Heritage Auctions: Space Exploration Showcase Auction, 33169, Dallas

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
September 27, 2025 - September 27, 2025
Page Size: 464 items in 19 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
71001 Buzz Aldrin

Buzz Aldrin Signed Apollo 11 U.S.S. Hornet Recovery Cover.

USD 240.00 - 360.00 USD 206.25
71002 Ted Freeman

Ted Freeman Inscribed Signed Portrait, a Print from Pencil Artwork by R. Juge.

USD 480.00 - 720.00 USD 4,375.00
71003 Wally Schirra

Wally Schirra Signed Mercury-Atlas 8 (Sigma 7) Launch Cover.

USD 160.00 - 240.00 USD 450.00
71004 Alan Shepard

Alan Shepard Signed Mercury-Redstone 3 (Freedom 7) Launch Cover.

USD 320.00 - 480.00 USD 625.00
71005

Bell X-2 1956 Test Flight Cover Signed by Legendary Pilot Frank K. "Pete" Everest.

USD 160.00 - 240.00 USD 237.50
71006

X-15: Scott Crossfield Signed Cover Celebrating the First Ever X-15 Test Flight, Captive Beneath the Wing of a B-52 Bomber.

USD 160.00 - 240.00 USD 262.50
71007

Mercury-Redstone 3 (Freedom 7) U.S.S. Lake Champlain Recovery Ship Cover Signed by Alan Shepard & John Glenn, and with Lengthy Handwritten Comments by Robert Gilruth.

USD 640.00 - 960.00 USD 375.00
71008

Mercury-Redstone 3 (Freedom 7): Alan Shepard Signed Swanson "Man-in-Space" Launch Cover with added Carl Swanson Autograph.

USD 240.00 - 360.00 Not Sold
71009

Mercury-Redstone 4 (Liberty Bell 7): Gus Grissom Signed Launch Cover.

USD 320.00 - 480.00 USD 1,093.75
71010

Mercury-Atlas 6 (Friendship 7) John Glenn Signed Hand-Painted Covers, Launch [and] U.S.S. Noa Recovery Force Cover.

USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 718.75
71011

Mercury-Atlas 6 (Friendship 7): John Glenn Signed U.S.S. Noa Recovery Cover.

USD 120.00 - 180.00 USD 275.00
71012

Mercury-Atlas 7 (Aurora 7): Scott Carpenter Signed Launch Cover [and] U.S.S. Intrepid "Mercury Pickup" Recovery Cover.

USD 120.00 - 180.00 USD 175.00
71013

Mercury-Atlas 8 (Sigma 7): Wally Schirra Signed Launch Cover [and] U.S.S. Kearsarge Project Mercury Task Force Recovery Cover.

USD 120.00 - 180.00 USD 287.50
71014

Mercury-Atlas 9 (Faith 7): Gordon Cooper Signed Splashdown Cover from Tom Stafford's Collection [and] a U.S.S. Kearsarge Recovery Cover also signed by Ship's Captain Eugene Rankin.

USD 120.00 - 180.00 USD 237.50
71015

Gemini: Rare Backup Crew-Signed Covers for Gemini 3 (Schirra & Stafford), Gemini 4 (Lovell & Borman), and Gemini 8 (Conrad & Gordon).

USD 320.00 - 480.00 USD 500.00
71016

Gemini 4: Rare Crew-Signed U.S.S. Wasp Recovery Cover also Signed by Ship's Commanding Officer.

USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 1,625.00
71017

Gemini 5: Crew-Signed Launch Cover with NASA KSC Official Cachet [and] U.S.S. Lake Champlain Recovery Cover.

USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 2,125.00
71018

Gemini 5 Crew-Signed U.S.S. Lake Champlain Recovery Cover.

USD 120.00 - 180.00 USD 99.00
71019

Gemini 5 Crew-Signed Launch Cover.

USD 120.00 - 180.00 USD 1,375.00
71020

Gemini 6 Launch Date and Gemini 6A Launch Crew-Signed Covers.

USD 240.00 - 360.00 USD 512.50
71021

Gemini 6A: Crew-Signed Launch Cover [and] U.S.S. Wasp Recovery Cover.

USD 240.00 - 360.00 USD 1,375.00
71022

Gemini 7: Crew-Signed Launch Cover with Scarce NASA Kennedy Space Center Stamped Cachet.

USD 240.00 - 360.00 USD 450.00
71023

Gemini 7: Crew-Signed Launch Cover [and] U.S.S. Wasp Recovery Cover also Signed by Ship's Executive and Commanding Officers, and Helicopter Pilot.

USD 240.00 - 360.00 USD 562.50
71024

Gemini 9 Original Crew: Elliot See Signed Cover [and] Charles Bassett Small Signed Photo.

USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 875.00
71025

Gemini 9A: Crew-Signed Launch Cover with NASA KSC Official Cachet [and] U.S.S. Wasp Recovery Cover.

USD 240.00 - 360.00 USD 375.00
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