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9:00 AM PT - Apr 16th, 2009

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REGENCY-SUPERIOR, LTD.
229 N. Euclid Ave
St. Louis, MO 63108-1505
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Wednesday & Thursday, April 15-16th (9am-5pm) at the Regency-Superior Beverly Hills Gallery, 9478 W. Olympic Blvd, Suite 200, 2nd Floor, Beverly Hills, CA 90212 - Tel: (310) 553-5475

SPACE & AVIATION MEMORABILIA AUCTION

622 items

Lot Description Estimates
(USD)
1
Lot 1
1942 'AFRIKACORPS ASTRONOMISCHER MESSTRUP' COVER


Rare special unit 'Africa Corps' cover sent by the 'astronomical...

250
-
350
2
Lot 2
1948 CLYDE TOMBAUGH & CARL SAGAN SIGNED COVER


Highly attractive first day issue cacheted cover signed by both...

200
-
300
3
Lot 3
c.1960-90s CLYDE TOMBAUGH SIGNED COVER GROUP


Wonderful lot containing 12 autographed covers by Clyde Tombaugh...

600
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800
4
Lot 4
1962-73 USGS PROFESSIONAL PAPERS & MAPS


Contains four USGS professional papers and two USGS maps. The...

250
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350
5
Lot 5
c.1973-97 CLYDE TOMBAUGH COVER GROUPING


Contains three covers and one 3x5" presentation card signed by...

300
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400
6
Lot 6
1987 ASTRONOMY THE GEOLOGIC HISTORY OF THE MOON


U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1348. softbound...

200
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300
7
Lot 7
1990 FLOWN SOLAR CELLS FROM ORIGINAL HUBBLE


Encased in 3.5x3.5"x1" clear Lucite block, this 1.5" square of...

750
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1,000
8
Lot 8
c.1991 CLYDE TOMBAUGH AUTOGRAPHED GROUPING


Consists of five identical 8"x10" Black & White autographed photos...

200
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300
9
Lot 9
1993 ASTRONOMY AUTOGRAPHED HUBBLE POSTER


Complete crew of STS-61, first mission to service the Hubble...

200
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300
10
Lot 10
1933 'CENTURY OF PROGRESS' BALLOON PIECE


Rectangular piece of this famous balloon, 3¼x5", PLUS Aug...

200
-
300
11
Lot 11
1934 JEAN PICCARD'S STRATOSPHERIC BALLOON FLIGHT


Extraordinary group of memorabilia items from the historic flight...

1,000
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1,500
12
Lot 12
1976 'ATMOSAT AMERICA' BALLOON MAIL


Cacheted #10 envelope cancelled April 12, 1976, at Eden, TX...

125
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175
13
Lot 13
1980 'DOUBLE EAGLE IV' FLIGHT COVER


Flown cover on balloon launched from Fountain Valley, CA on April...

125
-
175
14
Lot 14
1925 AIRSHIP U.S.S. SHENANDOAH GIRDER FROM CRASH


Piece of girder, 7½ long, from ill-fated airship with notarized...

800
-
1,100
15
Lot 15
1928-32 TWO ZEPPELIN BOOKS


First is 1932 'Zeppelin Weltfahrten' cigarette card book complete...

250
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350
16
Lot 16
1929 ZEPPELIN ROUND-THE-WORLD FLIGHT POCKET WATCH


Hefty 2 diameter pocket watch with black face and gold numerals...

400
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600
17
Lot 17
1930s LARGE DURALUMIN BOX GIRDER


Big 32 piece of girder that came from Joe Bennett who worked at...

2,000
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2,500
18
Lot 18
1930s DZR GROUND SERVICE PLATE


Meissen porcelain DZR 10¾ plate made for Zeppelin ground service...

1,000
-
1,500
19
Lot 19
1930 AKRON AIRDOCK DURALUMIN PIGGYBANK


Marvelous piece of Akron memorabilia, 7¼x2½x2½ piggybank made out...

750
-
1,000
20
Lot 20
1930s DZR GROUND SERVICE PLATE


Meissen porcelain DZR 8 plate made for Zeppelin ground service...

600
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850
21
Lot 21
1930s ZEPPELIN METAL BADGE


Original 2½x1½" metal badge with pin & clasp. Aging but no pitting...

500
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750
22
Lot 22
1930s AIRSHIP AKRON PENNANT


Spectacular multicolored 28" pennant honoring 'U.S. Navy...

400
-
600
23
Lot 23
1930s LZ127 PATCH


Elliptical shaped cloth patch with gold thread against black...

