RR Auction: Space and Aviation

Vintage glossy 13 x 10 photo of the original seven Mercury astronauts posing in front of a US Air Force jet, signed above their respective images in v

Color satin-finish 14 x 11 photo of all seven Mercury astronauts posing in front of an Air Force jet, signed in black felt tip by Scott Carpenter, Gor

Paperstock 8.5 x 11 photo of the Mercury 7 in their space suits, signed in ballpoint and felt tip by six, “Alan Shepard,” “Wally Schirra,” “D. K. Slay

Signed book: We Seven. Book club edition. NY: Simon & Schuster, 1962. Hardcover with dust jacket, 5.75 x 8.5, 473 pages. Signed on an opening pa...

DS, four pages, 8.5 x 13, October 8, 1965. Contract in which Scott Carpenter, Gordon Cooper, Gus Grissom, Wally Schirra, Alan Shepard, and Deke Slayto

TLS signed “Sincerely, Edward K. Thompson,” two pages, 7.25 x 11, Life letterhead, April 9, 1959. Letter to the prospective astronauts of Project Merc

Souvenir typescript, one page, 8.5 x 11, signed in black felt tip and ballpoint by Alan Shepard, Wally Schirra, John Glenn, Gordon Cooper, Scott Carpe

TLS signed “Leo,” one page, 5.5 x 8.5, Law Offices of De Orsey and Thompson letterhead, November 22, 1960. Letter to “the boys” of Project Mercury, in

Two items: an original Western Union telegram addressed to longtime space program journalist Mary Bubb, one page, September 15, 1960, in part: “FYI: S

Original vintage glossy 8 x 10 NASA photo of Shepard in the Freedom 7 spacecraft prior to his first flight, signed in black felt tip. Reverse bears bl

Original official NASA news release press kit for Mercury-Redstone 3, 38 pages, 8 x 10.5, April 26, 1961, signed on the cover sheet in black felt tip,

Original Dorsett Electronics press release, one page, 8.5 x 11, no date but circa 1961, signed in black felt tip, “Alan Shepard.” Press released entit

Souvenir typescript, one page, 8.5 x 11, signed in blue ballpoint, “Alan Shepard.” Typescript of the conversation between Shepard and Mission Control

Unusual 7 x 5 philatelic card featuring an image of President John F. Kennedy and Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson with the Mercury 7 astronauts, bear

Extremely rare USS Lake Champlain cover from the recovery of Alan Shepard following his historic first flight on the Freedom 7, canceled “USS Lake Cha

Two pages of space journalist Mary E. Bubb’s handwritten notes, one page in ballpoint and one in pencil, 8.5 x 11, from the MR-3 launch on May 5, 1961

Collection of items, including: a record album entitled “A Recording of the Historic Space Voyage of Americas First Astronaut,” signed on the sleeve i

A cut cross section of the umbilical cable used in the MR-3 launch of Alan Shepard’s Freedom 7 on May 5, 1961, measuring approximately 2? in diameter

Certificate awarded to Gus Grissom by the American Astronautical Society, one page, 11.75 x 8.75, no date. In full: “The American Astronautical Societ

ALS signed “Virgil,” two pages both sides, 7.75 x 10, Project Mercury letterhead, October 7, 1961. Letter to his mother. In full: “I just got home fro

Historic silver 1944 Mercury Head dime recovered from Gus Grissom’s Liberty Bell 7 spacecraft almost 38 years to the day after the Mercury capsule and

Flown Aireasearch Environmental Control Unit (ECU) component recovered from the Liberty Bell 7 spacecraft wreckage almost 38 years to the day after th

Flown original component from Gus Grissom’s Liberty Bell 7 Mercury spacecraft, recovered from the Atlantic Ocean on July 20, 1999. The piece measures

Color satin-finish 10 x 8 photo of the Liberty Bell 7 capsule at the bottom of the ocean, signed in black felt tip, “Off to space 7/21/61, Guenter F.

