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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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Charles Lindbergh Signed Speech8001 - Charles Lindbergh Signed Speech
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Souvenir typescript of Lindbergh’s speech at the IAS Honors Night Dinner at New York’s Hotel Astor on January 25, 1954, 8.25 x 11, eleven pages, signe
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 4,000.00
 
 
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Charles Lindbergh Signed Book8002 - Charles Lindbergh Signed Book
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Signed book: The Spirit of St. Louis. Limited presentation edition, number 593. NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1953. Hardcover, 5.75 x 8.5, 562 pa...
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Charles Lindbergh Collection of Items8003 - Charles Lindbergh Collection of Items
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Uncommon assemblage of nine items related to aviation pioneer Charles Lindbergh, including: a catalog for Lindbergh's Decorations and Trophies, ...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Aviation Lot of (4) Early Medallions8004 - Aviation Lot of (4) Early Medallions
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Exquisite set of four bronze medals, including: an unissued medal by Francoise Montagny, 2.75? in diameter, showing a winged figure and seaplane on th
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National Air Races 1930 Bronze Medal8005 - National Air Races 1930 Bronze Medal
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Scarce medal issued for the 10th anniversary of the 1930 National Air Races held in Chicago, Illinois, from August 23 to September 1, 1930. Bronze, 63
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Zeppelin: 1929 Meissen Porcelain Medallion8006 - Zeppelin: 1929 Meissen Porcelain Medallion
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Rare porcelain 1929 commemorative medal in honor of the LZ 127 Graf Zeppelin, 1.75? in diameter, produced by the Meissen Porzellan Manufacture of Dres
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World War I: General George H. Beverley Signed Pilot's License8007 - World War I: General George H. Beverley Signed Pilot's License
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United States of America pilot's license number 153, issued to Lieut. G. H. Beverley by the Federation Aeronautique Internationale for the year ...
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World War II 'Type A-2' Military Jacket8008 - World War II 'Type A-2' Military Jacket
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Russet brown leather Type A-2 flight jacket from World War II, size 40, with manufacturer tag inside neck area reading: "Type A-2, DWG No. 30-1...
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Vietnam-era Military Jacket8009 - Vietnam-era Military Jacket
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Impressive brown leather Type G-1 military jacket belonging to United States Marine Corps Major Jim Davis, size 42, with manufacturer tag inside neck
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A-7 Corsair Ejection Seat8010 - A-7 Corsair Ejection Seat
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A-7 Corsair Ejection Seat, measures approximately 19 x 51.5 x 28.5, with starboard seat bucket and cloth seat cushioning, mounted to riveted framework
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Wernher von Braun Handwritten Manuscript8012 - Wernher von Braun Handwritten Manuscript
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Autograph manuscript in pencil, three pages, lightly lined, 8 x 10.5, unsigned, no date, written entirely in the hand of von Braun. The manuscript is
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Estimate : 3,000.00 - 4,000.00
 
 
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Wernher von Braun Hand-annotated Notes8013 - Wernher von Braun Hand-annotated Notes
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Incredible typed notes from German rocket scientist Ernst Stuhlinger, two pages, 8 x 10.5, dated December 1965 and January 1966, bearing several penci
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Estimate : 4,000.00 - 6,000.00
 
 
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Wernher von Braun Handwritten Notes8014 - Wernher von Braun Handwritten Notes
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ALS in pencil, signed “B,” twelve pages on six stapled Office of Director, MSFC Routing Slip sheets, 5 x 8, dated April 27, 1965. Letter to "Ba...
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Wernher von Braun Handwritten Signed Note8015 - Wernher von Braun Handwritten Signed Note
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ANS signed “B,” one page, lightly lined, 5 x 7.25, November 17, 1974. Note to Kayren Redman Governale, his secretary at Fairchild Industries, in full:
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Wernher von Braun Initialed Notes8016 - Wernher von Braun Initialed Notes
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Three pages of typed notes from German rocket scientist Ernst Stuhlinger, each one page, 8 x 10.5, dated 1969 and 1971, bearing pencil and ink notatio
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Wernher von Braun Signed Document8017 - Wernher von Braun Signed Document
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DS, one page, 8 x 10.5, July 9, 1946. In full: "I confirm hereby the statements given by my brother, Magnus von Braun in his request of May 24,...
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Wernher von Braun's Driver's License8018 - Wernher von Braun's Driver's License
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Wernher von Braun's driver's license receipt for Madison County in the state of Alabama, 4 x 2.25, dated March 4, 1966, signed in the "...
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Wernher von Braun Signed Cover8019 - Wernher von Braun Signed Cover
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Scarce cover from the Manned Spaceflight Cover Society with a cachet honoring the crew of Apollo 12, vertically signed in ballpoint by von Braun. In f
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Robert H. Goddard Signature and Early Rocketry Collection8020 - Robert H. Goddard Signature and Early Rocketry Collection
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Rare ink signature, "R. H. Goddard,” on an off-white 5 x 1 slip. Also includes material from the collection of Goddard rocket team member and m...
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Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
 
