Goldberg Coins and Collectibles

Sale 86

The Manuscripts, Collectibles & Space Auction

Rocketry

Lot	Photo	Description	Realized
Lot 955		1959-71 Wernher von Braun handwritten notes & collateral. Three different documents with Wernher von Braun's handwritten notes (signed "B" as usual). Includes 1959 notes on an invitation for a physicist to hear von Braun speak in Frankfurt (von Braun indicates that the phyicist was at Peenemunde), notes involving 1961 Aerojet executive dinner engagement and 1964 notes written concerning Helmet Goettrup's trial at defendent's request. Also includes Apollo achievement items: cover & card. Originally from an assistant to Dr von Braun. Estimated Value $600 - 800. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $384
Lot 956		1946 FLOWN V-2 fragment from White Sands NM. Two small V-2 fragments (max dimension ¾") from testing at White Sands. The German rocket was test fired & launched in 1946. Pieces cut from V-2's tail assembly while on display at an aerospace museum in Los Cruces NM. Pieces are mounted on 8½"x11" Ken Havekotte COA. Estimated Value $200 - 300. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $132
Lot 957		1960s-90s rockets & missiles original glossy photos. More than 100 8"x10" B&W and color glossy photos that include Air Force, NASA and contractor photos. Images include rockets, missiles, launch pads, launches (includes first Cape launch), satellites and more. Good offering. Estimated Value $500 - 750. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $238
Lot 958		1960s Mercury seven signed ECHO I display. Beautifully matted and framed to 17½"½x14½" size display that salutes the first communication satellite, ECHO I, with 1960 cacheted first day cover for ECHO I 4¢ postage stamp with seven lines radiating away from cover. Each line bears printed name of each Mercury astronaut below the line and each astronaut signed above the line that bears their name. All are early signatures. Includes Scott Carpenter, Gordon Cooper, John H Glenn Jr, Walter Schirra, Alan B Shepard Jr, Donald K Slayton and Virgil I Grissom. Schirra, Slayton and Grissom have faded somewhat but are still easily readable. A piece of Mylar balloon material, 3"x¾", of the type used on ECHO I is mounted on the bottom of the display. On reverse is a 2010 cacheted cover honoring ECHO I silver anniversary. One of the most unusual Mercury seven signed items we have ever seen. Wonderful display piece. Support material included. Estimated Value $3,500 - 5,000. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $2,640
Lot 959		1945-60s Project Mercury Canary Island Tracking Station Materials. Interesting group of materials from the John Marlowe estate. Mr. Marlowe was telemetry supervisor at Canary Island Station. Includes 1945 Automatic Pilot training guide from US Naval School at Point Mugu complete with diagrams, four 8"x10" or 10"x7½" B&W photos taken in 1959-60 period depicting Mercury connected images including computer set up at Canary Island Tracking Station, original Canary Island Tracking Station reports and logs for July 1960, 1960 TAA-300 composite signal amplifier design report and five other paperwork items. We have not seen this type of material before. Estimated Value $200 - 300. Ex John Marlowe estate. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $156
Lot 960		1960s launch pad relic cards. Six (6) different 8½"x5½" pre-printed & numbered cards prepared by KH/SCCS & Rick Boos, each of which has a small piece of a launchpad affixed and described on the card. Includes Launch Pad No.5, No.14, No. 19, No 19 " White Room", No. 26 and No. 34. Each is numbered 74/200 and signed by both Ken Havekotte & Rick Boos. Good group of relics from the early days of the space program. Estimated Value $150 - 200. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $132
Lot 961		1963 Mercury launch complex 14 service tower piece. 1½"x¾" piece of cableway that ran up the tower from launch complex 14 that saw the launchs of Mercury astronauts John Glenn, Scott Carpenter, Wally Schirra and Gordon Cooper. Piece is mounted on 8½"x11" William Dickerson COA. Also has vintage pad post card as well. Estimated Value $150 - 200. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 962		1962 Alan Shepard signed NASA photo. NASA numbered (62-MA6-21 on reverse) 8"x10" B&W photo of Shepard demonstrating new recovery procedure that was used on John Glenn's mission, MA-6. Mimeographed NASA info on reverse. Inscribed and with bold signature of Alan Shepard. Estimated Value $250 - 300. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $192