Goldberg Coins and Collectibles

Sale 43

Manuscript and Collectibles Auction

Astronauts & Aviators

Lot	Photo	Description	Realized
Lot 151		Apollo 8 Crew. 10" x 8" NASA publicity PS "Jim Lovell," "Bill Anders," and "Frank Borman"; Borman added "Apollo 8", n.p., n.d. All three crew members signed with a black marker. During their mission, which launched on December 21, 1968, they became the first humans to orbit around the Moon, paving the way for the first Moon landing seven months later. Estimated Value $500 - 600. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $748
Lot 152		Von Braun, Wernher (1912-1977) Leading rocket scientist in Germany and the United States; he is considered the father of the United States program. Three page of typed notes with holograph notations and five of von Braun's famous "B" signatures. The notes are weekly summaries written by Dr. Ernst Stuhlinger in 1961, '63 and '67 to von Braun, who became director of NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in 1960. One of von Braun's comments is, "!!A bit fast eh! B" The papers cover topics critical to the space program in the 1960s, including landing a man on the moon, with specific information on Launch Vehicle Technology, Electric Propulsion systems, Saturn C-1 three stage rocket, Supporting Technology related to "Manned Lunar Progect" and Pegasus III Mission. Also included is an original 1957 Marshal Space Flight Center photo of Dr. von Braun with a scaled-down ablation warhead, as well as a COA from Dr. Stuhlinger, who was Dr. von Braun's right-hand man. Estimated Value $500 - 750. From the personal collection of Dr. Ernst Stuhlinger. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $336
Lot 153		(Aviators and Astronauts). A goup of nine FDCs signed by a variety of pioneer pilots, test pilots, and astronauts, among which are John Glenn, Jim Irwin, Fred J. Ascani (3), Robert J. Gilliland, Stan Butchart (2), Corky Meyer (2), B.J. Hinds, Louis W. Schalt, and three others (difficult to read). All very fine. Estimated Value $200 - 400. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 154		Byrd, Richard E. TLS on Navy Department Bureau of Aeronautics letterhead, 1p, 10½" x 8", Washington, 1942 Dec. 23. To Harry Chandler of the Los Angeles Times, requesting a copy of an editorial "putting Senators Mass and Willis where they belong" and mentioning Admiral King. With IPS rotogravure portrait. Both Fine. Estimated Value $200 - 300. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 155		Byrd, Richard E (1888-1957) American aviator and arctic explorer. TLS ("R E Byrd"), 1p, 11" x 8½", Boston, Mass., 1937 Dec. 9. To Lieut. R.A.J. English on the U.S.S. Nevada, regarding the Congressional Medal which Byrd had arranged to have presented to English by Admiral Hepburn. Fine; light toning and creassing at edges. Estimated Value $150 - 200. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 156		(Lindbergh, Charles). 17½" x 6" broadside for the welcome of Lindbergh, "America's Lone Eagle, " to Los Angeles on Tuesday, September 20 (1928). Issued by the Pacific Electric Railway. Red and blue lettering. Lightly toned; one closed tear at top right; uppers corners missing tips; remainder of broadside is fine. Estimated Value $200 - 300. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 157		Lindbergh, Charles A (1902-1974) TLS, 1p, 11" x 8½", Darien, Conn., 1968 April 13. To Father Edward B. Rooney, Jesuit Missions, New York. Very fine. Lindbergh mentions Dr. Alexis Carrel, with whom he worked on construction of the perfusion pump, used to keep organs alive outside the body, and denigrates a book by Ross, claiming that an article Ross had written about him "was a mixture of fiction and rumor along with some fact…trivial and rather silly…." He also decries the bloodshed in Africa. Estimated Value $800 - 1,000. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 158		Lindbergh, Charles A. Book photo signed in blue ink at upper left, 8¼" x 5½", n.p., n.d. The photo shows Lindbergh and his wife, Anne Morrow Lindbergh in their flight suits during their 1931 flight to China. Fine. Estimated Value $800 - 1,000. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $900
Lot 159		Rickenbacker, Edward V. TLS ("E.V. Rickenbacker") on North American Aviation, Inc. letterhead, 1p, 11" x 8½", New York, 1934 March 23. To Ralph White, Sky Lines Incorporated, asking him to comply with the request of an English patron at Grosvenor House, London, to be supplied with copies of the magazine "Sky Lines." Fine; overall toning. Estimated Value $200 - 300. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 160		Wright, Orville (1871-1948) Made the first successful gas-powered airplane flight in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, on December 17, 1903. Postally used cover signed in the upper left corner in black ink, postmarked at Kitty Hawk Dec. 17, 1928, with a cachet commemorating the first flight 25 years earlier to the day. Fine. Estimated Value $1,200 - 1,500. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $1,260