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Heritage Auctions: Space Exploration Featuring The Family Collection of Jacques Bracke Part II Signature Auction

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Auction Name Space Exploration Featuring The Family Collection of Jacques Bracke Part II Signature Auction Total Sales (USD) 1,125,865.50
Auction Date June 13, 2025 - June 14, 2025 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 383,040.00
Sale Number #6317 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 574,560.00
Total Lots 516
Sold Lots 509 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 399,840.00
% of Lots Sold 98.64% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 599,760.00
Unsold Lots 7 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 187.72%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
50115

Norman Rockwell (American, 1894-1978) From Concord to Tranquility, 1973

Not Available USD 575,000.00
50035

Apollo 11 Flown Crew-Signed "Type One" Quarantine Cover, Hand-numbered A-61, Certified and Signed by Lunar Module Pilot Buzz Aldrin and Originally from His Personal Collection, with Signed 1980-Dated Letters from Michael Orenstein.

USD 24,000.00 - 36,000.00 USD 35,000.00
50195

Apollo 13 Flown American Flag Originally from the Personal Collection of Mission Lunar Module Pilot Fred Haise, Certified and Signed, with His Signed Letter of Authenticity.

USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 25,000.00
50008

Gemini 4 Flown American Flag (One of Only Two) and Gemini 4 Fliteline Medallion (one of Twenty-five) Originally from the Personal Collection of Mission Pilot Edward White II, with Certificate of Authenticity from His Son, in Double-Sided Framed Display.

USD 6,400.00 - 9,600.00 USD 22,500.00
50054

Apollo 15 Lunar Module Flown "Sieger" Crew-Signed Cover, Serial Number 016, One of 100 Sold by Herman Sieger in 1971, with Notarized Certification on the Verso.

USD 14,400.00 - 21,600.00 USD 13,125.00
50058

Apollo 15 Flown Apollo 12 Crew-Signed Limited Edition Cover Originally from the Collection of Apollo 12 Command Module Pilot Richard Gordon, Signed and Certified, with Letter of Authenticity.

USD 4,800.00 - 7,200.00 USD 9,687.50
50106

Gemini 3 through Gemini 12: All Crews-Signed (Excepting Gus Grissom and Edward White) Color Photo with Letter of Authenticity from Steve Zarelli.

USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 USD 9,375.00
50167

Apollo 11 Crew-Signed White Spacesuit Color Photo, with Letter of Authenticity from Steve Zarelli.

USD 7,200.00 - 10,800.00 USD 9,375.00
50606

Apollo 11: Two 16mm Reels of Lunar Surface Activity and Command Module Activity.

USD 320.00 - 480.00 USD 9,375.00
50016

Gemini 8 Flown Silver Fliteline Medallion Originally from the Family Collection of Alan Bean, in Framed Display.

USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 9,062.50
50117

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

USD 10,400.00 - 15,600.00 USD 8,125.00
50003

Mercury Seven Astronauts: Early NASA Group Photo Signed by All.

USD 6,400.00 - 9,600.00 USD 7,812.50
50006

NASA Astronaut Group Three Large Color Photo Signed by All Fourteen, Originally from the Personal Collection of Michael Collins, with PSA/DNA Auction Certificate of Authenticity.

USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 7,500.00
50103

Mercury Seven Astronauts: Project Mercury Book Signed by All.

USD 3,200.00 - 4,800.00 USD 7,500.00
50287

Apollo 14 Crew-Signed "Type Two" Insurance Cover Originally from the Collection of NASA Astronaut Karl Henize.

USD 720.00 - 1,080.00 USD 7,500.00
50142

Apollo 9 Flown Book of Sixteen Folded Technical Schematics Originally from the Personal Collection of Mission Commander Jim McDivitt, Certified and Signed Multiple Times, with His Signed Personal Letter of Authenticity.

USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 6,250.00
50169

Apollo 11 Crew-Signed December 1969 Issue of National Geographic with the "Visor" Photo Cover, with Full Letter of Authenticity from PSA/DNA.

USD 3,200.00 - 4,800.00 USD 6,250.00
50230

Apollo 17 Lunar Module Flown Checklist Page Originally from the Personal Collection of Mission Commander Gene Cernan, Signed and Certified.

USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 6,250.00
50013

Gemini 6A Flown Embroidered Mission Insignia Patch Originally from the Personal Collection of Mission Command Pilot Wally Schirra, with His Signed Certificate of Authenticity.

USD 2,400.00 - 3,600.00 USD 5,500.00
50082

China Space Program - Historic Flown Cover Set from China's First Manned Spaceflight Shenzhou 5 (2003), featuring 14 Authentic Autographs of China's First-Generation Taikonaut Corps. This is One of Only 12 Sets Issued from the China Manned Space Engineeri

USD 2,400.00 - 3,600.00 USD 5,500.00
50017

Gemini 8 Rare Crew-Signed Launch Cover.

USD 2,400.00 - 3,600.00 USD 5,375.00
50075

Space Shuttle Challenger (STS-51-L) Crew-Signed Color Photo.

USD 1,600.00 - 2,400.00 USD 5,250.00
50096

Soviet Early Cosmonauts: April 12, 1965, Cosmonautics Day Cover Signed by the First Eleven to Fly into Space, PSA Authenticated.

USD 1,280.00 - 1,920.00 USD 5,250.00
50133

Apollo 8 Crew-Signed "Type One" White Spacesuit Photo.

USD 3,200.00 - 4,800.00 USD 5,250.00
50170

Apollo 11: Matching Individually Signed White Spacesuit Color Photos.

USD 2,880.00 - 4,320.00 USD 5,250.00
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