RR Auction: Space and Aviation Auction

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As the Space market leader, RR Auction is excited to share our largest, most comprehensive Space & Aviation catalog in years. Included in this auction are training-used pieces from NASA engineer Dan Schaiewitz, items from respected expert Ken Havekotte, and impressive flown artifacts from Apollo 15 Commander Dave Scott, Apollo 12 LMP Alan Bean, and Apollo 10 Commander General Tom Stafford. Proceeds from the collection of General Stafford will go toward a museum legacy building fund.

We have many standout features, especially in the early rocketry section, including an incredibly significant archive from Wernher von Braun, featuring his sketches and diagrams for pivotal articles in early 1950s Collier’s Magazines and prescient discussions long before man began to explore space. We have devoted a special 50-page dedicated catalog for this historic 26-item collection.

Also offered is a robust selection of vintage models and several complete, lengthy Apollo mission-used checklists with copious astronaut notations. Building upon the success of our inaugural October 2017 offering, this April auction will include RR’s best yet selection of meteorites from Geoffrey Notkin, CEO of Aerolite Meteorites and star of Meteorite Men.
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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Liberty Bell 7 Flown Fragment6103 - Liberty Bell 7 Flown Fragment
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Small flown tape fragment from Gus Grissom's Liberty Bell 7 capsule, recovered from the Atlantic Ocean on July 20, 1999. The fragment measures ....
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Gene Kranz's Signed Mercury Flight Plan6104 - Gene Kranz's Signed Mercury Flight Plan
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Gene Kranz's important console-utilized manual entitled "Flight Plan for MA-8/16, Revision A," September 10, 1962, 33 pages, signed on...
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Liberty Bell 7 Flown Screw6105 - Liberty Bell 7 Flown Screw
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Flown screw from Gus Grissom's Liberty Bell 7, recovered from the Atlantic Ocean on July 20, 1999. Screw bolt measures approximately .75? in len...
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Mercury 7 Signed 'Satellite Beach' Cover6106 - Mercury 7 Signed 'Satellite Beach' Cover
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Commemorative cover with a cachet honoring the five Mercury astronauts who had flown in space as of October 1962, signed in various inks by all of the
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Estimate : 3,000.00 - 4,000.00
 
 
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Mercury 7 Signed Lithograph6107 - Mercury 7 Signed Lithograph
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Highly appealing color limited edition 33.75 x 23.75 print of a painting by artist George Bishop entitled ‘Mercury 7,’ showing the Mercury-Redstone ro
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Mercury 7 Signed Photograph6108 - Mercury 7 Signed Photograph
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Exceptional vintage matte-finish 10 x 8 photo of the Mercury 7 astronauts posing with a model rocket, signed in the lower border in ballpoint and foun
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Estimate : 4,000.00 - 6,000.00
 
 
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Mercury 7 Signed Photograph6109 - Mercury 7 Signed Photograph
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Official color 10 x 8 NASA lithograph of NASA's original astronauts posing in front of an Air Force fighter jet, signed in various inks by all s...
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Mercury 7 Signed Program Card6110 - Mercury 7 Signed Program Card
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Vintage program card for a Friendship 7 dinner-dance presented by the Launch Team on April 23, 1962, 4 x 5.75, signed in fountain pen and ballpoint by
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Mercury Astronauts Signed Photograph6111 - Mercury Astronauts Signed Photograph
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Color 8.25 x 11 photo of a Mercury-Atlas liftoff, signed in black felt tip by John Glenn, Scott Carpenter, and Wally Schirra, and in gold ink by Gordo
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Mercury-Atlas 5: Enos the Chimp Group Lot6112 - Mercury-Atlas 5: Enos the Chimp Group Lot
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Collection of material related to the Mercury-Atlas 5 spaceflight of Enos the 'space chimp,' including: a flown segment of 3 x 4.75 orange p...
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Mercury-Atlas 6 Set of (3) Igniters6113 - Mercury-Atlas 6 Set of (3) Igniters
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Set of three igniter connectors used for the historic launch of John Glenn’s Friendship 7 spacecraft. The connectors, each measuring 1.25 x 1.25, were
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Wally Schirra Signed Photograph6114 - Wally Schirra Signed Photograph
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Glossy 10 x 8 half-length photo of Schirra sitting and smoking a cigarette in mission control, signed in blue felt tip, "Preflight check in Mer...
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Wally Schirra Signed Photograph6115 - Wally Schirra Signed Photograph
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Glossy 10 x 8 full-length photo of Schirra and his family meeting with President Kennedy, signed in blue felt tip, "Post Flight Reception with ...
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Wally Schirra, Scott Carpenter, and Gordon Cooper Signed Photograph6116 - Wally Schirra, Scott Carpenter, and Gordon Cooper Signed Photograph
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Glossy 10 x 8 photo of the Mercury 7 posing with Richard Nixon, who is holding a model rocket, signed in blue felt tip, "Wally Schirra," &...
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Alan Shepard 1963 Typed Letter Signed6117 - Alan Shepard 1963 Typed Letter Signed
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TLS signed “Al Shepard,” one page, 8 x 10.5, NASA letterhead, June 11, 1963. Letter to B. G. MacNabb, the director of AMR Operations at General Dynami
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Alan Shepard Signed Photograph6118 - Alan Shepard Signed Photograph
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Impressive one-of-a-kind color glossy 13.75 x 19.75 photo of a lunar rocket launch with ghostly portraits of Alan Shepard and Deke Slayton in the back
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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Wally Schirra's Set of (5) Flight Logs6119 - Wally Schirra's Set of (5) Flight Logs
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One-of-a-kind set of five of Wally Schirra’s personal “Aviators Flight Log” books documenting his career as a Navy pilot and NASA astronaut, dated fro
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Estimate : 15,000.00 - 20,000.00
 
