RR Auction: Space Exploration

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RR Auction's Fall Space and Aviation sale closes on October 20th! This high-flying auction features over 800 items, ranging from the dawn of aviation to the commercial spaceflight of today. A large quantity of flown items are featured in the sale, including a pair of pages from Buzz Aldrin’s Apollo 11 flight plan timeline, the electronic module worn inside Gene Cernan’s Snoopy Cap during Apollo 17, a Space Shuttle General Purpose Computer that flew on a combined twenty STS missions between 1981 and 1991, and an extremely rare 1-dollar bill recovered from Gus Grissom’s Liberty Bell 7 spacecraft. Our bidders can expect a terrific assemblage of astronaut and cosmonaut autographs, hard-to-find vintage space models, early NASA hardware and literature, and, the meilleur du meilleur, Wally Schirra’s 18k solid yellow gold Omega Speedmaster Professional watch, a one-of-a-kind timepiece presented exclusively to NASA’s earliest astronauts. 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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Wally Schirra's 18k Gold Omega Speedmaster Professional 1969 Apollo 11 Commemorative Watch7000 - Wally Schirra's 18k Gold Omega Speedmaster Professional 1969 Apollo 11 Commemorative Watch
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Wally Schirra‰Ûªs personally-owned and -worn 18k solid yellow gold Omega Speedmaster Professional BA 145.022 watch that was p
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Estimate : 250,000.00 - 350,000.00
 
 
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Commemorative Apollo Block 1 FDAI Display Presented to Deke Slayton7001 - Commemorative Apollo Block 1 FDAI Display Presented to Deke Slayton
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Scarce Apollo Block I Command Module Flight Director Attitude Indicator (FDAI) presented to Deke Slayton, in its 6.25è x 6.25
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Estimate : 10,000.00 - 15,000.00
 
 
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Gordon Cooper, Scott Carpenter, and Wally Schirra Signed Photograph7002 - 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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Faith 7 Flown Skin Section7003 - Faith 7 Flown Skin Section
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Flown spacecraft skin section from Gordon Cooper's Faith 7 capsule, which completed orbits of Earth during the Mercury-Atlas 9 mission on May 15
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 4,000.00
 
 
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Liberty Bell 7 Flown One-Dollar Bill - From the Collection of Curt Newport7004 - Liberty Bell 7 Flown One-Dollar Bill - From the Collection of Curt Newport
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Incredible flown Series 1957 silver certificate one-dollar bill (A1248420B), one of five that were carried aboard the Liberty Bell 7 with astronaut Gu
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Estimate : 20,000.00 - 30,000.00
 
 
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Liberty Bell 7 Flown Circuit Card - From the Collection of Curt Newport7005 - Liberty Bell 7 Flown Circuit Card - From the Collection of Curt Newport
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Flown circuit card deriving from the Liberty Bell 7, the spacecraft astronaut Gus Grissom piloted during the Mercury-Redstone 4 mission and that was r
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Estimate : 5,000.00 - 7,000.00
 
 
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Liberty Bell 7 Flown Mercury Dime - From the Collection of Curt Newport7006 - Liberty Bell 7 Flown Mercury Dime - From the Collection of Curt Newport
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Flown 1939 Mercury dime, one of 52 ten-cent coins that were carried aboard the Liberty Bell 7 with astronaut Gus Grissom during the Mercury-Redstone 4
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Estimate : 5,000.00 - 7,000.00
 
 
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Liberty Bell 7 Recovery Log Book - From the Collection of Curt Newport7007 - Liberty Bell 7 Recovery Log Book - From the Collection of Curt Newport
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Spiral-bound Mead Five Star notebook personally-owned and -used by Curt Newport as his logbook for the search and recovery of the Liberty Bell 7 space
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 4,000.00
 
 
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Liberty Bell 7 Recovery Dive Planning Chart - From the Collection of Curt Newport7008 - Liberty Bell 7 Recovery Dive Planning Chart - From the Collection of Curt Newport
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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
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,500.00
 
 
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Liberty Bell 7 Flown Rotational Switch - From the Collection of Curt Newport7009 - Liberty Bell 7 Flown Rotational Switch - From the Collection of Curt Newport
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Flown stainless steel rotational switch deriving from the Liberty Bell 7, the spacecraft astronaut Gus Grissom piloted during the Mercury-Redstone 4 m
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,500.00
 
 
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Liberty Bell 7 Flown Micro Switch - From the Collection of Curt Newport7010 - Liberty Bell 7 Flown Micro Switch - From the Collection of Curt Newport
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Flown micro switch from the Liberty Bell 7, the spacecraft astronaut Gus Grissom piloted during the Mercury-Redstone 4 mission and that was recovered
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Liberty Bell 7 Original Painting by Mike Lee - From the Collection of Curt Newport7011 - Liberty Bell 7 Original Painting by Mike Lee - From the Collection of Curt Newport
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Original airbrushed painting by artist Michael Lee of the sunken Liberty Bell 7 spacecraft on the floor of the Atlantic Ocean, accomplished on 20.75 x
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Liberty Bell 7 Hand-Drawn Recovery Plotting Chart - From the Collection of Curt Newport7012 - Liberty Bell 7 Hand-Drawn Recovery Plotting Chart - From the Collection of Curt Newport
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Fascinating hand-drawn plotting chart by Curt Newport, who created this navigational aid as team leader of the Liberty Bell 7 Recovery Expedition. Acc
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Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
 
 
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Liberty Bell 7 Hand-Drawn Recovery Plotting Chart - From the Collection of Curt Newport7013 - Liberty Bell 7 Hand-Drawn Recovery Plotting Chart - From the Collection of Curt Newport
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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
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Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
 
 
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Liberty Bell 7 Recovery Planning Calendar - From the Collection of Curt Newport7014 - Liberty Bell 7 Recovery Planning Calendar - From the Collection of Curt Newport
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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
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Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
 
 
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Liberty Bell 7 'Post Recovery Procedures' Checklist Signed by Curt Newport, Jim Lewis, and Guenter W7015 - Liberty Bell 7 'Post Recovery Procedures' Checklist Signed by Curt Newport, Jim Lewis, and Guenter W
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Ring-bound laminated ‰ÛÏPost Recovery Procedures‰Û checklist that was used during the processing of
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Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
 
 
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Liberty Bell 7 Navigational Recovery Data Drawing - From the Collection of Curt Newport7016 - Liberty Bell 7 Navigational Recovery Data Drawing - From the Collection of Curt Newport
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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
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Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
 
 
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Liberty Bell 7 Navigational Recovery Plotting Chart - From the Collection of Curt Newport7017 - Liberty Bell 7 Navigational Recovery Plotting Chart - From the Collection of Curt Newport
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Early circa 1987 hand-drawn navigational chart for the recovery of the Liberty Bell 7 spacecraft, accomplished in graphite on an off-white 17.5
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Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
 
 
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Liberty Bell 7 Flown Fragment7018 - 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 unusually large...
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 4,000.00
 
 
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Liberty Bell 7: Recovery Cable Sections (3) from the Collection of Curt Newport7019 - Liberty Bell 7: Recovery Cable Sections (3) from the Collection of Curt Newport
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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
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Estimate : 5,000.00 - 7,000.00
 
 
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