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The 1924 Nobel Prize in Physics, awarded to Manne Siegbahn for his discoveries and research in X-ray spectroscopy 6001 1924 Nobel Prize for Physics Awarded to Manne Siegbahn Starting Bid $10,000

The 1924 Nobel Prize in Physics awarded to Swedish physicist Karl Manne Georg Siegbahn, ‘for his discoveries and research in the field of X-ray spectroscopy.’ Includes the iconic Nobel Prize medal housed in its red leather case, and beautiful hand-illuminated diploma in its ornate blue morocco leather folder. This was an uncommon ‘reserved’ prize from 1924, presented to Siegbahn by the Nobel Foundation in 1925. In 1924, the Nobel Committee for Physics had decided that none of the nominees for the award met the criteria outlined in the will of Alfred Nobel, and subsequently granted the open prize to Siegbahn in the following year.

The medal, designed by Erik Lindberg and struck in 23K gold by the Swedish Royal Mint, measures 66 mm in diameter, and weighs 205 gm. The obverse features a bust portrait of Alfred Nobel facing left, inscribed with his name in relief, “Alfr. Nobel,” as well as his birth and death dates of 1833 and 1896, “Nat. MDCCCXXXIII, Ob. MDCCCXCVI.” Engraved in the lower left with the artist’s name and date, “E. Lindberg, 1902.” The reverse features an allegorical vignette of the figure of Science unveiling the face of Nature, with the Latin legend in relief above, “Inventas vitam iuvat excoluisse per artes.” The tablet at the bottom is engraved with the recipient’s name and date, “M. Siegbahn, MCMXXV.” The edge of the medal is marked “Guld 1925.” Housed in a dark red morocco leather case decorated with gilt dentelles.

The hand-illuminated diploma, executed by Swedish sculptor and artist Sofia Ginsberg, is on two vellum leaves housed inside a gorgeous blue morocco gilt folder. The text, in Swedish, reads (translated): “The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, at its meeting on November 12, 1925, in accordance with the provisions of the will of Alfred Nobel dated 27 November 1895, decided that the prize for 1924 be given away to that person who, within the field of physics, has made the most important discovery or invention: Karl Manne Georg Siegbahn for his Rontgen spectroscopic discoveries and research, Stockholm, 10 December 1925.” Signed at the conclusion by Nobel laureate Allvar Gullstrand as chairman of the Nobel Committee for Physics, and by Henrik Gustaf Söderbaum as secretary of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. Also signed in the lower left corner by the artist, Sofia Ginsberg. The beautiful pages are decorated with hand-drawn borders of green foliage incorporating gold medals; the ornate blue morocco leather folder is elaborately decorated with gilt dentelles with a wreath monogram centerpiece on the cover. Housed in a custom-made blue clamshell box. In overall fine condition.

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MANNE SIEGBAHN Born in Örebro, Sweden, in 1886, Manne Siegbahn studied under Johannes Rydberg at Lund University, obtaining his doctorate in 1911 with a thesis on magnetic field measurements. He became acting professor at Lund University when Rydberg fell ill in 1913, and succeeded him as a full professor in 1920. Siegbahn’s studies in X-ray spectroscopy began in 1914, and he quickly improved upon Henry Moseley’s experimental apparatus which allowed him to take precise measurements of the X-ray wavelengths produced by atoms of different elements. Over the course of the next decade, Siegbahn’s development of new methods and designs had increased the accuracy of X-ray spectrometers by a factor of nearly 1000. Moreover, his studies led to a complete understanding of the electron shell, and produced a great deal of new knowledge about the elements themselves. In nominating Siegbahn for the Nobel Prize, fellow laureate Max von Laue had stressed that it was Siegbahn who had measured the wavelengths in the Rontgen spectrum with such precision that the scheme of Niels Bohr’s atomic theory could be used with full confidence—and Bohr had been awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1922.

In Siegbahn’s Nobel Lecture, delivered on December 11, 1925, he eloquently recognized the broad importance of X-rays—just as they can reveal the human structure in medicine, they can reveal the inner workings of the atom in physics: ‘We all know that the discovery of X-rays provided the medical sciences with a new and invaluable working tool; and we must all be equally aware that recent developments in the study of X-rays have opened up new paths of investigation in various fields of natural sciences…The study of X-rays is not, however, motivated only by their application in the various sciences…X-rays provide us in addition with an insight into the phenomena within the bounds of the atom. All the information on what goes on in this field of physical phenomena is, so to speak, transmitted in the language of the X-rays; it is a language which we must master.’

