Goldberg Coins and Collectibles

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Manuscript, Sports, Collectibles, Space and Philatelic Auction

Apollo Program

Lot	Photo	Description	Realized
Lot 834		1965-1980 NASA officials signed & typed letters (x3). Three typed letters on official NASA stationery. Includes 1965 letters from NASA administrator James Webb and Director Robert Gilruth (each with tape stained edges) and one 1980 letter from Michael Barry, Flight Medicine Clinic Chief. All three have interesting content and bear bold signatures. Estimated Value $250 - 300 View details and enlarged photo	Realized $75
Lot 835		1960s Saturn V rocket model. This 20" tall model was given to employee at NASA model shop, Bldg #8473, at Redstone Arsonal. Model is painted and with decals. Noted are all three stages: S-IC, S-II and S-IVB. Also noted is Insturment Unit, Service Module and Command Module. Model has three broken fins at bottom and lacke piece above Command Module. Scarce NASA model. Includes COA. Estimated Value $600 - 800 View details and enlarged photo	Realized $550
Lot 836		1968-1970s big Don Puddy working memeos holding. Hundrrds of memos involving Don Puddy as both flight controller and flight director. Some are original but most are copies. Wide variety of missions including many concerning Apollo 11 through Apollo 17 missions. Also covers ASTP, ALT, Skylab and some early Shuttle. Number of memos involving the LM. Rare offering that yields many insights into US space program. Estimated Value $1,000 - 1,500 Ex Flight Director Donald R. Puddy Estate collection. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $1,380
Lot 837		1965-1967 early LM document binder. Loose leaf 2½" binder containing various documents,all pertaining to various aspects of LM development as used by Don Puddy. Most interesting segment is the philosophy of the project. We don't recall ever seeeing anything like thses documents before. Binder is tabbed and sections include Program/Mission, Instrumentation and General Subsystems. Fascinating reading. Estimated Value $400 - 600 Ex Flight Director Donald R. Puddy Estate collection. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $960
Lot 838		1966-1967 early LM notebook. Clip folder with assortment of documents both handwritten or typed and used & notated by Don Puddy. Papers concern problems with LM that have been identified and possible 'actions' to solve them. Much surrounds 'Elec/Comm Mission Rules'. LM material of this nature is rarely offered. Opportunity to acquire original material on LM development. Estimated Value $300 - 400 Ex Flight Director Donald R. Puddy Estate collection. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $1,140
Lot 839		1964-1972 fabulous working Lunar Module manual & document group. Includes 3 manuals, 8 documents (multipaged) and more than 50 LM & space suit 8"x10" NASA photos, both B&W & color, that mainly depicts LM parts & construction. all were used during Apollo Program by Don Puddy. Manuals include '1964 Lunar Excursion Module Familiarization Manual' with notations, 'Lunar Module Systems Handbook LM-10 And Subsequent Vehicles' (with several engineering drawing foldouts and blue print) and 'Apollo Operations Handbook LM 11 and Subsequent' covering operational procedures. Documents include 1964-1968 tabbed document covering Apollo Flight Systems Administration, LM tabbed document covering Schematic Instrumentation and other topics, LM post-flight data with note cards (likely Apollo 5 mission), 'LM Assent Stage Affects On Science Data Acquisition', others. Technical and detailed information. Gives great insight into every aspect of LM operation. Valuable and historic. Estimated Value $1,000 - 1,500 Ex Flight Director Donald R. Puddy Estate collection. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $1,200
Lot 840		1964 NASA LM M-5 mockup manual. Produced by Grumman, this 150 page plastic ring bound manual titled 'NASA Inspection and Review of Lunar Excursion Module M-5 Mockup Oct 5-9, 1964' includes both text and engineering drawings & sketches with many fold outs. Put together by evaluators of the mockup and discusses basic descriptions, report on technical aspects, descrepencies, demonstrations, displays, subsystems, quality control and other factors. Also includes 8"x10" B&W photo of mockup team in front of mockup taken in October, 1964. Some cover soiling, binding has loosened with loose back cover and loose pages. Rare manual. Estimated Value $500 - 600 View details and enlarged photo	Realized $840
