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Sale 105
June 30 - July 1 2018 Manuscript, Space and Collectibles Sale
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Lot 813 |
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U.S.S. New Orleans Apollo 14 Recovery Crew Baseball Cap #2. Property of a crew member aboard the recovery ship U.S.S. New Orleans for the Apollo 14 splashdown. Alan B. Shepard, Jr., Stuart A. Roosa, Edgar D. Mitchell flew a modified capsule, especially with regards to the oxygen tanks after the Apollo 13 mishap. We are offering two Apollo 14 caps in this auction. This one most definitely shows use and has for some reason an Apollo 15 button attached to it. We are leaving it exactly as consigned. Size small and has elastic in cap but not really adjustable. Estimate Value $200 - UP
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$324 |
Lot 814 |
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Collection of Aerospace Items: Apollo 14 Flown Beta Cloth Sample in Lucite Paperweight Ltd. 200. Collection of Space/Aerospace collectibles. The best items are 1.) Apollo 14 flown beta cloth sample that was flown to the Moon on display in a lucite presentation paper weight # 191 of 200 with sample coming from the collection of Edgar Mitchell. COA in base, and comes in original box. Mint. 2.) 1948 Dedication brochure/program of the Palomar Observatory and the Hale Telescope at the California Institute of Technology. June 3, 1948 in very fine condition 3.) Department of the Navy Certificate of Appreciation of The First Submerged Launching of a Ballistic Missile From a Submarine 20 July 1960 personally signed by RADM W. F. Raborn. Estimate Value $200 - UP
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$312 |
Lot 815 |
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Superb Apollo 15 Crew Signed Vintage Photo Presented To NASA Employee. Excellent vintage color litho 8 x 10" color photograph taken on the Hadley-Apennine landing site showing LM and Rover with James Irwing saluting the flag. Signatures are " Dave Scott Apollo 15 CDR.", "Al Worden Apollo 15 CMP and last, Irwin has signed "His Love From The Moon, Jim Irwin". Also included is presentation of thanks to the "dedicated NASA employee" complete with Apollo 15 emblem. Estimate Value $500 - UP
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$832 |
Lot 816 |
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Two Transmissions From Space: Data Strips from Mariner 2 and Apollo 15. Great for space collectors of every age, two transmission strips from two eras of America's space exploration. The first is a data information strip receiving information from the Mariner 2 spacecraft while in the vicinity of Venus, likely radiometric temperature readings. Included is an information sheet and a copy of a note by a JPL senior director who provided the strips, a Mariner 2 commemorative cover from Dec. 1962 with explanation card of communication waves as well as a wonderful vintage original 8 x 10" black and white photo of of Mariner 2 during testing at JPL. The other strip is a data read-out from the instrument package left on the moon known as ALSEP that measures seismographic activity (vibrations) beneath the moon's surface. Comes with COA and fact sheet. Estimate Value $200 - 200
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$179 |
Lot 817 |
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Complete Set of Five (5) Apollo 15 Lunar Orbit Charts (A-D) Dated 7/26/71 and One Lunar Contingency Chart. Complete set of five "Roll Maps" used for training on Apollo 15. There are four charts labeled A, B, C, and D and one identified as Contingency. These maps are 13" in width and about 150 inches in length and taped together end to end to form a doughnut. These were used in training for the mission and all dated July 26, 1971 property of one of the NASA flight directors. In mint folded condition and very detailed. Also including a very small map with no specific training number 35 inches in length and taped end to end with director's name typed discretely on strip. Estimate Value $200 - UP
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$1,120 |
Lot 818 |
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Apollo 15, LM 10, Flight Director's Comprehensive Operations Handbook + Memos. Large 5-ring binder of the Flight Director's Apollo Operations Handbook Lunar Module LM 10 and Subsequent Subsystems Data. Comprehensive systems handbook with a staggering amount of charts, graphs, technical specs, illustrations and diagrams issued by Grumman and NASA. Also included in the binder are two original memos, one full page and completely handwritten to the flight director regarding concerns. Estimate Value $150 - UP
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$1,600 |
Lot 819 |
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Archive of Flight Director's Apollo Lunar Module Workbooks and Ringed Binders ca.1970s. From the archive of the flight director, three rubber-band-bound/loose ringed workbooks and countless notes and memos all dated around 1970 mostly addressing Apollo 14. All three bundles were removed by the director and filed away. First a large, comprehensive handbook, Lunar Module Systems Handbook LM-8 Vehicle prepared by the Flight Control Division with countless schematics, illustrations, charts, graphs and specs, including lunar surface equipment. The second rubber-banded file is a personal trove of memos, notes and graphs with substantial original hand written notes and graphs addressing structure, equipment, loads, suit and cabin details that promises hours of review. Finally a thick bundle of memos again issue by the Flight Control Division with changes and revisions to the Lunar Module Systems Handbook. This lot is fascinating material but definitely exhibits use. Fascinating reference material. Estimate Value $350 - UP
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$1,600 |
Lot 820 |
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Apollo 16: Three Ascent Lunar Surface Maps For Training Purposes. Three ascent monitor charts of the lunar surface dated April 16, 1972. These were used for training purposes, printed on plasticine photographic paper. Two of the Descartes Traverse Areas measure 10½ x 16" and the other 10½ x 14". The third is 8 x 32" and indicates in printed circle the Apollo 16 landing site. All three in excellent condition and fantastic training pieces. Estimate Value $200 - UP
