gordon Cooper’s Gemini 5 Jacket
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Gordon Cooper’s personally-owned and -worn blue jacket bearing an official NASA ‘meatball’ logo patch on the left breast and a Gemini 5 ‘Eight Days or
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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Gemini 5 Recovered Oxidizer Tank Sample58 - Gemini 5 Recovered Oxidizer Tank Sample
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Flown metal fragment from the Gemini 5 oxidizer tank, measuring 2.5 x .5, presented in an acrylic block against a wooden 6 x 8 plaque bearing metal pl
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Gemini 5 Half Dollar59 - Gemini 5 Half Dollar
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A 1964 Kennedy half dollar encased in a cylindrical Lucite display, measuring 1? tall and 2.25? in diameter, engraved on the bottom in dark text: “Gem
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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Gemini 6 Flown Survival Knife60 - Gemini 6 Flown Survival Knife
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Fantastic flown bright red-orange survival switchblade pocket knife carried on the Gemini 6A mission, measuring 4.25? long when closed and 7.25? long
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Estimate : 6,000.00 - 8,000.00
 
 
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Gemini 7 Signed Photograph61 - Gemini 7 Signed Photograph
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Color semi-glossy 10 x 8 photo of the Gemini 7 crew in their blue flightsuits and helmets, posing with a model of the capsule, signed in black felt ti
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Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
 
 
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Gemini 8 Heatshield Desk Presentation62 - Gemini 8 Heatshield Desk Presentation
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A substantial segment of flown heat shield from the Gemini 8 spacecraft, measuring approximately 1.75 x 1 x .5 and encased in a 3 x 2 x 1.5 Lucite blo
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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Gemini 9 Signed Photograph63 - Gemini 9 Signed Photograph
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Official color NASA 10 x 8 lithograph of the Gemini 9 prime crew posing in their white space suits, signed in black felt tip by Tom Stafford and in in
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Tom Stafford Signed Gemini 9A Flight Plan64 - Tom Stafford Signed Gemini 9A Flight Plan
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Staple-bound Gemini 9A final flight plan manual, 197 pages, 8 x 10.5, May 21, 1966, signed on the front cover in black ink, “Thomas P. Stafford, Cdr.
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Gemini 12 Signed Capsule Model65 - Gemini 12 Signed Capsule Model
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Desirable 1/25 precision scale model of the Gemini 12 capsule with a black presentation stand, signed on the sides of the stand in silver ink by Buzz
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Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
 
 
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Gemini 12 Signed Photograph66 - Gemini 12 Signed Photograph
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Impressive glossy 8.5 x 11 double-weight McDonnell Aircraft Corporation photo of the Gulf Coast area stretching from Texas to Louisiana, signed in bla
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Richard Gordon Signed Gemini 11 Photograph67 - Richard Gordon Signed Gemini 11 Photograph
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Color glossy 7.5 x 7.5 photo of Gemini 11 conducting a tether experiment using the Agena Target Vehicle, matted to an overall size of 16 x 20, signed
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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James Lovell Signed Gemini 12 Flight Plan68 - James Lovell Signed Gemini 12 Flight Plan
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Staple-bound Gemini 12 final flight plan manual, 205 pages, 8 x 10.5, October 20, 1966, signed on the front cover in black felt tip, “James Lovell, Co
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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