RR Auction: Space and Aviation

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