Goldberg Coins and Collectibles

Sale 61

Manuscript, Collectibles and Aerospace Auction

Apollo Program

Lot	Photo	Description	Realized
Lot 182		Apollo 13, 1970, FLOWN Gold Foil (.5x.25") mounted in a clear lucite cylinder (2.5x1") that is inscribed: "Apollo XIII / April 13-17, 1970 / Command Module / Flown Mylar Foil." Clean and attractive. Estimated Value $250 - 350. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $102
Lot 183		Apollo 13, 1970, FLOWN Gold Foil (.75x.33") mounted in a clear lucite cylinder (2.5x1") that is inscribed: "Apollo XIII / April 13-17, 1970 / Command Module / Flown Mylar Foil." Clean and attractive. Estimated Value $250 - 350. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $114
Lot 184		Apollo 13, 1970, James Lovell, Jack Swigert and Fred Haise Vintage Autographs. On the cover of the April 27, 1970 issue of Time magazine showing them praying after splashdown. Boldly signed and framed to 11x14". Rarely available and attractive. Estimated Value $350 - 500. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $300
Lot 185		Apollo 13, 1970, James Lovell, Ken Mattingly and Fred Haise Vintage Autographs. On a NASA 8x10" color crew photo with red ID number. Boldly signed and scarce. Estimated Value $350 - 500. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $588
Lot 186		Apollo 13, 1970, James Lovell Vintage Autograph. On the cover of the April 24th edition of Life Magazine. The cover (10x13") is mounted on a white mat (13.5x15") and is somewhat faded, but an attractive piece of history. Unframed with minor surface rubs to the cover. Estimated Value $250 - 350. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $59
Lot 187		Apollo 14, 1971, FLOWN United States Flag (6x4", not mounted) with a NASA multicolor presentation card (10x13.5") that reads, in part: "This flag was carried to the moon on the Apollo 14 mission to Fra Mauro." The presentation certificate has printed autographs of the crew. Scarce and attractive. Estimated Value $1,500 - 2,500. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $1,763
Lot 188		Withdrawn	Unsold
Lot 189		Apollo 15, 1971, FLOWN Lunar Surface "Moon Dust". On a piece of clear tape (.75x1") and mounted on a multicolor "Williamson" descriptive certificate of authenticity that reads, in part: "…I entered the spacecraft to remove the cameras and film. While inside Endeavour, I used the piece of tape attached to this presentation to remove a sample of lunar dust from the leg of Dave Scott's EVA suit. Commander Scott's suit is currently on display at the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum…". The tape clearly shows both the grey moon dust and ridges from the creases in the space suit. A great addition to any collection. Estimated Value $2,500 - 3,500. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 190		Apollo 15, 1971, FLOWN Gold Foil (.5x.5") mounted in a clear lucite cylinder (2.5x1") that is engraved on the bottom: "Apollo XV / July 26-August 7, 1971 / Command Module / Flown Mylar Foil." Pristine and seldom available. Estimated Value $250 - 350. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $60
Lot 191		Apollo 15, 1971, FLOWN Gold Foil (.5x.5") mounted in a clear lucite cylinder (2.5x1") that is engraved on the bottom: "Apollo XV / July 26-August 7, 1971 / Command Module / Flown Mylar Foil." Pristine and seldom available. Estimated Value $250 - 350. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $59
Lot 192		Apollo 15, 1971, FLOWN Gold Foil (.75x.5") mounted in a clear lucite cylinder (2.5x1") that is engraved on the bottom: "Apollo XV / July 26-August 7, 1971 / Command Module / Flown Mylar Foil." Pristine and seldom available. Estimated Value $250 - 350. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $59
Lot 193		Apollo 15, 1971, Dave Scott, Al Worden and Jim Irwin Vintage Autographs. On the cover of the August 9, 1971 issue of Time magazine. Boldly signed and attractive. Framed to 11x14". Estimated Value $500 - 750. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $294
Lot 194		Apollo 15, 1971, Dave Scott, Al Worden and Jim Irwin Vintage Autographs. On the cover of the August 9, 1971 Time magazine issued in honor of their flight. All three astronaut have signed in black ink. Matted and framed to 13.5x16.5". Striking. Estimated Value $500 - 750. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $129
Lot 195		Apollo 15, 1971, Dave Scott, Al Worden & Jim Irwin Autogrphs. On an Insurance cover with a multicolor NASA Manned Spacecraft Center Stamp Club cachet and a pictorial KSC, Jul;y 25, 1971 machine cancel. the cover is signed on the reverse: "James B. Irwin II 46/70." A James B. Irwin II COA stating that this is one of the covers in his father's possession at the time of his death, is included. Covers from the astronauts' personal collections are rare. Clean and attractive. Estimated Value $350 - 500. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $118
Lot 196		Withdrawn	Unsold
