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Sale Name
Space and Aviation - Internet bidstart 10/13
Auction Date
10/20/2016 - 10/20/2016
Year of Sale
2016
Sale Number
#486
Total Lots
359
Sold Lots
246
Lots Sold
68.5%
Unsold Lots
113
Price Unknown
0
Total Sales (USD)
771,193.00
Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)
568,700.00
High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)
784,900.00
Low Estimate of All Lots (USD)
822,100.00
High Estimate of All Lots (USD)
1,124,900.00
Total Sales as a % of High Est.
68.56%
Currency
USD
Inflation Adjusted Price in U.S. Dollars
825,252.00

Top twenty five by sale price

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Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
6295 Alan Bean Original Painting ‘John F. Kennedy's Vision’

2004

 USD 60,000.00 - 80,000.00 74,938.15
6369 Dave Scott’s Apollo 15 Lunar Surface-Used Map

1971

 USD 25,000.00 - 50,000.00 58,861.25
6240 Neil Armstrong Oversized Signed Photograph

USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 56,301.00
6426 Gene Cernan’s Apollo 17 Flown LM EVA Cue Cards

1972

 USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 45,353.18
6246 Michael Collins’s Apollo 11 Flown Cover

1969

 USD 45,000.00 - 55,000.00 42,321.30
6326 James Lovell’s Apollo 13 Flown Insurance Cover

1970

 USD 25,000.00 - 30,000.00 37,059.93
6425 Gene Cernan’s Flown Apollo 17 Flight Plan Supplement

1972

 USD 40,000.00 - 50,000.00 36,750.00
6427 Gene Cernan’s Apollo 17 Flown CSM Systems Data Book

1972

 USD 40,000.00 - 50,000.00 35,435.58
6364 Dave Scott’s Apollo 15 Lunar Surface-Used Hasselblad Ring Sight

USD 30,000.00 - 40,000.00 30,975.35
6192 Collection of (12) Vintage Apollo NASA Transparency Film Rolls

USD 25,000.00 - 30,000.00 24,959.38
6023 Pioneer Rocket Scientists Oversized Signed Photograph

1956

 USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 16,114.88
6178 Collection of Signed Apollo Covers

USD 8,000.00 - 10,000.00 14,354.55
6020 Photography from the V-2 Rocket at Altitudes Ranging up to 160 Kilometers” by T. A. Bergstrahl

1947

 USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 11,004.18
6232 Gene Cernan’s Apollo 10 Flown LM Abort and Rendezvous Manual

USD 10,000.00 - 12,000.00 10,106.25
6173 Robert McCall Original Painting ‘Only the Beginning’

USD 10,000.00 - 12,000.00 9,804.90
6251 Alan Bean’s Apollo 11 Mission Viewing-Used and Crew-Signed Pass

1969

 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 8,083.78
6176 Apollo Astronaut Oversized Signed Earthrise Photograph

USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 6,513.33
6328 Apollo 13 Signed Photograph

USD 600.00 - 800.00 6,373.68
6309 Richard Gordon’s Apollo 12 Flown Lunar Map

USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 6,198.50
6175 Moonwalkers Collection of (12) Signed Photographs

USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 5,917.98
6248 Apollo 11 ‘Type 2’ Signed Insurance Cover

1969

 USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 5,519.85
6252 Alan Bean’s Apollo 11 Mission Viewing-Used and Crew-Signed Vehicle Permit

1969

 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 5,017.60
6112 Gemini Astronauts VI to XII Signed Earth Photographs Hardcover Book

1968

 USD 4,000.00 - 5,000.00 4,907.35
6097 Gordon Cooper’s MA-9 Mercury First Motion Switch

USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 4,873.05
6213 Apollo 8 Signed Cover and Signatures

