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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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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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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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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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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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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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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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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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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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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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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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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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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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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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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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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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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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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