Goldberg Coins and Collectibles

Sale 107

The Manuscript & Collectibles Auction

Gemini (1965-1966)

Lot	Photo	Description	Realized
Lot 763		Gemini 8: Signed Cover by Neil Armstrong and David Scott. Gemini VIII: Neil Armstrong (1930-2012) and David Scott (1932-) while both Moonwalkers Armstrong (Apollo 11) and Scott (Apollo 15) flew on Gemini VIII. Offered is an L.L.R.V. (Lunar Lander Research Vehicle) cover stamped and dated August 30, 1966, Edwards, California. Cover is also hand stamped Lunar Lander Research Vehicle with Neil Armstrong signing in blue ball point pen and David Scott signing in blue fine point felt pen. Cover is in excellent condition. Estimate Value $750 - UP View details and enlarged photo	Realized $750
Lot 764		Unusual File of Over 80 Astronauts Responding To NASA's Public Services Branch to Update "ASTRONAUT FACT BOOK" Late 80s-Early 90s. NASA's Public Services Branch in Houston would send out to astronauts to request updates on their post NASA careers for the ASTRONAUT FACT BOOK. This is a file of those updates from 1989-1993, addressed to either of two women in the branch. Many updated their employment, whether they had written biographies, histories or novels. Most have signed and written corrections others have only initialed next to information indicating no change. Almost all request a copy of the updated book. There are simply too many to list but include Deke Slayton, Scott Carpenter, Gordon Cooper, Alan Bean, Stuart Roosa, James Lovell, Jack Lousma, Wally Schirra, Vance Brand, Mary Cleave, Robert Crippen, Dick Gordon, Bill Pogue, Russell Schweickart, Frank Borman and Fred Haise. Obviously this represents the men and women from a wide diversity of flights from Mercury to The Shuttle. Some very interesting reading and certainly a unique collection. Fine condition, file exceptionally well archived. Estimate Value $900 - UP View details and enlarged photo	Realized $690
Lot 765		Balance of Consignment: Seven (7) Signed Pieces, Deke Slayton, STS-1, Donn Eisele, Scott Kelly, Ken Mattingly, Al Worden. Excellent signed pieces from a variety of astronauts/flown missions: Four (4) signed photos which include Deke Slayton, John Young and Bob Crippen suited up inside shuttle STS-1, Ken Mattingly in white spacesuit for Apollo 13 however sidelined due to exposure to German measles, and Al Worden. Also included a signed and undated typed letter on NASA letterhead by Donn Eisele, as well as two crew signed covers of Time Magazine 12/29/2014 by Scott Kelly (longest American in space) when he was on the cover plus the autographs of Mikhail Kornienko and Gennaday Padalka (the longest time any man has spent in space) Bonus, Alan Shephard reprint photo being given Distinguished Service Medal by President Kennedy. All pieces in excellent condition. Estimate Value $750 - UP View details and enlarged photo	Realized $480
Lot 766		Collection of Signed Photos including: Charlie Duke, James Lovell, Tom Stafford, Alexi Leonov, Valeri Kubasov, AST Crew Members and More. Fine collection of signed photos from a variety of missions and the men and women who flew them including: A signed 3 x 5 card by Moonwalker Charlie Duke accompanied by NASA photo of the Moon, a sheet of uncut SpaceShot cards signed by James Lovell, Bruce McCandless and Vladimir Dzhanibekove, crew signed composit photo from Apollo Soyuz including Stafford, Leonov, and Kubasov, a Gemini VII capsule photo signed by Tom Stafford, a signed ASTP photo of the mission emblem signed by Vance Brand, Deke Slayton and Tom Stafford, a photo of a Challenger launch by Owen Garriott, Brewster Shaw and John Young. Estimate Value $600 - UP View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 767		Two Full File Boxes of Documents, Manuals, Notes, Memorandum All Property of the Flight Director: ASTP, Shuttle Flights, Payloads & More. Two (2) full file boxes, property of the flight director regarding a diversity of topics and interests most especially early concerns relating to the Shuttle program, safety and a myriad of other concerns from 1981 to 1990 Great collection of Solid Rocket Booster (SRB) test photos we have never seen. Subject tabs indicate files on Range Safety, Payload Manifests, Landing/Runway/Breaks/Steering Reducing OPS Costs, Soviet Space, Aviation Safety, Space Clubs, Astronaut Candidate Training Programming and much much more. Each file box weighs about 35 pounds. Estimate Value $500 - UP View details and enlarged photo	Realized $180
