RR Auction's Space & Aviation Auction

Ten items: two hardcover books: The Art of Composition, featuring Shepard’s name on the first free-end page, printed in blue ballpoint, “A. B. Shepard

Three piece wooden model of the single-seated Mercury capsule that carried astronaut Alan Shepard on a sub-orbital flight in 1961 as the first America

A large assortment of clothing and personal gear issued to Shepard while at the Naval Academy. Most of the gear issued bears either Shepard’s name ste

Collection of approximately 52 letters and a telegram sent to Shepard, all sent to Shepard while at the United States Naval Academy, almost all from f

Original, and most likely one-of-a-kind museum or contractor’s 1/4 scale precision model vintage 1961 Mercury-Redstone Space Capsule. Capsule measure

Cooper’s B-26-B,-C Pilot’s Amplified Check List, 4.5 x 7.5, bound by two staples at the top and dated “(Revised 22 July 1953).” A nine card check list

Terrific postal cover, postmarked February 20, 1962, Patrick Air Force Base in Florida, the date of Glenn’s launch, signed in ink by Alan Shepard, Gus

Commemorative cover with a cachet honoring the second man orbit shot of a missile fired from Cape Canaveral, signed vertically in blue and black ink,

Soft cover notebook entitled ‘Cruise Notes, Shepard, AB 1/c, 19th Div.,” 7 x 8.5, bearing a printed black felt tip signature to the bottom right corne

Series 1957 silver certificate one dollar bill, signed on the portrait side in blue ink by Alan B. Shepard, Donald K. Slayton, John H. Glenn, John ‘Sh