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A limited edition presentation containing a 1.5? long segment of film from Liberty Bell 7’s pilot observation camera, recovered from the Atlantic Ocea

Flown screw from Gus Grissom’s Liberty Bell 7, recovered from the Atlantic Ocean on July 20, 1999. Screw bolt measures approximately .5? in length and

Flown small silver piece of battery fragment from Carpenter’s Mercury mission. Fragment is encased in a 1.5 x 1.5 block of Lucite with a small piece o

Large block of flown heat shield from the Aurora 7 spacecraft, measuring approximately 1 x 1 x 1, affixed to a wooden base bearing a metal plaque, whi

Three small pieces of mission-used wire from the umbilical head of Gus Grissom’s Liberty Bell 7 space craft. Pieces measure about .75? long. The umbil

Flown soft white cloth wipe from the Mercury-Atlas 9 mission sealed in its original clear laminate film packaging, 2.75 x 3.25, bearing a piece of red

A cut cross section of the umbilical cable released from the Atlas rocket used to launch John Glenn into orbit on February 20, 1962, measuring approxi

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

Vehicle permit, signed “Virgil I. Grissom,” one page both sides, 5 x 3, July 16, 1961. Cape Canaveral Missile Test Area temporary vehicle permit, fill

Twenty-day Cape Canaveral Missile Test Area temporary vehicle permit, issued to John Glenn for his 1962 Thunderbird, signed “J. H. Glenn, Jr.,” one pa

Certificate presented to Cooper by the Chamber of Commerce of the United States, one page, 10.25 x 15, April 30, 1962. The Chamber of Commerce’s “Grea

Carbon of Cooper’s form DD 771 military eyewear prescription, 5.25 x 8.5, dated December 12, 1973. Form provides Cooper’s eye information as well as p

Gordon Cooper’s personal copy of a Project Mercury background sheet, four pages, 8.5 x 11. Paper begins, “As progress in scientific programs is measur

Unsigned book: Project Mercury: A Chronology by James M. Grimwood. Washington, DC: NASA, 1963. Hardcover, 8.5 x 10.5, 238 pages. Rare NASA publication

Unsigned book: This New Ocean: A History of Project Mercury. Washington, DC: NASA, 1966. Hardcover, 7 x 10, 681 pages. NASA publication SP-4201 featur

Signed book: We Seven. First edition. NY: Simon & Schuster, 1962. Hardcover, 5.75 x 8.5, 473 pages. Signed in blue felt tip on the first free en...

Results of the Project Mercury Ballistic and Orbital Chimpanzee Flights booklet, NASA publication SP-39, 1963, 8 x 10.25, 71 pages, containing numerou

Commemorative cover with a cachet honoring the Mercury Seven, signed in blue and black ink, “Virgil I. Grissom,” “J. H. Glenn, Jr.,” “D. K. Slayton,”

Vintage ink and ballpoint signatures, “J. H. Glenn, Jr. ,” “Leroy G. Cooper, Jr.,” “M. Scott Carpenter,” and “Walter M. Schirra, Jr.” (adding a Mercur

Two items comprising of a gag coupon and fare payment for Cooper’s Mercury flight: a handwritten gag coupon, signed “G. F. Wendt, Proprietor,” 3 x 2,

Off-white envelope, 6.5 x 3.5, signed in blue and black ink, “Alan B. Shepard, Jr.,” “Walter M. Schirra, Jr.,” “John H. Glenn, Jr.,” “Virgil I. Grisso

DS , signed “Leroy G. Cooper, Jr.,” one page, 7.75 x 3.25, July 1, 1974. Cooper’s 1974 Colorado resident fishing license, filled out in another hand a

Rare Liberty Bell 7 launch cover with a cachet honoring the Project Mercury program, and canceled July 21, 1961, Patrick Air Force base, for Grissom...

Newsreel entitled “Return of a Hero” on a reel of black-and-white 35mm film, 7.25? in diameter, labeled on an exterior cardboard ring, “Universal Film

Vintage wooden model of a Mercury Redstone rocket, with detachable capsule, measuring 8.5? tall, complete with its square wooden base for an overall s

Cooper’s NASA pilot’s license, signed “Leroy G. Cooper, Jr.,” one page, 8 x 10.25, stamp-dated August 7, 1959, with a small clipped photo of Cooper af

Extremely rare original operations manual titled “Project Mercury Spacecraft 16 Flight Operations Manual,” contract NAS 5-59, basic date August 1, 196

Original color chart, 36 x 10, titled in the lower left, “Mercury Orbit Chart MOC-6. 1st Edition—February 1963, Published by the USAF,” picturing all

Two terrific photo displays: one 10.25 x 13 color photo of Gus Grissom, Alan Shepard, Deke Slayton, Scott Carpenter, Wally Schirra, John Glenn, and Go

Souvenir handwritten autobiographical statement entitled “Testimony of a Fortunate Man,” one page, 8.5 x 11, personal letterhead, no date. In part: “T

Spiral-bound report entitled “Summary Report DOD Support of Project Mercury July 1959–June 1963,” 8.5 x 10.75, 79 pages, with the opening line of the

TLS signed “J. H. Glenn, Jr,” one page, 7.5 x 9.5, January 15, 1965. Letter to an admirer concerning his health and fitness after suffering a head inj

Color satin-finish 10 x 8 composite photo, signed in black felt tip. In very fine condition.

Color satin-finish 10 x 8 photo of Carpenter during his Mercury water egress training, signed in blue felt tip, “Scott Carpenter, Mercury Training.” I

Vintage color 8 x 10 NASA photo of Carpenter in a jacket and tie, with a Mercury 7 lapel pin, signed in black ink, “Best wishes—M. Scott Carpenter.” I

Color satin-finish 8 x 10 photo of Cooper in his space suit sitting in an ejection seat, signed in black felt tip. In very fine condition.

Color satin-finish 8 x 10 photo of Cooper posing in his Mercury flight suit and shrouded in mist, signed in blue felt tip, “Gordon Cooper, Faith 7.” I

Color satin-finish 8 x 10 photo of Cooper still in his capsule after splashdown, signed in black felt tip, “Gordon Cooper, Faith 7 Mercury.” In very f

Color satin-finish 10 x 8 photo of Cooper leaning against a jet, signed in black felt tip, “Gordon Cooper, Mercury astronaut.” In very fine condition.

Color satin-finish 8 x 10 photo of Cooper in his Gemini space suit, signed in blue felt tip, “Gordon Cooper, Gemini V.” In very fine condition.

Glossy 8 x 10 photo of John Glenn, Scott Carpenter, and Wally Schirra posing inside a capsule, signed in black felt tip by all three astronauts. In fi

Color satin-finish 8 x 10 photo of Glenn in his Mercury space suit, signed in the upper left in black felt tip. In very fine condition.

Glossy 10 x 8 NASA photo of Glenn entering his Mercury capsule before launch, signed in black felt tip. In very fine condition.

Color satin-finish 10 x 8 photo of Glenn in flight, signed in black felt tip. In fine condition.

Color limited-edition satin-finish 10 x 8 composite photo, numbered 26/300, signed in black felt tip by Gordon Cooper, Wally Schirra, John Glenn, and

Color satin-finish 10 x 8 composite photo of Schirra in flight during his Mercury mission, signed in the lower border in black felt tip, “Wally Schrra

Color vintage 8 x 10 NASA photo of Shepard in a suit and tie, signed and inscribed in black felt tip “To Raymonda, with my regards, Alan Shepard.” In

Glossy 8 x 10 second generation NASA photo of Shepard in his Mercury space suit, signed in black felt tip. In very fine condition.

Vintage glossy 8.5 x 10 NASA photo of Shepard in his Mercury flight suit, signed in blue ballpoint, “Alan B. Shepard, Jr.” In very good condition, wit

Color vintage 8 x 10 NASA photo, signed and inscribed in black ballpoint, “To Lee & Helen, for the gallery from one of the original rogues! Alan...