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Bonhams: Space History

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Auction Name Space History Total Sales (USD) 120,396.80
Auction Date October 23, 2024 - October 23, 2024 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 102,900.00
Sale Number #29311 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 155,800.00
Total Lots 159
Sold Lots 67.0 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 291,300.00
% of Lots Sold 42.14% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 430,600.00
Unsold Lots 92 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 27.96%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
1 BRUN, EMMY INGEBORG. 1872-1929.

A GLOBE OF THE PLANET MARS BY A FEMALE CARTOGRAPHER

 1894-1914 USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 USD 15,360.00
74

APOLLO 11: R.K. JEFFRIES' COPY OF THE FLIGHT PLAN ANNOTATED DURING THE EVA

 1969 USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 12,800.00
54

APOLLO 11: ALDRIN'S VISOR IMAGE

 1969 USD 7,000.00 - 9,000.00 USD 7,040.00
69

APOLLO 11: EAGLE ASCENDING

 1969 USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 USD 6,400.00
33

APOLLO 8: FIRST PHOTOGRAPH OF THE EARTH FROM THE MOON TAKEN BY A HUMAN

 1968 USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 USD 4,096.00
123 Cortwright, Edgar M., ed.

APOLLO EXPEDITIONS TO THE MOON -- SIGNED BY 14 APOLLO ASTRONAUTS

 1975 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 4,096.00
125

APOLLO ASTRONAUT SIGNED COVER GROUP

 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 4,096.00
63

APOLLO 11: BUZZ ALDRIN OVERLOOKING TRANQUILLITY BASE

 1969 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 3,840.00
159

GEMINI PROGRAM: COLLECTION OF RED LETTER PHOTOGRAPHS

 various dates USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 3,840.00
24 SHLAER, ROBERT.

A MODERN DAGUERREOTYPE OF THE MOON

 1991 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 2,816.00
29

APOLLO 7: FLOWN FLAG PRESENTED TO CHIEF OF NASA MANNED SPACECRAFT CENTER MEDICAL OFFICE

 1968 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 2,560.00
43

APOLLO IX FLOWN FLAG SIGNED BY ASTRONAUT JAMES MCDIVITT

 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 2,560.00
83

APOLLO 12: CONRAD AND THE FLAG ON THE MOON

 1969 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 2,560.00
3

WRIGHT MILITARY FLYER

 c. 1909 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 2,048.00
58

APOLLO 11: BUZZ ALDRIN AT TRANQUILITY BASE

 USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 USD 2,048.00
4

AN ORVILLE WRIGHT GROUP OF 10 SIGNED CHECKS

 1924 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 1,920.00
46

APOLLO 10: ORBIT FLOWN MAP OF THE WEST INDIES SIGNED BY GENE CERNAN

 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 1,920.00
72

APOLLO 11: MICHAEL COLLINS SIGNED EARTH RISE

 1969 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 1,920.00
13

VOYAGER 1: JUPITER, SATURN AND SATURN'S MOONS

 1979 USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 USD 1,664.00
30

APOLLO 8: CHARRED FLOWN HEAT-SHIELD ABLATOR FRAGMENT

 1968 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 1,536.00
32

APOLLO 8: FIRST EARTHRISE SIGNED BY FRANK BORMAN

 2019 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 1,536.00
51

APOLLO 11: ALDRIN BESIDE THE LUNAR MODULE

 1969 USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 USD 1,280.00
78 ALDRIN, BUZZ; and CHARLIE DUKE.

APOLLO XI FINAL SURFACE PLANS SIGNED BY ALDRIN AND DUKE

 1969 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 1,280.00
86

APOLLO 13: CREW-SIGNED BETA CLOTH

 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 1,280.00
166 AERONAUTICAL CHART AND INFORMATION CENTER.