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$371 |
Lot 821 |
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Apollo 16: Outstanding CSM Lunar Landmark Photographic Maps Used in Training. Ringed training manual, a collection of 13 maps made of platicine photography paper most dated February 23, 1972 and April 16,1972 that show coordinates of the Moon, titles of areas and craters and the surface in remarkable detail. Each photo is 10½ x 8" but three fold out to 10½ x 23". These were well archived and in excellent condition with great appeal for collectors of vintage original NASA training materials as well as astronomers. Estimate Value $250 - UP
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$1,056 |
Lot 822 |
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Complete Set of Five (5) Apollo 16 Lunar Orbit Charts (A-D) Dated 4/16/72 and One Lunar Contingency Chart. Complete set of five "Roll Maps" used for training on Apollo 16. There are four charts labeled A, B, C, and D and one identified as Contingency. These maps are 13" in width and about 150 inches in length and taped together end to end to form a doughnut. These were used in training for the mission and all dated February, 1972, property of one of the NASA flight directors. In mint folded condition and very detailed. Estimate Value $200 - UP
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$1,088 |
Lot 823 |
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Apollo 16 Visual Observation Lunar Landmark Site Training Maps 25+, Dated February and March 1972. Outstanding training maps for the Apollo 16 mission to train crew visually the lunar target areas by assessing craters, peaks, terracing and other topographic details. Visual target areas include North and South Ray, Keptyn, Alphonsus but most certainly Descartes. Loose collection, many of the maps printed on thick photographic paper, all with impressive clarity. This is a fantastic lot for the collector of vintage original Apollo space mission materials as well as astronomy. Most 8 x 10½". Excellent. Estimate Value $300 - UP
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$1,620 |
Lot 824 |
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Apollo 16; 14 Lunar Surface Training Maps Dated February, 1972. 14 total training maps of the lunar surface used for Apollo 16. Each map is tabbed with grid intervals of map representing: one at 800 meters, next at 400 meters, and finally, 12 detailed maps with grid intervals at 200 meters. In three-ring folio with each map measuring just at 8 x 10½" and dated February 23, 1972. Excellent condition. Estimate Value $250 - UP
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$1,800 |
Lot 825 |
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Spectacular Apollo 17 Flown Flag and Presentation In Recognition of 37 Year NASA Director and Senior Manager. Unique and spectacular Apollo 17 Flown Flag Presentation in recognition of 37 years of distinguished service at NASA that was awarded to a celebrated former engineer, technical expert, flight director and senior manager. This is a wood, 20" diameter plaque with two engraved panels with Apollo, Skylab, ASTP and Shuttle Emblems along with images of the various technical achievements he participated in during his long career as well as an image of Texas his home state and location of NASA. At center and protected under a lucite panel, a rare United States flag that was flown aboard Apollo 17, the last manned mission to the Moon, December 7-19, 1972. This was presented by NASA in March of 2004. Absolutely outstanding in every regard. In excellent condition and one of a kind. Estimate Value $4,000 - UP
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$5,280 |
Lot 826 |
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Apollo 17 Large, Flown, Ablative Heat Shield Plug Property of the Flight Director. From NASA's last manned mission to the Moon, a rare, flown Apollo 17 large ablative heat shield plug encased in a circular piece of lucite and engraved in black along bottom, ''Apollo 17, Dec. 6-19, 1972''. Heat shield plugs are made of fiberglass which is hand-filled with an ablative resin material in order to limit high heat exposure during re-entry. These are highly prized by collectors and this one is particularly fine. No scratches, chips or clouding and the piece exceptional showing the deep black scorch caused from re-entry. Outstanding piece! 3¾ x 3¾ x 3½". From the collection of the Flight Director of Apollo 17. Estimate Value $900 - UP
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$6,000 |
Lot 827 |
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Apollo 17, 1972. "Too Beautiful to Have Happened By Accident," Limited Edition Multicolor Lithograph Signed by Alan Bean. No. 110/600, 35 x 26". Published by Long & Company, Houston, 1984. Signed in pencil by Alan Bean at lower right. This lithograph is almost never available today (the edition sold out in 1995). Printed in the lower border is a quote from Bean. In part, "Apollo 17 astronaut Eugene Cernan said, 'When I stood on the moon and looked up at the earth, I felt it was just too beautiful to have happened by accident….'" Fine. Matted and framed to an overall size of 38¼ x 29¼. A couple of scuffs to frame, else fine. Estimate Value $600 - UP
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$1,120 |
Lot 828 |
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Lladro Porcelain Commemorative Sculpture "Apollo Landing". Lladro porcelain, Spain's extraordinary porcelain and glass company enjoying decades of acclaim and popularity issued this commemorative for one year only in 1994 then retired. Designed by Salvador Furio, figure stands 13½ x 7¼ x 7". This is our first time to offer this piece to or collectors of space and space related ephemera. Piece is mint, free of any cracks or repairs, and comes in its original box with framed and signed certificate of authenticity. A very handsome piece and great for collectors of space. Estimate Value $350 - UP
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$218 |
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