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Auction Info

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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  • ALDE, Apr. 8: GUEVARA (ANTONIO DE). Histoire de Marc-Aurèle, Empereur Romain, vray miroir et horloge des Princes. Paris, Pierre et Galliot du Pré, frères, 1565. €3,000 to €4,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: HEURES DE LA VIERGE. Horæ in laudem beatissimæ virginis Mariæ ad usum Romanum. Paris, Charles L'Angelier, 1556. €4,000 to €5,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: MONTAIGNE (MICHEL DE). Les Essais. Édition nouvelle, trouvée après le deceds de l'autheur… Paris, Abel L'Angelier, 1595. €6,000 to €8,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: [ROJAS (FERNANDO DE)]. Celestina, tragicomedia di Calisto et Melibea, tradotta de lingua castigliana in italiano idioma… Venise, 1531. €2,000 to €3,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: CAMÕES (LUÍS DE). Os Lusiadas. Lisbonne, Pedro Crasbeeck, 1613. €2,000 to €3,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: CERVANTES (MIGUEL DE). El Ingenioso hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha. Bruxelles, Roger Velpius & Huberto Antonio, 1611. €6,000 to €8,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: LA FONTAINE (JEAN DE). Fables choisies, mises en vers. Paris, Denys Thierry et Claude Barbin, 1678-1694. €6,000 to €8,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: CERVANTES (MIGUEL DE). El Ingenioso hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha. Madrid, Joaquin Ibarra, 1780. €3,000 to €4,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: DIDEROT (DENIS) ET JEAN LE ROND D'ALEMBERT. Encyclopédie, ou dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers. Paris, 1751-1765. €15,000 to €20,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: [LIVRE TISSÉ]. LAMARTINE (Alphonse de). Les Laboureurs. Poème tiré de Jocelyn… Lyon, J. A. Henry, 1883. €8,000 to €10,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: [LIVRE TISSÉ]. Livre de prières tissé d'après les enluminures des manuscrits du XIVe au XVIe siècle. Lyon, [A. Roux], 1886. €5,000 to €6,000.
  • Sotheby’s
    Books, Manuscripts & Objects from Three Important Collections
    Open for Bidding 2-17 April
    Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: [Guillaume de Lorris and Jean de Meun]. Le Roman de la Rose, [Geneva or Lyons, c.1481], first printed edition of the most important medieval French vernacular poem. £200,000 to £300,000.
    Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: Castiglione. Il libro del cortegiano. [Venice], April 1528, first edition, in a magnificent binding by Jean Picard for Jean Grolier. £100,000 to £150,000.
    Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: Jacobus de Cessolis. Schachzabelbuch, Strasbourg, 1483, von der Lasa copy. £50,000 to £70,000.
    Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: World Championship, 1972. A collection of 84 press photographs of the famed match between Spassky and Fischer. £2,000 to £3,000.
    Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: Ben Franklin. Autograph letter signed, to Lord Shelburne, British Prime Minister, during peace negotiations, November 1782. £15,000 to £20,000.