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Auction Info

Auction Name
Space Exploration
Auction Date
04/17/2025 - 04/17/2025
Sale Number
#716
Total Lots
381
Sold Lots
281
Lots Sold
73.75%
Unsold Lots
100
Total Sales (USD)
528,995.00
Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)
376,100.00
High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)
579,300.00
Low Estimate of All Lots (USD)
515,000.00
High Estimate of All Lots (USD)
794,300.00
Total Sales as a % of High Est.
66.60%

Top twenty five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
7284

Apollo 14 Lunar Surface-Flown Postal Cover Signed by Edgar Mitchell (Ltd. Ed. #33/55)

1971 USD 20,000.00 - 40,000.00 USD 25,000.00
7137

Apollo 11 Flown LM Lunar Surface Checklist Page Signed by Buzz Aldrin - One-Man EVA Procedures

USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 20,788.00
7513

Apollo Lunar Surface Closeup Camera Prototype/Training Model

1970 USD 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 USD 18,750.00
7335

Apollo 15 Lunar Surface-Flown Crew-Signed 'Sieger' Cover

1971 USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 USD 18,089.00
7055

Gemini 3 Crew-Signed Recovery Cover

1965 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 15,679.00
7024

Mercury Astronauts: Complete Set of (7) Signed Recovery Covers

1961-1963, USD 20,000.00 - 25,000.00 USD 15,368.00
7141

Apollo 11 Signed Photograph

USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 14,196.00
7004 Wilbur Wright

Wilbur Wright Oversized Signed Photograph - Wright Flyer Sets an Altitude Record in 1908

1908 USD 12,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 13,589.00
7337

Apollo 15 Flown Earth Orbit Chart - From the Personal Collection of Dave Scott

1971 USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 12,499.00
7151 Neil Armstrong and Michael Collins

Neil Armstrong and Michael Collins Signed Photograph - Moonwalkers at Tranquility Base

USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 11,354.00
7434

Don Puddy's Apollo 11 Lunar Module Flight Status Record Book

1969 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 11,253.00
7283

Apollo 14 Lunar Surface-Flown Lunar Bible Text Fragment in Faberge Egg - From the Personal Collection of Edgar Mitchell

USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 11,000.00
7001 Orville Wright

Orville Wright Typed Letter Signed, Correcting the Record on the 'Evolution of the Hydraeroplane'

1912 USD 8,000.00 - 10,000.00 USD 10,208.00
7006 Charles Lindbergh

Charles Lindbergh Autograph Letter Signed After His Son's Kidnapping, Ordering Reporters to Leave: "Our roads are blocked and communication made extremely difficult under present circumstances I am asking that everyone leave our farm"

1932 USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 9,981.00
7053

James Lovell's Gemini 12 Training-Used Procedures Book

1966 USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 USD 8,125.00
7387

Moonwalkers: Complete Set of (12) Signed Photographs

USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 7,500.00
7135

Apollo 11 Signed 'Type 3' Insurance Cover

1969 USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 USD 7,499.00
7054

Gemini 8 Signed Oversized NASA Photograph

USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 7,283.00
7002 Orville Wright

Orville Wright Typed Letter Signed on Hydroplane Experiments: "These experiments were made before anyone, excepting ourselves and Santos Dumont, had succeeded in getting off of the ground with a flying machine"

1912 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 6,816.00
7298

Apollo 14 Lunar Module Training Log Book - From the Personal Collection of Edgar Mitchell

1969 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 6,669.00

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