USD 200.00 - 400.00 4,788.53
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  • <b><center>Heritage Auctions<br>Rare Books Signature Auction<br>December 15, 2025</center></b> <b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> John Donne. <i>Poems, By J. D. With Elegies on the Author's Death.</i> London: M[iles]. F[lesher]. for John Marriot, 1633. <b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> Edgar Rice Burroughs. <i>Tarzan of the Apes.</i> <b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> F. Scott Fitzgerald. <i>Tender is the Night. A Romance.</i> <b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> Bram Stoker. <i>Dracula.</i> Westminster: Archibald Constable & Co., 1897. <b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> Jerry Thomas. <i>How to Mix Drinks, or the Bon-Vivant's Companion, Containing Clear and Reliable Directions for Mixing All the Beverages Used in the United States…</i>
    Heritage Auctions
    Rare Books Signature Auction
    December 15, 2025
    Heritage, Dec. 15: John Donne. Poems, By J. D. With Elegies on the Author's Death. London: M[iles]. F[lesher]. for John Marriot, 1633.
    Heritage, Dec. 15: Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
    Heritage, Dec. 15: F. Scott Fitzgerald. Tender is the Night. A Romance.
    Heritage, Dec. 15: Bram Stoker. Dracula. Westminster: Archibald Constable & Co., 1897.
    Heritage, Dec. 15: Jerry Thomas. How to Mix Drinks, or the Bon-Vivant's Companion, Containing Clear and Reliable Directions for Mixing All the Beverages Used in the United States…
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  • <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Letter Signed ("Martinus Luther") to His Friend the Theologian Gerhard Wiskamp ("Gerardo Xantho Lampadario"). $100,000 - $150,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> An Exceptionally Fine Copy of Austenís Emma: A Novel in Three Volumes. $40,000 - $60,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Presentation Copy of Ernest Hemmingwayís A Farewell to Arms for Edward Titus of the Black Mankin Press. $30,000 - $50,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Manuscript Signed Integrally for "The Songs of Pooh," by Alan Alexander. $30,000 - $50,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Manuscript of "Three Fragments from Gˆtterd‰mmerung" by Richard Wagner. $30,000 - $50,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Original Preliminary Artwork, for the First Edition of Snow Crash. $20,000 - $30,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Letter Signed ("T.R. Malthus") to Economist Nassau Senior on Wealth, Labor and Adam Smith. $20,000 - $30,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides Finely Bound by Michael Wilcox. $20,000 - $30,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> First Edition of Lewis and Clark: Travels to the Source of the Missouri River and Across the American Continent to the Pacific Ocean. $8,000 - $12,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Original Artwork for the First Edition of Neal Stephenson's Groundbreaking Novel Snow Crash. $100,000 - $150,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> A Complete Set Signed Deluxe Editions of King's The Dark Tower Series by Stephen King. $8,000 - $12,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Letter Signed ("John Adams") to James Le Ray de Chaumont During the Crucial Years of the Revolutionary War. $8,000 - $12,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("Martinus Luther") to His Friend the Theologian Gerhard Wiskamp ("Gerardo Xantho Lampadario"). $100,000 - $150,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: An Exceptionally Fine Copy of Austenís Emma: A Novel in Three Volumes. $40,000 - $60,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Presentation Copy of Ernest Hemmingwayís A Farewell to Arms for Edward Titus of the Black Mankin Press. $30,000 - $50,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Manuscript Signed Integrally for "The Songs of Pooh," by Alan Alexander. $30,000 - $50,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Manuscript of "Three Fragments from Gˆtterd‰mmerung" by Richard Wagner. $30,000 - $50,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Original Preliminary Artwork, for the First Edition of Snow Crash. $20,000 - $30,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("T.R. Malthus") to Economist Nassau Senior on Wealth, Labor and Adam Smith. $20,000 - $30,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides Finely Bound by Michael Wilcox. $20,000 - $30,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: First Edition of Lewis and Clark: Travels to the Source of the Missouri River and Across the American Continent to the Pacific Ocean. $8,000 - $12,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Original Artwork for the First Edition of Neal Stephenson's Groundbreaking Novel Snow Crash. $100,000 - $150,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: A Complete Set Signed Deluxe Editions of King's The Dark Tower Series by Stephen King. $8,000 - $12,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("John Adams") to James Le Ray de Chaumont During the Crucial Years of the Revolutionary War. $8,000 - $12,000.
  • <center><b>Sotheby’s<br>Book Week<br>December 9-17, 2025</b></center> <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 17:</b> Francesco Colonna. <i>Hypnerotomachie,</i> Paris, 1546, Parisian calf by Wotton Binder C for Marcus Fugger. €200,000 to €300,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 17:</b> Nausea. <i>De principiis dialectices Gorgias,</i> and other works, Venice, 1523, morocco gilt for Cardinal Campeggio. €3,000 to €4,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 17:</b> Billon. <i>Le fort inexpugnable de l'honneur,</i> Paris, 1555, Parisian calf gilt for Peter Ernst, Graf von Mansfeld. €120,000 to €180,000. <center><b>Sotheby’s<br>Book Week<br>December 9-17, 2025</b></center> <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 16:</b> Salinger, J.D. The Graham Family archive, including autographed letters, an inscribed Catcher, a rare studio photograph of the author, and more. $120,000 to $180,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 16:</b> [Austen, Jane]. A handsome first edition of <i>Sense and Sensibility,</i> the author's first novel. $60,000 to $80,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 16:</b> Massachusetts General Court. A powerful precursor to the Declaration of Independence: "every Act of Government … without the Consent of the People, is … Tyranny." $40,000 to $60,000.
    Sotheby’s
    Book Week
    December 9-17, 2025
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Francesco Colonna. Hypnerotomachie, Paris, 1546, Parisian calf by Wotton Binder C for Marcus Fugger. €200,000 to €300,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Nausea. De principiis dialectices Gorgias, and other works, Venice, 1523, morocco gilt for Cardinal Campeggio. €3,000 to €4,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Billon. Le fort inexpugnable de l'honneur, Paris, 1555, Parisian calf gilt for Peter Ernst, Graf von Mansfeld. €120,000 to €180,000.
    Sotheby’s
    Book Week
    December 9-17, 2025
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: Salinger, J.D. The Graham Family archive, including autographed letters, an inscribed Catcher, a rare studio photograph of the author, and more. $120,000 to $180,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: [Austen, Jane]. A handsome first edition of Sense and Sensibility, the author's first novel. $60,000 to $80,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: Massachusetts General Court. A powerful precursor to the Declaration of Independence: "every Act of Government … without the Consent of the People, is … Tyranny." $40,000 to $60,000.