posted 08-26-2013 11:09 AM               

For more than 30 years, RR Auction has been bringing the best artifacts, autographs and manuscripts to the market every month.

Our special November 2013 Space and Aviation auction features a section devoted to high-quality flown items and autographs from aviation pioneers and history-making NASA astronauts, among other noteworthy historic figures.

We're seeking astronaut-certified flown artifacts, Apollo flown flags and Robbins medals, crew signed NASA photographs, and exceptional aviation material both signed and unsigned.

posted 10-29-2013 01:25 PM               

Despite the missing tag, the lot includes scans of the documents (such as the ASHUR) that show that this is the headset Irwin wore during the Apollo 15 mission. The tags shown on the bag included with the lot relate to the headset being cleaned and bagged circa 1995-1996 for possible later use in training.

The headset was no longer needed by NASA and was sold by GSA in 2010. A digital copy of that receipt is also included with the lot.

Remember, RR Auction guarantees the authenticity of the items that we sell and we have had this policy for over 30 years.

posted 10-29-2013 03:17 PM               

It flew on shuttle Atlantis on Mission STS-79 in Sept. 1996. STS-79 flew as the 17th flight of Atlantis, the 4th Shuttle-Mir docking, which became the 32nd KSC landing in Florida.

Atlantis on this 10-day mission made 160 earth orbits after logging nearly 4 million statute miles in space.

posted 10-31-2013 09:21 AM               

• Don't miss the super-rare Mike Adams signed photo hidden in Lot 126!

• Lot 387. This type of presentation has been around before and there was a debate over (1) what was actually flown - patch or treaty, and (2) provenance of either having flown. Is there any provenance or documentary evidence?

posted 11-04-2013 07:30 AM               

The World's Most Important and Historically Significant Lunar Bible Collection Up For Auction

The Lawrence McGlynn Lunar Bible Collection and Archive Being Offered to the Public for the First Time

Lot 298, the Lawrence McGlynn Lunar Flown Bible Collection and Archive, is a collection that is as unique as it is historic. When humanity first left the Earth's cradle, embarking upon the historic race for the moon and the stars at the end of the last century's cold war, a select few of the brave Apollo explorers ascended into the heavens carrying with them not just the hopes and dreams of a nation, but also the sacred and immortal words of all 1,245 pages of the King James Bible.

Carried aboard the historic flights of Apollo 12, 13, and 14, these sacred texts bear witness to the enduring and pivotal role of faith and spirituality in the human experience. RRAuction is pleased to announce that it will be offering the McGlynn Lunar Bible Collection as part of its globally popular Space and Aviation Autograph and Artifact Auction. The auction is scheduled to take place from November 14th to November 21st, 2013 online at www.rrauction.com.

"Flown in the form of microfilm bibles – a form chosen for its cutting edge technology of the day over 40 years ago, and for its compact size and weight – this amazing and massive bible collection represents a once-in-a-generation opportunity to own the world's most complete and one-of-a-kind sets of flown lunar bibles," said Bobby Livingston, Vice President, Sales & Marketing for RRAuction. "The rarity and uniqueness, not to mention the value, of this collection can not be overstated."

Highlights of the impressive McGlynn Lunar Bible Collection include the following:

• The only complete set of lunar orbit and surface flown, 1.5 inch square microfilm bibles from Apollo flights 12, 13 and 14 – each including all 1,245 pages of the King James bible.

• The only bible ever flown to the Moon on Apollo 12. This bible is stored in a custom, hand-crafted housing made of nearly 12 troy ounces of solid 22K gold, and inset with a large ruby and pearls.

• A flown Apollo 13 bible affixed to its original, crew signed NASA stationary certificate, and originating from one of the founding members and second-in-rank of the Apollo Prayer League.

• An Apollo 14 lunar surface flown bible which actually flew to the moon twice – first aboard Apollo 13, but did not land on the moon due to a near-catastrophic explosion. This bible is stored in a custom, hand-crafted housing made of 6.6 ounces of 22K red gold, and inset with rubies and pearls.

• The only microfilm "Honor Role" ever flown to the moon, which contains the names of the individuals and organizations that made the bibles possible – including such luminaries as former President George Herbert Walker Bush and former Secretary of State James Baker.

• The flown, lunar surface PPK (or "personal preference kit") beta-cloth bag of lunar module pilot Edgar Mitchell, in which he carried the twice flown bible to the Frau Mauro highlands of the Moon.

• It is also important to note that the Apollo 14 bible originates from the family of Apollo 1 astronaut Edward H. White II, whose tragic and untimely death, along with his fellow Apollo 1 crew members Gus Grissom and Roger Chaffee, inspired the creation of the Apollo Prayer league and the global efforts to send the bible to the moon.

• An unprecedented and impressive, three volumes of research and original provenance documentation on the history, lineage and authenticity of both the bibles and the Apollo Prayer League.

"I have spent my adult life researching and assembling this complete collection of lunar flown bibles," said Lawrence McGlynn, an established space artifact collector, historian, and appraiser, and the private consignor of this historically significant collection. "With only one flown microfilm Apollo Prayer League Honor Role, and only one flown complete King James Bible aboard the Apollo 12 mission, coupled with the PPK bag that flew a bible to the lunar surface, there is no other collection like it in the world."

RRAuction estimates the value of this collection at between $180,000 and $225,000. "Given its uniqueness and appeal to not only space artifact collectors, but also collectors of religious artifacts and manuscripts, our estimate might prove to be rather conservative," added Livingston.

To see this amazing lot, as well as to review the other 890+ aviation and space artifacts, manuscripts and autographs in this outstanding auction, please go to the RRAuction website at rrauction.com. Or contact Bobby Livingston at bl@rrauction.com.

posted 11-04-2013 07:55 AM               

Tons of great signed items. Here I am reviewing a large stack of goodies!

posted 11-21-2013 02:00 PM               

In October 1961, Gus Grissom glumly confided to his mother in a letter that is now up for auction that he and his fellow Mercury 7 astronauts resented John Glenn after he was picked to be the first American to orbit the Earth.

Within the famously competitive group, Glenn had emerged as the face of the space program, while Grissom was reticent in front of the press. When he wrote to his mother, Grissom was still stinging from his Liberty Bell 7 flight on July 21, 1961, that ended with a blown hatch, a sunken space capsule and accusations that the former Air Force fighter pilot had panicked.

"The flight crew for the orbital mission has been picked and I'm not on it," he writes in slanting script, each line of blue ink climbing slightly from left to right on the Project Mercury letterhead. "Of course I've been feeling pretty low for the past few days. All of us are mad because Glenn was picked. But we expressed our views prior to the selection so there isn't much we can do about it but support the flight and the program."

The letter is being auctioned online by RR Auction of Amherst, N.H., which got it from Grissom's brother, Lowell.

posted 11-22-2013 07:40 AM               

Another kind of item I don't really get is lot 435 — an Apollo 11 insurance cover — at $19,102 (including fees). Comparing this to artifacts that were actually flown to the moon on the mission for the same or even significantly less money... I guess I just don't get the appeal, and I just can't help recalling the image of a table covered (for want of a better word) in Apollo 11 insurance covers.

On the other hand there were definitely some items in the sale that more than justified their hefty closing prices.

posted 11-22-2013 11:59 AM               

I assume an insurance cover from Armstrong (if there is one) would fetch $100,000.

Same with Irwin, if you have a complete set of uninscribed WSS only lacking Irwin. I would have paid it, too, in order to complete a set.

posted 11-22-2013 03:47 PM               

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Originally posted by spaced out:
If I was in that kind of league I would definitely have gone for the Apollo 14 camera calibration plate at $45,578 (including fees). That's a true piece of history.

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posted 11-22-2013 07:01 PM               

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Originally posted by NASA Glenn:
Did anyone catch what happened to the Saturn 1 display model?

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posted 11-22-2013 07:07 PM               

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Originally posted by NASA Glenn:
Did anyone catch what happened to the Saturn 1 display model?

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posted 11-23-2013 05:19 AM               

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Originally posted by SkyMan1958:
Assuming you are talking about the Saturn 1B model, lot 335, it did not sell, e.g. it didn't make it's reserve. Last bid WITH commission took it to $6,230.

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