 
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Sigma 7 Group of (12) Recovery Photographs6120 - Sigma 7 Group of (12) Recovery Photographs
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Group of twelve original vintage color glossy 5 x 3.5 candid photographs of the recovery of Wally Schirra and his Sigma 7 spacecraft following the MA-
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Deke Slayton's Handwritten Papers from USAF Flight School6121 - Deke Slayton's Handwritten Papers from USAF Flight School
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Three pages of Slayton's handwritten notes in pencil from his time as a student at the USAF Experimental Flight Test School: one 8.5 x 11 loose-...
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Scott Carpenter Signed Book6122 - Scott Carpenter Signed Book
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Signed book: For Spacious Skies. First edition. Orlando, FL: Harcourt, Inc., 2002. Hardcover with dust jacket, 6.25 x 9.25, 370 pages. Signed on the t
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Scott Carpenter Signed Photograph6123 - Scott Carpenter Signed Photograph
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Official color 8 x 10 NASA lithograph of Carpenter in a suit and tie, showing off a Mercury 7 pin on his lapel, signed in black ink, "Scott Car...
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Scott Carpenter Signed Photograph6124 - Scott Carpenter Signed Photograph
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Semi-glossy 10 x 8 photo of Carpenter on the phone with President Kennedy after his Mercury flight, signed in blue felt tip, “Speaking with President
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Scott Carpenter Signed Photograph6125 - Scott Carpenter Signed Photograph
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Color semi-glossy 8 x 10 half-length photo of Carpenter wearing his Mercury space suit and posing below a large antenna structure, signed in black fel
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Scott Carpenter Signed Photograph6126 - Scott Carpenter Signed Photograph
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Dramatic color satin-finish 10 x 20 photo of the Mercury-Atlas 7 liftoff, signed in black felt tip, "May 24, 1962, Launch of America's seco...
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Scott Carpenter Signed Photograph6127 - Scott Carpenter Signed Photograph
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Satin-finish 10 x 8 photo of Scott Carpenter making his way into the Aurora 7 capsule, signed in blue felt tip. In fine condition.
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Gordon Cooper Signed Photograph6128 - Gordon Cooper Signed Photograph
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Official color 8 x 10 NASA lithograph of Cooper in his silver Mercury space suit, signed and inscribed in blue ballpoint, "Best wishes to Nancy...
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Gordon Cooper Signed Photograph6129 - Gordon Cooper Signed Photograph
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Glossy 10.25 x 8 photo of several NASA workers helping Cooper into his Faith 7 capsule, signed in thin blue felt tip. In fine condition.
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John Glenn Signed Photograph6130 - John Glenn Signed Photograph
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Official color 8 x 10 NASA lithograph of Glenn in a suit and bow tie, showing off a Mercury 7 pin on his lapel, signed and inscribed in black ballpoin
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John Glenn Signed Photograph6131 - John Glenn Signed Photograph
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Color semi-glossy 8 x 10 head-and-shoulders photo of Glenn wearing his Mercury space suit, signed in black felt tip. In fine condition, with minor lig
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John Glenn Signed Print6132 - John Glenn Signed Print
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Uncommon color 10 x 13 print of a painting by R. T. Handville, showing Glenn at various points of his historic Friendship 7 mission, signed in the low
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Mercury Publications6133 - Mercury Publications
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Four official softcover NASA publications for the first four flights of the Mercury program: Results of the First United States Manned Orbital Space F
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Wally Schirra and Dee O'Hara Signed Photograph6134 - Wally Schirra and Dee O'Hara Signed Photograph
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Official glossy 10 x 8 NASA photo of Schirra suiting up prior to a simulation with finger-pointing nurse Dee O'Hara, signed in blue felt tip, &q...
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Wally Schirra and Gordon Cooper Signed Photograph6135 - Wally Schirra and Gordon Cooper Signed Photograph
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Glossy 8 x 10 photo of Mercury astronauts Schirra and Cooper looking over a map of the Sigma 7 mission, signed in blue felt tip, "The Sigma 7 T...
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Wally Schirra Signed Photograph6136 - Wally Schirra Signed Photograph
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Unique color glossy 10 x 8 photo of Schirra eating a slice of cake, signed and inscribed in black felt tip, “To the gang at the Cape—you all really ta
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Deke Slayton Signed Photograph6137 - Deke Slayton Signed Photograph
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Official color 8 x 10 NASA lithograph of Slayton during the Mercury program, signed and inscribed in black ink, "Best wishes to Sid, D. K. Slay...
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Astronaut on the Moon Early 1960s Figurine6138 - Astronaut on the Moon Early 1960s Figurine
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Vintage circa early 1960s ceramic figurine portraying an astronaut standing on the cratered lunar surface, measuring 15.5? tall with a base diameter o
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Edward H. White II Handwritten Notes6139 - Edward H. White II Handwritten Notes
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Agenda for the Astronauts' Gemini Orientation Visit held on October 31–November 1, 1962, two pages, 8.5 x 11, annotated on the second page in bl...
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Estimate : 3,000.00 - 3,500.00
 
