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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5462 | Brooke E. Allen; Sigurd A. Sjoberg | Skylab: NASA/NAA Prototype Certificates for Certifying Flight Records |
N/A | USD 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold | |
| 5464 | Apollo-Soyuz Test Project Kapton Foil [Attested as Flown by Ken Havekotte] |
1995 | USD 750.00 - 1,000.00 | USD 250.00 | ||
| 5466 | George Bishop; Deke Slayton; Tom Stafford; Alexei Leonov; Valeri Kubasov | Apollo-Soyuz (10) Signed Prints - 'Apollo/Soyuz' - Each 35˝ x 25˝ |
N/A | USD 800.00 - 1,000.00 | USD 684.00 | |
| 5468 | Apollo-Soyuz Test Project Award Medallion - Presented to Sy Liebergot |
N/A | USD 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 5469 | John Glenn | John Glenn Signed STS-95 FDF Flight Plan |
1998 | USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 5471 | STS-51-L 'Pre-Ingress Checklist' Used by the Closeout Crew on Launch Morning - One of the Last Items Removed from the Challenger Cabin |
1986 | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 6,743.00 | ||
| 5473 | Aleksandr Samokutyaev | STS-135 Flown $2 Dollar Bill, Signed by Aleksandr Samokutyaev |
N/A | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | Not Sold | |
| 5476 | Karol J. Bobko | STS-51-D Flown Crew Activity Plan - Signed by Mission Commander Karol J. Bobko |
1985 | USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | USD 3,735.00 | |
| 5478 | John Fabian | STS-7 Flown Complete Checklist - "Proximity Ops," Signed by John Fabian |
N/A | USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 | USD 5,545.00 | |
| 5481 | Alan Bean; John Young; Fred Haise; Ken Mattingly; Ron McNair; Judy Resnik; Bob Crippen; Joe Kerwin; Owen Garriott; Charles Bolden; Hank Hartsfield; John Blaha; Karl G. Henize; Hoot Gibson; Dan Brandenstein; Dick Covey; Karol J. Bobko; William E. Thornton; | Wilford P. Hilk NASA Archive Featuring (3) Multi-Signed Skylab and Space Shuttle Presentation Displays |
N/A | USD 1,000.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 625.00 | |
| 5482 | S. C. McAuliffe | Christa McAuliffe Autograph Letter Signed |
Manchester, New Hampshire | 1985 | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 1,411.00 |
| 5483 | Sally Ride; Rick Hauck | Sally Ride Signed STS-7 FDF Crew Activity Plan |
1983 | USD 200.00 - 300.00 | USD 275.00 | |
| 5493 | Daniel C. Burbank | STS-115 Training-Used 'Waste Collection System' Cue Card |
2006 | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 250.00 | |
| 5494 | STS-118 Flown Cargo Bay ID Card |
2007 | USD 100.00 - 200.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 5496 | Christopher Ferguson | STS-135: Christopher Ferguson Signed Photograph with Cargo Bay Liner (Ltd. Ed. #55/135) |
2011 | USD 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold | |
| 5497 | Rick Hauck; Dick Covey; Mike Lounge; Dave Hilmers | STS-26 Crew-Signed $1 Dollar Bill |
N/A | USD 200.00 - 300.00 | USD 250.00 | |
| 5499 | Jack Lousma | STS-3 Flown "Pick Nits" 'Gotcha' Cue Card - From the Personal Collection of Jack Lousma |
N/A | USD 500.00 - 600.00 | Not Sold | |
| 5504 | Millie Hughes-Fulford; Rhea Seddon; Bryan O'Connor; James Bagian; Bob Philips; Drew Gaffney; Sidney Gutierrez; Francine Neff; William E. Simon | STS-40 Crew-Signed $2 Dollar Bill |
1976 | USD 200.00 - 300.00 | USD 250.00 | |
