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Our first Armstrong-signed baseball in eight years

362. Neil Armstrong Signed Baseball. Official Rawlings American

League (Brown) baseball signed on a side panel in ballpoint by Neil Armstrong. In fine condition, with light staining to side panels. Baseballs are among the most desirable formats for signatures across all categories, with space being no exception. Armstrong autographs are as sought-after as ever, and this baseball—the first signed example that we’ve offered in eight years—represents a must-have crossover keepsake. Starting Bid $300

363. Neil Armstrong Signed Photograph.

Official color 8 x 10 NASA lithograph of Neil Armstrong in his white space suit against a lunar background, signed and inscribed in green felt tip, “To Moe Perman—Neil Armstrong.” In fine condition. Armstrong very rarely signed in green ink. Starting Bid $200

364. Neil Armstrong Typed Letter Signed. TLS, 8.5 x 11, Univer-

sity of Cincinnati letterhead, October 31, 1975. Letter to Mrs. Al Norrell, executive director of The Easter Seal Society for Crippled Children and Adults. In part: “Thank you for your kind letter and invitation to join with you at the forthcoming open house...on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the Grayson County Easter Seal Society. I will be out of the country on December 14th and will not be able to accept your thoughtful invitation.” In fine condition, with a couple of light stains in blank areas. Accompanied by the original mailing envelope and a carbon copy of Norrell’s letter to Armstrong. Starting Bid $200

Flown Apollo 15 “LM Malfunction Procedures” page, deriving from the Dave Scott collection

365. Apollo 15 Flown LM Malfunction

Procedures Page. Flown double-sided 8.5 x 10.5 checklist page carried to the lunar surface as part of the Apollo 15 “LM Malfunction Procedures’’ manual. This checklist page, dated April 12, 1971, numbered “7” and “8,” provides a 10-step malfunction index for the Primary Guidance and Navigation System, with tab marked to either side: “PGNS.” It was taken from the flown manual entitled “Apollo 15, LM Malfunction Procedures, Part No. SKB32100116-386, S/N 1001,” originally from the collection of Dave Scott and sold by RR Auction in April 2018. In fine condition. Accompanied by a provenance packet that includes a certificate of authenticity from Artifact Cloud, and a notarized certificate attesting to its authenticity. Starting Bid $200

Flown landmark page of the Gagarin crater, from the personal collection of CDR Cernan

366. Gene Cernan’s Apollo 17 Flown CSM Lunar Landmark Map Book Page. Gene Cernan’s flown page removed

from the CSM Lunar Landmark Map book carried aboard the command module America during the Apollo 17 mission. The page measures 8 x 10.5 and is labeled in the lower right corner, “1st Edition November, 1972 (DMAAC),” with the reverse bearing an affixed Eugene A. Cernan Space Collection label, “The crew used this flown Apollo 17 CSM Lunar landmark Map to study the Moon from lunar orbit,” signed in black ink by Cernan. The page features two overhead views of the large lunar impact crater Gagarin. In fine condition. Starting Bid $200