RR Auction: Space Exploration

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RR Auction's Spring Space and Aviation sale closes on April 21st! This significant auction features over 700 items, ranging from the dawn of aviation to the commercial spaceflight of today. A large quantity of flown items feature in the sale, including a Space Shuttle computer flown for twenty missions on four Orbiters, Charles Conrad's LM checklist clip flaked with lunar dust, American flags carried by Tom Stafford and Dave Scott, a schematic of the Space Suit EMU flown on Apollo 13, and several other significant pieces. Important autographs include a fully signed Apollo 11 photo of the US flag raising in the Sea of Tranquility, autographs of the Mercury 7 astronauts, and a wealth of other signed photographs. RR Auction is a globally recognized and trusted auction house specializing in historical autographs and artifacts, and is known as a space market leader.
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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Alan Shepard Space Suit Glove9000 - Alan Shepard Space Suit Glove
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Rare Project Mercury 'Type M' testing/training left-handed space suit glove built for Mercury-Redstone 3 pilot Alan Shepard, constructed fro...
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Estimate : 35,000.00 - 45,000.00
 
 
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Gordon Cooper, Scott Carpenter, and Wally Schirra9001 - Gordon Cooper, Scott Carpenter, and Wally Schirra
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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,
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 2,500.00
 
 
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Gordon Cooper, Scott Carpenter, and Wally Schirra Signed Photograph9002 - Gordon Cooper, Scott Carpenter, and Wally Schirra Signed Photograph
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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
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 2,500.00
 
 
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Liberty Bell 7 Flown Fragment9004 - Liberty Bell 7 Flown Fragment
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Impressive flown component from Gus Grissom's Liberty Bell 7 spacecraft, recovered from the Atlantic Ocean on July 20, 1999. The sizable fragmen...
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Mercury Astronauts (6) Signed First Day Cover9005 - Mercury Astronauts (6) Signed First Day Cover
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FDC featuring the four-cent 'U.S. Man in Space, Project Mercury' postage stamp, postmarked at Cape Canaveral on its day of issue, February 2...
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Estimate : 3,000.00 - 6,000.00
 
 
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Mercury Program Artifact Display [Attested to as flown by Florian Noller]9006 - Mercury Program Artifact Display [Attested to as flown by Florian Noller]
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Collection of six artifacts attested to as flown by Florian Noller and deriving from each of the Mercury Program's manned space flights, all of ...
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Project Mercury Atlas Rocket Regulator Assembly9007 - Project Mercury Atlas Rocket Regulator Assembly
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Atlas Rocket Regulator Assembly designed to pressurize the Mercury Atlas launch vehicle's highly refined liquid kerosene fuel tank with helium g...
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Wally Schirra (5) Signed MA-8 Documents and Reports9008 - Wally Schirra (5) Signed MA-8 Documents and Reports
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Group of five original NASA documents and manuals associated with Schirra's Sigma 7 flight, all signed later in black felt tip by Wally Schirra,...
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Gus Grissom's G2C Prototype Pressure Suit9009 - Gus Grissom's G2C Prototype Pressure Suit
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Remarkably early prototype G2-C-1 space suit specifically designed and fitted for Gemini 3 Command Pilot Gus Grissom, with this particular pressure su
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Estimate : 20,000.00 - 30,000.00
 
 
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Cece Bibby Signed Print9010 - Cece Bibby Signed Print
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Limited edition color glossy 14.25 x 11 print of Cece Bibby's original painting of the Friendship 7, Aurora 7, and Sigma 7 mission emblems, numb...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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