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
8057 Mercury Astronauts

Mercury Astronauts (5) Signed Covers

USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 303.00
8059 Gordon Cooper's

Gordon Cooper's (3) Mercury-Atlas 9 Typescript Report Drafts for the Flight of His Faith 7 Spacecraft

USD 500.00 - 700.00 Not Sold
8060 Curt Newport

Curt Newport Signed Book - Lost Spacecraft

USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 125.00
8062 Wally Schirra

Wally Schirra Signed Photograph

USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 250.00
8063 Wally Schirra

Wally Schirra Signed Photograph

USD 200.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
8064 Wally Schirra

Wally Schirra Signed Photograph

USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 125.00
8065 Alan Shepard

Alan Shepard Signed Photograph

USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 375.00
8066 Alan Shepard

Alan Shepard Signed Launch Day Cover

USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 303.00
8067 Alan Shepard and Freedom 7

Alan Shepard and Freedom 7 Recovery Leaders Signed Photograph

USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 2,505.00
8069 Alan Shepard

Alan Shepard Signed Photograph

USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 2,069.00
8070 Alan Shepard

Alan Shepard Signed Print - 'First American in Space' (Ltd. Ed. #190/2000)

USD 200.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
8074 Gemini 3

Gemini 3 Crew-Signed $1 Dollar Bill - Grissom and Young

USD 800.00 - 1,000.00 USD 1,880.00
8075 Gemini 5

Gemini 5 Crew-Signed $1 Dollar Bill - Conrad and Cooper

USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 250.00
8077 Gemini 8

Gemini 8 Signed 'Launch Day' Cover - From the Collection of Skylab Astronaut Ed Gibson

USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 3,033.00
8078 Gemini 8

Gemini 8 Crew-Signed $1 Dollar Bill - Armstrong and Scott

USD 1,000.00 - 1,200.00 USD 1,553.00
8079

Gemini 9 Flown Spacecraft ID Plate - From the Personal Collection of Gene Cernan

USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 6,265.00
8080 Gemini 9

Gemini 9 Crew-Signed $1 Dollar Bill - Cernan and Stafford

USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 275.00
8081

Gemini 9 Flown Constellation Chart and Greek Alphabet Cue Card - Signed and Flight-Certified by Gene Cernan

USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 2,550.00
8083 Buzz Aldrin, Wally Schirra, and Jim McDivitt

Buzz Aldrin, Wally Schirra, and Jim McDivitt

USD 400.00 - 600.00 Not Sold
8084 Frank Borman

Frank Borman Oversized Signed Photograph

USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 723.00
8085 Gene Cernan

Gene Cernan Signed Photograph

USD 200.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
8086 Michael Collins

Michael Collins Signed Photograph

USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 491.00
8087 Michael Collins and Gene

Michael Collins and Gene Cernan Signed Stamp Blocks (3)

USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 596.00
8088 Gordon Cooper

Gordon Cooper Signed Photograph

USD 200.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
8089 Gemini -3

Gemini (3) Crew-Signed Launch Day Covers

USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 550.00
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