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9:00 AM PT - Oct 21st, 2006

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Bell Canyon, CA 91307
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Oct 21 & 22,2006 Space & Aviation Memorabilia

57 items

Lot Description Estimates
(USD)
1
Lot 1
Proceedings The Age of Space Book 1957


(432pp., soft cover, stapled) The proceedings of a two day...

75
-
100
2
Lot 2
NASA Mercury 2 Flight of Ham Report


This lot includes Project MR-2 Mercury Information Plan, an 11 pp...

50
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75
3
Lot 3
NASA Photograph of HAM Chimpanzee


A black and white NASA photograph 61-MR2-16 (8 x 10") of the chimp...

15
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20
4
Lot 4
1963 Mercury Animal Astronauts Book


(207pp., hardcover with dust jacket). "The fascinating story of...

50
-
75
5
Lot 5
Results of Mercury Chimp Flights NASA


(71pp., soft cover, stapled). This publication presents a full...

100
-
150
6
Lot 6
June 15, 1959 Life Mag Able & Baker


June 15, 1959 issue of Life Magazine profiling "America's Space...

35
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50
7
Lot 7
June 15, 1959 Life Mag Able & Baker


Similar lot. (June 15, 1959) This striking cover features these...

50
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60
8
Lot 8
Mercury 7 Astronauts Signed Photograph


Black and white photograph (10 x 13.50") mounted in a frame...

5,000
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7,000
9
Lot 9
Mercury astronauts signed poster


Walter Schirra and Gordon Cooper Autographson a multi-color...

500
-
600
10
Lot 10
Mercury Astronauts signed Cover


on an astronaut memmorial cover bearing a yellow, orange, blue and...

350
-
500
11
Lot 11
Mercury Astronauts Signed Litho


on 1998, "Mercury and Beyond" by Patrick Eby (22 x 28"). A...

350
-
450
12
Lot 12
NASA Astronaut Nurse O Hara Autograph


on an unaddressed Project Mercury FD cover bearing a Cape...

25
-
35
13
Lot 13
Max Faget signed on NASA press release


on a NASA press release regarding Faget receiving Guggenheim Award...

100
-
150
14
Lot 14
Wendt signed photo Mercury 7 astronauts


on a color photograph (8 x 10") of the Mercury 7 astronauts...

50
-
75
15
Lot 15
Convair Astronautics Employee Badge


(2", diameter) These identification badges were issued to...

150
-
250
16
Lot 16
NASA Mercury Field Operations Blueprint


This blueprint depicts the "Cherry Picker" for the Redstone rocket...

100
-
150
17
Lot 17
Mercury Spacecraft Flight Flowchart


(47 x 18") A flowchard diagram "from ground mode to flight...

100
-
125
18
Lot 18
1961, Diagrams Mercury Booster


139pp., three hole punched). Good condition with modest faults. A...

100
-
150
19
Lot 19
Testing Reports for Mercury Spacecraft


including S/C 6 through S/C 10. Good condition with modest faults...

100
-
150
20
Lot 20
NASA Patch for Coveralls


(11") A richly embroidered NASA Mercury era patch, typcially seen...

350
-
400
21
Lot 21
Mercury Prototype Spacesuit Glove


This Mercury era prototype glove is complete with the battery...

750
-
1,000
21A
Lot 21A
1/12 Scale NASA Mercury Redstone Rocket Model


This very impressive model has been used in television and film...

15,000
-
20,000
21B
Lot 21B
Full Scale NASA Mercury - Redstone Rocket Replic


Seen here on exhibit at Rockefeller Center, this full scale...

75,000
-
100,000
22
Lot 22
1963, "Manned Space Flight"


(87pp., soft cover, stapled) A summation of testimoney presented...

50
-
75
23
Lot 23
1959,Project Mercury Senate Report 1014


(97pp., soft cover, stapled). Good condition with modest faults.

100
-
150
24
Lot 24
1959, Proposal to NASA Project Mercury


Lot of two different contractor proposals including "Proposal to...

100
-
125
25
Lot 25
1961, Aernautics and Astronautics


(240pp., hard cover). An important review of space exploration...

100
-
150
26
Lot 26
1961,Northrop Flight Performance Manual


(Northrop 61-208 128pp., soft cover, stapled) A technical flight...

100
-
125
27
Lot 27
1961,Report on Mercury Vehicle Big Joe


(62pp., hard cover) A specially prepared, limited edition report...

150
-
250
28
Lot 28
1961, An Introduction to Astronautics


(General Dynamics, 72pp., soft cover, stapled) This pocket-size...

35
-
50
29
Lot 29
1961, Mercury Emergency Egress Reports


Original notes and reports from meetings of Project...

100
-
150
30
Lot 30
1962, Glenn & Carpenter Astronaut Bios


(10pp., soft cover, stapled) This well illustrated promotional...

10
-
15
31
Lot 31
1962, Synopsis of Project Mercury, NASA


92pp., soft cover stapled). This imprtant summary of the Mercury...

100
-
150
32
Lot 32
1962, We Seven by Mercury 7 Astronauts


(473pp., hard cover with dust jacket). In this book the Mercury...

50
-
75
33
Lot 33
1962, A Handbook for Employees, NASA


(89pp., soft cover). "This Handbook for Employees of NASA...

50
-
75
34
Lot 34
Mercury Mission Reports


A lot of three NASA reports on the first three US manned missions...

50
-
75
35
Lot 35
1963,Project Mercury A Chronology, NASA


(238pp., soft cover) "This document presents a brief but accurate...

50
-
75
36
Lot 36
1963, Manned Space Flight by NASA


(87pp., soft cover, stapled). A booklet based on testimony to...

50
-
75
37
Lot 37
1964America in Space A Pictorial Review


(72pp., soft cover) A fantastic black and white pictorial...

40
-
50
38
Lot 38
1966,This New Ocean NASA SP-4201


(681pp., soft cover, bound) "This book describes the origins...

50
-
75
39
Lot 39
1966, This New Ocean NASA SP-4201


by Swenson, Grimwood & Alexander (NASA SP-4201, 681 pp., soft...

50
-
75
40
Lot 40
1967, Missile, Space & Range Pioneers


(42pp., soft cover, stapled). Rare 1967 yearbook of the Cape...

100
-
150
41
Lot 41
Mercury "The Right Stuff" by Wolfe 1979


(436 pp., hard cover, dust jacket) An insight into the careers...

35
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50
42
Lot 42
1998, This New Ocean Mercury NASA


(681pp., soft cover, bound). This is a contemporary reprint of a...

50
-
75
43
Lot 43
Lot of 3 NASA Project Mercury Books


including 1960's, "Project Mercury Astronauts Biographies (4pp...

100
-
150
44
Lot 44
1958//1963, Mercury, 6 Life Magazines


including "Space pilot-to-be tests safety suit in heat...

100
-
150
45
Lot 45
1959, Mercury, Life Magazines,


Included are issues dated September 14, 1959 which profile the...

50
-
75
46
Lot 46
Mercury Astronauts 7 Pencil Sketches


Original pencil portrait sketches (8 x 10") of Alan Shepard...

50
-
75
47
Lot 47
Mercury, Space "Trading" Cards


A complete set of 32 different blank and white cards (3.5 x...

150
-
250
48
Lot 48
Freedom 7 & Friendship 7 Bank


A plastic bank (4 x 4.5") shaped like a Mercury capsule...

100
-
125
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