 
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Robert H. Goddard Three Volume Book Set8021 - Robert H. Goddard Three Volume Book Set
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Rare complete hardcover three-volume set of The Papers of Robert H. Goddard. NY: McGraw-Hill, 1970. Hardcovers with slipcase, 7 x 10, 1707 total pages
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Miss Baker Paw ‘Signed’ Envelope8022 - Miss Baker Paw ‘Signed’ Envelope
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Squirrel monkey who, on May 28, 1959, along with rhesus monkey Miss Able, spent 16 minutes in space aboard the Jupiter AM-18 flight. Off-white mailing
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German Rocketry V-2 Access Badge and Injector Fragment8023 - German Rocketry V-2 Access Badge and Injector Fragment
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Two items: a metal Peenemunde V-2 worker access badge, no. 8923, measuring 1.5 x 1.75, marked "Heimat Artillerie Park 11, Karlshagen," whi...
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Explorer I: James Van Allen Signed Complex 26 Fragment8024 - Explorer I: James Van Allen Signed Complex 26 Fragment
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Metal fragment removed from the Complex 26 gantry for the launch of the Explorer I satellite, .75 x .5, affixed to an off-white 6.25 x 3.5 presentatio
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X-24 Research Vehicle Large Model8025 - X-24 Research Vehicle Large Model
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Model of the X-24 Research Vehicle, measuring 24? long and 8? wide, set upon a wooden base with a plaque reading, "NASA Flight Research Center....
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X-24B Research Vehicle Small Model8026 - X-24B Research Vehicle Small Model
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Model of the X-24B Research Vehicle, measuring 10.5? long and 5.5? wide, set upon a wooden base with a plaque reading, "Research Vehicle X-24B....
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Soviet Voskhod Globus IMP Version 3 Navigation Instrument8029 - Soviet Voskhod Globus IMP Version 3 Navigation Instrument
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Rare circa 1963 Voskhod Spacecraft ‘Globus’ IMP version 3 navigation instrument, measuring 9.75 x 8.75 x 7, used as a positional indicator to display
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Estimate : 15,000.00 - 20,000.00
 
