Heritage Auctions: Space Exploration Signature Auction, 6326, Dallas

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
December 11, 2025 - December 12, 2025
Page Size: 515 items in 21 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
50003

Rocket Mail: The First International Rocket Mail Service in the United States, a Set of Four Flown and Signed Covers, 1936.

1936 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 812.50
50008

Albert I: The First Primate Launched into Space, in a V-2 Rocket on June 11, 1948, Launch Cover.

1948 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 2,000.00
50012

Missile Mail: U.S. Navy Regulus II "Missile Mail" Experimental Flown Cover with Original Documentation, 1958.

1958 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 2,000.00
50013

Missile Mail: U.S. Navy Regulus II "Missile Mail" Unauthorized Experimental Flown Cover, One of Only Twelve, with Original Documentation, 1959.

1959 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 1,062.50
50015

X-15: Sperry Gyroscope "Inertial Climb Indicator", Original Flight Instrument from the X-15 Program.

USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 1,875.00
50016

Space Mail: USAF "First Mail from Outer Space" Cover Flown on Discovery XVII with Original Letter of Transmittal to NASA's First Administrator, 1960.

1960 USD 1,440.00 - 2,160.00 USD 35,000.00
50017

Vostok: General Nikolai Kamanin's Map for Vostok 3KA-1 Landing with Site Marked, Signed in Russian on Verso.

USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 625.00
50018

Vostok 1: Records File on the First Space Flight by the USSR Citizen Yuri Alexeyevitch Gagarin, Made on April 12, 1961, on Spaceship-Sputnik "Vostok," Signed by Yuri Gagarin.

1961 USD 14,400.00 - 21,600.00 USD 42,500.00
50019

Vostok 1 Commemorative Presentation Model.

USD 3,200.00 - 4,800.00 USD 7,812.50
50020

Yuri Gagarin Signed Large Photograph Inscribed to General Nikolai Kamanin and Originally from Kamanin's Personal Collection, dated August 24, 1961.

1961 USD 1,280.00 - 1,920.00 USD 4,250.00
50021

Yuri Gagarin Autograph Postcard, Signed Twice, to General Nikolai Kamanin and Originally from Kamanin's Personal Collection, postmarked December 30, 1961, with Certificate of Authenticity from PSA/DNA.

1961 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 1,125.00
50022

General Nikolai Kamanin: Photo Album Presented to Him by the People of Orenburg, Signed by Yuri Gagarin dated June 1961, from Kamanin's Personal Collection.

1961 USD 1,280.00 - 1,920.00 Not Sold
50023

General Nikolai Kamanin: Original Eight Page Handwritten Report on Yuri Gagarin's 1961 Visit to Cuba, Canada, and Brazil.

1961 Visit to Cuba USD 1,440.00 - 2,160.00 Not Sold
50024

Vostok 2: Records File on the Space Flight by the USSR Citizen German Stepanovich Titov, Made On August 6-7, 1961, On Spaceship-Sputnik "Vostok-2," with the First Images of Earth from Space, Signed by Gherman Titov.

1961 USD 6,400.00 - 9,600.00 Not Sold
50025

Vostok 2 Flown Food Tubes (Two) Originally from the Collection of Cosmonaut Gherman Titov.

USD 960.00 - 1,440.00 USD 4,250.00
50026

Vostok 3: Records File on the Space Flight by the USSR Citizen Andriyan Grigoryevich Nikolayev In The "Vostok-3" Spaceship, August 11-15, 1962, Signed by Andriyan Nikolayev.

1962 USD 5,600.00 - 8,400.00 Not Sold
50027

Vostok 3 & Vostok 4: Records File Document on the First in the World Group Space Flight by the USSR Citizens Andriyan Grigoryevich Nikolayev and Pavel Romanovich Popovich in the "Vostok-3" and "Vostok-4" Spaceships August 12-15, 1962, Signed by Nikolayev

1962 USD 6,400.00 - 9,600.00 Not Sold
50028

Vostok 6: Records File on the First in the World Space Flight by USSR Woman-Citizen Valentina Vladimirovna Tereshkova In The "Vostok-6" Spaceship, June 16-19, 1963, Signed by Valentina Tereshkova.

1963 USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 20,000.00
50029

Vostok Cosmonauts: Large Photo Posed at Lenin's Mausoleum, Signed by the USSR's First Six in Space, with Certificate of Authenticity from PSA/DNA.

USD 1,600.00 - 2,400.00 USD 4,000.00
50030

Voskhod 1: Records File of the First Multi-Crew Space Flight in the World Aboard the Spacecraft-Satellite "Vostok" October 12--13, 1964, Signed by Komarov, Feoktistov, and Yegorov.

1964 USD 7,200.00 - 10,800.00 USD 12,500.00
50031

Voskhod 2: Records File of the First Flight in the World with the Exit of a Human into Outer Space on the Spacecraft-Satellite Voskhod-2, March 18--19, 1965, Signed by Belyayev and Leonov.

1965 USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 35,000.00
50032

Alexei Leonov: Handwritten and Signed Report on the First Human Spacewalk aboard Voskhod 2, March 18--19, 1965 [with] Signed Printed Copy of a Similar Report.

1965 [with] Signed Printed Copy of a Similar Report. USD 960.00 - 1,440.00 USD 5,750.00
50033

Pavel Belyayev's Personal Pilot's Watch Worn on Historic Voskhod 2 Mission, with Note from His Widow Tatyana.

USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 Not Sold
50034

Soviet Awards and Certificates Archive as Presented to Kerim Kerimov, Early Soviet Space Pioneer, Long Classified.

USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 625.00
50035

Yuri Gagarin, Vladimir Komarov, and Three Other Cosmonauts as well as Two Military Heroes: Signatures on the Verso of a 1966-dated Central Committee of Communist Party-Issued Luncheon Invitation.