Siegbahn’s work drove many developments in quantum theory and atomic physics, laying the foundation for future Nobel Prizes—his son, Kai Siegbahn, built upon his efforts and made major strides in X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, receiving the 1981 Nobel Prize in Physics ’for his contribution to the development of high-resolution electron spectroscopy.’

THE NOBEL PRIZE In 1888, Swedish chemist Alfred Nobel—famed as the inventor of dynamite—was shocked to read his own obituary in a French newspaper: ’The Merchant of Death is Dead,’ the headline read, ‘Dr. Alfred Nobel, who became rich by finding ways to kill more people faster than ever before, died yesterday.’ It was a case of mistaken identity, his brother Ludvig having actually passed. Given this rare opportunity to witness the way he would be remembered, Nobel resolved to change his legacy. He secretly rewrote his will, directing his fortune toward the establishment of annual prizes to be granted to ‘those who, during the preceding year, have conferred the greatest benefit to humankind’ in the realms of physics, chemistry, physiology or medicine, literature, and peace. He directed that the prizes for physics and chemistry be awarded by the Swedish Academy of Sciences, and expressly wished for there to be ‘no consideration be given to nationality, but that the prize be awarded to the worthiest person.’ In cases where none of the nominees are found to have produced a work of truly ’outstanding importance,’ the prize may be reserved until the following year—this is how Siegbahn, as a first-time nominee in 1925, received the prize for 1924.

Alfred Nobel succeeded in redefining his legacy—today, the Nobel Prize is recognized around the world as one of humanity’s highest honors. This remarkable medal for the Nobel Prize in Physics, with its gorgeous hand-painted diploma, represents a most significant achievement in the world of science. To our knowledge, it is the earliest Nobel Prize in Physics ever to be offered at auction.

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Scarce letter on a patent by the founder of the Nobel Prize 6002. Alfred Nobel Autograph Letter Signed. ALS in Swed-

ish, signed “A. Nobel,” one page, 5.25 x 8, February 25, 1896. Letter to Oscar Linngstrom about Carl Gustaf de Laval’s patent. In full (translated): “It is very interesting that the matter so far has come up to my expectations. But the principle does not seem to be new––to judge by De Laval’s patent—we must first of all find out what has already been done. While this would involve expenses and loss of time it is still cheaper than to carry out something that has been done already. It is possible that only unsuccessful experiments have been made, but it is necessary to know about them and to judge their scope in the way of patents.” In fine condition Carl Gustaf de Laval was a Swedish engineer and inventor who made important contributions to the design of steam turbines and dairy machinery. The ‘de Laval nozzle,’ used on steam turbines to convert heat energy to kinetic energy, remains in use in modern rocket engines and jet turbines. He also invented the first centrifugal milk-cream separator and developed early milking machines, the first of which he patented in 1894—perhaps the patent which Nobel references here. A highly desirable letter by the man whose name will be forever associated with the iconic Nobel Prize. Starting Bid $500

6003. Johann II Bernoulli Autograph Letter Signed.

Youngest of the three sons of Johann Bernoulli, who studied law and mathematics (1710–1790). He succeeded his father as professor of mathematics at the University of Basel. Untranslated ALS in French, signed “Jean Bernoulli,” one page both sides, 7.25 x 9, March 18, 1782. In fine condition, with a few scattered stains. Starting Bid $200

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6004. Waves and Electrons Book from Niels Bohr’s Personal Library. Signed book: Ondes et Electrons [Waves and Electrons] by Pierre Bricout. First edition. Paris: Librairie Armand Colin, 1929. Softcover, 4.5 x 6.75, 215 pages. Signed and inscribed on the first free end page in ink, “A Monsieur le Professeur N. Bohr, hommage de l’auteur, P. Bricout.” The half-title page bears a stamped facsimile signature of Bohr, indicating that the volume originates from his personal library.

Autographic condition: fine, with light toning. Book condition: G+/None, with general wear, chipping and losses to spine, and the front hinge reinforced with tape. Starting Bid $200

“My best work was the formulation of quantum mechanics, in collaboration with Heisenberg” 6005. Max Born Autograph Manuscript Signed.

Handwritten responses by Born to a series of three biographical questions, signed “Max Born,” one page, 8.25 x 12.25, no date. On his scientific debut, he writes: “I had no particular difficulty in becoming a scientist.” On supporting himself, he writes: “I have a private income which enabled me to spend all my time for study and later for research.” On his most famous work, he writes: “I became first known through my work on lattice theory of crystals, in particular the establishment of a formula (with Karman) for the specific heat and the calculation of lattice energies, with applications to chemistry. My best work was the formulation of quantum mechanics, in collaboration with Heisenberg and Jordan, and the statistical interpretation of the wave function, based on a quantum theory of collisions.”

