RR Auction: Space and Aviation

Comprehensive archive from the career of early American aviator George W. Ayers, whose flying career began in World War I and continued through World

Winters National Bank check, 8.25 x 2.75, filled out in another hand and signed by Orville Wright, “Wright Cycle Co., O. W.,” payable to C. E. Taylor

Flown fabric presentation created by the Smithsonian Institution National Air and Space Museum featuring an affixed beige 2 x 2 swatch of wing fabric

Flown fabric presentation created by the Smithsonian Institution National Air and Space Museum featuring an affixed dark brown 2 x 2 swatch of wing fa

Flown fabric presentation created by the Smithsonian Institution National Air and Space Museum featuring an affixed dark brown 1.5 x 2 swatch of wing

Flown fabric presentation created by the Smithsonian Institution National Air and Space Museum featuring an affixed dark brown 2 x 2 swatch of wing fa

ALS signed “Charles A. Lindbergh,” three pages, 8.5 x 11, May 22, 1963. Letter to noted early spaceflight advocate G. Edward Pendray. In part: “Of cou

TLS signed “Charles A. Lindbergh,” three pages, 8.5 x 11, July 22, 1963. Letter to G. Edward Pendray regarding the book The Guggenheim Medalists: Arch

Stupendous vintage matte-finish 7 x 9 photo of Earhart perched on the edge of her cockpit, signed and inscribed in fountain pen, “To Henry Pike with a

Flown fabric presentation created by the Smithsonian Institution National Air and Space Museum featuring an affixed bright red 2 x 2 swatch of wing fa

Two items: a first day air mail cover postmarked February 20, 1928, with a “Primer Viaje Aereo, Cuba. Haiti. Santo Domingo. Pto. Rico, Aeroplano ‘Sant

Extremely scarce circa 1936 matte-finish 19.25 x 15 photo of the infamous Hindenburg, signed in the lower border in fountain pen by thirty-seven membe

Important alundum cement rocket nozzle liner attributed to the world's first liquid-fueled rocket launched by Robert H. Goddard on March 16, 192...

Two-level metal rocket fuel tank baffle attributed to one of Robert H. Goddard’s early rockets, circa mid-to-late 1920s. The piece measures approximat

Fuel feed rate needle valve attributed to one of Robert H. Goddard’s early rockets, circa late 1920s/early 1930s. The piece measures approximately 7 x

Two chairs and a lamp from the home of rocket pioneer Robert H. Goddard, including: a wicker rocking chair, a ‘William and Mary’ style ladder back cha

Exceptional original painting by Robert H. Goddard showing the ‘Baldy’ peak of the Sierra Blanca mountain range, 23.25 x 16.5, signed in the lower rig

Robert H. Goddard’s personally-owned quilt stitched in a colorful circular pattern, measuring approximately 65 x 78. In very good to fine condition, w

Exceedingly rare book containing the first published photographs of the Earth taken from space: a report entitled “Photography from the V-2 Rocket at

German V2 rocket tank holder and injection valves: the tank holder measures approximately 6 x 7.25 and the five injection valves are each about .75? i

German V2 rocket combustion chamber relic, measuring approximately 8 x 7 x 3, with its many valves and threaded fittings still evident despite heavy d

Vintage matte-finish 11 x 14 photo of five rocketry pioneers posing with scale models of missiles created during the 1950s, affixed to its original 16

Vintage glossy 8 x 10 head-and-shoulders portrait of the pioneering rocket scientist, signed in the lower border in fountain pen, “H. Oberth.” In fine

Signed book: The Mars Project. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1953. Hardcover with dust jacket, 7.25 x 9.25, 91 pages. Signed and inscribed to

Signed book: The Exploration of Mars. First edition. NY: Viking Press, 1956. Hardcover with dust jacket, 8.5 x 11, 176 pages. Signed and inscribed to

TLS, one page, 8 x 10.5, US Government Office Memorandum letterhead, July 19, 1955. Memo to Mrs. Bonnie G. Holmes, in part: “I wish to take this oppor

