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RR Auction: Science and Technology, and Space Exploration - bidstart 7/9

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Auction Name Science and Technology, and Space Exploration - bidstart 7/9 Total Sales (USD) 650,361.25
Auction Date July 16, 2020 - July 16, 2020 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 526,650.00
Sale Number #588 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 702,700.00
Total Lots 408
Sold Lots 252 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 902,650.00
% of Lots Sold 61.76% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 1,212,700.00
Unsold Lots 156 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 53.63%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
2262 Ed Gibson's

Ed Gibson's Apollo 17 Flown Robbins Medal

USD 50,000.00 - 60,000.00 USD 50,907.50
2001 Alan Turing

Alan Turing Autograph Letter Signed

USD 30,000.00 - 40,000.00 USD 35,000.00
2250

Apollo 15 Lunar Surface Flown American Flag

USD 25,000.00 - 35,000.00 USD 31,251.25
2223 Buzz Aldrin

Buzz Aldrin's Apollo 11 Flown Crew-Signed Type 1 Cover

USD 30,000.00 - 40,000.00 USD 30,818.75
2246 Michael Collins's

Michael Collins's Apollo 11 Flown Crew-Signed Beta Patch

USD 25,000.00 - 30,000.00 USD 30,818.75
2170

N-1 Moon Rocket Model

USD 3,000.00 - 3,500.00 USD 25,285.00
2248 Edgar Mitchell's

Edgar Mitchell's Apollo 14 Flown Lunar Module Spoon

USD 20,000.00 - 25,000.00 USD 25,000.00
2126

Russian Fialka M-125 Cipher Machine

USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 USD 22,000.00
2198

Apollo Lunar Landing Training Vehicle (LLTV) Flown Rocket Engine

USD 20,000.00 - 25,000.00 USD 17,046.25
2112

The Processor: Analog Music Synthesizer

USD 25,000.00 - 35,000.00 USD 15,623.75
2004 Albert Einstein

Albert Einstein Autograph Letter Signed

USD 12,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 14,501.25
2142

Reims Air Meet 1909 Poster by Ernest Montaut

USD 8,000.00 - 10,000.00 USD 11,353.75
2292 Jeff Hoffman's

Jeff Hoffman's STS-75 Flown Ascent Checklist

USD 5,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 10,072.50
2029 Bill Gates

Bill Gates Signed Business Card

USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 7,366.25
2201

Lunar Rover Harmonic Drive Unit

USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 USD 7,327.50
2173

X-15 Rocket Plane RCS Nose Nozzle

USD 800.00 - 1,000.00 USD 6,503.75
2200

NASA Rubidium Calibration Clock

USD 2,500.00 - 5,000.00 USD 6,500.00
2225

Apollo 11 Original 'Type 1' NASA Photograph

USD 15,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 6,350.00
2008 Albert Einstein

Albert Einstein Signed Etching

USD 5,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 6,256.25
2281 Alexei Leonov

Alexei Leonov Original Watercolor Painting

USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 6,062.50
2128

WWII American M-209-A Cipher Machine

USD 5,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 6,000.00
2263

Apollo Astronauts Signed Two-Dollar Bill

USD 1,600.00 - 1,800.00 USD 5,632.50
2095

Apple 1984 Macintosh 128K Poster

USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 5,362.50
2107

EAI MiniAC Analog Computer with Repetitive Operation Display Unit and Variplotter

USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 5,305.00
2293 Jeff Hoffman's