In fine condition, with short splits along intersecting folds. A fantastic, self-reflective autobiographical piece from Born.

Starting Bid $200

Remarkable annotated letter on ‘Earth’s Shifting Crust,’ with original hand-drawn diagram, handwritten equations and angles 6006. Albert Einstein Typed Letter Signed with Annotated Carbon Copy.

TLS signed “A. Einstein,” one page, 8.5 x 11, blindstamped Princeton letterhead, January 16, 1954. Letter to Mr. Charles Hapgood, enclosing a carbon copy of a letter he wrote to Mr. William Farrington, Dept. of Geology and Mineralogy at the University of Massachusetts, on Hapgood’s theory of earth crust displacement. In full: “Enclosed I am sending you the copy of a letter I wrote to Mr. W. B. Farrington in Amherst.” Includes the two-page carbon copy enclosure, an unsigned typed letter by Einstein which bears several handwritten annotations, including: an original hand-drawn diagram, three original handwritten equations, a term representing tangential force, and five original handwritten angles—three for “beta” and two for “phi,” as well as one holograph word, all by Einstein.

Einstein’s letter to Farrington begins, in part: “When I read your letter…I too had…the impression that I had overestimated erroneously the dislocating force on the solid crust due to an additional (eccentrically located) mass.

More careful consideration has shown me, however, that, paradoxically, your argument is not conclusive.” Einstein explains: “We imagine the rotating earth with ‘frozen’ crust. The surface of the crust is then (with reference to the rotating earth) and equipotential surface. If one places excentrically a ‘small’ sphere of the mass m on this surface…then this sphere is in equilibrium.” He draws a diagram to the left, and continues: “One feels therefore induced to believe that for this reason no angular momentum could be produced on the crust by this sphere.

Such conclusion would be, however, invalid as shown by the following consideration.” He goes on to illustrate his point using mathematical equations, and concludes: “I think that the idea of Mr. Hapgood has to be taken quite seriously.” In fine condition.

Einstein wrote the foreword to Hapgood’s book, The Earth’s Shifting Crust, published by Pantheon Books in 1958. Hapgood’s book denied the existence of continental drift, speculating that the ice mass at one or both poles over-accumulates and destabilizes the Earth’s rotational balance, causing slippage of all or much of Earth’s outer crust around the Earth’s core, which retains its axial orientation. A spectacular scientific letter by Einstein. Starting Bid $2500

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Radioactivity results from Curie’s lab

6007. Marie Curie Document Signed.

Polish-born French physicist (1867–1934), she and her husband Pierre discovered two new elements, polonium and radium, in 1898.

In 1911 she won the Nobel Prize for Chemistry.

She died of leukemia brought about by her work with radioactive material. Partlyprinted DS, in French, signed “M. Curie,” one page, 8 x 11.5, December 18, 1923. Untranslated certificate from Curie’s laboratory at the Institut du Radium, specifying the radioactive radium content in a given substance. In fine condition.

Starting Bid $500

6009. Michael Faraday Autograph Letter Signed.

British physicist and chemist (1791–1867) best known for his development of the first dynamo and the discovery of electromagnetic induction. ALS signed “M. Faraday,” one page, 4.5 x 7, March 3, 1853. Letter to chemist James Sheridan Muspratt, in part: “I am sorry I cannot comply with your note but upon principle I never aid in…any such proposition as that which you make which has relation to myself. I really know so little of matters concerning my own face that I could not tell you of my own knowledge whether there is any likeness of myself or not.” In fine condition. Starting Bid $200

6010. Leon Foucault Autograph Letter Signed.

French physicist (1819–1868) best known for the invention of the Foucault pendulum, a device demonstrating the effect of the Earth’s rotation; he also made an early measurement of the speed of light, discovered eddy currents, and is credited with naming the gyroscope.

Untranslated ALS in French, signed “L. Foucault,” one page, 4.75 x 7.25, October 11, 1860.

