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Sale 111
The Manuscript & Collectibles Auction
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Lot 1005 |
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Apollo 16: Flown Flag Carried to the Moon in Crew-Signed Presentation. Apollo 16 flown US Flag in attractive framed presentation signed by John Young, Ken Mattingly and Charlie Duke. Also included in presentation is the Apollo 16 emblem screened on Beta cloth. To the right of presentation is an inscription, "To Frank Di Genova, thanks for helping to make this possible" possibly in Mattingly's hand. Di Genova was a long NASA beginning in the early 1960s. A terrific piece without fading or discoloration to the flag, Beta cloth or signatures. Framed to 12 x 15". A nice find. Estimate Value $3,000 - UP
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$5,250 |
Lot 1006 |
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Post Apollo 11 Parachute Deployment Mortar Container With Two Other Apollo Containers Inside With 80+ Tubes of Seeds. Heads up! A most unusual lot from the 1960s, post Apollo 11. Lot consists of a strong green metal container with a bolt-locking steel band to secure the lid, which clearly housed a parachute deployment mortar used by the command module during re-entry. Date is Septermber 25, 1969 and was shipped to Wyle Laboratories Testing Facility in Norco, California by Northrop Ventura in Newbury Park, California. The container alone is a great piece of ephemera especially clearly identified as APOLLO and in bold red letters, FOR TEST ONLY. Container also says once empty, to return to NAA Space Division (later Rockwell.) But inside were two additional containers painted white showing evidence of use with APOLLO spray stenciled on side in red likewise with bolt-locking steel bands. Inside both containers were small tubes and packet of seeds identified with instructions inside for their ideal germination. Goldberg Auctions has reached out to several experts all having different opinions. Suffice to say, the containers are fantastic Apollo era artifacts, the vegetable seeds in tubes/packs equally of interest. Note: Apollo 14 did send tree seeds into space and those were later planted in Texas, but these are all vegetable seeds. Again, a most unusual lot that intrigues. Estimate Value $800 - UP
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$550 |
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