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Sale 76

Manuscript Sale


Mercury Program
 
 
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Lot 820
Mercury Seven Signed Photo (10x8") B&W photo depicting Mercury Seven in civies examining spacecraft. Boldly signed at bottom by all seven: Shepard, Schirra, Glenn, Grissom, Carpenter, Slayton and Cooper. Two pin holes in margin and some creasing and surface spotting. Scarce signed photo. Estimated Value $1,000 - 1,500
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Realized
$3,240
Lot 821
Mercury 7 First Day covers. Mercury 7 First Day covers. Each of the 7 covers are on an individual page notating flight information. The Glenn and Carpenter signatures are real. The other 5 are early autopens. Each cover has a small photograph of the astronaut affixed in the upper left. The photos appear to have been glued in place and one (Grissom) needs to be reattached. A nice set commemorating the original 7. Estimated Value $200 - 250
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Lot 822
Mercury Program Astronaut Signed Photos. Two signed photos (8x10") including uniscribed B&W photo signed by Gordon Cooper and inscribed Mercury suit portrait color photo signed by Scott Carpenter. Bold signatures. Estimated Value $150 - 200
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Realized
$168
Lot 823
Mercury Program, Alan B Shepard Signed NASA Photo (8.10") B&W NASA numbered photo of Shepard in Mercury space suit, boldly signed and inscribed by Shepard. Fine condition. Estimated Value $250 - 300
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Realized
$216
Lot 824
1950s-60s Launch Complex Artifacts. Eight artifacts, rectangular pieces of no more than 1.5" long and 0.75" wide mounted over four William Dickerson COAs. Pieces include Navajo launch site metal fragment piece, various pieces of gantry, launch pedestal, flooring and so on from launch complexes from Mercury, Gemini and early Apollo missions. Estimated Value $250 - 350
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Realized
$192
Lot 825
Mercury Program Launch Complex 14 Items. Lot of two items including piece of service tower (0.75x1.5") mounted on William Dickerson COA (8x10") and pad communication outlet box terminal (1x0.75x0.5") in Lucite display (#2/75) in a box. Estimated Value $150 - 200
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Realized
$114
Lot 826
1960s & 70s Space Program Photos & Other Collateral. More than 100 assorted photos & lithos (8x10"), booklets and other paper ephmera with bulk of value in 18 oversized color photos (11x14") with images of Pre-Mercury, Mercury & Gemini Programs including images we have never seen before. Interesting and fine offering. Estimated Value $250 - 350
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Realized
$3,840
Lot 827
Mercury Program, 1961-63 Manned & Unmanned Mission Photos. Valuable group of 11 (8x10") official color photos consisting of five RCA inspected launch photos for M-2 to MA-5 & MR-13D and launch photos for every manned mission, six in all. One with surface scrape and all with info and inspection handstamps on reverse. Estimated Value $300 - 400
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Realized
$156
Lot 828
Alan Shepard Signed Tip-In for "Moonshot". Bookplate (about 3.5x5") signed by co-authors Alan Shepard, Jay Barbree, Howard Benedict and Bobbi Slayton who signed for last co-author, Deke Slayton. Designed as tip-in for their book, "Moonshot." Estimated Value $100 - 150
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Realized
$48






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