In fine condition. Starting Bid $200

6008. Enrico Fermi Typed Letter Signed.

Physicist (1901–1954) who became the first to split the atom and was awarded the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1938 for his developments in harnessing nuclear power. TLS signed “E. Fermi,” one page, 8.5 x 10.25, The University of Chicago letterhead, June 14, 1949. Letter to Lewis L. Strauss of the US Atomic Energy Commission, in full: “I appreciated very much receiving the authentic text of the remarks that you made to the Joint Committee on the Distribution of Radio–Isotopes.” In fine condition, with trimmed top and bottom edges, and a faint block of toning from prior display. Strauss would later be the driving force in the controversial 1954 hearings in which J. Robert Oppenheimer’s security clearance was revoked. Fermi, who had worked on the Manhattan Project under Oppenheimer, was among the scientists who testified on his behalf. Starting Bid $200 8 |

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6 0 11 . W e r n e r Heisenberg Typed Letter Signed. TLS

in German, signed “Heisenberg,” one page, 8.25 x 5.75, Max Planck Institute letterhead, January 22, 1951. Letter to Henri Corbiere, in full (translated): “Unfortunately, I do not know what I should write about you as a life maxim of mine. If you are interested in my views on more general questions of life and philosophy, most of them are in the lectures that I have published over the course of time under the title ‘Changes in the Exact Natural Sciences.’” In fine condition. Starting Bid $200

On the atom bomb and Nazi government: “The factual construction of the atom bomb pre-supposed the solving of several difficult physical questions” 6012. Werner Heisenberg Typed Letter Signed with HandDrawn Diagrams. TLS in German, five pages, 8.25 x 11.75, Max

Planck Institute for Physics letterhead, January 5, 1948. Significant letter to Professor Samuel A. Goudsmit of the Northwestern University Department of Physics, discussing reactions of uranium and scientific research in Nazi Germany; the letter itself is four pages long, and includes an additional page with hand-drawn diagrams by Heisenberg depicting chain reactions in uranium 235 and uranium in heavy water.

In part (translated): “The most pressing difference of opinion between you and me seems to deal with the question whether the German physicists knew that an atom bomb functions because of the chain reaction with fast neutrons, and whether they knew that one can make atom bombs from 235U or 239Pu…

You obviously drew the wrong conclusions from the many data that were at your disposal, when you wrote your report about this issue and that, in any case, the true nuclear physicists in Germany (here I mean the more intimate circle of people whom you know, such as Bothe, Weitzsäcker, Wirtz, Bopp, Harteck, Houtermans, Jensen, Flügge, and perhaps a few more) knew the data in their main characteristics, but that the detailed research needed to remain undone…The first instance (chain reaction with fast neutrons and 235U) seemed fundamentally self-evident to us since the well-known research of Bohr and Wheeler had been published,—even though I fully realized that the factual construction of the atom bomb pre-supposed the solving of several difficult physical questions…

I would like to allude to…my lecture of February 26, 1942 and which was later repeated for a panel of Luftwaffe members. In this lecture I showed two slides which (adjusted to the niveau of a Reichminister of that time) compared the proliferation of neutrons in pure 235U with that in a pile made up of pure uranium and heavy water. I am enclosing a sketch of the two slides which I reconstructed from memory as well as was possible…Dealing with the American opinion regarding German science under National Socialism…I have always felt that pure science suffered enormously under the National Socialist regime, first of all certainly because of the expulsion of so many able scientists from Germany; secondly, because of the inroads the absurd ideological theories made…It would never occur to me to believe that the German physicists were different from their colleagues of the Allied Forces. But I can’t imagine that you didn’t realize that the German physicists worked under other psychological conditions than their colleagues in England and America, and that the German physicists stood in opposition to the philosophy of life of their regime in contrast to the Allied physicists who worked for one goal together with their country’s people.

Another thing you mention: the ‘complacency’ of the German physicists. I believe that in every meeting with higher political officials, which took place in regard to uranium projects, I energetically pointed out that the American physics set-up was much better equipped with people as well as with laboratories than was the case in Germany and that, therefore, it could be expected that the American physicists would solve the problems of atomic energy much faster than the Germans would be able to, if the latter could tackle these issues at all during the war…

Perhaps I should also say something about the political attitude here, which you chose to characterize as a compromise with Nazism. During that entire time, I was never in doubt about the fact that the German regime consisted in its most official positions of fools and scoundrels. However, I also knew that, if the German people failed to undermine and ultimately abolish that political system from within, a great catastrophe would befall the country which would take the lives of millions of innocent people in Germany and in other countries…I think that, considering the affairs of the world as a whole, it would have been better if National Socialism could have been replaced by something saner from within instead of being abolished from the outside by force of arms.” In fine condition, with minor edge paper loss. Starting Bid $500

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6013. Werner Heisenb e r g Ty p e d L e t t e r Signed. TLS in German,

signed “W. Heisenberg,” one page, 8.25 x 11.75, Max Planck Institute letterhead, January 7, 1964. Letter to Dr. Hans Dichgans, concerning “the distribution of DM 119 million, which should be available to the Ministry of Research in the coming financial year. I would be very sorry if more than half of this sum (as I was told) went abroad, since, to my knowledge, the amount of this ‘membership fee’ we are giving to international research has increased in comparison with the research contributions to science in Germany. In any case, genuine cooperation in international research ventures, which I very much welcome, is only possible if the research field in question is operated with great energy (and great resources) within the Federal Republic.” In fine condition. Starting Bid $200

6014. Werner Heisenberg Typed Letter Signed. TLS in German,

one page, 8.25 x 5.75, Max Planck Institute for Physics letterhead, September 2, 1953. Letter to Mrs. Hartmann, in full (translated): “Unfortunately for the foreseeable future I am so overloaded with other works that I will not be able to accept the invitation of the Hersfelder Kulturbund. So I ask you to apologize for my refusal.” In fine condition, with two file holes to the left edge.