Lot 768		Unique, Prototype of Mission Control Insignia Patch, Property of the Flight Director. The NASA Mission Control Insignia Patch has a wonderful history. The first patch came about during the Apollo 17 mission, an idea by flight director Gene Kranz to recognize Mission Control personnel. Speaking to acclaimed space and rocketry artist Bob McCall (he also did the film posters for 2001: a space odyssey) " We fought and won the race to space….We were the ones in the trenches…. and made the conquest of space possible". Within six months, McCall delivered the first Mission Control crew patch worn proudly for over 10 years. With the Orbital Flight Test program in 1983, the patch was modified to reflect the shuttle vehicle and became the centerpiece of the design. Offered is a prototype of the revised Mission Control patch that one can easily see as a slightly different variation of the final patch. This is especially evident in the design of the rocket flames, the Latin along the top (translates to Achievement Through Excellence) and the representation of Earth. From the collection of the flight director, this prototype was a one-off machine and hand stitched example. Measures 3¾ x 4" with the back having black paper glued to reinforce mesh backing holding the stitching. Minor evidence of age and handling but otherwise excellent and a great unique collectible. Estimate Value $500 - UP View details and enlarged photo	Realized $180
Lot 769		9 Miscellaneous Manuals All Property of the Flight Director: 1964 Apollo Earth to Moon Fundamentals, ASTP Manuals, STS Flights & More. Balance of 9 miscellaneous manuals all property of the flight director: 1.) 1964 Manual prepared by General Electric to address the fundamental trajectory concepts involved in an Earth-to-Moon flight. 2.) Copy Preparation Manual for Tech Publications June, 1969 (think of it as a style guide on how to prepare all the NASA manuals that followed) 3.) Deorbit Prep Crew Training and Procedures Division (covering major STS activity), December, 1979. 4.) Space Flight Hazards January, 1970 (identifying the staggering number of issues that could happen during a mission. 5.) Two CSM Manuals; Docking Module handbook and Subsystem Operating Logic Schematics prepared by General Electric (some insect bites to edge papers on the latter) 6.) Transcribed lecture regarding ASTP and the challenges of different languages) 7.) ASTP Facts Manual for the press January, 1975. 7.) Management Labor Relations Responsibilities with a half dozen pages of notes by the flight director on these labor issues. All in very fine to excellent condition. Estimate Value $350 - UP View details and enlarged photo	Realized $336
Lot 770		Walter "Wally"Schirra, Five Signed Lithos/Photos, All Excellent. Wally Schirra (1923-2007) - A handsome lot of five different photos or lithos, each item signed in black Sharpie. Schirra flew into space on Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo programs. Three of these photos are vintage originals and two are B&W restrikes with all five boldly signed and in excellent condition. Estimate Value $300 - UP View details and enlarged photo	Realized $264
Lot 771		Walter "Wally" Schirra; A Brief History in 4 Signed Photos Including Official Apollo 7 Earth Photograph Including Negative on Verso. Wally Schirra (1923-2007) Schirra flew into space on Mercury and Apollo programs and this collection of boldly signed 8 x 10" photos touch on those two missions. 1.) Signed image of the mockup capsule used in 50 drop tests to qualify the Mercury capsule for recovery on land and sea. 2.) Signed April 1962 US Air Force Photo, Air Force Missile Test Center, NASA/LOD shot of Schirra during altitude run. (Schirra's name misspelled twice on printed info on verso!) 3.) Signed Official Photo dated 10/21/78 Apollo 7 Earth-Sky View Puna De Atacama area of northwestern Argentina taken from Apollo 7 during its 154th revolution. In stock sleeve attached to verso is the 4 x 5" negative for this photo # AS7-4-1593 4.) Signed Apollo capsule training exercise photo. All four pieces in excellent condition. Estimate Value $300 - UP View details and enlarged photos	Realized $132
