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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Charlie Duke’s Apollo 16 Flown Flag5089 - Charlie Duke’s Apollo 16 Flown Flag
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Remarkable flown American flag carried to the surface of the moon on the Apollo 16 mission, 5.5 x 3.75, signed and flight-certified in black ink, “Thi
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Estimate : 10,000.00 - 12,000.00
 
 
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Charlie Duke’s Apollo 16 Flown Robbins Medal5090 - Charlie Duke’s Apollo 16 Flown Robbins Medal
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Flown sterling silver Apollo 16 Robbins medal, approximately 1.5? in diameter, with a raised design of the Apollo 16 mission insignia on the face and
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Estimate : 10,000.00 - 12,000.00
 
 
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Charlie Duke’s Apollo 16 Flown Beta Cloth5092 - Charlie Duke’s Apollo 16 Flown Beta Cloth
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Flown 9 x 8.5 swatch of Beta cloth bearing a 3.5? diameter Apollo 16 mission emblem in the center, signed and flight-certified in black ink, “This Bet
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Estimate : 4,000.00 - 6,000.00
 
 
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Charlie Duke’s Test Pilot School Signed Photograph5093 - Charlie Duke’s Test Pilot School Signed Photograph
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Official glossy 10 x 8 United States Air Force photo of the graduating 1965 test pilot school class of 6H–C, featuring four future NASA astronauts, si
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Charlie Duke’s Apollo 16 Signed Insurance Cover5094 - Charlie Duke’s Apollo 16 Signed Insurance Cover
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Apollo 16 insurance cover with a cachet of the mission insignia and two sets of astronaut wings, bearing an April 16, 1972, Kennedy Space Center launc
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Gene Kranz’s Apollo 16 Operations Badge5095 - Gene Kranz’s Apollo 16 Operations Badge
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Kranz’s laminated Apollo badge for the NASA Manned Spacecraft Center, Mission Control Center-Houston, 2.5 x 3.75, stamped with his name, “Eugene F. Kr
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Gene Kranz’s Apollo 16 Launch Phase Timeline5096 - Gene Kranz’s Apollo 16 Launch Phase Timeline
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Comprehensive handwritten timeline for the launch phase of Apollo 16, six gridded pages, 8.5 x 11, written by Kranz in felt tip and colored pencil. Th
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 2,500.00
 
 
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Guenter Wendt’s Apollo 16 Flown Flag5097 - Guenter Wendt’s Apollo 16 Flown Flag
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Magnificent flown American flag carried on the Apollo 16 mission, 5.75 x 3.75, signed and flight-certified in black ballpoint, “This U. S. flag, flown
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Estimate : 8,000.00 - 10,000.00
 
 
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Gene Cernan’s Apollo 17 Flown Camera Gray Scale5098 - Gene Cernan’s Apollo 17 Flown Camera Gray Scale
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Flown camera grayscale wheel carried into lunar orbit aboard the Apollo 17 command module ‘America,’ measuring 5.75? in diameter, featuring a range of
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Estimate : 3,000.00 - 5,000.00
 
 
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Gene Cernan’s Apollo 17 Flown Descent Engine Throttle Schematic5099 - Gene Cernan’s Apollo 17 Flown Descent Engine Throttle Schematic
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Flown schematic for the descent engine throttling signal flow carried on the Apollo 17 mission, 10.5 x 37, signed and flight-certified in black felt t
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Estimate : 5,000.00 - 7,000.00
 
 
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