Lot 841		Apollo 9 through Apollo Soyuz autopened crew lithos. Group of 19 8"x10" crew lithos with crew autopens covering all manned missions from Apollo 9 through ASTP. Includes two different Apollo 15 and two different Skylab composite lithos for all crew members. Complete set of missions. Estimated Value $400 - 500 View details and enlarged photo	Realized $238
Lot 842		1960s-1970s astronaut autographs consignment balance. Group of 8 items. Includes three 8"x10" color NASA lithos with two signed Joe Kerwin portaits & one Apollo 7 crew white space suit signed by Walt Cunningham (insscribed). Also includes 8"x10" inscribed white space suit NASA red serial numbered photo signed by Vance Brand; two US postage space themed mint sheets, each signed by Jim Irwin (both faded), one framed (12"x14") and 8"x10" Apollo 12 white space suit crew signed sepia tinted photo with bold signatures of Bean, Gordon & Conrad that is inscribed (probably by Bean) and matted & framed to 15½"x21" that includes mission patch. Lastly is 9½"x7¼" color image of Apollo 15 astronaut Dave Scott saluting flag on lunar surface mounted on 14"x11" matte that is signed and inscribed by Dave Scott in 1973. Scott notes that photo was taken at Hadley-Apennine on Aug 2, 1971. Estimated Value $500 - 750 View details and enlarged photo	Realized $325
Lot 843		1960s-1990s autographed items & emphemera. Group of more than 230 items that include Buzz Aldrin signed color postcard; Space Shots trading card proof sheet signed by Jim Lovell, Bruce McCandless and V. Dzhanibekov, each of whom adds mission depicted on their card; 8"x10" STS-9 launch color litho (creased) signed by 4 crew members including John Young; Charlie Duke signed Apollo 16 8"x10" NASA lunar surface color litho (inscribed) & signed card; Tom Stafford signed ASTP crew color litho & signed KSC tour card; ASTP mission litho signed by 7 STS-71 crew members; 3 unsigned awards given to Buzz Aldrin; over 50 8"x10" color photos & lithos from Shuttle era; more than 35 primarily small emphemera pieces, many form Apollo era including matchbooks; 66 8"x10" NASA (mostly B&W) Shuttle period photos with EVas and lastly about 75 different pinback buttons with many used during space shots & other KSC activities. Estimated Value $600 - 800 View details and enlarged photo	Realized $625
Lot 844		1970s astronaut signed images (x3). Three different 8"x10" images that include Harrison Schmitt signed color white space suit photo (adds 'Apollo 17'), Wally Schirra signed B&W photo (adds 'Sigma 7') and Gene Cernan signed & inscribed color white space suit litho. All bold signatures. Estimated Value $250 - 300 View details and enlarged photo	Realized $300
Lot 845		1970s-90s Apollo astronaut signed checks (x4). Four signed personal checks, one each from Charles Conrad, Richard Gordon, Donn Eisele & Walt Cunningham. All bold signatures. Also includes one 8"x10" NASA color portrait litho for each astronaut. Estimated Value $250 - 300 View details and enlarged photos	Realized $102
Lot 846		1960s-70s big badge & decal selection. More than 90 badges & permits, including 20 VAR KSC-NASA badges used at KSC & CCAFS, all space related with very little duplication. Wide variety of categories. Also contains Shuttle program official KSC-NASA decals (x11) for support uses at Spaceport (no flight units). Estimated Value $300 - 400 View details and enlarged photo	Realized $300
Lot 847		1960s-2000s large space mission patch collection. Over 150 patches with very little, if any, duplication. Covers Apollo era through Shuttle period (vast majority). Includes NASA, Contractor, Military & Commercial patches. Very good condition. Estimated Value $300 - 400 View details and enlarged photo	Realized $336
Lot 848		1960s interesting Apollo program document group. Includes 7 different original KSC-NASA blue print schmatic drawings concerning Saturn 1B (AS-201) mission & launch complex 37/CCAFS PLUS original engineering log entries from key monitoring of Apollo/Saturn V Moon rocket propulsion tank's system. These are 'live' on-site at launch pad 39 complex supporting Apollo 12 mission in 1969. Rare group. Estimated Value $350 - 500 View details and enlarged photo	Realized $420
Lot 849		1967 Apollo 1 original 'Apollo flight crew emblem' crew patch. This is one of the genuine 'official' crew patches (3½") as given to Deke Slayton in his official capacity as Director of Flight Operations by Apollo 1 crew member Gus Grissom prior to the fire in whcih the crew lost their lives. Included is a copy of two notes (originals on file) found with the patches in Slayton's estate. One is of a NASacard reading "Item: 'Apollo Flight Crew Emblem' (Part no ACS 204/Date Sept 19/1966/Quantity/5/Aug 1966" and bears two official handstamps. 2005 Bobbi Slayton COA. Estimated Value $300 - 400 Ex Astronaut Donald K Slayton Estate collection. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $552