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Auction Name Space Exploration, Featuring the Armstrong Family Collection Total Sales (USD) 4,567,626.75
Auction Date May 09, 2019 - May 11, 2019 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 2,718,100.00
Sale Number #6206 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 4,077,150.00
Total Lots 1583
Sold Lots 1490 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 3,002,740.00
% of Lots Sold 94.13% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 4,504,110.00
Unsold Lots 93 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 101.41%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
50141

Apollo 11 Lunar Module Flown Section of the Wright Flyer's Wing Fabric, Position #44, Flown as Part of the First Successful Powered Controlled Flight in History at Kitty Hawk in 1903 as well as the First Manned Lunar Landing in 1969, Directly From The Arm

USD 28,000.00 - 42,000.00 USD 175,000.00
50399

Apollo 11 Lunar Module Flown Piece of the Wright Flyer Propeller, Flown as Part of the First Successful Powered Flight in History at Kitty Hawk in 1903 as well as the First Manned Lunar Landing in 1969, Directly From The Armstrong Family Collection™, CAG

USD 56,000.00 - 84,000.00 USD 175,000.00
50398

Apollo 11 Lunar Module Flown Piece of the Wright Flyer Propeller, Flown as Part of the First Successful Powered Flight in History at Kitty Hawk in 1903 as well as the First Manned Lunar Landing in 1969, Directly From The Armstrong Family Collection™, CAG

USD 52,000.00 - 78,000.00 USD 125,000.00
50400

Apollo 11 Lunar Module Flown Piece of the Wright Flyer Propeller, Flown as Part of the First Successful Powered Flight in History at Kitty Hawk in 1903 as well as the First Manned Lunar Landing in 1969, Directly From The Armstrong Family Collection™, CAG

USD 56,000.00 - 84,000.00 USD 112,500.00
50401

Apollo 11 Lunar Module Flown Section of the Wright Flyer's Wing Fabric, Position #5, Flown as Part of the First Successful Powered Controlled Flight in History at Kitty Hawk in 1903 as well as the First Manned Lunar Landing in 1969, Directly From The Arms

USD 32,000.00 - 48,000.00 USD 106,250.00
50371

Apollo 11 Flown Crew-Signed "Type One" Quarantine Cover, Hand-numbered NA-5 and Certified by Neil Armstrong, Directly From The Armstrong Family Collection™, CAG Certified.

USD 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 USD 93,750.00
50376

Apollo 11 Flown Largest Size American Flag Directly From The Armstrong Family Collection™, CAG Certified.

USD 120,000.00 - 180,000.00 USD 93,750.00
50957

Apollo 11 Flown and Crew-Signed Beta Cloth Mission Insignia Directly from the Personal Collection of Mission Command Module Pilot Michael Collins, Signed and Certified, with Hand-Signed CAG Certification.

USD 72,000.00 - 108,000.00 USD 81,250.00
50956

Apollo 11 Lunar Module Flown Spacesuit Comfort Glove Originally from the Personal Collection of Mission Lunar Module Pilot Buzz Aldrin, Signed and Certified with Signed Letter of Certification, in Framed Display.

USD 72,000.00 - 108,000.00 USD 68,750.00
50405

Apollo 11 Lunar Module Flown Section of the Wright Flyer's Wing Fabric, Position #176, Flown as Part of the First Successful Powered Controlled Flight in History at Kitty Hawk in 1903 as well as the First Manned Lunar Landing in 1969, Directly From The Ar

USD 32,000.00 - 48,000.00 USD 55,000.00
50689

Apollo Moonlandings: Rare NASA Color Lunar Planning Chart LOC-2 Signed by One Moonwalker from Each Landing Mission with Additional Landing Site Names and Touchdown Dates, also Included are Charts LOC-1, LOC-3, and LOC-4 (Unsigned).

USD 14,400.00 - 21,600.00 USD 55,000.00
50879

Space Shuttle Missions STS-1 through STS-135: Jerry Ross's Complete Set of 135 Silver Robbins Medals, One for Each Mission, Includes STS-1, STS-41-D, and STS-27 Flown Examples [with] STS-110 Flown and Worn Shirt, Signed Color Photo and Autobiography, with

USD 70,400.00 - 105,600.00 USD 55,000.00
50402

Apollo 11 Lunar Module Flown Section of the Wright Flyer's Wing Fabric, Position #7, Flown as Part of the First Successful Powered Controlled Flight in History at Kitty Hawk in 1903 as well as the First Manned Lunar Landing in 1969, Directly From The Arms

USD 32,000.00 - 48,000.00 USD 52,500.00
50140

Apollo 11 Flown MS66 NGC Sterling Silver Robbins Medallion, Serial Number 426, Directly From The Armstrong Family Collection™, CAG Certified.

USD 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 USD 50,000.00
50373

Apollo 11 Flown MS66 NGC Sterling Silver Robbins Medallion, Serial Number 304, Directly From The Armstrong Family Collection™, CAG Certified.

USD 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 USD 50,000.00
50959

Apollo 11 Flown American Flag on a Crew-Signed Presentation Certificate, with Zarelli Letter of Authenticity, in Matted Display.

USD 64,000.00 - 96,000.00 USD 50,000.00
50404

Apollo 11 Lunar Module Flown Section of the Wright Flyer's Wing Fabric, Position #153, Flown as Part of the First Successful Powered Controlled Flight in History at Kitty Hawk in 1903 as well as the First Manned Lunar Landing in 1969, Directly From The Ar

USD 32,000.00 - 48,000.00 USD 47,500.00
50372

Apollo 11 Flown MS65 NGC Sterling Silver Robbins Medallion, Serial Number 80, Directly From The Armstrong Family Collection™, CAG Certified.

USD 36,000.00 - 54,000.00 USD 40,000.00
50374

Apollo 11 Flown MS67 NGC Sterling Silver Robbins Medallion, Serial Number 278, Directly From The Armstrong Family Collection™, CAG Certified.

USD 44,000.00 - 66,000.00 USD 40,000.00
50403

Apollo 11 Lunar Module Flown Section of the Wright Flyer's Wing Fabric, Position #103, Flown as Part of the First Successful Powered Controlled Flight in History at Kitty Hawk in 1903 as well as the First Manned Lunar Landing in 1969, Directly From The Ar

USD 32,000.00 - 48,000.00 USD 40,000.00
50909

Apollo 9 Flown Pressure Suit Patch Set (Four) Directly from the Personal Collection of Mission Lunar Module Pilot Rusty Schweickart, Signed and Certified, with Letter of Certification.

USD 11,200.00 - 16,800.00 USD 40,000.00
51121

Apollo 12 Flown "Operations Checklist" Book Directly from the Family Collection of Mission Command Module Pilot Richard Gordon, Signed and Certified, with Certificate of Authenticity Signed by Gordon and also Alan Bean.

USD 9,600.00 - 14,400.00 USD 40,000.00
51120

Apollo 12 Flown "Launch Operations Checklist" Book Directly from the Family Collection of Mission Command Module Pilot Richard Gordon, Each Page Signed and Certified, with Certificate of Authenticity Signed by Gordon and also Alan Bean.

USD 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 USD 32,500.00
51126

Apollo 12 Flown "Alternate & Contingency Checklist" Book Directly from the Family Collection of Mission Command Module Pilot Richard Gordon, Signed and Certified, with Certificate of Authenticity Signed by Gordon and also Alan Bean.

USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 32,500.00
50388

Apollo 11 Flown Flag of Neil Armstrong's Home State of Ohio Directly From The Armstrong Family Collection™, CAG Certified.

USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 30,000.00
  • Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Piccolomini's De La Sfera del Mondo (The Sphere of the World), 1540.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Vellutello's Commentary on Petrarch, With Map, 1525.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Finely Bound Definitive, Illustrated Edition of I Promessi Sposi, 1840.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Rare First Edition of John Milton's Latin Correspondence, 1674.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Giolito's Edition of Boccaccio's The Decamerone, with Bedford Binding, 1542.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of the First Biography of Marie of the Incarnation, with Rare Portrait, 1677.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Aldine Edition of Volume One of Cicero's Orationes, 1540.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Bonanni's Illustrated Costume Catalogue, with Complete Plates, 1711.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: An Important Incunable, the First Italian Edition of Josephus's De Bello Judaico, 1480.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Jacques Philippe d'Orville's Illustrated Book of the Ruins of Sicily, 1764.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: An Incunable from 1487, The Contemplative Life, with Early Manuscript.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Ignatius of Loyola's Exercitia Spiritualia, 1563.
  • Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 546. Christoph Jacob Trew. Plantae selectae, 1750-1773.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 70. Thomas Murner. Die Narren beschwerung. 1558.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 621. Michael Bernhard Valentini. Museum Museorum, 1714.
    Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 545. Sander Reichenbachia. Orchids illustrated and described, 1888-1894.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1018. Marinetti, Boccioni, Pratella Futurism - Comprehensive collection of 35 Futurist manifestos, some of them exceptionally rare. 1909-1933.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 634. August Johann Rösel von Rosenhof. 3 Original Drawings, around 1740.
    Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 671. Jacob / Picasso. Chronique des Temps, 1956.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1260. Mary Webb. Sarn. 1948. Lucie Weill Art Deco Binding.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 508. Felix Bonfils. 108 large-format photographs of Syria and Palestine.
    Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 967. Dante Aligheri and Salvador Dali. Divina Commedia, 1963.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1316. Tolouse-Lautrec. Dessinateur. Duhayon binding, 1948.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1303. Regards sur Paris. Braque, Picasso, Masson, 1962.
  • Fonsie Mealy’s
    Rare Book & Collectors Sale
    24th April 2024
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: McCarthy (Cormac). Cities of the Plain, N.Y., 1998, First Edn., signed on hf. title; together with Uncorrected Proof and Uncorrected Advance Reading Copies, both signed by the Author. €800 to €1,000.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Stanihurst (Richard). De Rebus in Hibernia Gestis, Libri Quattuor, sm. 4to Antwerp (Christi. Plantium) 1584. First Edn. €525 to €750.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Fleischer (Nat.) Jack Dempsey The Idol of Fistiana, An Intimate Narrative, N.Y., 1929, First Edn. Signed on f.e.p. by Rocky Marciano. €400 to €600.
    Fonsie Mealy’s
    Rare Book & Collectors Sale
    24th April 2024
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Smith - Classical Atlas, Lond., 1820. Bound with, Smiths New General Atlas .. Principal Empires, Kingdoms, & States throughout the World, Lond. 1822. €350 to €500.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Rare Auction Catalogues – 1856: Bindon Blood, of Ennis, Co. Clare: Sotheby & Wilkinson. €320 to €450.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: [Mavor (Wm.)] A General Collection of Voyages and Travels from the Discovery of America to the Commencement of the Nineteenth Century, 28 vols. (complete) Lond., 1810. €300 to €400.
    Fonsie Mealy’s
    Rare Book & Collectors Sale
    24th April 2024