Lot 772		3 Scarce Signed Books On America's Space Program Including Walter Cunningham's "The All-American Boys" + 12 More. From the collection of the flight director, three autographed books from his personal collection. 1.) Walter Cunningham (Apollo 7) The All-American Hero First Edition. Cunningham has boldly signed on blank page small chip from dust jacket, toning otherwise very good. A much sought signed first edition 2.) Henry C. Dethloff, Suddenly Tomorrow Came: A History of the Johnson Space Center, inscribed to flight director and signed by author. Excellent condition 3.) Sy Liebergot, Apollo EECOM, Journey of a Lifetime, signed by author and also in excellent condition. Library also includes: "Where No Man Has Gone Before" by Bill Compton, "The Report to the President: The Implentation of the Recommendations of the Presidential Commission on the Space Shuttle Challenger Accident" prepared by NASA, "Science in Orbit: The Shuttle and Spacelab Experience 1981-1986" by the Marshall Space Flight Center, "Apollo Over The Moon" prepared by NASA, SPACELAB :An International Success Story by Douglas Lord to name a few. All in excellent condition. Estimate Value $250 - UP View details and enlarged photo	Realized $336
Lot 773		Space Station 1984 Task Force Manual; Introduction and Summary & Operations plus Files on Long Duration in Space, dated 1994. From the files of the flight director, a 6 book, comprehensive program description document prepared by the Space Station Task Force March 1984 Final Edition. The books or chapter manuals are entitled 1.) Introduction and Summary 2.) Mission Description Document 3.) System Requirements and Characteristics 4.) Advanced Development Program 5.) No book five 6.) Systems Operations 7.) Program Plans. First time we have offered this remarkable set. Also included from 1994 and 1995 two files/presentations one on Countermeasures for Long-Duration Space Flights, and One Transition Plans for Space Station March, 1995. Estimate Value $250 - UP View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 774		X-38 Vehicle Patch and US Flag Flown Aboard The Test Rescue Vehicle in March, 1999 on Photo Presentation. The X-38 was an experimental re-entry vehicle designed by NASA to research a low cost and effective emergency crew return vehicle for the International Space Station. The project also intended to develop a crew return vehicle design that could be modified for other uses, such as a possible joint U.S. and international human spacecraft that could be launched on the French Ariane 5 booster. A total of three test prototype vehicles were made, each having incremental improvements on its predecessor. All three were wingless lifting body vehicles used in drop tests. But the program was scrapped in 2002 due to budget cuts. Offered is a presentation of thanks to a Mission Control specialist and astronaut trainer for the hard work demonstrated for the successful test flights. A very clever photo montage gives the appearance that the vehicles are flying out of, or into presentation Affixed at center is the triangle X-38 crew insignia flown patch and flown US flag. Estimate Value $200 - UP View details and enlarged photo	Realized $120
Lot 775		6 Moonwalkers: Aldrin, Bean, Cernan, Scott, Duke, and Mitchell on Oversized Color Glossy of Earth from the Moon. Wonderful, oversized (12 x 15") color glossy of the Earth taken from the surface of the moon. Six Moonwalkers have signed and identified their mission. Buzz Aldrin (Apollo 11), Alan Bean (Apollo 12), Edgar Mitchell (Apollo 14), Dave Scott (Apollo 15), Charlie Duke (Apollo 16) and Gene Cernan (Apollo 17). Signatures are in silver or in black marker, all exceptionally large and bold. Slight crease in upper right corner that in no way impacts signatures or appeal of photo. Prime for museum grade framing. Also included is a signed image of Voyager, the first non-stop, non refueled flight around the world in December of 1986, signed by pilot Dick Rutan. Estimate Value $750 - UP The Michael Hecht Autograph Collection. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $1,110