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25 March 2013 | starting at 13:00 EDT
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LOVELL'S MOST EXTENSIVE BURN NOTES. Flown on Apollo 13, LM-7 Contingency Checklist, page 30.LOVELL'S MOST EXTENSIVE BURN NOTES. Flown on Apollo 13, LM-7 Contingency Checklist, page 30.. Sold for US$84,100 inc. premium
FLOWN APOLLO 11 CSM MANEUVER CARD. SOME OF NEIL ARMSTRONG'S MOST EXTENSIVE FLIGHT NOTES, INCLUDING ALDRIN'S ACTUAL BURN DATA FOR MCC-5. Flown Apollo 11 CSM Updates Checklist,FLOWN APOLLO 11 CSM MANEUVER CARD. SOME OF NEIL ARMSTRONG'S MOST EXTENSIVE FLIGHT NOTES, INCLUDING ALDRIN'S ACTUAL BURN DATA FOR MCC-5. Flown Apollo 11 CSM Updates Checklist,. Sold for US$64,900 inc. premium

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TWO EARLY OCTAVE CHANUTE PUBLICATIONS. 1. Aerial Navigation. New York: Railroad and Engineering Journal, 1891.
CHANUTE AND THE FIRST AIRCRAFT SOLD TO FRANCE. CHANUTE, OCTAVE. 2 Autograph Letters Signed ("O. Chanute"), 2½ pp recto and verso, in French,
WRIGHT—SOME AERONAUTICAL EXPERIMENTS. 1. Some Aeronautical Experiments. December, 1901.
FABRIC FROM THE KITTY HAWK FLYER, 1903. 1. Swatch of fabric, 1½ x 1¼ inches,
BEGINNING OF HUMAN FLIGHT—ORVILLE'S COPY. The Beginnings of Human Flight. New York: [the Wright Company, 1916].
CHARLES TAYLOR—MAKER OF FIRST WRIGHT ENGINE. 2 letters relating to Charles E. Taylor [1868-1956], who built the 12hp engine of the 1903 Wright Brother airplane.
WRIGHT BROTHERS AT HUFFMAN PRAIRIE. 1. Black and white photograph, 6 x 11 inches, touched up for publication, inkstamp of agency Pacific & Atlantic Photos on verso.
WILBUR SOARS AT HUNAUDIERES, LE MANS. Tinted black and white photograph, 9¾ x 23½ inches.
WRIGHT AT HUNAUDIERES, AUGUST 1908. Group of 4 black and white photographs, 5 x 7 inches, 3 with inkstamped credits on verso of M. Rol, the fourth with credit of M. Branger.
WRIGHT AT CAMP D'AUVOURS, AUGUST 1908. Group of 8 black and white photographs, 4 x 5 inches and smaller, mounted on 2 album leaves.
WRIGHT AT CAMP D'AUVOURS, 1908. Group of 15 black and white photographs, 5 x 7 inches and other sizes, inkstamps on verso of Rol, Photographie du Journal, Branger, and Théodoresco.
ORVILLE CONVINCES THE ARMY HE CAN FLY. Black and white photograph, 3½ x 9½ inches, with inkstamped credit on verso of Harris & Ewing and photo agency information.
WRIGHT'S RECORD FLIGHT, OCTOBER 10, 1908. Group of 4 black and white photographs, 5 x 7 inches, with inkstamped credits on verso of M. Rol, Jacques Boyer, and Photographie du Journal.
1908 PARIS DINNER MENU—SIGNED BY WILBUR. Single-sheet menu, "Diner offert par l'Aéro-Club de France en l'honneur de Wilbur Wright," 12 x 9½ inches,
WRIGHT FLYER AT THE PARIS AIR SHOW, 1908. 2 black and white photographs, 7 x 9 and 7 x 5 inches, the larger with inkstamp on verso of M. Rol.
1908 PARIS AIR SHOW REPORT. Rapport sur le Premier Salon de l'Aéronautique, Grand Palais, Paris, Décembre 1908. Paris: Librairie des Sciences Aéronautiques, [1908].
FOR THE CONQUEST OF THE AIR. LUPIN, artist. Pour la Conquête de l'air. For the Conquest of the Air. Paris: L. Monroqc, [1908].
WILBUR WRIGHT EN PLEIN VOL. SEROUGART, A., artist. L'aéroplane de Wilbur Wright en plein vol. [N.p.: c.1908.]
JUNE BUG AND CURTISS NO. 1. Group of 4 black and white photographs, 4½ x 6½ inches and smaller.
SILVER DART, 1908. Group of 4 black and white photographs, 4½ x 6½ inches and smaller.