 
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Cosmonaut Set of (6) Signed KNIGA Covers8030 - Cosmonaut Set of (6) Signed KNIGA Covers
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Collection of six KNIGA covers with cachets commemorating Russian space achievements, individually signed in ink by the first six cosmonauts, includin
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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Vostok Cosmonauts Signed Photograph8031 - Vostok Cosmonauts Signed Photograph
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Vintage glossy 7 x 4.75 photo of the Soviet Union's pioneering cosmonauts together, signed in ink by Yuri Gagarin, Pavel Popovich, Valentina Ter...
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Cosmonaut Oversized Signed Photograph8032 - Cosmonaut Oversized Signed Photograph
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Early glossy 11.75 x 7.75 group photo of eighteen members of the heroic Soviet space program, attractively signed in various colored inks by fourteen
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Cosmonaut Collection of (38) Signed Photographs8033 - Cosmonaut Collection of (38) Signed Photographs
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Collection of 38 color 5.75 x 8.25 lightweight cardstock photos of cosmonauts, each signed in ink by the subject, including: Alexei Leonov, Valentina
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Yuri Gagarin Signed Photograph8034 - Yuri Gagarin Signed Photograph
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Color 4.25 x 5.75 postcard photo of Gagarin in uniform, signed vertically in blue ballpoint. In fine condition, with a slight crease to bottom right c
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Vostok Cosmonauts Signed Cover8035 - Vostok Cosmonauts Signed Cover
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FDC honoring Project Mercury, signed in ink by Yuri Gagarin, Pavel Popovich, Valentina Tereshkova, Andriyan Nikolayev, Valery Bykovsky, and Gherman Ti
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Valentina Tereshkova Signed Photograph8036 - Valentina Tereshkova Signed Photograph
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Color satin-finish 8 x 10 photo of Tereshkova in her white space suit, signed in black felt tip, “First woman in space…Vostok–6, 16.06—19.06, 1963r.”
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Alexei Leonov Signed Photograph8037 - Alexei Leonov Signed Photograph
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Color satin-finish 10 x 8 photo of Leonov performing the first-ever EVA, signed in gold ink, “First spacewalker, Vokshod-2, 18 03 65, Alexei Leonov.”
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Vostok 6 Parachute Segments8038 - Vostok 6 Parachute Segments
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Three segments cut from the flown Vostok 6 parachute that allowed cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova to return safely to Earth after becoming the first wo
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Sputnik 1 Model8039 - Sputnik 1 Model
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Scale model of the important Soviet Sputnik-1 satellite by Modellmix, measuring approximately 8.75? tall and 7.25? across, suspended atop a blue 5? di
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Konstantin Tsiolkovsky Miniature Monument8040 - Konstantin Tsiolkovsky Miniature Monument
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Exceptional circa 1950s die cast model of the Russian rocket scientist Konstantin Tsiolkovsky posing triumphantly beside a large metal rocket, standin
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Mercury 7 Signed ASF Blueprint8042 - Mercury 7 Signed ASF Blueprint
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Highly appealing blueprint segment of the US Astronaut Hall of Fame in Titusville, Florida, 17 x 11, featuring an overhead floor plan of the hall area
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Mercury 7 Signed Photograph8043 - Mercury 7 Signed Photograph
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Official color 10 x 8 NASA lithograph of the Mercury 7 posing in front of an F–102 aircraft, signed and inscribed in black felt tip, "To Rick—J...
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Mercury Astronauts Signed Photograph8044 - Mercury Astronauts Signed Photograph
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Vivid color glossy 8.5 x 11 cardstock photo of a Saturn rocket launch, signed in black felt tip by John Glenn, Scott Carpenter, Wally Schirra, and Gor
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Mercury 7 Pair of Signed Covers8045 - Mercury 7 Pair of Signed Covers
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Two Project Mercury FDCs: one with a cachet honoring John Glenn's first orbital flight, signed in ink by John Glenn, Gordon Cooper, Wally Schirr...
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Mercury Astronauts Signed Book8046 - Mercury Astronauts Signed Book
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Signed book: Americans into Orbit. NY: Random House, 1962. Hardcover, 5.75 x 8.5, 190 pages. Signed and inscribed on the half-title page in black felt
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Mercury 7 VIP Monument Medallion8047 - Mercury 7 VIP Monument Medallion
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Bronze medallion honoring Project Mercury, 3? in diameter, featuring the images of astronauts Carpenter, Cooper, Glenn, Grissom, Schirra, Shepard, and
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Mercury-Era Astronauts and Spacecraft Card Dispenser8048 - Mercury-Era Astronauts and Spacecraft Card Dispenser
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Awesome Mercury program-era Astronauts and Spacecraft trading card vending machine, 10 x 23.5 x 11.5, manufactured by The Exhibit Supply, Co., of Chic
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MR-2: Guenter Wendt Signed Photograph8049 - MR-2: Guenter Wendt Signed Photograph
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Official color semi-glossy 8 x 10 NASA photo of the launch of Mercury-Redstone 2, the penultimate test flight prior to the first manned American space
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MR-2: Guenter Wendt Signed Photograph8050 - MR-2: Guenter Wendt Signed Photograph
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Satin-finish 10 x 8 photo of launch pad leader Guenter Wendt holding Ham the chimpanzee, signed in black felt tip, “‘Ham,’ America’s first chimp in sp
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MR-3: Alan Shepard Signed Cover and Parachute Fragment8051 - MR-3: Alan Shepard Signed Cover and Parachute Fragment
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Two items: a USCG Cutter Eastwind Mercury-Redstone 3 recovery date cover, signed and inscribed in blue ballpoint, "To Tim, Alan Shepard"; ...
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MR-3: Alan Shepard Signed Photograph8052 - MR-3: Alan Shepard Signed Photograph
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Limited edition color semi-glossy 9.25 x 7.25 cardstock photo of Shepard receiving the NASA Distinguished Service Medal from President Kennedy on May
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MR-3: Alan Shepard Signed Photograph8053 - MR-3: Alan Shepard Signed Photograph
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Official color glossy 8 x 9.75 NASA photo of the launch of the Freedom 7, signed and inscribed in black felt tip, "To Tom Lane, with sincere ap...
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MR-3: Alan Shepard Signed Photograph8054 - MR-3: Alan Shepard Signed Photograph
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Official color 8 x 10 NASA lithograph of the Mercury–Redstone 3 prior to launch, signed boldly in black felt tip by Shepard. In fine condition. Pre-ce
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