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Mc Carthy (Cormac). Outer Dark, N.Y. (Random House)1968, Signed by Mc Carthy. €250 to €300.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Three signed works by Ted Huges - Wodwo, 1967; Crow from the Life and Songs of the Crow, 1970; and Tales from Ovid, 1997. €200 to €300.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: The Garden. An Illustrated Weekly Journal of Horticulture in all its Branches, 7 vols. lg. 4to Lond. 1877-1880. With 127 colored plates. €200 to €300.
    Fonsie Mealy’s
    Rare Book & Collectors Sale
    24th April 2024
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Procter (Richard A.) Saturn and its System: Containing Discussions of The Motion (Real and Apparent)…, Lond. 1865. First Edn. €160 to €220.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: [Ashe] St. George, Lord Bishop of Clogher, A Sermon Preached to the Protestants of Ireland, now in London,... Oct. 23, 1712, London 1712. Second Edn. €130 to €180.
  • Potter & Potter Auctions
    How History Unfolds on Paper:
    Choice Selections from the Eric C. Caren Collection
    Part IX
    Starting 10AM CST
    April 18, 2024
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: [RUTH, George Herman “Babe” (1895-1948)]. Signed photograph. Circa 1930s. 191 x 248 mm. $1,500 to $2,500.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: HARRISON, Benjamin. Document signed (“Benj Harrison”) as governor of Virginia, certifying the service of Daniel Cumbo, a Black Revolutionary soldier. $6,000 to $9,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: ONE OF THE FIRST PRINTED ANNOUNCEMENTS OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE. $4,000 to $6,000.
    Potter & Potter Auctions
    How History Unfolds on Paper:
    Choice Selections from the Eric C. Caren Collection
    Part IX
    Starting 10AM CST
    April 18, 2024
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: FIRST PRINTING OF LINCOLN’S IMMORTAL GETTYSBURG ADDRESS. $4,000 to $6,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: HIGHLY IMPORTANT MORMON ARCHIVE. ALLEY, George. Archive of 23 Autograph Letters Signed by Mormon Convert George Alley to His Brother Joseph Alley. $10,000 to $20,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: [AVIATION]. [ARMSTRONG, Neil A.] Aviation Hall of Fame Gold Medal MS64 NGC, Awarded to Neil Armstrong in 1979. $2,000 to $3,000.
    Potter & Potter Auctions
    How History Unfolds on Paper:
    Choice Selections from the Eric C. Caren Collection
    Part IX
    Starting 10AM CST
    April 18, 2024
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: NEWLY DISCOVERED FIRST PRINTING OF "WITH MALICE TOWARDS NONE... " FROM THE ONLY NEWSPAPER ACTUALLY ALLOWED TO PARTICIPATE IN LINCOLN’S SECOND INAUGURAL PROCESSION. $4,000 to $8,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: THE MOST IMPORTANT GEORGE WASHINGTON DOCUMENT IN PRIVATE HANDS; GEORGE WASHINGTON’S COMMISSION AS COMMANDER IN CHIEF, 1775, ONE OF ONLY TWO ORIGINALS. $150,000 to $250,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: A VERY RARE ACCOUNT OF BLACKBEARD’S DEATH AND ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT PIRATE ITEMS EXTANT. $3,000 to $5,000.
    Potter & Potter Auctions
    How History Unfolds on Paper:
    Choice Selections from the Eric C. Caren Collection
    Part IX
    Starting 10AM CST
    April 18, 2024
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: EDISON, Thomas. Patent for Edison’s Improvements on the Electric-Light, No. 219,628. [Washington, D.C.: U.S. Patent Office], 16 September 1879. $2,000 to $3,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: [VIETNAM WAR]. The original pen used by Secretary of State William P. Rogers to sign the Vietnam Peace Agreement, Paris, 27 January 1973. $10,000 to $15,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: SONS OF LIBERTY FOUNDER COLONEL BARRÉ ANNOTATED TITLE-PAGE, “WHICH OUGHT TO ROUSE UP BRITISH ATTENTION”. $4,000 to $6,000.
  • Sotheby’s
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    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Winston Churchill. The Second World War. Set of First-Edition Volumes. 6,000 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: A.A. Milne, Ernest H. Shepard. A Collection of The Pooh Books. Set of First-Editions. 18,600 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Salvador Dalí, Lewis Carroll. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Finely Bound and Signed Limited Edition. 15,000 USD
    Sotheby’s
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    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Ian Fleming. Live and Let Die. First Edition. 9,500 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: J.K. Rowling. Harry Potter Series. Finely Bound First Printing Set of Complete Series. 5,650 USD
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