Goldberg Coins and Collectibles

Sale 99

The July 8-9, 2017 Manuscript, Space, Collectibles & Stamp Auction

Images/Autographs

Lot	Photo	Description	Realized
Lot 791		Big Space & Aircraft Photo & Litho Collection, About 3000 Items. Around 3000 items, almost all 8"x10" B&W or color photos & lithos with well over 300 from Mercury, Gemini & Apollo programs. Many NASA images as well as a few transparencies. Images include Ares, lunar shots, Apollo crew lithos (some with autopens), Martian surface, Shuttle crews, Apollo artist depictions, rockets, missiles, JPL lithos, probe images, aircraft, spacecraft, good number of images from Apollo 1 mission, STS-51L & STS-107 crew lithos, many Megellan images, good number of X-planes with X-15 and much more. Many original prints but good number of second generation as well. Includes some autographs with Jim Irwin, early female astronauts, others. Duplication to be expected. Excellent overall condition. Estimate Value $2,500 - 3,000 From The Collection of Michael Scherzi. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $1,813
Lot 792		1960s-2000s Autographed Space Covers & Other Items, Many Astronauts. More than 750 signed items with covers being the majority but also photo cards, USA stamps, few photos & lithos and other types. Features astronauts, test pilots, space & rocket scientists, others with some crew signed. Bold signatures throughout. Includes Deke Slayton, Joe Cotton, Joe Kittinger, Jim McDivitt (several), Chuck Yeager, Frank Borman, Charles Conrad, Gordon Cooper, Charlie Duke, Joe Engle, John Glenn, Fred Haise, Edgar Mitchell, Wally Schirra, Rusty Schweickart, Richard Truly, Jim Lovell, Alan Bean, Owen Garriott, Jack Lousma, Scott Crossfield, Pete Knight, Al White, Dick Gordon, Ron Evans, Konrad Dannenberg & Ernst Stuhlinger (both part of von Braun rocket team), Bob Hoover, Jim Irwin, Clyde Tombaugh (discovered Pluto), artist Robert T McCall (several covers with handdrawn cachets), few early mission Captains covers), more. Valuable lot. Estimate Value $2,500 - 3,000 From The Collection of Michael Scherzi. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $4,800
Lot 793		Spaxe & Science Fiction Artist Robert McCall Signed Grouping, 10 Items. Ten signed items with 8"x10" photos, postage stamp first day cards, toher images plus 3 hardbound books with jacket, each with original signed artwork by Robert McCall. Bold signatures with most dated. Estimate Value $150 - 200 From The Collection of Michael Scherzi. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $180
Lot 794		1990s-2000s Artist Robert McCall Space & Science Fiction Group, 10 Items. Interesting group of 10 books, images and other items with 8 signed by Robert McCall including print of image from 2001 Space Odyssey movie poster used only in UK dated 2002, Outre Magazine saluting McCall, 'Vision of the Future' (Art of McCall), 'Our World in Space' (x2) signed with original artwork inside and others. Bold signatures. Unsigned include world premier program for the movie 2001 Space Odyssey. Estimate Value $250 - 300 From The Collection of Michael Scherzi. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $384
Lot 795		Space & Aviation Signed Prints (x6). Six different signed prints. Includes 5 Mike Machat prints with 'Return to Mach 6' (X-15 print also signed by pilot Robt White, matted to 29¾"x24"), 'Stairway To Heaven' (pencil signed, 29"x23"), Air Force Flight Test Center Museum mural (plate signed, 27"x18"), X-3 print 'Lakebed Liftoff ' (also signed by pilot Pete Everest in pencil, 27"x25½") and 'Enterprise' shuttle (also signed by pilots Fitz Fulton & Joe Engle, 25½"x30½"). Last print is astronaut takes first step on the Moon (#9/950, pencil signed by artist Paul Calle, matted to 40"x25", personalized to the collector by Calle). All are max size dimensions. Striking display, perfect for framing. Estimate Value $300 - 400 From The Collection of Michael Scherzi. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $600
Lot 796		Astronaut and Pilot Autographs, Includes Aldrin, Sikorsky, Curtiss, Others. Also includes Black Sheep squadron, air aces, Jimmy Doolittle, Yeager, Rosendahl, Ovington (letter with content), Medal of Honor recipients, Jacques Picard, Tibbets, Lockheed (spelled Lougheed), Corrigan, Ellison, Onizuka, Max, and others. Many multiple-signed covers. A few autopens, secretarials or debatables. Overall a nice group with paper ephemera to use in research. Estimate Value $750 - UP View details and enlarged photo	Realized $780
Lot 797		Wally Schirra - Five Different Signed 8 x 10" Photos or Lithos. A handsome lot of five, each item signed in black Sharpie. Very fine. Schirra flew into space on Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo programs. Estimate Value $250 - 350 View details and enlarged photos	Realized $400
Lot 798		Space & Aviation Oversize Images, Some Signed, About 150 Items. Around 150 items with some duplication. Features covers as well as images larger than 8"x10". with posters, photos, prints, other types. Includes NASA images, Viking I lander, artist depictions from manned lunar missions, original LA Times front pages signed by Jim McDivitt (x3) & John Glenn that are related to their missions. FLOWN Shuttle-MIR Phase flag mounted on certificate, Apollo 12 prints (x10), much more. Other signed items include Bill Dana with experimental plane, Bob Cardenas with Flying Wing, Rusty Schweickart on Apollo 9 EVA (stunning image), US Air Force posters, others. Excellent overall condition. For overseas buyers, this is a large somewhat heavy lot. Estimate Value $500 - 600 From The Collection of Michael Scherzi. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $500
Lot 799		Astronaut Signed Books (x39). Selection of 39 books, 10 softbound, signed by astronauts. Includes Alan Bean ('Apollo'), Scott Carpenter ('Steel Albatross' & 'For Spacious Skies'), Gene Cernan ('Last Man On The Moon'), Gordon Cooper ('Leap Of Faith', x2), Walt Cunningham ('All-American Boys'), John Glenn ('Memoir' & 'We Seven'), Jim Irwin ('To Rule The Night', 'More Than Earthlings' & 'Destination'), Ed Mitchell ('The Way of the Explorer', x3), Dave Scott (('Two Sides of the Moon', co-authoried with Leonov), Wally Schirra ('Sigma 7' & Gemini 6 NASA ission reports, both hardbound & softbound), Alan Shepard ('Moon Shot', x2, one tipped in), All Worden ('Hello Earth') and Michael Light's 'Full Moon' signed by both Al Worden & Ed Mitchell. Also includes books single signed by Jerrie Cobb, Don Lind, Jerry Linenger, Mike Mulane, Brian O'Leary, Bil Pogue and Sally Ride. All with jackets where applicable, bold signatures with almost all signed on half title or title page. Vast majority like new. Estimate Value $750 - 1,000 From The Collection of Michael Scherzi. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $875
Lot 800		Aircraft & Space Literature, Some Signed, 14 Books. Interesting group of 14 books, both hardbound & softbound. Includes NASA publications such as Feb 20, 1962 First US Manned Orbital Flight Results & 'Unconventional, Contrary and Ugly (lunar landing research vehicle) with 6 signautres on title page with some of the authors, 'Mannned Space Flight Engineer handbook (1983), the Flying Wing of Northrop Pilots handbook (1988) signed on page 10 by pilot Bob Cardenas, Grumman F-14 Tomcat (1975), others. Bold signatures. Estimate Value $100 - 150 From The Collection of Michael Scherzi. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $138
Lot 801		Science Fiction Authors Signed Books (x9), with Ray Bradbury, More. Nine signed books, 8 hardbound with dust jacket. Includes Arthur C Clarke ('The Promise of Space'), Isaac Asimov ('In Joy Still Felt'), Harlan Ellison ('Love Ain't Nothin But Sex Mispelled', paperback) and Ray Bradbury with 'Twice 22', 'Fahrenheit 451' (x2, not first editions), 'A Graveyard For Lunatics', 'The Martian Chronicles' (not first edition) and 'The Illustrated Man'. Each with signature on title page, or page opposite cover with Clarke tipped in. All Bradbury except one are personalized to the collector. ALSO includes 10 Ray Bradbury signed items with 9 being 8"x10" photos or lithos. Estimate Value $400 - 500 From The Collection of Michael Scherzi. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $525
Lot 802		1940s-90s Space Related Signed Books Collection, About 60 Books. Close to 60 signed books, mostly hardbound with jackets. Includes astronaut authored books with Buzz Aldrin ('Magnificient Desolation' & 'Reaching for the Moon', both tipped in signatures), Walt Cunningham ('All American Boys') plus one book each by Don Lind, Brian O'Leary and Dick Rutan ('Voyager'). Others include both space and military themed signed by authors who are either politicians, professional writers, astronaut wifes or military figures. Bold signatures with most on title page. Fine group overall. Estimate Value $350 - 450 From The Collection of Michael Scherzi. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $625
Lot 803		Archive of over 250 + NASA Photos, Color and B&W Beautiful Condition. Fantastic collection of over 250 NASA photos (spread over 5 notebooks) a mixture of vintage original photos color and black & white, heavy in Gemini, Apollo and X-planes but just about every testing and mission in- between. But also includes Skylab, MIR, Soyuz and the Shuttle program. Also a small collection of photos both color and black & white of the Apollo 1 and STS-51 disasters. Excellent quality, a true history of America's Aerorspace Program. Estimate Value $500 - 750 From The Collection of Michael Scherzi. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $781
Lot 804		500 Different 8 x 10s: NASA, DOD (USAF) and Aerospace Companies Representing 50 Years of Space Exploration. Very impressive collection of over 500 different 8 x 10 photos (a great many glossies) that lays out a history of 50 years of national space exploration. Collection includes early rockets, missils, satellites (1950s and forward), manned space missions related to Mercury, Gemini, Apollo, Skylab, and AST missions. Also included is a fine collection from the Shuttle Program including launch and landing shots, orbiters, boosters, payloads, facilities and much more. Must be seen to be fully appreciated. Photos and glossies overall in very good condition with minor evidence of wear and toning. Estimate Value $250 - UP View details and enlarged photo	Realized $750