Starting Bid $200

6015. Alfred Kastler Autograph Manuscript Signed.

French physicist (1902–1984) who was awarded the 1966 Nobel Prize for Physics for ‘the discovery and development of optical methods for studying Hertzian resonances in atoms.’ AMS in French, one page, 5.25 x 8.25, no date.

An untranslated statement on scientific progress. In fine condition. Starting Bid $200

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6016. Pierre-Simon Laplace Autograph Letter Signed. Impor-

tant French scholar whose work was important to the development of mathematics, statistics, physics, and astronomy (1749– 1827). Sought-after ALS in French, signed “Laplace de l’Institut National,” one page, 7 x 9.5, no date.

Untranslated letter of recommendation. In fine condition, with a light stain near the bottom edge, and an erasure beneath the date at the top. Starting Bid $200

“Einstein is in the same class with Copernicus, Leonardo de Vinci, Newton” 6017. Robert A. Millikan Typed Letter Signed.

Nobel Prize-winning physicist (1868– 1953) who was the first to isolate the electron and measure its charge. TLS signed “Robert A. Millikan,” one page, 8.5 x 11, January 5, 1953. Letter to Henri Corbiere, responding to an inquiry for an ‘Homage to Einstein.’

In part: “I estimate the three most creative scientists of the modern period defined as the century 1850 to 1950 - to be Faraday, Einstein and Bohr…

In 1905 when no one save Einstein doubted the correctness of the wave theory of light, Einstein had the audacity to set up on the basis of some sort of a corpuscular theory of light, the photo-electric equation…In 1916 I published the first unambiguous experimental proof of the correctness of that equation…In world science Einstein is in the same class with Copernicus, Leonardo de Vinci, Newton, LaPlace, Maxwell and Bohr.” A manuscript containing Corbiere’s questions is taped at the top of the page. In fine condition, with some light edge toning. Starting Bid $200

John Nash’s American Mathematical Society journal, from a turning point in his life

6018. John Nash Signed Booklet. American mathematician (1928–2015) who made

fundamental contributions to game theory, differential geometry, and the study of partial differential equations, and was awarded the 1994 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences; his struggles with paranoid schizophrenia were chronicled in the Oscar-winning film A Beautiful Mind. Scientific journal entitled “Proceedings of the American Mathematical Society,” Volume 10, Number 2, published in April 1959, 334 pages, 6 x 9.5, signed at the top of the front cover in green fountain pen with his ownership signature, “J. Nash.” Loosely laid in is a postcard addressed to Nash at MIT, inviting him to Arnold Shapiro’s seminars on “Symplectic Manifolds” at Brandeis University, beginning on June 2, 1959. In very good to fine condition, with irregular toning to the covers and a fairly strong musty odor; interior pages are generally clean and fine.

This journal dates to a most significant time in Nash’s life and career. In February 1959, he was expected to present a highly anticipated proof of the Riemann hypothesis during a meeting of the American Mathematical Society at Columbia University. His condition manifested itself as the lecture descended into incomprehensibility, and it became clear to his colleagues and the audience that something was wrong. Nash was committed to the renowned McLean Hospital in April 1959—the very month of this publication—where he was diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia. Nash remained at McLean through May, and upon discharge—still afflicted by debilitating paranoia—he resigned from his professorship at MIT. He was hospitalized for several periods throughout the ensuing decade, and was discharged for the final time in 1970. His condition slowly improved thereafter, allowing him to return to academic work.Starting Bid $200

Scarce autograph by the revered genius, Isaac Newton

6019. Isaac Newton Document Signed. English physicist, mathematician, and astronomer (1643–1727), widely

regarded as the most influential figure in the history of science, whose ideas and discoveries, including calculus, the laws of gravitation and motion, and observations on the nature of light and optics, earned him a place among the most profound geniuses in the history of mankind. Manuscript DS, signed “Is. Newton,” one page, 10.5 x 2.75, annotated 1718 in pencil. Top of ledger page, signed by Isaac Newton in the leftmost column. The document associates sums of £500 and £6.5 with Newton’s name. In very good condition, with old masking tape to the bottom right, a short split to the central vertical fold, and and light edge toning which touches Newton’s first name. Accompanied by an engraved portrait of Newton. Starting Bid $1000

