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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5031 | Louis Bleriot | Louis Bleriot Typed Letter Signed |
N/A | USD 300.00 - 400.00 | USD 558.00 | |
| 5032 | Igor Sikorsky | Igor Sikorsky Collection of Publishing Material for His Autobiography, The Story of the Winged-S, Including (7) Signed Documents and Typed Letters |
1936; 1958 | USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 | USD 1,769.00 | |
| 5033 | Frank Whittle | Frank Whittle Archive with a Confidential First Report on the Turbojet Engine (1 of 5 Copies) and (3) Signed Documents |
1938; 1940 | USD 5,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 6,250.00 | |
| 5037 | Chuck Yeager; Bob Hoover | Chuck Yeager and Bob Hoover (2) |
N/A | USD 300.00 - 400.00 | USD 250.00 | |
| 5038 | Alan Bean; Frank Borman; Vance Brand; Gene Cernan; Walt Cunningham; Charlie Duke; Joe Engle; Fred Haise; Jim Lovell; Jim McDivitt; Dick Rutan; Roy Grinnell | The Spirit of Flight Print Signed by (11) Astronauts and Aviators (30˝ x 24˝) (Ltd. Ed. 57/80) |
N/A | USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 5050 | Galileo Galilei | Galileo Galilei: First Latin Edition of Systema Cosmicum (1635) |
Strasbourg (Augusta Trebocorum) | 1635 | USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | USD 13,753.00 |
| 5051 | Hermann Struck | Albert Einstein Signed Etching by Hermann Struck (c. 1920) (Ltd. Ed. #149/150): "Per aspera ad astra" |
1920 | USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | USD 12,353.00 | |
| 5052 | NASA Launch Complex Set of (7) Fragments from the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station |
N/A | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 5053 | Hermann Oberth | Hermann Oberth Typed Manuscript Signed - 'The Moon Car' |
1957 | USD 800.00 - 1,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 5054 | Wernher von Braun; Hermann Oberth; Rudolf Nebel; Ernst Engel | Rocket Pioneers: Wernher von Braun, Hermann Oberth, Rudolf Nebel, and Ernst Engel Signed 'Berlin Rocket Airfield' Cover |
1970 | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 656.00 | |
| 5055 | Neil Armstrong; Alan Shepard; John Glenn | Space Firsts: Neil Armstrong, Alan Shepard, and John Glenn Signed Philatelic Souvenir |
N/A | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 4,441.00 | |
| 5056 | Wernher von Braun | Wernher von Braun Signed Mini Poster |
N/A | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 275.00 | |
| 5057 | Wernher von Braun | Wernher von Braun Signed Book - The Mars Project |
Urbana, IL | 1953 | USD 500.00 - 700.00 | USD 2,296.00 |
| 5059 | Joe Engle | X-15 Flight 138 Flown $1 Dollar Bill, Signed by Joe Engle - PMG VF 25 |
1963 | USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 5061 | Gordon Cooper | Mercury-Atlas 9 Faith 7 Flown $2 Dollar Bill, Signed by Gordon Cooper - PMG VF 30 |
1917 | USD 8,000.00 - 10,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 5062 | John Glenn; Scott Carpenter | Mercury-Atlas 6 Friendship 7 Flown $2 Dollar Bill, Signed by John Glenn and Scott Carpenter - PMG VF 30 |
1953A | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 9,375.00 | |
| 5065 | M. Scott Carpenter; Leroy G. Cooper, Jr.; Virgil I. Grissom; Walter M. Schirra, Jr.; Alan B. Shepard, Jr.; D. K. Slayton | Mercury 7 and Wives Signed Agency Contract for Rights to "their personal stories of their space flights" |
1965 | USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | USD 2,063.00 | |
| 5066 | Gordon Cooper | Gordon Cooper's Mercury-Atlas 9 Notebook - Over 20 Pages of Handwritten Notes and Sketches for the Faith 7 Capsule |
1963 | USD 2,000.00 - 2,500.00 | Not Sold | |
| 5068 | John Glenn | John Glenn Signed Flight Plan for the Mercury-Atlas 6 Mission |
1961 | USD 2,500.00 - 3,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 5070 | Scott Carpenter | Scott Carpenter Signed 'Project Mercury Familiarization' Manual |
1961 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 1,361.00 | |
| 5071 | Scott Carpenter | Scott Carpenter Handwritten Prelight Checklist for the Mercury-Atlas 7 Mission |
1962 | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 2,968.00 | |
| 5072 | Scott Carpenter | Scott Carpenter Signed $1 Dollar Bill |
1957A | USD 200.00 - 300.00 | USD 250.00 | |
| 5073 | Gordon Cooper | Gordon Cooper Handwritten Meeting Notes with Chris Kraft on the Mercury Rocket Abort System |
1959 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 1,251.00 | |
| 5075 | Gordon Cooper | Gordon Cooper Handwritten Training Notes (12 pages) for the Gemini 5 Mission |
1965 | USD 500.00 - 700.00 | USD 833.00 | |
| 5076 | Gordon Cooper | Gordon Cooper Signed Souvenir Currency |
N/A | USD 200.00 - 300.00 | 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.