 
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Gemini Multi-Signed Presentation6140 - Gemini Multi-Signed Presentation
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Unique oversized appreciation card presented to Charles W. Mathews, the program manager of NASA's Project Gemini, consisting of a color print of...
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Estimate : 5,000.00 - 6,000.00
 
 
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Charles Conrad's Gemini 5 Flown Page6141 - Charles Conrad's Gemini 5 Flown Page
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Flown checklist page carried on the Gemini 5 mission, 8 x 10.5, signed and flight-certified in black felt tip, "A malfunction checklist page fl...
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Gene Cernan 1964 Autograph Letter Signed6142 - Gene Cernan 1964 Autograph Letter Signed
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ALS signed “Eug. A. Cernan,” one page, 8.5 x 11, February 4, 1964. Letter to J. Duane Upton, in full: "This letter is in response to your reque...
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Frank Borman 1963 Academic Training Memorandum6143 - Frank Borman 1963 Academic Training Memorandum
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Two memos issued to Major Deke Slayton, including a hand-signed memo by Frank Borman and a mimeographed copy of a memo from Jim Lovell, both on the su
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Gordon Cooper and Tom Stafford Beta Patch Name Tags6144 - Gordon Cooper and Tom Stafford Beta Patch Name Tags
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Uncommon pair of Beta cloth name patches, both measure 7.5 x 2.5 and are identified in red block text, "G. Cooper," and the other, "T...
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Gemini 3 Flown Dollar Bill6145 - Gemini 3 Flown Dollar Bill
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Series 1963 one-dollar bill, serial number B53423250A, flown aboard the Gemini 3 space capsule Molly Brown, nicely signed in red felt tip, “Gus Grisso
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Estimate : 3,000.00 - 5,000.00
 
 
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Gus Grissom and John Young6146 - Gus Grissom and John Young
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Vintage NASA booklet entitled "Manned Space Flight Team," thirteen pages, 10.25 x 7.75, signed and inscribed on page five in blue ballpoin...
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Gemini 3 Signed Photograph6147 - Gemini 3 Signed Photograph
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Fantastic color vintage semi-glossy 7 x 8.75 photo of the launch of the Titan II rocket transporting the crew of Gemini 3, signed and inscribed in bla
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 1,600.00
 
 
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Gemini 4 Flown Flag6148 - Gemini 4 Flown Flag
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Flown American flag carried into Earth orbit on Gemini 4, 6 x 4, signed and flight-certified in black ballpoint, "Flown on Gemini IV, Jim McDiv...
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Gemini 4 Signed Photographs6149 - Gemini 4 Signed Photographs
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Two matte-finish 3.75 x 4.5 close-up photos of the crew of Gemini 4, signed in ballpoint by the pictured astronaut: "James A. McDivitt" an...
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Gemini 5 Flown Checklist6150 - Gemini 5 Flown Checklist
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Flown Experimental Procedure Book checklist page carried on board Gemini 5, 5 x 8, identified on a single tab on the side as “D6.” This double-sided p
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Gemini 5 Signed Photograph6151 - Gemini 5 Signed Photograph
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Color glossy 8 x 10 half-length photo of the crew of Gemini 5, signed in the lower border in thin black felt tip by Charles Conrad and Gordon Cooper.
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Gemini 5, 6, and 11 Signed Covers6152 - Gemini 5, 6, and 11 Signed Covers
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Collection of four covers with cachets honoring various Gemini missions and recoveries, signed in blue and black ballpoint by the participants, includ
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Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
 
 
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