RR Auction: Space Exploration, 728, Amherst

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
October 16, 2025 - October 16, 2025
Page Size: 435 items in 18 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
8353 Apollo 15

Apollo 15 (3) Signed Books

USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 250.00
8354 Jim Irwin

Jim Irwin Signed Photograph

USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 334.00
8355 Jim Irwin

Jim Irwin Signed Photograph

USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 250.00
8356 Jim Irwin

Jim Irwin Signed Stamp Blocks and Signed Photograph

USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 303.00
8357 Jim Irwin

Jim Irwin Signed Photograph

USD 200.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
8358 Jim Irwin

Jim Irwin Autograph Document Signed

USD 200.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
8359 Jim Irwin

Jim Irwin Signed Book - To Rule the Night

USD 100.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
8360 Dave Scott

Dave Scott Signed Print of 'Montes Apenninus' (22" x 17")

USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 875.00
8361 Dave Scott

Dave Scott Signed Photograph

USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 334.00
8362 Dave Scott

Dave Scott Signed Book - Two Sides of the Moon

USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 250.00
8363 Al Worden's

Al Worden's Apollo 15 Training-Used Star Chart

USD 500.00 - 700.00 Not Sold
8365 Al Worden

Al Worden Signed Book and Insert - Falling to Earth

USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 250.00
8367 Charlie Duke

Charlie Duke Handwritten Apollo 16 Training Notebook: "Our really intensive training starts next month with the beginning of spacecraft checkout"

USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 5,530.00
8368 Apollo 16

Apollo 16 Surface-Flown Lunar Rover Electrical Schematic - From the Personal Collection of Charlie Duke

USD 35,000.00 - 40,000.00 Not Sold
8369

Charlie Duke's A7LB EVA Glove TMG Assembly

USD 20,000.00 - 25,000.00 USD 53,594.00
8370 Apollo 16

Apollo 16 Crew Badge - From the Personal Collection of Backup CDR Fred Haise

USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 1,880.00
8371 Apollo 16

Apollo 16 Crew-Signed Insurance Cover

USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 1,831.00
8372 Apollo 16

Apollo 16 (3) Signed Photographs - Young, Duke, and Mattingly

USD 600.00 - 800.00 Not Sold
8373 Apollo 16

Apollo 16 (2) Signed Commemorative Covers - Young and Duke

USD 200.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
8375 Charlie Duke

Charlie Duke Autograph Manuscript Signed: "Reflections of a Lunar Voyager"

USD 800.00 - 1,000.00 USD 1,059.00
8377 Charlie Duke

Charlie Duke Signed Photograph with JFK Quote: "We choose to go to the moon"

USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 656.00
8378 Charlie Duke

Charlie Duke Oversized Signed Photograph

USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 491.00
8380 Charlie Duke

Charlie Duke Signed Photograph and Signature

USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 250.00
8381 Charlie Duke

Charlie Duke Signed Photograph

USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 250.00
8382 Ken Mattingly

Ken Mattingly Signed Photograph

USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 250.00
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