ORIGINAL ILLUSTRATION OF CURTISS IN FLIGHT. RUDAUX, HENRI EDMOND. Large depiction of Glenn Curtiss in profile winning the Gordon Bennet Cup in 1909 at Reims,
BLERIOT CHASES CURTISS—1909 BENNETT CUP. 2 large black and white photographs, each approximately 10 x 12 inches, mounted.
GLENN CURTISS COLLECTION. A substantial collection of photographs, documents and ephemera relating to Glenn Curtiss. images including
WORLDS COLLIDE AT PAU, 1909. Black and white photograph, 7½ x 10 inches, mounted.
PAU 1909: A MAN AND HIS FLYING MACHINE. Black and white photograph, 7 x 9½ inches, mounted.
WRIGHT AND A ROYAL DISPLAY. Black and white photograph, 6 x 9 inches, laid on board and irregularly trimmed.
THE WRIGHTS AT PAU, 1909. Group of 4 black and white photographs, 4½ x 7 inches or similar, 3 with inkstamped credits on verso of J. Thézard, M. Rol and M. Branger,
PILOT TRAINING, PAU, EARLY 1909. Group of 4 black and white photographs, 5 x 7 inches, 3 with inkstamped credits on verso of M. Rol.
WILBUR WRIGHT TO PAUL TISSANDIER. "YOU WILL BE RECORDMAN OF THE WORLD!" Autograph Letter Signed ("Wilbur Wright"),
AN ITALIAN WRIGHT PILOT TO ANOTHER. CALDERARA, MARIO. Autograph Letter Signed ("Mario Calderara"), in French, 8 pp recto and verso,
ORVILLE WRIGHT IN BERLIN, 1909. Group of photographs, postcards, and a document relating to Orville Wright's activities in Berlin, Germany, September 4-20, 1909.
FALL 1909 PARIS AIR RACE—SIGNED BY ORVILLE. 1. Official program for the Grande Quinzaine d'Aviation de Paris, October 7-21, 1909, printed in red and black throughout, original textured paper wrappers,
FIRST SALES BROCHURE FOR A WRIGHT PLANE. 1. Flugmaschine Wright G.m.b.H. Berlin: G. Braunbeck, [1909].
LOS ANGELES INTERNATIONAL AIR MEET, 1910. Group of 5 black and white photographs, one 7 x 8 inches, the others mostly 3 x 5 inches.
MOISANT BROTHERS. Collection of black and white photographs, documents and ephemera relating to John and Alfred Moisant, images include
WRIGHT BIPLANE WITH WHEELS, ASBURY PARK, NJ. Large black and white photograph, 10 x 13 inches, in period window mount, captioned below.
CHARLES ROLLS CROSSES THE CHANNEL TWICE. 1. Autograph Letter Signed ("C.S. Rolls"), 1 p, 10 x 8 inches, London, June 10, 1910, in French, to Paul Tissandier, on personal stationery. Together with a similar typed letter with stamped signature.
BELMONT PARK AIR MEET, NEW YORK, 1910. Group of 7 black and white photographs, various sizes, around 4 x 6 inches.
WILBUR WRIGHT AND THE COMPAGNIE. 1. Autograph Note Signed ("Wilbur Wright"), 1 p, postcard, Berlin, May 6, 1911, to Georges Tharel, a director of the Compagnie Générale de Navigation Aérienne (C.G.N.A.), thanking him for a letter and enclosure and saying it amused him.
SKETCHES BY WILBUR WRIGHT FOR TISSANDIER. Two sheets of graph paper, 18 x 12 inches and 7 x 4 inches,
ORVILLE AND THE 1911 GLIDER AT KILL DEVIL HILLS. Group of 11 black and white photographs, 5½ x 7 inches and slightly smaller, most with inkstamped credit on verso of the P-J Press Bureau of Philadelphia.
WRIGHT BROTHERS AND THE PATENT WAR. Small group of documents relating to the Wrights' legal battles over patents with Glenn Curtiss and others, comprising:
WILBUR WRIGHT'S TYPED DRAFT OF AN ESSAY. Typed Manuscript Signed ("Wilbur Wright") at foot of the final page, 10 pp, 11 x 8½ inches, [Dayton, 1912],
SELLING THE WRIGHT FLYERS, 1912. Wright Flyers. New York: [the Wright Company, c.1912].
NEW YORK FROM THE AIR, 1912. Group of 3 black and white photographs, 5 x 7 inches, with inkstamped credits on verso of M. Rol.
2,000 MILES UP THE MISSISSIPPI. Group of 5 black and white photographs, approximately 4 x 6 inches, with inkstamped credits and captions on verso of M. Rol.
CURTISS' HYDRO-AIRCRAFT PATENT. 1. Printed document, 1 p, 12½ x 8 inches, executed February 15, 1917, accomplished in typescript and manuscript,
LINDBERGH MEMORABILIA. 1. A square fragment of silver-coated textile, 4 x 6½ inches, believed to be from the Spirit of St. Louis.
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