LiveAuctioneers - April 1, 2006 Space & Aviation Memorabilia

April 1, 2006 Space & Aviation Memorabilia

Aurora
10:00 AM - Apr 1st, 2006 (PST)
Sessions ( 1 2 3 )

767 Lots

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Lot	Item Description	Estimate USD
1	Mercury Capsule Fuel Cap and Chain Mercury capsule fuel cap and chain sealed in plastic. Green cap (5.5" diameter) bears NASA ...	500 - 750
2	Mercury Gemini Monitor Display Panel Cover (5" square) Edison Omniguard display panel including lighted displays "TW21, TW23, TW22 and...	200 - 250
3	Mercury Flight Hardware Spacesuit Ventilator For Project Mercury, NASA chose a version of the BF Goodrich U.S. Navy Mark IV high-altitud...	750 - 1,000
4	Single Mercury Spacesuit Glove This Mercury era glove is complete with the battery operated finger lights, and although it...	5,000 - 7,500
5	Mercury Gemini Tracking Site Power Supply (21 x 19 x 5") This early power supply was probably used during both the Mercury and Gemin...	1,500 - 2,000
6	Mercury Program NASA Badge (2.25" diameter). Black and white metal badge, number 00104. In excellent condition with mo...	300 - 500
7	NASA Hard Tack Employee Access Badge (3 x 4") NASA Photo identification badge from the earliest days of the US space program. Th...	100 - 150
8	NASA Mercury Employee Access Badge (2.5 x 3.5") NASA Photo Identification number A 8715, issued on 6/23/61 with an expiration ...	100 - 150
9	1:12 NASA Mercury Redstone Rocket Model This very impressive model has been used in television and film, when use of a "miniature" ...	15,000 - 20,000
10	Full Scale Mercury Redstone Rocket Replica Seen here on exhibit at Rockefeller Center, this full scale Mercury capsule with launch veh...	75,000 - 100,000
11	All Mercury 7 Astronaut Autographs on the title page of 1960 of "The Astronauts" by Martin Caidin (102pp., hard cover, dust ja...	7,000 - 10,000
13	All Mercury 7 Astronaut Autographs on a black and white photograph (8 x 10") of the Mercury 7 astronauts with a model of the M...	3,500 - 5,000
14	All 7 Mercury Astronaut Autoraphs & Tom Stafford on a ruled index card (3 x 5"). The card is stamped "Group Autograph Card of Outstanding Pe...	2,500 - 3,000
15	Mercury Schirra, Carpenter & Gordon Autographs on the title page of a first edition of 1962, "We Seven" by Carpenter, Cooper, Glenn, Griss...	100 - 125
16	1960, "Astronautics" by MIT Dept of Aeronautics (3 volumes, approx. 600pp., soft cover) An early research publication on inertial guidance ...	35 - 50
17	1960, "Food for Space Travel" USAF & Air Rsrch (66pp., stapled) This volume examines "feeding in very short to very long space missions. P...	75 - 100
18	Pictorial History of Cape Kennedy 1950-1965" (208pp., soft cover) A richly illustrated photographic history of Cape Kennedy. This vintag...	75 - 100
19	1961, "The First Man in Space, NASA W-6" (NASA, 23pp., soft cover, spiral bound) This early NASA publication recounts "Soviet radio ...	50 - 75
20	1962 "Pert Handbook" , NASA NPC 101" (approx. 100pp., soft cover, stapled) "The NASA PERT and Companion Cost system has been des...	50 - 75
21	Aeromedical Evaluaton for Space Pilots USAF (1963, 276pp., soft cover) "This volume describes the integrated medical examination proced...	35 - 50
22	Project Mercury - A Chronology, NASA SP-40001 (238pp., soft cover). This report presents a chronology of the important events of the Merc...	100 - 150
23	Mercury Astronauts "The Right Stuff" by Wolfe (1979, 436 pp., hard cover, dust jacket) An insight into the careers, lives and personaliti...	35 - 50
24	Lot of 10 Life Magazines Cooper, Glenn Carpenter Lot of ten Life magazines 1959//1963 featuring astronauts/space. Included are articles on G...	100 - 125
