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Auction Name Space Exploration Total Sales (USD) 852,062.50
Auction Date November 10, 2017 - November 10, 2017 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 607,450.00
Sale Number #6179 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 844,550.00
Total Lots 648
Sold Lots 633 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 636,350.00
% of Lots Sold 97.69% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 884,850.00
Unsold Lots 15 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 96.30%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
50059

Apollo Guidance Computer: Original Display and Keyboard (DSKY) Unit, Signed by Harrison Schmitt.

USD 25,000.00 - 35,000.00 USD 47,500.00
50065

Apollo 8 Flown Silver Robbins Medallion, Serial Number 183, Originally from the Personal Collection of Mission Command Module Pilot James Lovell, with Signed LOA.

USD 7,000.00 - 9,000.00 USD 30,000.00
50062

NASA Marshall Space Flight Center Massive Apollo Command/Service and Lunar Module Model, 1/20 Scale, on Base.

USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 27,500.00
50138

Apollo 13 Flown Complete Microform Bible, Serial Number 13-010, with Crew-Signed and James Lovell Signed Certificates, Originally from the Apollo Prayer League Archives of Founder Reverend John M. Stout.

USD 15,000.00 - 25,000.00 USD 27,500.00
50017

Gemini 3 - Gemini 12 Presentation Set of Flown Fliteline Medals (Ten) in Lucite, One of only Twenty-four Produced, Directly from the Family Collection of Astronaut Richard Gordon.

USD 9,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 25,000.00
50080

Apollo 11 Flown Silver Robbins Medallion, Serial Number 409, Originally from the Collection of Mary Bubb, the First Female Reporter to Cover the Space Program, with Signed Letter of Provenance.

USD 35,000.00 - 45,000.00 USD 21,875.00
50081

Apollo 11 Flown American Flag on Presentation Signed by Armstrong and Aldrin in Framed Display, with Aldrin-Signed Photo of Presentation Ceremony.

USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 USD 21,250.00
50079

Apollo 11: Neil Armstrong EKG Strip Recorded as He Made that Legendary "Giant Leap for Mankind" onto the Lunar Surface, in Framed Display.

USD 25,000.00 - 30,000.00 USD 17,500.00
50061

Apollo Spacesuit Program: Rare and Early SPD-143-3 "Suit Coverall" by International Latex Corporation, Manufactured July 26, 1963, Signed by the Apollo 12 Crew.

USD 5,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 16,250.00
50015

NASA Gemini Program: Wall Clock from Blockhouse 19, Where all Ten Manned Gemini Missions Were Launched.

USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 15,000.00
50168

Apollo 16 Flown Silver Robbins Medallion, Serial Number 32, Originally from the Personal Collection of Mission Lunar Module Pilot Charlie Duke, with Signed LOA.

USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 USD 15,000.00
50124

Apollo 12 Flown Silver Robbins Medallion, Serial Number 232, Originally from the Personal Collection of Mission Backup Commander Dave Scott, with Notarized Copy of Signed LOA.

USD 8,000.00 - 10,000.00 USD 12,500.00
50019

Project Gemini: Matched Set of Signed Gemini Launch Covers (Ten), GT-3 through GT-12, Directly from the Family Collection of Astronaut Richard Gordon.

USD 1,600.00 - 2,400.00 USD 11,875.00
50125

Apollo 12 Lunar Module Flown Largest Size American Flag on a Crew-Signed Presentation Mat Directly from the Family Collection of Mission Command Module Pilot Richard Gordon.

USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 11,875.00
50039

Apollo Moonwalkers: Collection of Individually Signed Covers, One from Each of the Twelve.

USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 USD 11,250.00
50163

Apollo 15 Flown Crew-Signed Limited Edition Apollo 12 Cover Directly from the Family Collection of Apollo 12 Command Module Pilot Richard Gordon, Signed and Certified.

USD 18,000.00 - 24,000.00 USD 11,250.00
50192

Apollo-Soyuz Test Project: Flown Document Signed in Space by Both Crews, Known as the "Space Magna Carta."

