JG.Limited assembles out-of-this-world lineup for Oct. 18 sale

First day postal cover from September 9, 1969, commemorating the Apollo 11 moon mission, signed by Neil Armstrong, Michael Collins and Buzz Aldrin, estimated at $2,500-$3,000
First day postal cover from September 9, 1969, commemorating the Apollo 11 moon mission, signed by Neil Armstrong, Michael Collins and Buzz Aldrin, estimated at $2,500-$3,000
First day postal cover from September 9, 1969, commemorating the Apollo 11 moon mission, signed by Neil Armstrong, Michael Collins and Buzz Aldrin, estimated at $2,500-$3,000

DANVERS, Mass. – Bidders will look to the skies during JG.Limited’s online-only Frontiers of Flight auction, ending on Tuesday, October 18. Subtitled “Celebrating Over 100 Years of Space & Aviation History,” the sale contains 400 lots representing many of the most famous names in air travel, from Neil Armstrong to the Wright Brothers. View the fully illustrated catalog on LiveAuctioneers.

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Helmet photo-matched to Amelia Earhart sells for $825K

A leather helmet that Amelia Earhart wore on a flight across the Atlantic in 1928 and later lost in a crowd of fans in Cleveland sold at auction on February 28 for $825,000. Image courtesy of Heritage Auctions.
A leather helmet that Amelia Earhart wore on a flight across the Atlantic in 1928 and later lost in a crowd of fans in Cleveland sold at auction on February 28 for $825,000. Image courtesy of Heritage Auctions.
A leather helmet that Amelia Earhart wore on a flight across the Atlantic in 1928 and later lost in a crowd of fans in Cleveland sold at auction on February 28 for $825,000. Image courtesy of Heritage Auctions.

DALLAS – A leather helmet that Amelia Earhart wore on a flight across the Atlantic in 1928 and later lost in a crowd of fans in Cleveland has sold at auction for $825,000. The helmet went to an anonymous bidder in an online-only sale that closed February 27, a spokesperson for Heritage Auctions said.

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