Interesting collection of space journalist Mary Bubb’s materials related to the MA-6 launch of John Glenn aboard the Friendship 7 on February 20, 1962

Collection of four items: an official color 8 x 10 NASA lithograph of Glenn in formal attire, signed in black felt tip, “Best regards—John Glenn”; an

Scale model of the Mercury-Atlas launch vehicle on a wooden base, measuring an overall 12.5? tall, signed on the base in black felt tip, “Scott Carpen

Softcover manual entitled Results of the Second United States Manned Orbital Space Flight, 107 pages, 8 x 10.25, May 24, 1962, signed on the front cov

Original official NASA news release press kit for Mercury-Atlas 7, 23 pages, 8 x 10.5, May 13, 1962, signed on the cover sheet in ballpoint, “Scott Ca

Brilliant color satin-finish 8 x 10 photo of the Friendship 7 liftoff on February 20, 1962, signed in black felt tip, “‘God Speed John Glenn, Friendsh

Souvenir handwritten autobiographical statement entitled “Testimony of a Fortunate Man,” one page, 8.5 x 11, personal letterhead, no date. In part: “T

Collection of space journalist Mary E. Bubb’s materials related to the MA-7 launch of Scott Carpenter aboard the Aurora 7 on May 24, 1962, including:

Scott Carpenter’s Society of Experimental Test Pilots Iven C. Kincheloe Award presented to Carpenter at the Seventh Annual Awards Banquet in Santa Mon

DS, signed “Walter M. Schirra, Jr.,” one page both sides, 8 x 10, July 10, 1961. Official Department of the Navy temporary appointment of Schirra as “

ALS, one page, 8.5 x 11, personal letterhead, no date. In full: “Instead of blaming newly designed equipment observers blamed Gus Grissom for blowing

Color satin-finish 8 x 10 photo of Schirra and Cooper with the Sigma 7 capsule, signed in blue and black felt tip, “Wally Schirra, Sigma 7 Cdr.,” and

Collection of space journalist Mary E. Bubb’s materials related to the MA-8 launch of Wally Schirra aboard the Sigma 7 on October 3, 1962, including:

Two TLSs from Time Magazine and Life Magazine, both one page, 6.25 x 6.75 and 7.25 x 11, addressed to Jo Schirra, the wife of Sigma 7 astronaut Wally

First motion switch used in the launch of Cooper’s Faith 7 capsule, mounted inside a 9.25 x 3.5 x 3.5 display, with a descriptive plaque on the side r

Two items: an official glossy 8 x 10 NASA photo of Cooper preparing for the MA-9 flight, signed in blue felt tip, “Gordon Cooper, Faith 7, 1963”; and

Two items: an official color 8 x 10 NASA lithograph of Cooper in formal attire, signed in black felt tip; and a souvenir typescript of a prayer said b

Three photos: a glossy 8 x 10 full-length photo of Schirra in his Mercury spacesuit, signed in blue felt tip, “Wally Schirra, Original Mercury 7 astro

Collection of space journalist Mary E. Bubb’s materials related to the MA-9 launch of Gordon Cooper aboard the Faith 7 on May 15, 1963, including: two

DS, signed “Donald K. Slayton,” one page, 8 x 10.5, May 12, 1957. Official form for requesting a military leave in which Captain Slayton of the “Fight

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

Wally Schirra’s black Walt Disney World Mission Space jacket, size XL, embroidered on the left breast, “Wally Schirra” and “Mission Space,” with a col

Scott Carpenter’s black Warner Bros. jacket manufactured by Starwears of Los Angeles, constructed of a black fabric body with leather sleeves, embroid

Signed book: Selecting the Mercury Seven. Chichseter, UK: Springer-Praxis, 2011. Softcover, 6.75 x 9.5, 371 pages. Signed on the title page in black f

Interesting circa 1963 lunar globe produced by Paul Rath Verlag, Leipzig, for Pergamon Press, 13? in diameter, displayed on a wooden stand with inlaid

Highly sought-after vintage color 15 x 20.75 print of a launching Titan III rocket by Martin Marietta conceptual illustrator James Boren, signed in va