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Auction Name Space Exploration Signature Auction Total Sales (USD) 754,210.50
Auction Date December 05, 2024 - December 06, 2024 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 401,840.00
Sale Number #6304 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 602,760.00
Total Lots 471
Sold Lots 461.0 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 423,600.00
% of Lots Sold 97.88% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 635,400.00
Unsold Lots 10 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 118.70%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
50056

Apollo 11 Flown Command/Service Module Trans-Lunar Coast Star Chart Originally from the Personal Collection of Mission Lunar Module Pilot Buzz Aldrin, with Signed Certificate of Authenticity.

N/A USD 24,000.00 - 36,000.00 USD 68,750.00
50032

Apollo 1 Crew-Signed Color Photo [and] an Apollo 1 Fliteline Medallion, in Framed Display.

N/A USD 5,600.00 - 8,400.00 USD 32,500.00
50089

Apollo 16 Lunar Module Flown Mission Emblem Cachet Cover, Numbered, Certified, and Signed by Charlie Duke with His Signed Notarized Letter of Authenticity.

N/A USD 14,400.00 - 21,600.00 USD 30,000.00
50199

Apollo 11 Flown Crew-Signed "Type One" Quarantine Cover, Hand-Numbered EEA-45 and Certified by Buzz Aldrin, Originally from His Personal Collection, Signed, Expertised, and Certificated by Legendary European Philatelic Firm Bolaffi, in their Deluxe Presen

N/A USD 32,000.00 - 48,000.00 USD 30,000.00
50182

Apollo 8 Crew-Signed White Spacesuits Color Photo.

N/A USD 2,400.00 - 3,600.00 USD 20,625.00
50072

Apollo 14 Lunar Module Flown Limited Edition, #51/55, "Quarantine" Cover, Numbered and Signed by Edgar Mitchell with His Signed and Notarized Statement of Authenticity, also Signed and Expertised by Two Renowned European Philatelic Experts, Giulio Bolaffi

N/A USD 12,800.00 - 19,200.00 USD 20,000.00
50247

Apollo 15 Lunar Module Flown "Sieger" Crew-Signed Cover, Serial Number 031, One of 100 Sold by Herman Sieger in 1971, with Notarized Certification on the Verso [and] a Large Group of Documentation including the Original Solicitation, Sales Receipt, Follow

N/A USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 USD 17,500.00
50253

Apollo 16 Lunar Module Flown Lunar Orbit Monitor Chart, Directly from the Personal Collection of Charlie Duke.

N/A USD 6,400.00 - 9,600.00 USD 15,000.00
50057

Apollo 11 Crew-Signed "Type Three" Mission Emblem Cachet Insurance Cover.

N/A USD 3,200.00 - 4,800.00 USD 13,750.00
50173

Apollo Moonwalkers: Complete Set of Twelve Signed Color Photos, Each Wearing their Iconic White Spacesuits.

N/A USD 11,200.00 - 16,800.00 USD 12,500.00
50066

Apollo 13 Crew-Signed (Flight Crew) Bendix Contractor's Launch Cover Addressed to Congressman Bob Wilson (R, CA) at Washington, D.C.

N/A USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 11,875.00
50203

Apollo 11 Crew-Signed White Spacesuit Color Photo.

N/A USD 4,800.00 - 7,200.00 USD 11,875.00
50144

Lunar Orbiter 1: A Crescent Earth Rising over the Lunar Surface in a Photo Taken by the First American Spacecraft to Orbit the Moon.

N/A USD 14,400.00 - 21,600.00 USD 11,250.00
50235

Apollo 13 Flown Complete Microform Bible Originally from the Personal Collection of Mission Lunar Module Pilot Fred Haise with His Signed Letter of Authenticity.

N/A USD 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 USD 10,625.00
50136

"Lindbergh Arrives in Paris" Limited Edition Print, #76/100, Signed by Twelve Legendary Astronauts, including Nine Moonwalkers, with Letter of Authenticity from Steve Zarelli, in Framed Display.

N/A USD 9,600.00 - 14,400.00 USD 10,000.00
50079

Apollo 15 Lunar Module Flown Crew-Signed "Sieger" Cover #81, with Crew-Signed and Notarized Certification.

N/A USD 6,400.00 - 9,600.00 USD 8,125.00
50180

Apollo Grumman Apollo Operations Handbook - Lunar Module LM2 Book in Binder.

N/A USD 1,600.00 - 2,400.00 USD 8,125.00
50267

Skylab: Ultra-Rare NASA 1/96 Scale Contractor's Model from George C. Marshall Space Flight Center.

N/A USD 2,400.00 - 3,600.00 USD 8,125.00
50223

Apollo 11 Vintage NASA "Red Number" Color Photo, Image AS11-40-5877: Buzz Aldrin's Lunar Bootprint.

N/A USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 7,500.00
50227

Apollo 12 Flown and Flight-Used "LOI Limits" Checklist Cue Card Originally from the Personal Collection of Mission CMP Richard Gordon, with Alan Bean and Richard Gordon Signed Certificate of Authenticity.

N/A USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 7,500.00
50205

Apollo 11: Matching Individually-Signed White Spacesuit Color Photos (Uninscribed) with Embroidered NASA and Apollo 11 Mission Insignia Patches, in Matted Display.

N/A USD 3,600.00 - 5,400.00 USD 6,875.00
50236

Apollo 13 Flown "LM Malfunction Procedures" Book Page, Signed by Fred Haise and James Lovell, Originally from the Personal Collection of James Lovell.

N/A USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 6,000.00
50138

Neil Armstrong Signed North American X-15 Photo.

N/A USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 USD 5,750.00
50238

Apollo 13 Prime Crew (Original) Signed White Spacesuit Color Photo.

N/A USD 960.00 - 1,440.00 USD 5,500.00
50293

Apollo 16 Traverse Briefing Notebook, Directly from the Personal Collection of Charlie Duke.

N/A USD 320.00 - 480.00 USD 5,500.00
  • 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 April
    Sotheby’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.