RR Auction: Space and Aviation

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