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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5524 | Vladimir Dezhurov | ISS Expedition 3/STS-103/STS-109 Flown $1 Dollar Bill, Signed by Vladimir Dezhurov |
1995 | USD 500.00 - 600.00 | Unknown | |
| 5526 | Kenneth Bowersox; Nikolai Budarin; Donald Pettit; Yuri Malenchenko; Ed Lu | ISS Expedition 6 and 7 Flown Crew-Signed Letter and Flown Cover |
N/A | USD 500.00 - 600.00 | Unknown | |
| 5528 | Yuri Malenchenko | ISS Expedition 32/Soyuz TMA-05M Flown Letter by Yuri Malenchenko |
2012 | USD 300.00 - 400.00 | Unknown | |
| 5529 | Sergey Zalyotin; Aleksandr Kaleri | Soyuz TM-30/MIR-28/TMA-1/ISS Flown $1 Dollar Bill, Signed by Sergey Zalyotin and Aleksandr Kaleri |
1995 | USD 750.00 - 1,000.00 | Unknown | |
| 5530 | Sergei Zalyotin; Frank De Winne; Yury Lonchakov | Soyuz TMA-1/TM-34/ISS (2) Flown 10 Ruble Bills, Signed by Sergei Zalyotin, Frank De Winne, and Yury Lonchakov |
1997 | USD 500.00 - 600.00 | Unknown | |
| 5531 | Sergei Zalyotin; Frank De Winne; Yury Lonchakov | Soyuz TMA-1/TM-34/ISS Flown 5 Euro Bill, Signed by Sergei Zalyotin, Frank De Winne, and Yury Lonchakov |
2002 | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | Unknown | |
| 5534 | R. H. Goddard | Robert H. Goddard Typed Letter Signed on His Time in Princeton, where "a large part of the high-altitude rocket theory was worked out" |
1929 | USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | Unknown | |
| 5535 | Robert H. Goddard | Robert H. Goddard: First Edition of Rockets (1946) |
NY | 1946 | USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 | Unknown |
| 5537 | R. H. Goddard | Robert H. Goddard Signature |
N/A | USD 500.00 - 600.00 | Unknown | |
| 5539 | Tsiolkovsky | Konstantin Tsiolkovsky Autograph Letter Signed |
N/A | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | Unknown | |
| 5540 | Ranger Program Three-Volume Collection of (550) Photographs |
1964; 1965 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | Unknown | ||
| 5546 | Martin Marietta: Paul E. Hogan Aerospace Engineering Archive - Titan, Viking, Skylab, and Space Shuttle (1962–1982) |
1962-1982 | USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 | Unknown | ||
| 5561 | Sergey Prokopyev; Dmitri Petelin; Francisco Rubio; Nicole Mann; Koichi Wakata; Anna Kikina; Josh Kassada; Stephen Bowen; Warren Hoburg; Sultan Al-Nejadi; Andrey Fedjajev | ISS Expedition 68 Flown Cover, Signed by (11) |
N/A | USD 300.00 - 400.00 | Unknown | |
| 5562 | Butch Wilmore; Sunita Williams; Jeanette Epps; Michael Barratt; Matthew Dominick | SpaceX Dragon Crew-9 Flown Cover Signed by (7) |
N/A | USD 300.00 - 400.00 | Unknown | |
| 5564 | Mike Melvill; Brian Binnie | SpaceShipOne Flown $2 Dollar Bill, Signed by Mike Melvill and Brian Binnie - PMG CU 64 |
2003 | USD 800.00 - 1,000.00 | Unknown | |
| 5565 | Blue Origin NS-13 Flown $2 Dollar Bill |
1976 | USD 500.00 - 600.00 | Unknown | ||
| 5566 | Edwin Hubble | Edwin Hubble Signature |
Mt. Wilson Observatory, Pasadena, California, U.S.A. | N/A | USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 | Unknown |
| 5567 | Ch. Nungesser | Charles Nungesser Letter Signed as a Student Pilot: "The wind blows all day and the officers do not let us go out" |
1914 | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | Unknown | |
| 5568 | Clyde W. Tombaugh | Clyde Tombaugh Autograph Letter Signed: "I calculated the models of the solar system and galaxy" |
1976 | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | Unknown | |
| 5569 | Clyde W. Tombaugh | Clyde Tombaugh Signed Photograph |
N/A | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | Unknown | |
| 5573 | Pavel Popovich; Andrian Nikolaev; Gherman Titov; Valentina Tereshkova; Yuri Gagarin; Valery Bykovsky | Vostok Cosmonauts (6) Multi-Signed Photograph |
1964 | USD 2,000.00 - 2,500.00 | Unknown | |
| 5574 | Alexei Leonov | Alexei Leonov (10) Signed Prints - 'First Walk' - Each 20˝ x 16.5˝ |
1991 | USD 800.00 - 1,000.00 | Unknown | |
| 5575 | Yuri Gagarin; Pavel Popovich; Gherman Titov; Andrian Nikolayev | Cosmonauts Signed Postcard with Gagarin, Popovich, Titov, and Nikolayev |
c. 1963 | USD 600.00 - 800.00 | Unknown | |
| 5576 | Yuri Gagarin; Pavel Popovich; Gherman Titov; Andrian Nikolayev | Cosmonauts Signed Cover with Gagarin, Popovich, Titov, and Nikolayev |
c. 1966 | USD 500.00 - 700.00 | Unknown | |
| 5577 | Yuri Gagarin | Yuri Gagarin Signed Postcard |
c. 1961 | 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.