1966-dated Central Committee of Communist Party-Issued Luncheon Invitation. USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 781.25
  • Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
    Lot 11. Blaeu's Superb World Map on a Polar Projection (1695) Est. $5,500 - $7,000
    Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
    Lot 36. Schedel's Ancient World Map with Humanoid Creatures (1493) Est. $14,000 - $17,000
    Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
    Lot 49. One of the First Lunar Globes to Show the Far Side of the Moon (1963) Est. $1,000 - $1,300
    Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
    Lot 5. The First World Map with Lavish Allegorical Vignettes of the Continents (1594) Est. $15,000 - $17,000
    Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
    Lot 55. Anti-British Propaganda Map with Churchill as an Octopus (1942) Est. $2,000 - $2,300
    Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
    Lot 197. One of the Most Influential Maps of Westward Expansion (1846) Est. $9,500 - $12,000
    Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
    Lot 10. Scarce Pitt Edition of Carte-a-Figures Map of the World (1680) Est. $9,500 - $11,000
    Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
    Lot 220. A Fine, Early Rendering of San Francisco (1874) Est. $2,200 - $2,500
    Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
    Lot 707. Hand-Colored Image of the Presentation of Jesus with Gilt Highlights (1450) Est. $1,600 - $1,900
    Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
    Lot 80. One of the Most Important Maps Perpetuating the Myth of the Island of California (1680) Est. $3,250 - $4,000
    Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
    Lot 725. Homann's Atlas Featuring 26 Folio-Sized Maps in Original Color (1715) Est. $4,500 - $5,500
    Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
    Lot 169. One of the Earliest Maps to Show Philadelphia (1695) Est. $4,750 - $6,000
  • Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11: DALVIMART, Octavien ou d’ALVIMAR(T). The Costume of Turkey
    Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11: DALVIMART, Octavien ou d’ALVIMAR(T)]. CLARK. The Military Costume of Turkey
    Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11: HOMMAIRE DE HELL, Ignace-Xavier. LAURENS, Jules. Voyage en Turquie et en Perse
    Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11: POSTEL, Guillaume. De la République des Turc
    Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11: PREZIOSI, Amadeo. Stamboul. Souvenir d’Orient.
    Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11: COSTUMES. EMPIRE OTTOMAN.
    Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11: PRISSE D'AVENNES, Achille Constant T. Emile. L'Art Arabe
    Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11: PRISSE D'AVENNES. Histoire de l'art Egyptie
    Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11: BESANCENOT, Jean. Costumes et types du Maroc.
    Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11: COSTUMES OTTOMANS. Suite de figures ottomanes à l’aquarelle
    Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11: LES MILLE ET UNE NUIT, contes arabes
    Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11: SCHLEGEL, Hermann et A. H. VERSTER van WULVERHORST. Traité de Fauconnerie - Planches
    Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11: THEVENOT, Melchisédec. Relation de divers voyages curieux
    Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11:
  • Forum Auctions
    Online: India
    Ends 19th February 2026
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 40
    Ramasvami (Kavali Venkata). A Digest of the Different Castes of India, 83 charming hand-coloured lithographed plates, Madras, 1837. £5,000-7,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 50
    Watson (John Forbes) & John William Kaye. The People of India: A Series of Photographic Illustrations...of the Races and Tribes of Hindustan, 8 vol., 480 mounted albumen prints, 1868-75. £4,000-6,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 53
    Afghanistan.- Elphinstone (Hon. Mountstuart). An Account of the Kingdom of Caubul, first edition, hand-coloured aquatint plates, a fine copy, 1815. £2,000-3,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 57
    [Album and Treatise on Hinduism], manuscript treatise on Hinduism in French, 31 watercolours of Hindu deities, Pondicherry, 1865. £3,000-4,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 62 Allan (Capt. Alexander). Views in the Mysore Country, [1794]. £2,000-3,000
    Forum Auctions
    Online: India
    Ends 19th February 2026
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 76
    Bird (James). Historical Researches on the Origin and Principles of the Bauddha and Jaina Religions..., first edition, lithographed plates, Bombay, American Mission Press, 1847. £3,000-4,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 100
    Ceylon.- Daniell (Samuel). A Picturesque Illustration of the scenery, animals, and native inhabitants, of the Island of Ceylon: in twelve plates, 1808. £5,000-7,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 123
    D'Oyly (Charles). Behar Amateur Lithographic Scrap Book, lithographed throughout with title and 55 plates mounted on 43 paper leaves, [Patna], [1828]. £3,000-5,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 139
    Gandhi (known as Mahatma Gandhi,) Fine Autograph Letter signed to Jawaharlal Nehru, Sevagram, Wardha, 1942, emphasising the importance of education in rural communities. £10,000-15,000
    Forum Auctions
    Online: India
    Ends 19th February 2026
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 140
    Gantz (John). Indian Microcosm, first edition, Madras, John Gantz & Son, 1827. £10,000-15,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 146
    Grierson (Sir George Abraham). Linguistic Survey of India, 11 vol. in 20, folding maps, original cloth, Calcutta, Superintendent Government Printing, 1903-28. £2,000-3,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 195
    Madras.- Fort St. George Gazette (The), No.276-331, pp.493-936 and Index to all of 1834 at end, modern half calf, Madras, 2nd July - 31st December 1834. £2,000-3,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 205
    Marshall (Sir John) and Alfred Foucher. The Monuments of Sanchi, 3 vol., first edition, 141 plates, most photogravure, [Calcutta], [1940]. £3,000-4,000
  • Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26: HAMILTON, Sir William (1730-1803) - Campi Phlegraei. Napoli: [Pietro Fabris], 1776, 1779. € 30.000 - 50.000
    Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26: [MORTIER] - BLAEU, Joannes (1596-1673) - Het Nieuw Stede Boek van Italie. Amsterdam: Pieter Mortier, 1704-1705. € 15.000 - 25.000
    Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26: TULLIO D'ALBISOLA (1899-1971) - Bruno MUNARI (1907-1998) - L'Anguria lirica (lungo poema passionale). Roma e Savona: Edizioni Futuriste di Poesia, senza data [ma 1933?]. € 20.000 - 30.000
    Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26: IL MANOSCRITTO RITROVATO DI IPPOLITA MARIA SFORZA. TITO LIVIO - Ab Urbe Condita. Prima Decade. Manoscritto miniato su pergamena, metà XV secolo. € 280.000 - 350.000
  • Sotheby's Fine Books & Manuscripts
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    Sotheby’s: Balthus, Emily Brontë. Wuthering Heights, New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1993. 6,600 USD.
    Sotheby’s: Charles Dickens. Complete Works, Philadelphia & London: J.B. Lippincott Company & Chapman & Hall, LD, 1850. Limited Edition set of 30 volumes. 7,500 USD.
    Sotheby’s: John Lennon, Yoko Ono. Handwritten Letter from John Lennon and Yoko Ono to their Chauffer. 1971. 32,500 USD.
    Sotheby’s: Winston Churchill. First edition of War Speeches, Cassell and Company, Ltd., 1941. Set of 7 volumes. 5,500 USD.
    Sotheby’s: Andy Warhol, Julia Warhola. Holy Cats First Edition, Signed by Andy Warhol. 1954. 30,000 USD.