Jeff Hoffman's STS-75 Flown Tether

USD 6,500.00 - 8,000.00 USD 5,293.75
  • Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 546. Christoph Jacob Trew. Plantae selectae, 1750-1773.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 70. Thomas Murner. Die Narren beschwerung. 1558.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 621. Michael Bernhard Valentini. Museum Museorum, 1714.
    Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 545. Sander Reichenbachia. Orchids illustrated and described, 1888-1894.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1018. Marinetti, Boccioni, Pratella Futurism - Comprehensive collection of 35 Futurist manifestos, some of them exceptionally rare. 1909-1933.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 634. August Johann Rösel von Rosenhof. 3 Original Drawings, around 1740.
    Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 671. Jacob / Picasso. Chronique des Temps, 1956.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1260. Mary Webb. Sarn. 1948. Lucie Weill Art Deco Binding.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 508. Felix Bonfils. 108 large-format photographs of Syria and Palestine.
    Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 967. Dante Aligheri and Salvador Dali. Divina Commedia, 1963.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1316. Tolouse-Lautrec. Dessinateur. Duhayon binding, 1948.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1303. Regards sur Paris. Braque, Picasso, Masson, 1962.
  • Fonsie Mealy’s
    Rare Book & Collectors Sale
    24th April 2024
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: McCarthy (Cormac). Cities of the Plain, N.Y., 1998, First Edn., signed on hf. title; together with Uncorrected Proof and Uncorrected Advance Reading Copies, both signed by the Author. €800 to €1,000.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Stanihurst (Richard). De Rebus in Hibernia Gestis, Libri Quattuor, sm. 4to Antwerp (Christi. Plantium) 1584. First Edn. €525 to €750.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Fleischer (Nat.) Jack Dempsey The Idol of Fistiana, An Intimate Narrative, N.Y., 1929, First Edn. Signed on f.e.p. by Rocky Marciano. €400 to €600.
    Fonsie Mealy’s
    Rare Book & Collectors Sale
    24th April 2024
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Smith - Classical Atlas, Lond., 1820. Bound with, Smiths New General Atlas .. Principal Empires, Kingdoms, & States throughout the World, Lond. 1822. €350 to €500.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Rare Auction Catalogues – 1856: Bindon Blood, of Ennis, Co. Clare: Sotheby & Wilkinson. €320 to €450.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: [Mavor (Wm.)] A General Collection of Voyages and Travels from the Discovery of America to the Commencement of the Nineteenth Century, 28 vols. (complete) Lond., 1810. €300 to €400.
    Fonsie Mealy’s
    Rare Book & Collectors Sale
    24th April 2024
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Mc Carthy (Cormac). Outer Dark, N.Y. (Random House)1968, Signed by Mc Carthy. €250 to €300.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Three signed works by Ted Huges - Wodwo, 1967; Crow from the Life and Songs of the Crow, 1970; and Tales from Ovid, 1997. €200 to €300.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: The Garden. An Illustrated Weekly Journal of Horticulture in all its Branches, 7 vols. lg. 4to Lond. 1877-1880. With 127 colored plates. €200 to €300.
    Fonsie Mealy’s
    Rare Book & Collectors Sale
    24th April 2024
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Procter (Richard A.) Saturn and its System: Containing Discussions of The Motion (Real and Apparent)…, Lond. 1865. First Edn. €160 to €220.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: [Ashe] St. George, Lord Bishop of Clogher, A Sermon Preached to the Protestants of Ireland, now in London,... Oct. 23, 1712, London 1712. Second Edn. €130 to €180.
  • Sotheby’s
    Modern First Editions
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Winston Churchill. The Second World War. Set of First-Edition Volumes. 6,000 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: A.A. Milne, Ernest H. Shepard. A Collection of The Pooh Books. Set of First-Editions. 18,600 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Salvador Dalí, Lewis Carroll. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Finely Bound and Signed Limited Edition. 15,000 USD
    Sotheby’s
    Modern First Editions
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Ian Fleming. Live and Let Die. First Edition. 9,500 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: J.K. Rowling. Harry Potter Series. Finely Bound First Printing Set of Complete Series. 5,650 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell to Arms. First Edition, First Printing. 4,200 USD
  • Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Piccolomini's De La Sfera del Mondo (The Sphere of the World), 1540.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Vellutello's Commentary on Petrarch, With Map, 1525.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Finely Bound Definitive, Illustrated Edition of I Promessi Sposi, 1840.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Rare First Edition of John Milton's Latin Correspondence, 1674.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Giolito's Edition of Boccaccio's The Decamerone, with Bedford Binding, 1542.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of the First Biography of Marie of the Incarnation, with Rare Portrait, 1677.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Aldine Edition of Volume One of Cicero's Orationes, 1540.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Bonanni's Illustrated Costume Catalogue, with Complete Plates, 1711.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: An Important Incunable, the First Italian Edition of Josephus's De Bello Judaico, 1480.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Jacques Philippe d'Orville's Illustrated Book of the Ruins of Sicily, 1764.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: An Incunable from 1487, The Contemplative Life, with Early Manuscript.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Ignatius of Loyola's Exercitia Spiritualia, 1563.
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