TLS, two pages, 8 x 10.5, NASA letterhead, December 6, 1962. Letter to Leonard V. Fulton, in full: “I was touched by your letter of concern for the fu

Congratulatory Western Union telegram, one page, 8 x 6.25, stamp-dated February 1, 1958. Telegram to “Dr and Mrs Wernher Von Braun” from President Dwi

Wernher von Braun’s name badge, 3.5 x 2.25, simply reading “Dr. Wernher von Braun,” affixed to a caption typed by von Braun’s longtime assistant Bonni

Typed report notes by Ernst Stuhlinger, one page, 8 x 10.5, circa early 1960s, annotated in pencil by Von Braun and initialed, “B.” The notes concern

Uncommon assemblage of nearly 50 items signed by various engineers and scientists from the Peenemunde Research Center or the Verein für Raumsch...

Two rare booklets related to the US Air Force Missile Test Project operated by RCA during the 1950s, including: an annual report for 1955, 10.75 x 8,

Pair of dark green B. F. Goodrich Mark IV pressure suit gloves as used by high-altitude pilots on the U2 and SR-71 spy planes. Tags affixed inside the

Uncommon glossy 7.75 x 10 photo of Miss Baker the squirrel monkey that, on May 28, 1959, along with rhesus monkey Miss Able, spent 16 minutes in space

Set of fourteen KNIGA covers with cachets commemorating Russian space achievements, each signed in ink by at least one cosmonaut, including: Yuri Gaga

Signed book in Cyrillic: Road to Space. 1961. Hardcover, 5.25 x 8, 173 pages. Signed on the first free end page in blue ballpoint by Gagarin and dated

Invitation to the 14th meeting of Komsomol in Moscow on April 16, 1962, 4.75 x 3.25, signed inside in blue ink by Yuri Gagarin and Gherman Titov. In f

Invitation to attend a Red Square parade in celebration of the 50th anniversary of the October Revolution in 1967, 5.5 x 3.25, signed on the reverse i

Souvenir typescript, one page, 8.5 x 11, signed at the conclusion in blue felt tip by Leonov. Excerpt from An Artist in Space, in part: “We were orbit

Oversized color satin-finish 21.5 x 16 photo of Leonov in his space suit, signed in silver ink, adding “Voskod 2, Space walk!” Rolled and in fine cond

Satin-finish 8 x 10 photo of Leonov during his historic first space walk, signed in black felt tip by Leonov, who adds “Voskod–2, 1st Man Walk in Spac

Appealing color satin-finish 8 x 10 half-length photo of Leonov posing at a podium with flags of the United States and the Soviet Union, signed in blu

Appealing color satin-finish 10 x 8 photo of conceptual artwork showing a cosmonaut standing on the lunar surface, signed in gold ink by Alexei Leonov

Color satin-finish 8 x 10 photo of Tereshkova in her white space suit, signed in black felt tip, “First woman in space…16.06—19.06.” In very fine cond

Semi-glossy 8 x 10 cardstock close-up photo of a smiling Valentina Tereshkova in her spacesuit, signed in blue felt tip. In fine condition.

Interesting set of twenty-three pins from the USSR depicting cosmonauts within a circular golden border, measuring about .75? in diameter, including:

Very scarce satin-finish 14 x 11 photo of an X-15 plane, signed vertically in black felt tip by Neil Armstrong, Scott Crossfield, Bill Dana, Joe Engle

Flown limited edition commemorative cover, 9.25 x 4, with a cachet honoring the X-15 pilots, 202/1500, flown over Edwards Air Force Base by Joe Engle,

Two signed glossy 8 x 10 US Air Force publicity portraits of the first two X-15 pilots to attain the rank of astronauts, individually signed and inscr

Commemorative sheet for the National Advisory Committee on Aeronautics, 7.75 x 11, postmarked on two dates at Edwards Air Force Base, April 14, 1981,