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Auction Name Space Exploration Total Sales (USD) 1,466,346.75
Auction Date June 02, 2022 - June 03, 2022 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 652,200.00
Sale Number #6252 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 978,300.00
Total Lots 842
Sold Lots 835 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 666,520.00
% of Lots Sold 99.17% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 999,780.00
Unsold Lots 7 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 146.67%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
50059

Apollo 11 Flown and Crew-Signed Beta Cloth Mission Insignia Directly from the Personal Collection of Michael Collins, CAG Certified.

USD 32,000.00 - 48,000.00 USD 137,500.00
50058

Apollo 11 Flown and Used Star Chart with Handwritten Annotations, Signed and Certified, Directly from the Personal Collection of Michael Collins, CAG Certified.

USD 32,000.00 - 48,000.00 USD 125,000.00
50056

Apollo 11 Flown Flight Plan Page 89B with Handwritten Annotations, Signed and Certified, Directly from the Personal Collection of Michael Collins, CAG Certified.

USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 47,500.00
50055

Apollo 11 Flown Pilot's Preference Kit (PPK), Signed and Certified, Directly from the Personal Collection of Michael Collins, CAG Certified.

USD 24,000.00 - 36,000.00 USD 40,000.00
50040

Apollo 11 Flown Crew-Signed "Type One" Quarantine Cover, Certified by Michael Collins, Directly From The Personal Collection of Michael Collins, CAG Certified.

1969 USD 32,000.00 - 48,000.00 USD 37,500.00
50022

Apollo 8 Crew-Signed Official First Day Cover for the "Apollo 8" Stamp Directly from the Personal Collection of Astronaut Michael Collins, CAG Certified.

1969 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 35,000.00
50036

Apollo 11 Flown Flight Plan Clipping With Test Postal Cancellation Signed Twice and Annotated by Michael Collins Cancelled in Flight on the Day of the Moon Landing Directly from the Personal Collection of Michael Collins, CAG Certified.

1969 USD 5,600.00 - 8,400.00 USD 32,500.00
50226

Apollo 11 VIP Launch Invitation Signed by the Crew.

USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 23,750.00
50112

Rare "Mercury Spacecraft" McDonnell Lithograph Signed by the all Seven Men Chosen for the Program.

USD 6,400.00 - 9,600.00 USD 23,125.00
50038

Apollo 11 State Dinner, August 13, 1969: Crew-Signed Souvenir Lunar Replica Plaque Directly from the Personal Collection of Michael Collins, CAG Certified.

1969 USD 16,000.00 - 24,000.00 USD 17,500.00
50228

Apollo 11 Crew-Signed Launch Color Photo, with Zarelli LOA.

1969 USD 2,400.00 - 3,600.00 USD 17,500.00
50042

Apollo 11 Crew-Signed "Type Three" Insurance Cover with Mission Insignia Cachet Directly from the Personal Collection of Michael Collins, CAG Certified.

1969 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 16,250.00
50045

Apollo 11 Flown Outer Space Treaty Facsimile Signed and Certified by Michael Collins Directly from His Personal Collection, CAG Certified.

USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 16,250.00
50113

Mercury Seven Astronauts: Martin Caidin's The Astronauts Book Signed by All.

1960 USD 2,400.00 - 3,600.00 USD 16,250.00
50208 Michael Collins

Michael Collins Signed Apollo 11 NASA "Final Lunar Surface Operations Plan" Book.

1969 USD 1,600.00 - 2,400.00 USD 16,250.00
50325

Apollo 11: Vintage NASA "Red Number" Buzz Aldrin "Visor" Color Photo.

USD 1,920.00 - 2,880.00 USD 15,000.00
50114

Mercury Seven Astronauts Signed Book (By All): We Seven by The Astronauts Themselves.

1962 USD 1,920.00 - 2,880.00 USD 13,750.00
50355

Moon Globe Signed by Eight Moonwalkers (Buzz Aldrin, Alan Bean, Edgar Mitchell, Dave Scott, Jim Irwin, Charlie Duke, Harrison Schmitt, and Gene Cernan).

USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 13,750.00
50041

Apollo 11 Crew-Signed "Insurance" Cover with Bendix Launch Support Division Cachet Directly from the Personal Collection of Michael Collins, CAG Certified.

1969 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 11,875.00
50116

Mercury Seven Astronauts: Early NASA Group Photo Signed by All Seven Astronauts From the Collection of Famed French Space Reporter Jacques Tiziou.

USD 2,800.00 - 4,200.00 USD 11,250.00
50335

Apollo 17: "Blue Marble" Original NASA "Red Number" Color Photo, AS17-148-22727.

USD 1,600.00 - 2,400.00 USD 11,250.00
50344 Richard Feynman

Nobel Laureate Richard Feynman & the Space Shuttle Challenger (STS-51-L) Disaster: Handwritten Letter Signed to William Rogers, Chairman of the Space Shuttle Challenger Commission.

1986 USD 640.00 - 960.00 USD 11,250.00
50057

Apollo 11 Training Used "SC 1" Constellation Chart with Handwritten Annotations, Signed and Certified, Directly from the Personal Collection of Michael Collins, CAG Certified.

USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 10,625.00
50039

Apollo 11 Crew-Signed "Splashdown Party" Program with "First Man On The Moon" First Day Cancellation Directly from the Personal Collection of Michael Collins, CAG Certified.

1969 USD 3,200.00 - 4,800.00 USD 10,000.00
50177

Apollo 11 NASA Final Apollo 11 Flight Plan AS-506 / CSM-107 / LM-5 Book.

1969 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 10,000.00
  • 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.
  • 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
  • Doyle, May 1: Thomas Jefferson expresses fears of "a war of extermination" in Saint-Dominigue. $40,000 to $60,000.
    Doyle, May 1: An exceptional presentation copy of Fitzgerald's last book, in the first issue dust jacket. $25,000 to $35,000.
    Doyle, May 1: The rare first signed edition of Dorian Gray. $15,000 to $25,000.
    Doyle, May 1: The Prayer Book of Jehan Bernachier. $10,000 to $15,000.
    Doyle, May 1: Van Dyck's Icones Principum Virorum Doctorum. $10,000 to $15,000.
    Doyle, May 1: The magnificent Cranach Hamlet in the deluxe binding by Dõrfner. $7,000 to $10,000.
    Doyle, May 1: A remarkable unpublished manuscript of a voyage to South America in 1759-1764. $3,000 to $5,000.
    Doyle, May 1: Bouchette's monumental and rare wall map of Lower Canada. $12,000 to $18,000.
    Doyle, May 1: An rare original 1837 abolitionist woodblock. $8,000 to $12,000.
    Doyle, May 1: An important manuscript breviary in Middle Dutch. $15,000 to $25,000.
    Doyle, May 1: An extraordinary Old Testament manuscript, circa 1250. $20,000 to $30,000.
  • 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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