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Auction Name Space Exploration Showcase Auction Total Sales (USD) 242,476.00
Auction Date September 28, 2024 - September 28, 2024 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 137,920.00
Sale Number #33164 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 206,880.00
Total Lots 459
Sold Lots 459 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 137,920.00
% of Lots Sold 100.00% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 206,880.00
Unsold Lots 0 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 117.21%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
71261

Apollo Lunar Television Camera Housing Assembly with Lens.

USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 USD 32,500.00
71006 Wright Brothers:

Wright Brothers: Wright Flyer Wing Fabric Segment Flown as Part of the First Successful Powered Controlled Flight in History at Kitty Hawk in 1903, Certified by CAG.

USD 720.00 - 1,080.00 USD 17,500.00
71415

Apollo 11 Vintage NASA "Red Number" Color Photo, Image AS11-40-5903: The Legendary Buzz Aldrin "Visor" Shot.

USD 720.00 - 1,080.00 USD 6,250.00
71326

Space Shuttle Challenger (STS-6) Flown Silver Robbins Medallion, Serial Number 56F, Originally from the Personal Collection of Mission Specialist Story Musgrave, with Signed Letter of Authenticity.

USD 720.00 - 1,080.00 USD 4,500.00
71340

Vintage USAF NASA Agena Contractor Model.

USD 480.00 - 720.00 USD 3,750.00
71055 Neil Armstrong

Neil Armstrong Signed, Uninscribed White Spacesuit Color Photo, with LOA from Astronaut Archives.

USD 2,400.00 - 3,600.00 USD 3,250.00
71313

Apollo 17 Moonwalkers: Gene Cernan and Harrison Schmitt Signed Large Apollo 17 "Tracy's Rock" Panoramic Lunar Surface Photo with Novaspace Certificate of Authenticity.

USD 960.00 - 1,440.00 USD 3,250.00
71286

Apollo 12 Flown American Flag with Presentation Certificate as Presented to NASA Engineer Donald Puddy.

USD 960.00 - 1,440.00 USD 2,500.00
71007 Wright Brothers:

Wright Brothers: Collection of Ten Checks Written and Signed by Orville Wright in 1939 & 1942.

USD 720.00 - 1,080.00 USD 2,375.00
71132 Yuri Gagarin

Yuri Gagarin Signed Photo.

USD 720.00 - 1,080.00 USD 2,000.00
71097 Michael Collins

Michael Collins Signed Large Apollo 11 "Earth Rising" Color Photo.

USD 560.00 - 840.00 USD 1,875.00
71024 Alan Bean

Alan Bean Signed Limited Edition "The Hammer and the Feather" Print, also Signed by Dave Scott, in Framed Display.

USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 1,750.00
71409

Apollo 11 Vintage NASA "Red Number" Color Photo, Image AS11-37-5528: Armstrong Aboard the Eagle.

USD 240.00 - 360.00 USD 1,750.00
71255

Gemini 5 Flown Page from "Experimental Procedure Book".

USD 640.00 - 960.00 USD 1,625.00
71330 Christa McAuliffe and Barbara Morgan

Space Shuttle Challenger (STS-51-L): Christa McAuliffe and Barbara Morgan Signed Color "Teacher in Space" Color Photo, includes Letter of Authenticity from Astronaut Archives.

USD 640.00 - 960.00 USD 1,625.00
71432

Apollo 13 Vintage NASA "Red Number" Color Photo, Image AS13-60-8588: View of Earth.

USD 240.00 - 360.00 USD 1,625.00
71457

Apollo 17 Vintage NASA "Red Number" Color Photo, Image AS17-134-20384: Mission Lunar Module Pilot Harrison Schmitt with Flag.

USD 720.00 - 1,080.00 USD 1,625.00
71047 Buzz Aldrin

Buzz Aldrin Signed White Spacesuit Color Photo with Added Comments.

USD 480.00 - 720.00 USD 1,375.00
71315

Apollo-Soyuz Test Project Crew-Signed Flown Beta Cloth Mission Insignia Patch Originally from the Personal Collection Docking Module Pilot Deke Slayton, with COA.

USD 720.00 - 1,080.00 USD 1,312.50
71048 Buzz Aldrin

Buzz Aldrin Signed LIFE Apollo 11 "To the Moon and Back" Special Edition Magazine in Presentation Slipcase.

USD 480.00 - 720.00 USD 1,250.00
71121 Charlie Duke

Charlie Duke Signed Large Apollo 16 Lunar Surface Panoramic Color Photo with Added Comments Summarizing the Mission.

USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 1,250.00
71296

Apollo 13: Mission Collage Color Photo Signed by James Lovell, Fred Haise, and Gene Kranz.

USD 320.00 - 480.00 USD 1,250.00
71412

Apollo 11 Vintage NASA "Black Number" Color Photo, Image AS11-40-5875: Aldrin and the Flag.

USD 720.00 - 1,080.00 USD 1,250.00
71043 Buzz Aldrin

Buzz Aldrin Signed Large Apollo 11 Lunar Surface "Visor" Color Photo, with Mission Insignia Patch in Framed Display, with JSA and Zarelli LOAs.

USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 1,218.75
71458

Apollo 17 Vintage NASA "Red Number" Color Photos (Three), Images AS17-134-20473, AS17-137-20979, & AS17-137-21011: The Lunar Roving Vehicle on the Moon.

USD 640.00 - 960.00 USD 1,187.50
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