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6020. Robert Oppenheimer Ty p e d L e t t e r Signed. TLS, one

page, 5.5 x 8.5, The Institute for Advanced Study letterhead, June 25, 1957. Written from Princeton, a letter to Vernon Reyman, in part: “I am working now to see whether I can recast the James lectures in a form suitable for publication; if I am successful, they will probably be published by the Harvard University Press.” In fine condition. In 1957, Oppenheimer served as the William James Lecturer at Harvard University, a platform for some of the most influential thinkers of the 20th century. Sponsored by the Philosophy and Psychology Department, Oppenheimer’s series of eight lectures, entitled ‘A Hope of Order,’ discussed relevant examples from atomic physics and quantum theory.

Starting Bid $200

6021.

Robert Oppenheimer Typed Letter Signed. Bril-

liant American physicist (1904-1967) who directed the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton and who spearheaded the Manhattan Project, leading to the development of the first atomic bomb.

TLS, one page, 8.5 x 10.75, The Institute for Advanced Study letterhead, November 16, 1954. Written from Princeton, a letter to Judge Jacob M. Braude, in full: “Thank you for your letter of October 19th. I believe that the best source to which I can refer you in the last chapter of ‘Science and the Common Understanding’ (published this year by Simon and Schuster).

This book consists of the Reith Lectures, which I delivered in London last year. If you find a passage there which you would like to quote, I should appreciate hearing from you so that we may take up the matter of permission to reprint.” In very good to fine condition, with creasing to two corners, paper loss to the lower left corner, and three punch holes to the left side.

Starting Bid $200

Planck considers attempts to disprove “the whole theory of relativity, including the ‘special’ one” 6022. Max Planck Autograph Letter Signed. ALS in German, signed “Planck,” four pages on two adjoining sheets, 4.5 x 7, September 23, 1925. Significant letter to physicist Wilhelm Wien, about the ether drift experiments of Dayton C. Miller, who attempted to disprove the Theory of Relativity. In part (translated): “I fully agree with you that if the results of Miller’s experiments are confirmed, the whole theory of relativity, including the ‘special’ one, is done and the ether problem must be tackled anew. But for that very reason I am facing this matter with the utmost skepticism. To be sure: after all, nothing is impossible in this enigmatic world, but I have preserved a certain belief in a harmony of its laws that can be grasped by us, and that would certainly be greatly shaken if all the new connections that have been opened up to us by the theory of relativity, now would have to be revealed again. My close-by colleagues here, with whom I spoke yesterday about the matter: Laue, Einstein, Paschen, are of the same opinion, they suspect that the results of Miller have been influenced by any systematic sources of error.” In fine condition. Miller’s findings were refuted by the measurements carried out by Georg Joss on the Jungfraujoch. An absolutely spectacular letter from a significant period in the development of quantum physics. Starting Bid $500

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6024. Max Planck Autograph Letter Signed. ALS in German, signed

“Planck,” penned on the reverse of a 5.5 x 3.5 postcard of Austria’s Almer Horn, September 2, 1941. Untranslated letter to a “D. Neuberg” in Dresden, Buhlau. In fine condition, with a punch hole touching two words of text. Starting Bid $200

6023. Max Planck Autograph Letter Signed. Nobel Prize-winning German physicist (1858-1947) who pioneered the understanding of quantum theory. ALS in German, signed “M. Planck,” penned on the reverse of a 5.75 x 4 German postal card, March 14, 1943. Untranslated letter written to a Professor Griebe. In fine condition, with a missing upper right corner tip.

Starting Bid $200

6025. Wilhelm Rontgen Hand-Addressed Envelope. Distinguished

German physicist (1845–1923) who discovered X-rays in 1895, for which he was awarded the Nobel Prize in 1901. Hand-addressed envelope from the University of Munich Physics Institute, 5.5 x 4.5, addressed in Wilhelm Rontgen’s hand to “Herrn A. Rueprecht & Sohn, Wien IV, Favoriten Str. 25,” postmarked at Munich on November 15, 1907. In very good to fine condition, with expected wear and soiling. Starting Bid $200

Schrodinger, von Neumann, and others offer support for a Leverhulme Research Fellow

6026. Erwin Schrodinger, John von Neumann, and Physicists Archive of (10) Letters. Marvelous

correspondence archive of physicist Marcus Campbell Goodall, containing ten letters addressed to him by six illustrious researchers from the ‘atomic age,’ including Nobel Prize-winning physicist Erwin Schrodinger, the acclaimed mathematician and polymath John von Neumann, mathematician and philosopher Norbert Wiener, renowned geometer W. V. D. Hodge, Nobel Prize-winning biochemist Albert Szent-Gyorgyi, and five letters from physicist and nuclear fission theorist Otto Robert Frisch.