25	Mercury Kennedy Space Center Cover an unaddressed cover with a blue handstamped "FD Postal Service" cachet. The cover bears a ...	25 - 50
26	Project Mercury Commemorative Hotplates (6.25 x 6.25") Lot of two hot plates commemorating the Mercury program. The plates are deco...	15 - 20
27	1961, Mercury Atlas Test Flight Film 16 mm. 7 minute, black and white, silent film about the third Mercury Atlas flight. (PL-61-...	150 - 200
28	1962, NASA Mercury MA 6 John Glenn Film "MA-6 Manned Orbital Flight." Production No. 62-120. File No. 62-120. Copy Number one. 0095...	150 - 200
29	NASA - Langley Film "Project Mercury Recovery" Film serial 639, Copy No. 42, 16 mm. 30 minutes in color film with sound.	150 - 200
30	6 Vintage Mercury Orbital Maps Six Mercury orbital maps (8.5 x 11") circa 1960's stapled together. The legend on the first...	75 - 100
31	Mercury 10th Anniversary in Space Silver Ingot (2.3 ounces of silver) A small ingot of silver commemorating the 20th anniversary of Americ...	15 - 25
32	Lot of 6 Mercury Commemorative Medallions (1" diameter) Silver tone. The obverse reads "Mercury VI John H. Glenn." The reverse reads ...	100 - 150
33	Lot of 6 Mercury Commemorative Medallions Set of six (1.5" diameter) antiqued solid bronze commemorative medallions on a dark blue pr...	75 - 100
34	Bronze Mercury "Men in Space" Medallions A collection of bronze medallions (1.25" diameter), manufactured in England by the Danbury ...	100 - 150
35	Set of Mercury Bronze Medallions by Galaxy Set of six bronze medallions (1.5" diameter) made for NASA Tours by Galaxy. The medallions ...	25 - 50
36	Lot of 6 Mecury Bronze Medallions Six bronze commemorative medallions (1.5" diameter) commemorating the six manned Mercury fl...	25 - 50
37	Mercury Capsule McDonnell Contractor's Model (6 x 3") Silver toned model mounted on a rectangular wooden base (6 x 3.5"). The plaque rea...	100 - 150
38	Mercury Capsule Model (2.5 x 6") A black plastic model of a Mercury spacecraft mounted on a silver toned circular...	50 - 75
39	12 Original NASA Mercury Program Photographs Included in this lot are 6 black and white and 6 color NASA photographs (8 x 10") from Merc...	50 - 75
40	6 Early Mercury Program Photographs A collection of six black and white NASA photographs (8 x 10") from the early Mercury progr...	15 - 20
41	Lot of 4 NASA Shepard & Grissom Photographs Lot of four different NASA black and white launch and behind-the-scenes photographs (8 x 10...	100 - 125
42	NASA Mercury "Trading" Cards Full set of 32 different black and white Exhibit Supply Co. cards (3.25 x 5.5") all picturi...	250 - 350
43	c1960's, "Military Man in Space" USAF Slides Lot of 66 different metal-edged, 35mm. color slides in a loose-leaf album. Inside the front...	400 - 500
44	1956, Earth Satellite Game Manufactured by Gabriel Sons & Co., the objective of this vintage game is to make your way ...	100 - 150
45	Mercury Redstone Rocket Electrical Connectors This set of Redstone rocket electrical connectors was retreived from the failed launch of M...	1,500 - 2,500
46	Shepard Schirra Cooper Slayton Carpenter AG's (36 x 30", #2/10) This original charcoal and pastel etching on paper was produced for the 2...	10,000 - 15,000
47	Mercury MR 3 Alan Shepard Autograph on a black and white launch photograph (8 x 10") professionally matted to (11 x 15"). Inscr...	100 - 150
48	Mercury MR 3 Alan Shepard Autograph in black Sharpie on the title page of his, and Deke Slayton's (with Jay Barbree and Howard ...	100 - 125
49	Mercury MR 3 Alan Shepard Autograph in black Sharpie on a cover bearing a portrait photograph cachet of the astronaut, with a A...	100 - 125
50	Mercury MR 3 Alan Shepard Autograph on a plain white cover with a 4c SEATO stamp. Handwritten under the autograph is "5/29/61"....	100 - 150
51	1961 "Life Magazine" Mercury 3 Alan Shepard in this edition of "Life Magazine," "Astronaut Alan Shepard writes his exclusive personal a...	35 - 50
52	Alan Shepard Original Oil Painting by Robt Peak (48 x 36") Renowned artist Robert Peak was commissioned to produce this artwork for the din...	10,000 - 12,000
53	Mercury 3 Commemorative Pin A metal pin with plastic overlay (1.75" diameter) bearing a portrait of Alan Shepard. The t...	10 - 15
54	Flown Mercury MR4 Liberty Bell 7 Washer recovered from the Liberty Bell 7 capsule after its recovery in 1999 from over 16,000 feet ...	50 - 75
55	Flown Mercury MR4 Liberty Bell 7 Washer recovered from the Liberty Bell 7 capsule after its recovery in 1999 from over 16,000 feet ...	50 - 75
56	Flown Mercury MR 4 Film (1.5") mounted in an elaborate "Kansas Cosmosphere" limited edition (No. 246/1000) lucite d...	50 - 75
57	Mercury MR4 Virgil Grissom Autograph on a NASA color photograph (8 x 10") of the astronaut in a suit. Signed in blue ink. Excel...	750 - 1,000
58	Mercury MR4 Virgil Grissom Autograph on a FD cover with a Satellite Beach, Florida cachet issued in honor of the first five astr...	350 - 500
59	Grissom Mercury MR 4 American League Pass (5 x 3") A 1961 American League Pass made out to "Capt. Virgil Grissom & Party" that was pr...	500 - 750
60	Project Mercury 4 Phase II Presentation Piece A simple, four page commemorative piece. The inside bears a picture portrait of Grissom in ...	35 - 50
61	Mercury MA6 John Glenn Autograph on a $2.00 bill (Series 1976). Glenn has signed in black ink. The upper lower right corner ...	75 - 100
62	Mercury MA6 John Glenn Autograph in black ink on a color photograph (8 x 10") of him in a business suit. Very good conditi...	100 - 125
63	Mercury MA6 John Glenn Autograph on a pamphlet celebrating the "John Glenn High School Dedication and Open House October 20,...	25 - 35
65	Mercury MA6 John Glenn Autograph on the front cover of the February 2, 1962 issue of Life Magazine. Inscribed. Some faults a...	50 - 75
66	Mercury MA6 John Glenn Autograph on the reverse of two different color postcards of the astronaut and launch. Excellent cond...	50 - 75
67	Lot of 7 Mercury 6 Covers A collection of six covers, each bearing 4 4-cent project Mercury stamps and a February 20,...	100 - 125
68	Lot of 6 John Glenn Mercury 6 Covers Commemorating Lt. Col. John H. Glenn, with cancel dates including 1962, 1967, 2000. The Kok...	100 - 150
69	Lot of 5 NASA Mercury 6 Publicity Photographs Lot of five NASA black and white launch and behind-the-scenes photographs (8 x 10") of the ...	100 - 125
70	Lot of 4 UPI Photographs from Mercury 6 Four black and white UPI photographs (8 x 10") of John Glenn and the flight of the Friendsh...	20 - 30
71	Negatives from Glenn's Mercury 6 Parade in DC Six rare negatives (2.5 x 2.5") of John Glenn's celebratory parade through Washington, D.C....	50 - 75
72	Mercury MA6 '"Glenn's Day of History" Record A 33 1/3 commemorative record of Glenn's flight produced by Eva-Tone circa 1962. "five, fou...	25 - 50
73	Mercury MR 7 Scott Carpenter Autograph Scott Carpenter autograph on the title page of his (with Kris Stoever) 2002 book "For Spaci...	100 - 150
74	Mercury 7 Carpenter Signed Grumman KSC Book 1963/1970, (128pp., hard cover) "This book is dedicated to the men and women of Grumman Aer...	75 - 100
75	Mercury MA7 Scott Carpenter Autograph on a Project Mercury commemorative cover with a light fuchsia and orange cachet of the caps...	100 - 150
76	Mercury MA8 Walter Schirra Autograph on a NASA color publicity reprint photo (8 x 10") of him in his space suit. The photo is pr...	100 - 150
77	Mercury MA8 Walter Schirra Autograph on a black and white NASA photograph (8 x 10") of the astronaut in his space suit, posed in...	50 - 75
