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