| 5507 | Karol 'Bo' Bobko | STS-51-D Flown Cue Card Signed by Karol Bobko - "Urine/Feces Collection" |
N/A | USD 500.00 - 600.00 | USD 625.00 | |
| 5509 | Karol 'Bo' Bobko | STS-51-D Flown Star Chart Signed by Karol Bobko |
N/A | USD 500.00 - 700.00 | USD 303.00 | |
| 5515 | Ellis Peters | STS-79/Mir-21 Flown Book - One Corpse Too Many - From the Personal Collection of Shannon Lucid |
N/A | USD 200.00 - 300.00 | USD 500.00 | |
| 5516 | Steven L. Smith | STS-82 Flown EVA Brief Cue Card - From the Personal Collection of Steve Smith |
N/A | USD 500.00 - 600.00 | USD 368.00 | |
| 5521 | Yuri Malenchenko | ISS Expedition 7/Soyuz TMA-2 (4) Flown $2 Dollar Bills, Signed by Yuri Malenchenko |
1995 | USD 800.00 - 1,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 5522 | Dante Alighieri; Megan McArthur; Yulia Peresild; Anton Skaplerov; Pyotr Dubrov; Klim Sipenko; Thomas Pesquets; Matthias Maurer; Shane Kimbrough; Aki Hoshide; Oleg Novitzki | Soyuz MS-19/ISS Flown Divine Comedy, Signed by (10) |
N/A | USD 300.00 - 400.00 | USD 275.00 | |
| 5523 | Salizhan Sharipov | ISS Expedition 10/Soyuz TMA-5 Flown 25 Dinar Bill, Signed by Salizhan Sharipov |
N/A | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | Not Sold |
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Sotheby’s
Shelf Life: Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper from the Library of Stanley J. Seeger and Christopher Cone
25 June – July 7Sotheby’s, July 7: Ludwig van Beethoven. Autograph sketches for the overture "Die Weihe des Hauses", op.124, [1822], UNPUBLISHED. £150,000 to £200,000.Sotheby’s, July 7: Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice, 1813, first edition, 3 volumes, contemporary half calf. £50,000 to £70,000.Sotheby’s, July 7: Walt Whitman. Leaves of Grass, Brooklyn, 1855, first edition, first issue, original green cloth, the Doheny copy. £50,000 to £70,000.Sotheby’s, July 7: Binding—Sangorski & Sutcliffe—Omar Khayyam. Rubaiyat, London, 1872, third edition, in a magnificent jewelled Peacock binding. £15,000 to £20,000.Sotheby’s, July 7: George Eliot. Middlemarch, Edinburgh and London, 1871, first edition in the original parts. £20,000 to £30,000. -
Forum Auctions
The Private Library:
Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
July 9, 2026Forum, July 9: Hassall (Joan) A large collection of over 300 original woodblocks of engravings for various books, v.d., with Hassall's engraver's glass water-globe (Qty) - Est. £10,000-15,000Forum, July 9: Eragny Press.- [Bradley (Katherine Harris) & Edith Emma Cooper], "Michael Field." Whym Chow, Flame of Love, one of only 27 copies, inscribed by Bradley, the rarest book from the press, 1914. - Est. £3,000-4,000Forum, July 9: [Moore (Thomas Sturge)] [Wood Engravings], 71 wood-engravings printed by David Chambers from the original blocks, the only set on Japanese Hosho paper, from an edition of 5 sets, [1970]. - Est. £3,000-4,000Forum Auctions
The Private Library:
Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
July 9, 2026Forum, July 9: La Fontaine (Jean de) Contes et Nouvelles en vers, 2 vol., engraved plates after Eisen, fine early 19th century blue morocco, gilt, by Bradel l'ainé, Amsterdam [Paris], 1762. - Est. £2,000-3,000Forum, July 9: Erotica.- Prostitution.- Pretty Women of Paris (The); Their Names and Addresses, Qualities and Faults..., [Paris], privately printed at the Press of the Prefecture de Police, 1883. - Est. £3,000-4,000Forum, July 9: Vale Press.- Ricketts (Charles) & Lucien Pissarro. De la Typographie et de l'Harmonie de la Page Imprimée…, [one of 216 copies], bound in dark blue morocco tooled in gilt, by Sarah T.Prideaux, 1898. - Est. £1,000-1,500Forum Auctions