USD 18,000.00 - 24,000.00 USD 11,250.00
50127

Apollo 12 Flown American Flag on Crew-Signed Mat Originally from the Personal Collection of Mission Lunar Module Pilot Alan Bean, Signed and Certified, with Signed COA, in Framed Display with Bean-Signed Print.

USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 USD 10,625.00
50606

NASA Apollo Command/Service Module Launch Vehicle Engines Event Annunciator Component.

USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 10,000.00
50164

Apollo 15 Flown Silver Robbins Medallion, Serial Number 069, Originally from the Personal Collection of Astronaut Charlie Duke, with Signed LOA.

USD 10,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 9,625.00
50126

Apollo 12 Lunar Module Flown Large Size American Flag and Patch on a Crew-Signed Presentation Mat Directly from the Family Collection of Mission Command Module Pilot Richard Gordon.

USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 8,750.00
50090

Apollo 11 Crew-Signed "Type Three" Insurance Cover with Mission Insignia Cachet, Originally from the Personal Collection of Buzz Aldrin.

USD 8,000.00 - 10,000.00 USD 7,812.50
50018

Project Gemini: Cover Cancelled on Gemini 12 Launch Date, Signed by Fourteen Gemini-Flown Astronauts, Directly from the Family Collection of Astronaut Richard Gordon.

USD 1,600.00 - 2,400.00 USD 7,500.00
50066

Apollo 8 Flown American Flag Directly from the Personal Collection of Mission Command Module Pilot James Lovell, Signed and Certified, with Signed LOA.

USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 7,500.00
50141

Apollo 13 Flown Beta Cloth Mission Insignia Directly from the Personal Collection of Mission Commander James Lovell, Signed and Certified, with Signed LOA.

USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 6,875.00
  • Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Piccolomini's De La Sfera del Mondo (The Sphere of the World), 1540.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Vellutello's Commentary on Petrarch, With Map, 1525.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Finely Bound Definitive, Illustrated Edition of I Promessi Sposi, 1840.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Rare First Edition of John Milton's Latin Correspondence, 1674.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Giolito's Edition of Boccaccio's The Decamerone, with Bedford Binding, 1542.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of the First Biography of Marie of the Incarnation, with Rare Portrait, 1677.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Aldine Edition of Volume One of Cicero's Orationes, 1540.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Bonanni's Illustrated Costume Catalogue, with Complete Plates, 1711.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: An Important Incunable, the First Italian Edition of Josephus's De Bello Judaico, 1480.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Jacques Philippe d'Orville's Illustrated Book of the Ruins of Sicily, 1764.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: An Incunable from 1487, The Contemplative Life, with Early Manuscript.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Ignatius of Loyola's Exercitia Spiritualia, 1563.
  • Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 546. Christoph Jacob Trew. Plantae selectae, 1750-1773.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 70. Thomas Murner. Die Narren beschwerung. 1558.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 621. Michael Bernhard Valentini. Museum Museorum, 1714.
    Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 545. Sander Reichenbachia. Orchids illustrated and described, 1888-1894.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1018. Marinetti, Boccioni, Pratella Futurism - Comprehensive collection of 35 Futurist manifestos, some of them exceptionally rare. 1909-1933.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 634. August Johann Rösel von Rosenhof. 3 Original Drawings, around 1740.
    Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 671. Jacob / Picasso. Chronique des Temps, 1956.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1260. Mary Webb. Sarn. 1948. Lucie Weill Art Deco Binding.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 508. Felix Bonfils. 108 large-format photographs of Syria and Palestine.
    Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 967. Dante Aligheri and Salvador Dali. Divina Commedia, 1963.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1316. Tolouse-Lautrec. Dessinateur. Duhayon binding, 1948.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1303. Regards sur Paris. Braque, Picasso, Masson, 1962.
  • Fonsie Mealy’s
    Rare Book & Collectors Sale
    24th April 2024
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: McCarthy (Cormac). Cities of the Plain, N.Y., 1998, First Edn., signed on hf. title; together with Uncorrected Proof and Uncorrected Advance Reading Copies, both signed by the Author. €800 to €1,000.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Stanihurst (Richard). De Rebus in Hibernia Gestis, Libri Quattuor, sm. 4to Antwerp (Christi. Plantium) 1584. First Edn. €525 to €750.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Fleischer (Nat.) Jack Dempsey The Idol of Fistiana, An Intimate Narrative, N.Y., 1929, First Edn. Signed on f.e.p. by Rocky Marciano. €400 to €600.
    Fonsie Mealy’s
    Rare Book & Collectors Sale
    24th April 2024
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Smith - Classical Atlas, Lond., 1820. Bound with, Smiths New General Atlas .. Principal Empires, Kingdoms, & States throughout the World, Lond. 1822. €350 to €500.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Rare Auction Catalogues – 1856: Bindon Blood, of Ennis, Co. Clare: Sotheby & Wilkinson. €320 to €450.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: [Mavor (Wm.)] A General Collection of Voyages and Travels from the Discovery of America to the Commencement of the Nineteenth Century, 28 vols. (complete) Lond., 1810. €300 to €400.
    Fonsie Mealy’s
    Rare Book & Collectors Sale
    24th April 2024
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Mc Carthy (Cormac). Outer Dark, N.Y. (Random House)1968, Signed by Mc Carthy. €250 to €300.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Three signed works by Ted Huges - Wodwo, 1967; Crow from the Life and Songs of the Crow, 1970; and Tales from Ovid, 1997. €200 to €300.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: The Garden. An Illustrated Weekly Journal of Horticulture in all its Branches, 7 vols. lg. 4to Lond. 1877-1880. With 127 colored plates. €200 to €300.
    Fonsie Mealy’s
    Rare Book & Collectors Sale
    24th April 2024
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Procter (Richard A.) Saturn and its System: Containing Discussions of The Motion (Real and Apparent)…, Lond. 1865. First Edn. €160 to €220.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: [Ashe] St. George, Lord Bishop of Clogher, A Sermon Preached to the Protestants of Ireland, now in London,... Oct. 23, 1712, London 1712. Second Edn. €130 to €180.
  • Sotheby’s
    Modern First Editions
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Winston Churchill. The Second World War. Set of First-Edition Volumes. 6,000 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: A.A. Milne, Ernest H. Shepard. A Collection of The Pooh Books. Set of First-Editions. 18,600 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Salvador Dalí, Lewis Carroll. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Finely Bound and Signed Limited Edition. 15,000 USD
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  • Doyle, May 1: Thomas Jefferson expresses fears of "a war of extermination" in Saint-Dominigue. $40,000 to $60,000.
    Doyle, May 1: An exceptional presentation copy of Fitzgerald's last book, in the first issue dust jacket. $25,000 to $35,000.
    Doyle, May 1: The rare first signed edition of Dorian Gray. $15,000 to $25,000.
    Doyle, May 1: The Prayer Book of Jehan Bernachier. $10,000 to $15,000.
    Doyle, May 1: Van Dyck's Icones Principum Virorum Doctorum. $10,000 to $15,000.
    Doyle, May 1: The magnificent Cranach Hamlet in the deluxe binding by Dõrfner. $7,000 to $10,000.
    Doyle, May 1: A remarkable unpublished manuscript of a voyage to South America in 1759-1764. $3,000 to $5,000.
    Doyle, May 1: Bouchette's monumental and rare wall map of Lower Canada. $12,000 to $18,000.
    Doyle, May 1: An rare original 1837 abolitionist woodblock. $8,000 to $12,000.
    Doyle, May 1: An important manuscript breviary in Middle Dutch. $15,000 to $25,000.
    Doyle, May 1: An extraordinary Old Testament manuscript, circa 1250. $20,000 to $30,000.
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