78	Mercury MA8 Walter Schirra Autograph on a black and white photograph (8 x 10") of the astronaut with newsman Walter Cronkite. At...	50 - 75
79	Mercury MA8 Walter Schirra Autograph on the inside picture page of his book (with Richard Billings) 1988, "Schirra's Space" (228...	35 - 50
80	Mercury MA8 Walter Schirra Autograph on the inside picture page of his book (with Richard Billings) 1988, "Schirra's Space" (228...	35 - 50
81	Mercury MA8 Walter Schirra Autograph on a Project Mercury commemorative cover with a NASA meatball cachet. The cover commemorate...	50 - 75
82	Mercury MA8 Walter Schirra Autograph on a cover celebrating the appearance of Schirra's MA-8 Spacecraft "Sigma 7" at a U.S. Food...	25 - 50
83	Mercury MA8 Cece Bibby Autograph on a color NASA photograph (8 x1 0") of the artist and Walter Schirra in front of the MA8 c...	35 - 50
84	Mercury MA9 Gordon Cooper Autographs in black Sharpie on a color NASA publicity photograph (16 x 20") of him in his space suit. ...	100 - 150
85	Mercury MA9 Gordon Cooper Autographs on a color NASA photograph #61-1927 (8 x 10") of the MR-3 on the launch pad. Cooper signed ...	100 - 125
86	Mercury MA9 Gordon Cooper Autographs on a color NASA photograph #858-14-2383 (8 x 10") of Earthrise as seen from Apollo 8. Coope...	100 - 125
87	Mercury MA9 Gordon Cooper Autographs on a color photograph (8 x 10") of the International Space Station. Cooper signed in black ...	100 - 125
88	Mercury MA9 Gordon Cooper Autographs on a black and white NASA photograph #S-63-3973 (8 x 10")of the astronaut in front of Mercu...	100 - 125
89	Mercury MA9 Gordon Cooper Autographs on the cover page of 1963, "The Triumph of Astronaut L. Gordon Cooper, Jr. and the Faith 7"...	100 - 125
90	Mercury MA9 Gordon Cooper Autographs in black ink on the title page of his (with Bruce Henderson) 2000 book "Leap of Faith" (278...	100 - 150
91	Mercury MA9 Gordon Cooper Autographs in black ink on the title page of his (with Bruce Henderson) 2000 book "Leap of Faith" (1st...	100 - 125
92	Mercury MA9 Gordon Cooper Autographs on a Project Mercury commemorative cover sponsored by the Masonic Stamp Club of NY bearing ...	100 - 125
93	Mercury MA9 Gordon Cooper Autographs on the May 24, 1963 issue of Time Magazine with himself of the cover. Cooper has added "Fai...	100 - 125
94	Lot of 40 Mercury MA9 Commemorative Badges (3.5" diameter) A lot of 40 plastic-coated metal badges commemorating the flight of Mercury...	25 - 30
95	Lot of 5 NASA Mercury MA9 Photographs Lot of five different NASA black and white photographs (8 x 10") of behind-the-scenes and t...	25 - 30
96	Flown Gemini Program Spacecraft Flotation Ball This lot consists of an aluminum sphere (1.25" in diameter). After the experience on Grisso...	150 - 200
97	Gemini Attitude and Maneuver Control Trainer This incredible lot consists of the three major component panels of the attitude and maneuv...	100,000 - 125,000
98	Gemini Program Decade Resistor Box Manufactured by the General Radio Company, this communications test box bears serial #: "EP...	250 - 350
99	Gemini Oxygen Breathing Pressure Regulator Manufactured by Scott Aviation this regulator bears serial #: 18172, 55" and acceptance sta...	300 - 350
100	Gemini Program Pressure Control Gauge Manufactured by Fisher Controls this gauge bears serial #: "46442, OP4820" as well as a NAS...	150 - 200
101	Gemini Sylvania Sun Gun Hand-held Spotlight This Gemini era spotlight bears serial #: "SG-6020C, 24" and includes filters as pictured. ...	150 - 200
102	Gemini Program Flotation Ball This lot consists of an aluminum sphere (1.25" in diameter) After the experience on Grissom...	200 - 300

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