The Private Library:
Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
July 9, 2026Forum, July 9: Martin (John) Illustrations of the Bible, complete set of 20 mezzotints, good impressions, rarely found in early states, [c.1831-1835]. - Est. £1,000-1,500Forum, July 9: Golden Cockerel Press.- Four Gospels of the Lord Jesus Christ (The), one of 500 copies, Mary Gill's copy, Waltham St. Lawrence, 1931 with a signed proof of engraving on japon numbered 10/10 (2) - Est. £5,000-7,000Forum, July 9: Boccaccio (Giovanni) The Decameron, 3 vol., vol.1 extra-illustrated by John Buckland Wright with c.150 erotic original drawings in pen & ink and pencil, 1886 [extra-illustrated c.1940]. - Est. £10,000-15,000Forum Auctions
The Private Library:
Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
July 9, 2026Forum, July 9: Cox (Morris) Collection of Gogmagog Press Books, 35 vol., rare complete collection of printed books issued by the press, limited editions, most signed by Cox, 1957-83. - Est. £10,000-15,000Forum, July 9: Wynkyn de Worde.- [Terentius Afer (Publius)] [Comedie...], [Paris, Josse Badius: sold in London by Wynkyn de Worde, & others], [15 July 1504]. - Est. £4,000-6,000Forum, July 9: Mosley (James) Ornamented Types. Twenty-Three Alphabets from the Foundry of Louis John Pouchée, 2 vol., one of 10 copies for presentation, from an edition of 210, 1992-93. - Est. £1,000-2,000 -
Freeman’s, June 30. Thomas Jefferson’s “Birth of the New Nation” letter, carried to Paris with the Treaty of Peace, by a Jewish patriot. $100,000-200,000.Freeman’s, June 30. “The rockets’ red glare.” A British midshipman’s log recording the bombardment of Fort McHenry. $60,000-80,000.Freeman’s, June 30. The Critical Promotion of a Naval Hero, Oliver Hazard Perry Commission signed by James Madison, 1812. $40,000-60,000.Freeman’s, June 30. Born in the USA: First Day of Printing in the United States, July 4, 1776. $15,000-25,000.Freeman’s, June 30. One of the Earliest Printed Announcements of American Independence, in the Exceedingly Rare Original Wrappers, 1776. $10,000-15,000.Freeman’s, June 30. "The Two Big Guns of the N.Y. Yanks": A Striking Type 1 Press Photograph of Lou Gehrig's Hands. $8,000-12,000.Freeman’s, June 30. A Unique Contemporary Manuscript Account of Joseph Smith's Final Words to His Followers, the Day Before his Violent Death. $8,000-12,000.Freeman’s, June 30. The State of Minnesota Officially Certifies the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution Of the United States. $8,000-12,000.Freeman’s, June 30. Extraordinarily Large Manuscript Petition Signed by a Who's Who of Colonial New York to Queen Anne from the Colony of New York. $8,000-12,000.Freeman’s, June 30. Mickey Mantle's First Cover: The Earliest Front-Page Newspaper Image of Mickey Mantle, "Something Good from Joplin". $8,000-12,000.Freeman’s, June 30. A Call to Arms in the Months Following the Declaration of Independence: An Early Continental Army Recruitment Poster. $6,000-9,000.Freeman’s, June 30. Samuel Jones, the Statesman Behind the Newly Discovered "Jones Declaration": His Annotated Set Used in His Working Law Library. $6,000-9,000.