Covering a five-year window between July 1945 and July 1950, the bulk of the letters relate to Goodall’s educational pursuits, namely that of securing a Leverhulme Research Fellowship. In Schrodinger’s letter, he notes: “If elliptic function theorems are involved in the work, they must be explained (I don’t mean proved!), since a physicist of today does not as a rule know much about them.” Von Neumann offers his support, but admits: “I cannot devote as much time as I would like to fundamental problems in Quantum Theory with which you are concerned.” In overall fine condition. Starting Bid $300

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Von Neumann hopes to honor Hadamard 6027. John von Neumann Typed Letter Signed. Ex-

tremely rare TLS, one page, 8 x 10.5, United States Atomic Energy Commission letterhead, January 30, 1956. Letter to Henri Corbiere, in full: “I am very sorry that I will not be able to answer your whole world inquiry at this time, entitled ‘Homage to French Mathematician Jacques Hadamard, for its 90th Birthday.’ I have been hospitalized for several weeks, and I expect it will be several more weeks before I can get back to my office. If I get back to my office in time, I will be very happy to participate in the homage.” In fine condition.Starting Bid $300

6028. Hideki Yu k a w a A u t o graph Manuscript Signed. Japanese

theoretical physicist (1907–1981) who became the first Japanese Nobel laureate with the receipt of the 1949 Nobel Prize in Physics.’ Handwritten responses by Yukawa to a series of three biographical questions, signed “Hideki Yukawa,” one page, 8.25 x 12.25, no date.

On whether or not his scientific debut was difficult, he writes: “Not very difficult. At least I did not think it very difficult, because I was young.” On supporting himself, he writes: “When I was very young, i.e. a few years after graduation from the university, I had to depend more or less on my parents.” Identifying his most famous work or masterpiece, he writes: “A paper entitled ‘On the Interaction of Elementary Particles, which was published early in 1935.”

In fine condition, with some light creasing, and light staining to the lower edge. Starting Bid $200

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6029. Marie François Xavier Bichat Document Signed.

French anatomist and pathologist (1771–1802) known as the father of histology, who is respected as one of the greatest scientists in the area of medicine. Excessively rare untranslated manuscript DS, in French, signed “Bichat,” one page, 6.75 x 8.25, no date. In very good condition, with moderate overall foxing. Starting Bid $200

6030. Jean-Nicolas Corvisart Autograph Letter Signed. French

physician (1755– 1821) who gained a reputation as an expert in cardiology and was Napoleon’s personal physician. Untranslated ALS in French, signed “Corvisart,” one page both sides, 6.25 x 8.5, October 8, 1802. In fine condition, with a small seal remnant to the lower left corner of the first page, and seal-related paper loss to the integral address leaf. Starting Bid $200

Fleming identifies his ‘masterpiece’: “Penicillin because this has been useful to mankind”

6031. Alexander Fleming Autograph Manuscript Signed. Handwritten respons-

es by Fleming to a series of three biographical questions, signed “Alexander Fleming,” one page, 8.25 x 12.25, no date.

On whether or not his scientific debut was difficult, he writes: “Merely the result of years of hard work and observation.”

On supporting himself via his laboratory, he simply writes: “No.” Identifying his most famous work or masterpiece, he writes: “Penicillin because this has been useful to mankind. Perhaps best work was on the action of antiseptics on lysozymes.” In very good to fine condition, with a fold across the bottom, minor paper loss to the top edge, and show-through from notations on the reverse.

Starting Bid $200

Ultra-early signature of Freud as a 19-year-old medical student 6032. Sigmund Freud Signature. Remarkably early bold ink ownership signature, “Sig. Freud, stud. med., 1875,” on an off-white 3.75 x 5.75 page removed from one of his books. In fine condition.

Freud entered the University of Vienna at age 17, where he initially planned to study law; however, he joined the medical faculty at the university, where he studied philosophy under Franz Brentano, physiology under Ernst Brücke, and zoology under Darwinist professor Carl Claus. He graduated with an MD in 1881, and subsequently began his medical career at the Vienna General Hospital. An absolutely remarkable, supremely early signature of the revered pioneer of psychoanalysis. Starting Bid $300

The namesake of the guillotine 6033. Joseph Guillotin Document Signed. Manuscript DS in

Latin, signed “Guillotin,” twelve total pages, 7 x 9.5, March 8, 1788. Lengthy document compiling a large list of names and qualifications of various students for receipt of baccalaureate degrees. Signed at the conclusion

by Guillotin, and countersigned by several others. In fine condition.

