Auction Reports
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Auction Info
- Auction Name
- Space Exploration
- Auction Date
- 07/15/2025 - 07/15/2025
- Sale Number
- #N11837
- Total Lots
- 62
- Sold Lots
- 49
- Lots Sold
- 79.03%
- Unsold Lots
- 13
- Total Sales (USD)
- 898,906.00
- Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)
- 359,200.00
- High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)
- 543,000.00
- Low Estimate of All Lots (USD)
- 455,200.00
- High Estimate of All Lots (USD)
- 694,000.00
- Total Sales as a % of High Est.
- 129.53%
Top twenty five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 | [Lunar Orbiter V] | Mosaic, Aristarchus, August 1967 |
1967 | USD 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 | USD 165,100.00 |
| 58 | [Apollo 11] | Landing Site Chart Signed and Inscribed by LMP Buzz Aldrin and CAPCOM Charles Duke |
1969 | USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | USD 127,000.00 |
| 49 | [Apollo 11] | Neil Armstrong on the Moon, Red Number Photograph |
1969 | USD 25,000.00 - 40,000.00 | USD 95,250.00 |
| 96 | [Moonwalkers] | A collection of large lunar charts with flight details inscribed by a member of every Apollo landing crew |
1971 | USD 25,000.00 - 40,000.00 | USD 57,150.00 |
| 55 | [Apollo 11] | FLOWN to the Moon on Apollo 11 --- Buzz Aldrin's Signed United Nations "Outer Space Treaty" |
1967 | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 38,100.00 |
| 53 | [Apollo 11] | Buzz Aldrin's FLOWN Apollo 11 Crew-Signed NASA Manned Spacecraft Center Cover |
1969 | USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 | USD 27,940.00 |
| 28 | [Lunar Orbiter V] | Crater Copernicus - Massive Mosaic |
1967 | USD 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 | USD 27,940.00 |
| 64 | [Apollo 11] | Eagle's Ascent |
1969 | USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 | USD 25,400.00 |
| 70 | [Apollo 13] | Translunar/Transearth Trajectory Chart SIGNED & INSCRIBED by CDR Jim Lovell, LMP Fred Haise, and CAPCOM Jack Lousma |
1970-03-16 | USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | USD 25,400.00 |
| 50 | [Apollo 11] | LUNAR SURFACE FLOWN Emergency Liftoff Checklist Sheet |
1969 | USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 | USD 20,320.00 |
| 13 | Wernher Von Braun & Astronaut Group 2 | Signed Photo of the Father of the Apollo Program and the "New Nine" |
1962 | USD 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 | USD 17,780.00 |
| 6 | [NASA] | Original metal sign from NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards Air Force Base, California |
USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | USD 17,780.00 | |
| 98 | Jules Verne. | "From The Earth to the Moon." Signed by 10 Apollo Astronauts |
1922 | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 16,510.00 |
| 59 | [Apollo 11] | Signed Apollo 11 Crew Triptych |
USD 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 | USD 15,240.00 | |
| 9 | [Mercury Seven] | The Rarest Astronaut-Signed Mercury Group Portrait |
1960 | USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | USD 15,240.00 |
| 109 | [STS-41B] | The First Untethered Spacewalk |
USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 15,240.00 | |
| 51 | [Apollo 11] | LUNAR SURFACE FLOWN Apollo 11 Lunar Module Activation Checklist Sheet ACT-42/43 |
July 1969 | USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 | USD 15,240.00 |
| 74 | [Apollo 13] | Houston, We've Had A Problem |
USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 15,240.00 | |
| 69 | [Apollo 13] | FLOWN Main-bus Undervolt Checklist |
1970 | USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | USD 12,700.00 |
| 97 | [Moonwalkers] | NASA Lunar Chart Signed by a Member of Every Lunar Flight Crew, Including Six Moonwalkers |
March 1970 | USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 | USD 12,065.00 |
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![<b>Sotheby’s:</b> Ernest Hemingway. <i>Three Stories And Ten Poems,</i> [Paris], (1923). First edition of Hemingway’s first published book. $75,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/acf970a0-a15d-4c79-aa24-5e8e414cb465.png "<b>Sotheby’s:</b> Ernest Hemingway. <i>Three Stories And Ten Poems,</i> [Paris], (1923). First edition of Hemingway’s first published book. $75,000.")
