RR Auction: Space Exploration and Aviation, 740, Amherst
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- April 23, 2026 - April 23, 2026
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5402 | Alan Bean; Wally Schirra; Walt Cunningham; Frank Borman; Jim McDivitt; Rusty Schweickart; Tom Stafford; Buzz Aldrin; Michael Collins; Charles Conrad; Richard Gordon; Fred Haise; James Lovell; Harrison Schmitt; Charlie Duke; Dave Scott; Al Worden; Alan She | Apollo Astronauts (20) Multi-Signed Print by Alan Bean - 'In the Beginning' (Ltd. Ed. #223/1000) |
N/A | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | Unknown | |
| 5404 | Buzz Aldrin; Alan Bean; Edgar Mitchell; Charlie Duke; Gene Cernan; James Lovell; Tom Stafford; Fred Haise; Richard Gordon; Walt Cunningham; Rusty Schweickart; Al Worden; Gordon Cooper | Apollo Spacecraft News Signed by (13) Astronauts, including Aldrin, Cernan, and |
1969 | USD 800.00 - 1,000.00 | Unknown | |
| 5405 | Frank Borman; Jim Irwin; James Lovell; John Glenn; Richard Gordon; Jim McDivitt; Wally Schirra; Deke Slayton; Tony England; Gordon Fullerton; Ed Gibson | Astronauts (11) Signed $2 Dollar Bills, with Glenn, Borman, Lovell, Irwin, and Schirra |
N/A | USD 500.00 - 600.00 | Unknown | |
| 5406 | Gene Cernan; Scott Carpenter; Walt Cunningham; James Lovell; Al Worden; Rusty Schweickart; Richard Gordon; Tom Stafford; Gene Kranz; Suzan Cooper; Alan Bean | Astronauts (9) Multi-Signed Book - Painting Apollo: First Artist on Another World by Alan Bean |
Washington, D.C. | 2009 | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | Unknown |
| 5408 | James Wyeth; Peter Hurd; Mitchell Jamieson; George A. Weymouth; Billy Morrow Jackson; Paul Calle; Lamar Dodd; Hugh Laidman; Franklin McMahon; Nicholas Solovioff; Fred Freeman | NASA Poster and Chart Collection (23) |
1966; 1989 | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | Unknown | |
| 5409 | Apollo Program Contamination Control Handbook and Snoopy Poster: "Dirt and Fibers are for the Birds!" |
1966; c. 1970 | USD 300.00 - 400.00 | Unknown | ||
| 5410 | Apollo Manned Flight Awareness 'Critical Space Item' Snoopy Poster: "We are now entering the Moon landing phase of Apollo" |
c. 1969 | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | Unknown | ||
| 5411 | Apollo Mission Simulator Instructor Handbook |
1966 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | Unknown | ||
| 5412 | Joseph G. Gavin, Jr. | Apollo Operations Handbook 'Lunar Module, LM 10 and Subsequent' (1971) - Signed by the Director of the Lunar Module Program, Joseph G. Gavin, Jr. |
1971 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | Unknown | |
| 5413 | John Houbolt; Aaron Cohen | Apollo Operations Handbook 'Block II Spacecraft' Volume I (1969) - Signed by NASA Engineers John Houbolt and Aaron Cohen |
1969 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | Unknown | |
| 5415 | Apollo Program (5) Schematics |
N/A | USD 500.00 - 700.00 | Unknown | ||
| 5416 | Apollo/Saturn V Oversized Launch Photographs (5) |
N/A | USD 300.00 - 400.00 | Unknown | ||
| 5417 | Russian Reports on Project Mercury, Apollo 13, and Apollo 14 |
N/A | USD 1,200.00 - 1,500.00 | Unknown | ||
| 5439 | Charles and Gayle Dodson Dual NASA Archives Highlighted by Space Shuttle-Flown Artifacts, a Silver Snoopy Award, and Career Accolades from the Marshall Space Flight Center |
N/A | USD 5,000.00 - 10,000.00 | Unknown | ||
| 5443 | Glenn E. Daniels | NASA Technical Memorandum (1973) - 'Terrestrial Environment (Climatic) Criteria Guidelines for Use in Aerospace Vehicle Development' |
1973 | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | Unknown | |
| 5444 | John P. Marbarger; Wernher von Braun | Wernher von Braun Signed Book - Space Medicine - From the Library of Walter Dornberger, Leader of Nazi Germany's V-2 Rocket Program |
Urbana, Illinois; Frankfurt, Germany | 1951; 1952; 1953 | USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 | Unknown |
| 5445 | Wernher von Braun | Wernher von Braun Handwritten Draft Letter on the Transfer of Lunar Traverse Planning to Houston |
1966 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | Unknown | |
| 5446 | Wernher von Braun | Wernher von Braun Signed Photograph and Typed Letter Signed |
1959 | USD 800.00 - 1,000.00 | Unknown | |
| 5447 | Wernher von Braun | Wernher von Braun Typed Letter Signed: "Why I Believe in Immortality" |
1960 | USD 500.00 - 600.00 | Unknown | |
| 5448 | Wernher von Braun | Wernher von Braun Signed Photograph |
N/A | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | Unknown | |
| 5451 | Jack Lousma | Jack Lousma Autograph Letter Signed: "Critics of our efforts in space will be relegated to the same place in history as those who said, 'It will never fly, Orville!'" |
1974 | USD 500.00 - 600.00 | Unknown | |
| 5452 | Jack Lousma | Jack Lousma Autograph Letter Signed: "Expect by now you have received invitation to Skylab II launch" |
1973 | USD 300.00 - 400.00 | Unknown | |
| 5455 | Skylab 2, 3, and 4 Manual - 'Launch Vehicle Ground Support Planning Document' |
1972 | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | Unknown | ||
| 5458 | Andre Dumas; C. E. Hennecart; J. B. Montgomery; M. J. Randleman | Skylab 4: National Aeronautic Association and Federation Aeronautique Internationale World Record Certificates (4) - From the Personal Collection of William Pogue |
N/A | USD 300.00 - 400.00 | Unknown | |
| 5460 | Skylab 4 Flight Evaluation Report - 'Saturn IB Launch Vehicle' |
1974 | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | Unknown |
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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 AprilSotheby’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.