RR Auction: The NASA Collection of Leon Ford

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ALS - Autograph Letter Signed
ANS - Autograph Note Signed
AQS - Autograph Quotation Signed
AMQS - Autograph Musical Quotation Signed
DS - Document Signed
FDC - First Day Cover
Inscribed - “Personalized”
ISP - Inscribed Signed Photograph
LS - Letter Signed
SP - Signed Photograph
TLS - Typed Letter Signed
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Mercury and Gemini Astronauts Signed Display5012 - Mercury and Gemini Astronauts Signed Display
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Distinctive hand-drawn display depicting the Mercury and Gemini spacecraft and listing the names of each mission, 16.5 x 18.5, signed in felt tip and
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Estimate : 25,000.00 - 30,000.00
 
 
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Charles Conrad’s Gemini 5 Flown Systems Page5013 - Charles Conrad’s Gemini 5 Flown Systems Page
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Flown double-sided electrical-fuel cell control schematic carried aboard the Gemini 5 mission, 17 x 10.5, signed and flight-certified in black felt ti
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Gemini 9 Signed Display5014 - Gemini 9 Signed Display
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Display of four color photos commemorating Gemini IX astronauts Thomas Stafford and Gene Cernan, ranging in size from 7 x 6 to 7 x 9.25, including: an
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Gemini 6 Flown Fliteline Gold-plated Medallion5015 - Gemini 6 Flown Fliteline Gold-plated Medallion
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Scarce flown Gemini 6 Fliteline gold-plated medallion, 1? diameter, with the front featuring a raised design of the mission insignia and the reverse e
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Estimate : 3,000.00 - 4,000.00
 
 
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Gene Cernan’s Gemini 9A Flown EVA Checklist5016 - Gene Cernan’s Gemini 9A Flown EVA Checklist
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Important flown complete extravehicular activity checklist used on Gemini 9A, consisting of eleven double-sided cardstock pages bound with two metal r
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Estimate : 10,000.00 - 15,000.00
 
 
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Michael Collins’s Gemini 10 Flown Flag5017 - Michael Collins’s Gemini 10 Flown Flag
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Flown American flag carried on the Gemini 10 mission, 6 x 4, signed and flight-certified in black ink, “Carried aboard Gemini X to a world altitude re
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Estimate : 4,000.00 - 6,000.00
 
 
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Gemini 10 Flown Surgical Scissors5018 - Gemini 10 Flown Surgical Scissors
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Flown surgical scissors carried aboard the Gemini 10 mission, measuring 8.25? long, hand-engraved on the side with the NASA part number, “P/N 20542,”
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Estimate : 6,000.00 - 8,000.00
 
 
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Gemini 11 Flown Penlight5019 - Gemini 11 Flown Penlight
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Flown penlight carried on the Gemini 11 mission manufactured by Whirlpool, measuring approximately 5.5? long, with the body wrapped in Velcro and bear
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Estimate : 6,000.00 - 8,000.00
 
 
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Gemini 11 Flown Star Chart5020 - Gemini 11 Flown Star Chart
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Flown rotating circular star chart carried on the Gemini 11 mission, 9.5? in diameter, depicting the constellations seen at launch and with several af
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Estimate : 4,000.00 - 6,000.00
 
 
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Gene Kranz’s Gemini 12 Operations Badge5022 - Gene Kranz’s Gemini 12 Operations Badge
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Kranz’s laminated badge for the NASA Manned Spacecraft Center, Mission Control Center-Houston, 2.25 x 3.75, stamped with his name, “Kranz, Eugene F.,”
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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