300
-
400
24
Lot 24
1930 ST. HUBERT AIRFIELD AIRSHIP R100 PENNANT


Sold for only one day at the airfield in Montreal for the first...

250
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350
25
Lot 25
1933 GRAF ZEPPELIN FLIGHT COVER SIGNED BY VON ECKEN


Century of Progress Chicago to Seville Spain flight cover franked...

200
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300
26
Lot 26
1933 GRAF ZEPPELIN FLIGHT COVER


Century of Progress Zeppelin flight cover, Chicago to Seville...

200
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300
27
Lot 27
1936 HINDENBURG LZ129 LAKEHURST PENNANT


Very scarce 28½" pennant celebrating airship Hindenburg's arrival...

600
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850
28
Lot 28
1937 DZR SPOON FROM HINDENBURG CRASH


Phenomenal piece of Hindenburg crash memorabilia, table spoon from...

3,500
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4,500
29
Lot 29
1957-65 CHARLES ROSENDAHL SIGNED BOOK


'Ships in the Sky' hardbound, 1957, book by John Toland with...

250
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350
30
Lot 30
1833 FEUERWERKSCORPS-KOMMANDO LETTER


One of the earliest postal history items related to rocketry. This...

1,000
-
1,500
31
Lot 31
c.1930 MAX VALIER AUTOGRAPHED LITHO


Black & white 6"x8.5" litho of the Austrian born inventor...

750
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1,000
32
Lot 32
1935 LETTER FROM VIENNA 'FEUERWERKSANSTALT'


Long two sided 8"x10" handwritten letter with censor marking on...

200
-
300
33
Lot 33
1940s VIENNA 'FEUERWERKSANSTALT' LETTER


Scarce handwritten letter from the Vienna Feuerwerksanstalt with...

200
-
300
34
Lot 34
1928 'MIT RAKETENKRAFT INS WELTNALL' BY GAIL


First printing, hardbound with black & red on yellow pictorial...

200
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300
35
Lot 35
1933-92 GERMAN ROCKET SCIENTIST GROUPING


Lot contains 14 signed items, two signed 2"x2" display sheets by...

300
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400
36
Lot 36
1933-57 RAKETENFLUG-VINTAGE MAGAZINE


April 1933 edition (No. 8) of this first rocket magazine in the...

250
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350
37
Lot 37
1940s GERMAN V-1 ROCKET PIECES


Group of five pieces of V-1 recovered in Great Britain. Sizes...

300
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400
38
Lot 38
1940s VINTAGE V-2 INJECTION VALVES


Group of three injection valves from the V-2 combustion chamber...

200
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300
39
Lot 39
1940s PEENEMUNDE HAP & HVP BADGES (x2)


Pair of vintage badges from the World War II German V2 rocket...

200
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300
40
Lot 40
1941 ARMY FIREWORKS SCHOOL COVER


Rare Feldpost cover with silent postmark in black...

250
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350
41
Lot 41
1943 V-2 RELATED DOCUMENT FROM KARLSHAGEN


Baukeitung der Luftwaffe' V-2 related document. Very scarce...

750
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1,000
42
Lot 42
1943 HAP 11 INCOMING COVER


Handwritten letter plus original cover sent to 'HAP 11'(Heimat...

250
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350
43
Lot 43
c.1944 PEENEMUNDE DOCUMENT


Electromechanische Werke' document (camouflage name for rocket...

750
-
1,000
44
Lot 44
1944 HEIMAT ARTILLERIE PARK 11 DOCUMENT


Rare 'HAP 11' document with red & blue handstamps & numerous...

750
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1,000
45
Lot 45
1944 MUNSTER LAGER COVER FROM NEBEL-ERSATZ REGIMEN


Scarce V-2 related cover dated 13.5.1944. Very fine.

250
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350
46
Lot 46
1945 WASSERBAU-VERSUCHSANSTALT KOCHELSEE DOC'T


Rare document from 'WVA' where Peenemunde rocket work was...

750
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1,000
47
Lot 47
1962-79 GERMAN ROCKET SCIENTIST LOT


This head-turning lot features 200 autographed covers by German...

500
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750
48
Lot 48
1955 USA FLOWN AEROBEE MEGACYCLE


One of the earliest flown artifacts from the United States Space...

1,500
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2,500
49
Lot 49
1960-82 CAPE CANAVERAL COVER HOARD


Large holding of more than 4600 covers from America's premier...

1,300
-
1,800
50
Lot 50
1960s WALLOPS ISLAND COVER HOARD


Huge offering of more than 3000 covers representing events from...

1,000
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1,500
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