Lot 197		Apollo 15, 1971, 70mm Color Transparancy. Mounted in a tripod cardboard viewer that is marked: "Mission Apollo 15 / Date 7-16-71 / Flight CM12, LM10 / Camera SEB331000409307 / Film Magazine KK / Frame number AS15-87-17779". This 3rd Generation color film shown a magnificant lunar view of footprints and rocks on the lunar surface. Included is a 1996 Superior Stamp and Coin COA from their Spring 1996 auction. Two additional unrelated NASA color transparancies (4.5x3.5") are included. An attractive addition to any collection. Estimated Value $250 - 350. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 198		Apollo 16 1972, FLOWN Gold Foil (.75x.5") mounted in a clear lucite cylinder (2.5x1") that is engraved on the bottom: "Apollo XVI / April 16-27, 1972 / Command Module / Flown Mylar Foil." Pristine and seldom available. Estimated Value $250 - 350. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $59
Lot 199		Apollo 16 1972, FLOWN Gold Foil (.5x.5") mounted in a clear lucite cylinder (2.5x1") that is engraved on the bottom: "Apollo XVI / April 16-27, 1972 / Command Module / Flown Mylar Foil." Pristine and seldom available. Estimated Value $250 - 350. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $96
Lot 200		Apollo 16, 1972, FLOWN Gold Foil (.75x.5") mounted in a clear lucite cylinder (2.5x1") that is engraved on the bottom: "Apollo XVI / April 16-27, 1972 / Command Module / Flown Mylar Foil." Pristine and seldom available. Estimated Value $250 - 350. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $59
Lot 201		Withdrawn	Unsold
Lot 202		Apollo 16, 1972, John Young Autograph. On a NASA 8x10" color glossy photo (with red ID number)of him on the lunar surface. Boldly signed. Pristine. Estimated Value $150 - 250. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $276
Lot 203		Apollo 16, 1972, John Young Autograph. On a NASA 8x10" color glossy photo (with red ID number) of him on the lunar surface. Boldly signed. Pristine. Estimated Value $150 - 250. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $188
Lot 204		Apollo 17, FLOWN Lunar Surface US Flag (6x4") This flag is mounted on a blue/white NASA presentation certificate (framed to 16x13") that reads, in part: "This flag was carried to the Taurus-Littrow Valley of the Moon - December 1972." The certificate has the printed signature of Christopher C. Kraft, Jr., Director of the Johnson Space Center. Attractive and seldom available in this format. Estimated Value $3,500 - 5,000. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $1,998
Lot 205		Apollo 17, 1972, FLOWN LUNAR SURFACE United States Flag (6x4") with a copy of a typed letter, on NASA letterhead, to Ed Barker from Gene Cernan stating, in part: "This flag of our nation flew to the moon aboard the spaceships "America" and Challenger," Apollo XVII, December 6-19, 1972…". ALSO included is a copy of a handwritten note, initialed by Ed Barker, that reads, in part: "Given to me by Gene Cernan - Personal Kit - Apollo 17. In his suit while on the moon." A notarized certificate stating that both documents are genuine, is included. Rare and seldom available. Estimated Value $2,500 - 3,500. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $1,293
Lot 206		Apollo 17, 1972, FLOWN Lunar Surface Film (.33x.25") This piece of film unexposed leader film was salvaged from the last camera used for photography on the lunar surface. The film leader was discarded after the film was developed at the Johnson Space Center after the flight, but salvaged for posterity by Richard Underwood, Supervisory Aerospace Technologist at JSC. The piece of film is mounted on a descriptive Underwood Certificate of Authenticity (8.5x11"). Scarce and attractive. Estimated Value $250 - 750. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $294
Lot 207		Apollo 17, 1972, Gene Cernan, Ron Evans and Harrison Schmitt Vintage Autographs. On the mat (20x14") surrounding three sequential photos (6x9") of the Apollo 17 liftoff (taken by TRW Systems Group). The autographs are still quite bold and only a couple of minor surface rubs mar the finish on the third photo. An attractive presentation. Unframed. Estimated Value $350 - 500. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $206
Lot 208		Apollo 17, 1972, Gene Cernan Autograph. On a typed 1999 letter with printed letterhead in which he pleads a scheduling conflict in being unable to attend the Apollo 11, 30th Anniversary dinner being held at the Apollo/Saturn Center. Boldly signed in black. Estimated Value $100 - 150. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 209		Apollo 17, 1972, "Too Beautiful to have Happened by Accident" Lithograph by Alan Bean (1983, Meredith Long Gallery, 26x35", No. 334/600). This multicolor lithograph was Alan Bean's very first print and is almost never available today (it sold out in 1995). The printed inscription on the bottom of the print reads: "Apollo 17 astronaut Eugene Cernan said, 'When I stood on the moon and looked up at the earth, I felt it was just too beautiful to have happened by accident. I could see all the elemts that made up Apollo - the moon, the planet and country from which the first explorers came, deep infinite space and man himself'." In addition, the artist has hand-inscribed this print in gold ink at top: "To the Hoffman's - A great adventure for all human beings. An impossible dream Americans made come true, Alan Bean, Apollo XII, 4th Man on the Moon." The original Bean printed COA is included. A rare piece of art in outstanding condition. Estimated Value $1,500 - 2,500. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $660

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