Goldberg Coins and Collectibles

Sale 94

Manuscript & Collectibles Auction

Aerospace

Lot	Photo	Description	Realized
Lot 1043		LZ 129 Hindenburg, Collection from Doomed Airship Including Fabric Sample. LZ 129 Hindenburg (Luftschiff Zeppelin #129; Registration: D-LZ 129, Germany) was the largest commercial passenger-carrying rigid airship, It was designed and built by the Zeppelin Company and was operated by the German Zeppelin Airline Company. On May 6, 1937 disaster hit as it attempted to dock on its mooring mast in Lakehurst, New Jersey bursting into flames, a catastrophe captured on newsreel and likely one of the most famous live radio broadcasts in history. Offered here is a small collection of vintage pieces from the storied zeppelin. The signature piece is a 3 x 4" inch section of the fabric/skin from tail fins. Piece was originally in a display so glue/paper on version but still very nice. Also included is an original U.S. Naval Air Station, Lakehurst, N.J. 1937 Ground Crew Baggage Inspector's button 1½" round, a U.S. Naval Air Station 1937 Transatlantic Airship Service pass stamped American Zeppelin Transport, Inc. General U.S.Agents German Zeppelin Transport Co (pass was used for a Duralim display and is so noted). a single sheet of German stationary of onion skin paper, with Luftchiff, Hindenburg letter head and Deutsch-Zeppelin Reederei Flag, one vintage post card and a colorized re-strike photo of the Hindenberg as it sailed over Manhattan prior to leaving for Lakehurst awaiting the weather to clear. $500 - 800 View details and enlarged photo	Realized $312
Lot 1044		1937 Airship Hindenburg Metal Strut Fragment. Piece of the Hindenburg superstructure recovered at the wreck site shortly after the crash of the airship. Since the majority of the metal remnants of the airship was shipped back to Germany, few relics of the airship remain today. Nice framed wood display and a piece of history. COA included. $200 - 300 View details and enlarged photos	Unsold
Lot 1045		Mercury Freedom 7, Alan Shepard -- Randall Knife. This small 2 ½" long knife is embedded in a clear Lucite disc 4 ¼" in diameter that reads "1st Knife in Space" and "Carried by Cmdr. Shepard May 5, 1961 / Randall Made Knives, Orlando Florida." The Randall Knife Co. supplied a handmade knife to each of the Mercury 7 astronauts which were carried on their missions. This item was created to promote the knife that Alan Shepard carried aboard Freedom 7. It is unknown how many of these were initially produced but it is likely that only a few are still in existence today and are highly collectible. Piece very well maintained over the decades as lucite virtually free of scratches. $800 - 1,200 View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 1046		1961 Mercury Redstone 3 Flight-Used Umbilical Cable. Section of umbilical cable from MR-3 launch, 2" diameter and rougly ½" thick. Cable piece part of 65' long cable boom that supplied prelaunch electrical power & communications to spacecraft and was ejected 30 seconds prior to lift-off. This segment is from the collection of Mercury Project engineer, H.H. "Luge" Luetjen and has not been offered publically since 1994. In display box (unmounted). Includes Ken Havekotte COA. $500 - 750 View details and enlarged photo	Realized $375
Lot 1047		Astronaut Signed Earth Color Litho. Striking 8 x 9" color litho of Earth shot from space with bold signatures of astronauts Wally Schirra, Jim Lovell and Jim Irwin. Autographs are strategically placed on Antarctica ice cap and major storm cloud, thereby being clear and sharp. $250 - 350 View details and enlarged photo	Realized $180
Lot 1048		Rare "Apollo CSM Test Team" Lapel Pin. The pin is gold in color with "Apollo CSM" at the top and "Test Team" at the bottom of a globe with "Apollo" across the middle. Scarce, as they were probably only given to Test Team members and undoubtedly have been lost to collectors down through the years as this is the first we have seen in years. 2 x 2 cm. $250 - 350 Ex. the Michael Orenstein Estate Collection. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $180
Lot 1049		Apollo 1 Flight Crew Emblem Patch. Original "genuine" Apollo 1 Flight Crew patch 9/19/66 printed with the flight crew's last names White, Grissom and Chaffe. Comes with laser copy of actual NASA item description which indicates order of 15 and manufactured August of 1966. Patch is 3½ round and in perfect condition. Given to Deke Slayton in his official capacity as Director of Flight Operations by Gus Grissom prior to the catastrophic fire in which the crew lost their lives during a pre-launch test. $300 - 400 Ex Astronaut Donald K Slayton Collection. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $432
Lot 1050		1968 Apollo 8 Crew Signed NASA Composite Litho. Color 8 x 10" NASA litho with three Apollo 8 mission lunar images bearing bold signatures of Frank Borman, Bill Anders and Jim Lovell at top left. $600 - 800 View details and enlarged photo	Realized $750
Lot 1051		Lunar Meteorite Section and Flown Apollo 11 Kapton Foil. The only way to legally own a piece of the moon is to acquire a rare piece of a lunar meteorite. In this a fantastic pairing of the Moon and history, since this lot contains a 2.002 gram polished section of Lunar meteorite Northeast Africa 001. This lunar meteorite is an anorthositic regolith breccia from the Lunar highlands that was blown off of the moon by a meteorite impact and was found in April 2002 in northern Sudan near the Libya/Egypt/ Sudan border. Only a single meteorite weighing just 262 grams (just over ½ pound) was found. The polished section has a number of white and light gray mineral clasts embedded in a dark gray microcrystalline impact melt matrix. The meteorite is also historical as it is the very first to be authenticated from Northeastern Africa. Also included in a 12 x 8" Riker mount is a 1" square gold flown Apollo 11 Kapton foil which came from the command module, Columbia, and is historic as a souvenir of Neil Armstrong's first Moonwalk. LOA & COA for meteorite and foil, also included is a photo of module with foil. $4,000 - 6,000 View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 1052		Four Flown 11 Kapton Foil Sections from the Apollo 11 Command Module. Four, one-inch Kapton foil squares from the Apollo 11 Module "Columbia". Kapton foil provided thermal protection for the Command Module and upon return to Earth was easily removed from the spacecraft. Foil on acrylic squares immensely popular for presentation purposes at NASA. Includes copy of original COA. $900 - 1,100 View details and enlarged photo	Realized $1,110
Lot 1053		Three Flown 11 Kapton Foil Sections from the Apollo 11 Command Module. Three, one-inch Kapton foil squares from the Apollo 11 Module "Columbia". Kapton foil provided thermal protection for the Command Module and upon return to Earth was easily removed from the spacecraft. Foil on acrylic squares immensely popular for presentation purposes at NASA. Includes copy of original COA. $600 - 800 View details and enlarged photo	Realized $1,020
Lot 1054		Aldrin, Buzz. The Easton Press Collector's Edition of NASA:The Complete Illustrated History signed by Buzz Aldrin on December 25, 2006. 11 x 9 3/4 x 1¼". With COA from The Easton Press, signed by Buzz Aldrin and witnessed by Lois Aldrin. Accompanied by a copy of Moonfire. The Epic Journey of Apollo 11. Cologne: Taschen, 2010. Written to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the historic Apollo 11 Moon landing. Text by Norman Mailer, who had covered the mission as a journalist for LIFE, paired with photographs from the archives of NASA, LIFE magazine, and other sources. $200 - 300 View details and enlarged photos	Realized $125
Lot 1055		Aldrin, Buzz. NASA color publicity photo celebrating the 20th anniversary of the First Lunar Landing signed "'Apollo XI LMP' Buzz Aldrin" in blue marker. A collage of four lunar photos, two of them of Aldrin on the moon. Very fine. Aldrin rarely signed with "enhancements." $200 - 300 View details and enlarged photo	Realized $125
Lot 1056		Haise, Fred. Two pages from the "Lunar Surface Exploration Map Date Package" signed, "Used for training on Apollo 13! Fred Haise / Apollo 13 LMP" and "Used for traverse familiarization. Fred Haise / Apollo 13 LMP". The pages were used to familiarize and train Fred Haise and Jim Lovell, with all the details of the Fra Mauro region, including their planned EVA routes. The maps belonged to George Colton, one of the four members of the U.S. Geological Survey team responsible for developing detailed maps for the lunar landings. While the Apollo 13 landing was aborted due to an on-board explosion, the same maps were used to train the Apollo 14 crew who landed safely and explored Fra Mauro. Fine. $200 - 300 View details and enlarged photos	Realized $216
Lot 1057		Flown Apollo 13 Webbing Strap Segment. Braided cloth strap portion of the webbing from the Lunar Module Aquarius. Salvaged by the crew of Apollo 13 prior to jettisoning the LM. Webbing was cut into small pieces and presented to members of the ground support teams that helped the crew return home. Written notation on LOA included. $200 - 400 View details and enlarged photo	Realized $576
Lot 1058		1970 Apollo 13 Jim Lovell & Fred Haise Signed Training Manual Page. Two-sided Initialization, Configuration & Manuever page from Apollo 13 Lunar Module flight Crew G & N Dictionery (5½ x 8") used during training. PGNS-56 side bears bold signatures of Jim Lovell (adds "used in training for Apollo 13") and Fred Haise. Photocopied support material included. $750 - 1,000 View details and enlarged photo	Realized $450
Lot 1059		Apollo 16 Flown Lunar Surface Flag with Excellent Provenance. American flag flown to the Lunar Surface. Originally consigned by a longtime NASA employee who worked with many of the astronauts and crews and we are pleased to offer this piece once again after five years. This flag, flown on Apollo 16 was given to the consignor by the crew for his help and support. An accompanying handwritten and signed COA reads, "This American Flag (4 x 5 ½") was flown on Apollo 16 to the Lunar Surface aboard Lunar Module #11, "Orion". This flag was given to me the crew upon their return has been in possession ever since." The flag is in excellent condition with a few creases with personally handwritten COA by the former NASA director on his personal stationery. $5,000 View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 1060		1975 Apollo-Soyuz Flown Crew Signed Beta Cloth. 1975 Apollo-Soyuz FLOWN crew signed beta cloth. Mission patch beta cloth (5½" square) signed in margins by Brand, Stafford,Slayton, Leonov & Kubasov. 2005 Bobbi Slayton COA that reads: "This is to certify this autographed beta cloth belonged to my husband, Deke Slayton, and was flown in 1975 on the Apollo/Soyuz mission. It was locked in his safety deposit box along with other flown material. This beta cloth is genuine in all respects." Beta cloth with bold signatures and clean. With LOA. $750 - 1,000 Ex Astronaut Donald K Slayton Collection. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $1,380
Lot 1061		Apollo-Soyuz Autographed Crew Photo. From the Deke Slayton Estate collection a color photo mounted on mat board and signed by the American and Russian crew along mat border. Signed by Deke Slayton, Tom Stafford, Vance Brand, Alexey Leonov, and Valeri Kubasov. 11 x 14" including mat. $200 - 300 Ex Astronaut Donald K Slayton Collection. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $180
Lot 1062		1970-1979 Pre-ALT & Early Shuttle Period, Rare Working Documents. Scores of document pages used by Don Puddy. Includes 1971 Space Vehicle Operational Design Criteria Manual that appears to be looking ahead to developing the Shuttle (not named yet), very interesting notebook started in 1970 that seems to be pre-ALT material but last page relates to LM from 1966, notebook with ALT notations, ALT FAM Pitches templates, ALT Program Test Plan templates (apparently received from Chris Kraft), ALT Flight Operations Facilities Requirements and more. Many handwritten notations and extensive writings. Unique holding and important historical look at the road that led to the successful Space Shuttle. $600 - 800 Ex. Flight Director Donald R. Puddy Estate collection. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $425
Lot 1063		STS-1 1981 FLOWN USA Flag. 5¾ x 4¼" US flag FLOWN on STS-1 mounted on 8½ x 10¾" presentation page to Lester A. Stewart for his significant contribution to STS-1 mission. Display creased at bottom right well away form flag. $250 - 350 View details and enlarged photo	Realized $480
Lot 1064		1990s NASA In-Suit Doppler Mockup. Part #199720075 serial #003, Ins-Suit Doppler Ultrasound was used for determining risk of decompression and were tested during STS-83 & STS-87 missions in 1997. Mockup is contained in original NASA Parts Bag and is accompanied by three ISD Pockets, two different, with two in their original NASA Pink Parts Bag. Pockets wee used to house a spacesuit In-Suit Doppler Ultrasound. Overall objective of this RME was to evaluate the possibility of reduced pre-breathe requirements for EVA, without compromising operational safety or increasing risk of decompression sickness (DCS) to astronauts. Original NASA cost was $1500.00. We don't recall ever seeing one of these before. Includes detailed COA. $350 - 500 View details and enlarged photo	Realized $213