MERCURY-ATLAS 6: JOHN GLENN-SIGNED MERCURY ORBIT CHART

 1961 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 1,280.00
  • <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Letter Signed ("Martinus Luther") to His Friend the Theologian Gerhard Wiskamp ("Gerardo Xantho Lampadario"). $100,000 - $150,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> An Exceptionally Fine Copy of Austenís Emma: A Novel in Three Volumes. $40,000 - $60,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Presentation Copy of Ernest Hemmingwayís A Farewell to Arms for Edward Titus of the Black Mankin Press. $30,000 - $50,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Manuscript Signed Integrally for "The Songs of Pooh," by Alan Alexander. $30,000 - $50,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Manuscript of "Three Fragments from Gˆtterd‰mmerung" by Richard Wagner. $30,000 - $50,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Original Preliminary Artwork, for the First Edition of Snow Crash. $20,000 - $30,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Letter Signed ("T.R. Malthus") to Economist Nassau Senior on Wealth, Labor and Adam Smith. $20,000 - $30,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides Finely Bound by Michael Wilcox. $20,000 - $30,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> First Edition of Lewis and Clark: Travels to the Source of the Missouri River and Across the American Continent to the Pacific Ocean. $8,000 - $12,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Original Artwork for the First Edition of Neal Stephenson's Groundbreaking Novel Snow Crash. $100,000 - $150,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> A Complete Set Signed Deluxe Editions of King's The Dark Tower Series by Stephen King. $8,000 - $12,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Letter Signed ("John Adams") to James Le Ray de Chaumont During the Crucial Years of the Revolutionary War. $8,000 - $12,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("Martinus Luther") to His Friend the Theologian Gerhard Wiskamp ("Gerardo Xantho Lampadario"). $100,000 - $150,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: An Exceptionally Fine Copy of Austenís Emma: A Novel in Three Volumes. $40,000 - $60,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Presentation Copy of Ernest Hemmingwayís A Farewell to Arms for Edward Titus of the Black Mankin Press. $30,000 - $50,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Manuscript Signed Integrally for "The Songs of Pooh," by Alan Alexander. $30,000 - $50,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Manuscript of "Three Fragments from Gˆtterd‰mmerung" by Richard Wagner. $30,000 - $50,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Original Preliminary Artwork, for the First Edition of Snow Crash. $20,000 - $30,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("T.R. Malthus") to Economist Nassau Senior on Wealth, Labor and Adam Smith. $20,000 - $30,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides Finely Bound by Michael Wilcox. $20,000 - $30,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: First Edition of Lewis and Clark: Travels to the Source of the Missouri River and Across the American Continent to the Pacific Ocean. $8,000 - $12,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Original Artwork for the First Edition of Neal Stephenson's Groundbreaking Novel Snow Crash. $100,000 - $150,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: A Complete Set Signed Deluxe Editions of King's The Dark Tower Series by Stephen King. $8,000 - $12,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("John Adams") to James Le Ray de Chaumont During the Crucial Years of the Revolutionary War. $8,000 - $12,000.
  • <center><b>Sotheby’s<br>Book Week<br>December 9-17, 2025</b></center> <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 17:</b> Francesco Colonna. <i>Hypnerotomachie,</i> Paris, 1546, Parisian calf by Wotton Binder C for Marcus Fugger. €200,000 to €300,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 17:</b> Nausea. <i>De principiis dialectices Gorgias,</i> and other works, Venice, 1523, morocco gilt for Cardinal Campeggio. €3,000 to €4,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 17:</b> Billon. <i>Le fort inexpugnable de l'honneur,</i> Paris, 1555, Parisian calf gilt for Peter Ernst, Graf von Mansfeld. €120,000 to €180,000. <center><b>Sotheby’s<br>Book Week<br>December 9-17, 2025</b></center> <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 16:</b> Salinger, J.D. The Graham Family archive, including autographed letters, an inscribed Catcher, a rare studio photograph of the author, and more. $120,000 to $180,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 16:</b> [Austen, Jane]. A handsome first edition of <i>Sense and Sensibility,</i> the author's first novel. $60,000 to $80,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 16:</b> Massachusetts General Court. A powerful precursor to the Declaration of Independence: "every Act of Government … without the Consent of the People, is … Tyranny." $40,000 to $60,000.
    Sotheby’s
    Book Week
    December 9-17, 2025
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Francesco Colonna. Hypnerotomachie, Paris, 1546, Parisian calf by Wotton Binder C for Marcus Fugger. €200,000 to €300,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Nausea. De principiis dialectices Gorgias, and other works, Venice, 1523, morocco gilt for Cardinal Campeggio. €3,000 to €4,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Billon. Le fort inexpugnable de l'honneur, Paris, 1555, Parisian calf gilt for Peter Ernst, Graf von Mansfeld. €120,000 to €180,000.
    Sotheby’s
    Book Week
    December 9-17, 2025
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: Salinger, J.D. The Graham Family archive, including autographed letters, an inscribed Catcher, a rare studio photograph of the author, and more. $120,000 to $180,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: [Austen, Jane]. A handsome first edition of Sense and Sensibility, the author's first novel. $60,000 to $80,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: Massachusetts General Court. A powerful precursor to the Declaration of Independence: "every Act of Government … without the Consent of the People, is … Tyranny." $40,000 to $60,000.
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