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RR Auction: Space Exploration

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Auction Name Space Exploration Total Sales (USD) 721,633.00
Auction Date October 16, 2025 - October 16, 2025 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 410,400.00
Sale Number #728 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 593,400.00
Total Lots 435
Sold Lots 297.0 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 731,300.00
% of Lots Sold 68.28% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 1,051,600.00
Unsold Lots 138 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 68.62%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
8390 Gene Cernan's

Gene Cernan's Apollo 17 Lunar Surface-Flown 'LM Data Card Book' - All (20) Pages Signed and Flight-Certified by CDR Cernan

USD 30,000.00 - 40,000.00 USD 73,219.00
8369

Charlie Duke's A7LB EVA Glove TMG Assembly

USD 20,000.00 - 25,000.00 USD 53,594.00
8032 Wally Schirra"s

Wally Schirra"s Omega Speedmaster "Ed White" Professional Moonwatch (105.003-64) with Rare "True Blue" Bezel - Presented to a Project Gemini Medical Director

USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 49,156.00
8175 Apollo 11

Apollo 11 Crew-Signed 'Type 1' Quarantine Cover, aEUoeCarried to the Moon on Apollo 11aEU - Flown Cover from the Personal Collection of Buzz Aldrin

USD 30,000.00 - 40,000.00 USD 45,125.00
8313

Apollo 14 Collection of (36) Flown Lunar Bible 50-Page Text Fragments Carried to the Surface of the Moon

USD 35,000.00 - 40,000.00 USD 41,023.00
8177

Apollo 11 Flown Flight Plan Page Twice-Signed by Buzz Aldrin, with In-Flight Notations by Aldrin and Collins

USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 USD 33,273.00
8121 Apollo 1

Apollo 1 Signed Oversized Photograph - From the Estate of a North American Aviation Employee

USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 26,121.00
8431 Lindbergh, Aldrin, Collins, Irwin, Cernan, Sagan, and Roddenberry

National Air and Space Museum Signed Guestbook with Lindbergh, Aldrin, Collins, Irwin, Cernan, Sagan, and Roddenberry

USD 20,000.00 - 25,000.00 USD 25,000.00
8181 Neil Armstrong

Neil Armstrong Signed Copy of His Scientific Article - "Lunar Surface Exploration" (1969)

USD 8,000.00 - 10,000.00 USD 14,949.00
8132 Apollo 7

Apollo 7 Flown Cue Card from the First Live Television Broadcast from an American Spacecraft

USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 13,589.00
8180

Apollo 11 Flown Flight Plan Page Signed by Buzz Aldrin - From the Personal Collection of Buzz Aldrin

USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 13,589.00
8143 Apollo 8

Apollo 8 Crew-Signed Photograph - 'Earthrise'

USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 11,731.00
8004 Wright Brothers

Wright Brothers Signed Menu Page from an Honorary Banquet Hosted by the Aero Club of Sarthe (May 1, 1909)

USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 11,364.00
8185 Apollo 11

Apollo 11 Signed Book - First on the Moon

USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 USD 9,983.00
8191 Apollo 11 and Wernher von Braun

Apollo 11 and Wernher von Braun Signed "Splashdown Party" Program - Presented to the NASA Scientist Who Helped Save the Apollo 13 Astronauts

USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 8,529.00
8183 Apollo 11

Apollo 11 Crew-Signed 'Type 3' Insurance Cover

USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 USD 8,504.00
8184 Apollo 11

Apollo 11 Crew-Signed 'Type 1' Insurance Cover

USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 USD 8,308.00
8029 Mercury 7

Mercury 7 Fully Signed Book - The Astronauts

USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 8,043.00
8189

Neil Armstrong's Aviation Hall of Fame 10K Gold Medal - NGC MS 64

USD 5,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 7,499.00
8190 Apollo 11

Apollo 11 Crew-Signed $1 Dollar Bill

USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 7,320.00
8007 William E. Boeing

William E. Boeing Typed Letter Signed, Preceding the Founding of Boeing: "In the past few months I have taken a great deal of interest in aviation"

USD 2,000.00 - 2,500.00 USD 7,155.00
8079

Gemini 9 Flown Spacecraft ID Plate - From the Personal Collection of Gene Cernan

USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 6,265.00
8122 Apollo 1

Apollo 1 (3) Signed Photographs - Grissom,White, and Chaffee

USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 5,813.00
8449

Apollo 15, 16, and 17 Training-Used "LM Data Card Book" Manuals - Signed and Certified by Dave Scott, Charlie Duke, and Gene Cernan

USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 5,623.00
8367 Charlie Duke

Charlie Duke Handwritten Apollo 16 Training Notebook: "Our really intensive training starts next month with the beginning of spacecraft checkout"

USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 5,530.00
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    December 9, 2025
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 156: Cornelis de Jode, Americae pars Borealis, double-page engraved map of North America, Antwerp, 1593.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 206: John and Alexander Walker, Map of the United States, London and Liverpool, 1827.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 223: Abraham Ortelius, Typus Orbis Terrarum, hand-colored double-page engraved world map, Antwerp, 1575.
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    December 9, 2025
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 233: Aaron Arrowsmith, Chart of the World, oversize engraved map on 8 sheets, London, 1790 (circa 1800).
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 239: Fielding Lucas, A General Atlas, 81 engraved maps and diagrams, Baltimore, 1823.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 240: Anthony Finley, A New American Atlas, 15 maps engraved by james hamilton young on 14 double-page sheets, Philadelphia, 1826.
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    December 9, 2025
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 263: John Bachmann, Panorama of the Seat of War, portfolio of 4 double-page chromolithographed panoramic maps, New York, 1861.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 265: Sebastian Münster, Cosmographei, Basel: Sebastian Henricpetri, 1558.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 271: Abraham Ortelius, Epitome Theatri Orteliani, Antwerp: Johann Baptist Vrients, 1601.
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    December 9, 2025
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 283: Joris van Spilbergen, Speculum Orientalis Occidentalisque Indiae, Leiden: Nicolaus van Geelkercken for Jodocus Hondius, 1619.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 285: Levinus Hulsius, Achtzehender Theil der Newen Welt, 14 engraved folding maps, Frankfurt: Johann Frederick Weiss, 1623.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 341: John James Audubon, Carolina Parrot, Plate 26, London, 1827.
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    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ROALD AMUNDSEN: «Sydpolen» [ The South Pole] 1912. First edition in jackets and publisher's slip case.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: AMUNDSEN & NANSEN: «Fram over Polhavet» [Farthest North] 1897. AMUNDSEN's COPY!
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ERNEST SHACKLETON [ed.]: «Aurora Australis» 1908. First edition. The NORWAY COPY.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ERNEST SHACKLETON: «The heart of the Antarctic» + SUPPLEMENT «The Antarctic Book», 1909.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: SHACKLETON, BERNACCHI, CHERRY-GARRARD [ed.]: «The South Polar Times» I-III, 1902-1911.
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    Polar – History – Ornithology – Colour Plate Books
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    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: [WILLEM BARENTSZ & HENRY HUDSON] - SAEGHMAN: «Verhael van de vier eerste schip-vaerden […]», 1663.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: TERRA NOVA EXPEDITION | LIEUTENANT HENRY ROBERTSON BOWERS: «At the South Pole.», Gelatin Silver Print. [10¾ x 15in. (27.2 x 38.1cm.) ].
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ELEAZAR ALBIN: «A natural History of Birds.» + «A Supplement», 1738-40. Wonderful coloured plates.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: PAUL GAIMARD: «Voyage de la Commision scientific du Nord, en Scandinavie, […]», c. 1842-46. ONLY HAND COLOURED COPY KNOWN WITH TWO ORIGINAL PAINTINGS BY BIARD.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: JAMES JOYCE: «Ulysses», 1922. FIRST EDITION IN ORIGINAL WRAPPERS.
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    Sotheby’s, Dec. 11: Darwin and Wallace. On the Tendency of Species to form Varieties..., [in:] Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society, Vol. III, No. 9., 1858, Darwin announces the theory of natural selection. £100,000 to £150,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 11: J.K. Rowling. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, 1997, first edition, hardback issue, inscribed by the author pre-publication. £100,000 to £150,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 11: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Autograph sketchleaf including a probable draft for the E flat Piano Quartet, K.493, 1786. £150,000 to £200,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 12: Hooke, Robert. Micrographia: or some Physiological Descriptions of Minute Bodies made by Magnifying Glasses. London: James Allestry for the Royal Society, 1667. $12,000 to $15,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 12: Chappuzeau, Samuel. The history of jewels, first edition in English. London: T.N. for Hobart Kemp, 1671. $12,000 to $18,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 12: Sowerby, James. Exotic Mineralogy, containing his most realistic mineral depictions, London: Benjamin Meredith, 1811, Arding and Merrett, 1817. $5,000 to $7,000.