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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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LINDBERGH PHOTOGRAPHS. Group of approximately 28 black and white photographs, various sizes, 10 x 8 inches and smaller, mostly press photographs with captions printed or pasted on verso, a little curled and dog-eared, a handful of copy prints.
RICHARD EVELYN BYRD COLLECTION. Small group of documents and photographs relating to Byrd, comprising:
AMERICAN AVIATORS. Collection of approximately 72 black and white photographs, various sizes, mostly around 5 x 7 inches.
IGOR SIKORSKY ARCHIVE. 1. Typed Letter Signed ("W.W. Cargill"), 2¼ pp, 11 x 8 inches, Bridgeport, CT, June 4, 1930,
ALBUMEN PRINT OF THE MOON FROM 1874. DRAPER, HENRY. 1837-1882, attributed. "Clavius, the moons diameter 30 inches," probably from Hastings-on-Hudson, NY, February 28, 1874,
THE MOON AT 167 HOURS. HENRY, PAUL P. AND PROSPER M. The Moon at 167 hours, from the Paris Observatory, March 27, 1890,
THE MOON AT 215 HOURS. HENRY, PAUL P. AND PROSPER M. The Moon at 215 hours, from the Paris Observatory, March 29, 1890,
THE GREAT NEBULA IN ORION. Black and white photograph of the Great Nebula in Orion, by Andrew Ainslie Common.
VON BRAUN ON SPACE AND PHYSICS. Typed Sentiment Signed ("Wernher von Braun"), 1 p, 9 x 7½ inches.
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THIOKOL'S VERSION OF THE V-2 ROCKET. Spool of 16mm motion picture film, in metal canister with paper label titled twice in ink, including "Copy of RMI-Thiokol V-2 film."
SOVIET SURFACE-TO-AIR MISSILE ENGINE. Liquid propellant sustainer powerplant, designed by the bureau of celebrated rocket engine designer Alexei M. Isayev.
USSR'S ANSWER TO THE SATURN V. Very large model of the Soviet N1-L3 rocket, one of two examples produced by Energia Corporation.
LITTLE JOE BLUEPRINTS. 1. "Little Joe Capsule & Adapter," blueprint, July 14, 1959.
SCHIRRA, DOUGLAS F3D, AND THE SIDEWINDER. LEYDENFROST, ALEXANDER, artist. Douglas F3D Skyknights in flight over a bombed factory,
MERCURY CAPSULE. 1. Pencil sketch of the Mercury capsule, April 27, 1959,
MERCURY ASTRONAUTS—SIGNED. Black and white photograph, 8 x 10 inches, with printed NASA identification information along upper border.
ORIENTATION OF THE MERCURY FLIGHT CAMERAS. "Camera Orientation for Mercury Capsules," blueprint, NASA Mercury Field Operations,
SCHIRRA'S APOLLO CREW SELECTION MEMO. THE BEGINNING OF THE ASTRONAUT "PECKING ORDER."
TRACKING CHART FOR SCHIRRA'S FLIGHT—SIGNED. MA-8 Tracking and Communications Networks. NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, 1962.
MERCURY SPACECRAFT—SIGNED. Color photograph, 10 x 8 inches.
MERCURY STAMP FIRST DAY COVER—SIGNED. Postal envelope with a Cape Canaveral, Florida postmark dated February 20, 1962,
JOHN GLENN AND FRIENDSHIP 7. Black and white photograph, 8 x 10 inches, printed NASA captions on verso.
CARPENTER CLOSE-UP. Black and white photograph, 10 x 8 inches, printed NASA captions on verso.
CARPENTER'S LAUNCH. Black and white photograph, 10 x 8 inches, printed NASA captions on verso.
SCHIRRA TRAINING. Black and white photograph, 10 x 8 inches, printed NASA captions on verso.
SCHIRRA'S LAUNCH. Color photograph, 10 x 8 inches.
SCHIRRA SPEAKS TO JFK and OTHERS. Black and white photograph, 10 x 8 inches, printed NASA captions on verso.
THE BEST MERCURY FLIGHT! Color photograph, 8 x 10 inches, with a red NASA ID number at the upper border and printed NASA captions on verso.
MERCURY AND APOLLO ASSEMBLAGE. Three items mounted together, two being flown: 1. Flown Christian flag, 4 x 6 inches, made of silk.
COOPER—PHOTOGRAPHER IN ORBIT. Color photograph, 8 x 10 inches, with a NASA ID number at the upper border and printed NASA captions on verso.
ORIGINAL MERCURY SEVEN. Large color photograph, 14 x 11 inches, c.1959, printed later.
MERCURY SEVEN FLYERS. Large color photograph, 11 x 14 inches, c.1960, printed later.
CAPE CANAVERAL LAUNCH PAD MAP—SIGNED. Air Force Eastern Test Range, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Facilities Location Map. Compiled and drawn by the Facilities Engineering Department of Pan American World Airways, Aerospace Services Division, April 1975.
MOON SHOT—SIGNED BY SHEPARD. Moon Shot: the Inside Story of America's Race to the Moon. Atlanta, GA: Turner, 1994.
STAR CITY—SIGNED BY GAGARIN. [In Russian:] Zvezdograd. Literaturno-hudozhestvennyi. [Star City. Literary Almanac.] N.p.: 1964.
1964 NEW YORK WORLD'S FAIR—SPACE PARK. 2 fanciful artist's impressions of interiors at the New York World's Fair, ink, watercolor and gouache on board and paper mounted on board,
CARRIED FOUR DAYS ON GEMINI FOUR. FLOWN United States flag, silk, 4 x 6 inches.
CONRAD'S MISSION EMBLEM CARRIED ON GEMINI 5. 8 DAYS OR BUST—THE U.S. NOW LEADS IN SPACE EXPLORATION.
EIGHT DAYS OR BUST—CREW SIGNED. Large color photograph, 16 x 20 inches.
YOU NEED A SHAVE!—CREW SIGNED. Color photograph, 10 x 8 inches.
STAFFORD'S MCDONNELL PRESS REFERENCE BOOK—SIGNED. STAFFORD ON TRAINING AND THE 24 G ESCAPE. Gemini Press Reference Book, Gemini Spacecraft Number Six. St. Louis, MO: October 11, 1965.
STAFFORD'S GEMINI COVER—ARMSTRONG-SIGNED. Postal envelope with an Orbit Covers cachet featuring images of all the Gemini Astronauts.
GEMINI 6 CREW WITH STAR GLOBE. Black and white photograph, 8 x 10 inches, with NASA captions on verso.
FIRST SPACE RENDEZVOUS. Color photograph, 11 x 14 inches.
DRAFT COPY FOR NEIL ARMSTRONG'S COMMENTS. "Comment draft chapter of Gemini narrative history, Chapter 16: Trials of Agena and Gemini VIII," NASA/MSC,
GEMINI 9 LAUNCH GAG—WE TRY HARDER. Black and white photograph, 8 x 10 inches, with NASA captions on verso.
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