Starting Bid $200

6035. William W. Keen Autograph Letter Signed. The first brain surgeon in the United

6034. Edward Jenner Autograph Letter Signed. English physician

and scientist (1749–1823) often called the ‘father of immunology,’ who successfully tested his smallpox inoculation in 1796. Partial ALS, one page, 4.5 x 3.75, [July 30, 1812 annotated on the reverse in another hand]. The conclusion of a letter to “Mr. Drayton, St. George’s Square, Cheltenham,” in full: “should be able to manage it with a tightened string. With best wishes to you & yours, I remain yrs truly, Edw’d Jenner.” Addressed on the reverse in Jenner’s hand. In very good condition, with areas of repaired paper loss, and a block of toning from prior display. Starting Bid $200

States (1837–1932) who went on to closely tend to six presidents: he removed cancer from President Cleveland’s mouth, and FDR sought his expertise after his paralytic illness struck. ALS signed “W. W. Keen,” one page, 5 x 8, personal letterhead, December 30, 1918.

Letter to “Mr. Alexander,” in full: “I wrote a note to the Editor of the Sun asking him to thank the author of the Editorial to who[m] you kindly called my attention. This he did & also wrote me that it was written by Mr. Slather Roots for the Hon. Willard Bartlett, Chief Justice N.Y. Court of Appeals. Very nice of him wasn’t it!

I thought you might be glad to learn who the author was. I never have met or known Judge B.” In fine condition, with a crease to the upper left corner, and some minor soiling to the left edge. Starting Bid $200

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6036. Joseph Lister Autograph Letter Signed. British

surgeon (1827–1912) who innovated the practice of sterile surgery, one of the most important medical advances of the day.

ALS in French, signed “Lister,” one page, 4 x 6, black-bordered letterhead, October 12, 1904. Response to an invitation, in part (translated): “I regret very much…that the state of my health forbids me to accept the gracious invitation of your Committee.” In fine condition.

Starting Bid $200

6038. Elie Metchnikoff Autograph Letter Signed. Rus-

sian biologist and zoologist (1845–1916) best known for his pioneering research into the immune system for which he was awarded the 1908 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. ALS in French, one page, 4.25 x 5, September 17, 1902.

Letter to French art historian and essayist Elie Faure, in part (translated): “The fragment you brought yesterday is an undeniable tubular epithelioma…There’s no time to be lost to do everything possible to save our poor friend…I regret not having seen you yesterday in the library of the museum and I hope to see you again.” In fine condition, with a few light stains. Starting Bid $200

Collection of seven handwritten letters from Lister to colleagues, with ample content regarding bacterial research 6037. Joseph Lister Group of (7) Autograph Letters Signed.

Impressive set of seven ALSs from the founder of antiseptic surgery, each signed “Lister” or “Joseph Lister,” totaling 30 pages, each 4.5 x 7 Portland Place stationery, with all but one black-bordered, dated between 1881 and 1903. Lister mentions Sir James Paget; discusses mediums (oil, resin, and paraffin) to mix with carbolic acid for the purpose of a dressing; and comments on his disagreement with Robert Koch about the tubercle bacillus. In overall fine condition. Accompanied by five original mailing envelopes, each addressed in Lister’s own hand. Starting Bid $200

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6039. William Osler Autograph Letter Signed. Canadi-

an-born physician and researcher (1849–1919) who was a founding professor of Johns Hopkins Hospital. ALS signed “Wm. Osler,” one page, 4.5 x 7, personal letterhead, October 7, [no year]. Letter to prominent British physician Sir William Broadbent, in part: “I am sending you a copy of the new edition of my textbook, which you will find much altered—one way or the other!” In fine condition.

Starting Bid $200

6040. Georgios Papanikolaou Autograph Letter Signed. Greek pioneer in cytopathology and early cancer

detection (1883–1962) best known for developing the ‘Pap smear.’ ALS signed “George,” one page both sides, 8 x 5.25, Cornell University Medical College letterhead, September 13, 1937. Letter to veterinarian, dog breeder, and eugenicist Leon Whitney, in part: “If you come, I promise you some better dahlias for next year. I have some new cactus dahlias, which are very lovely…Is Tioga food good for guinea pigs? I will be glad to try it. By the way, the fish food which you have to Mrs. Papanikolaou was excellent! Can we buy it anywhere? We think it is far superior to any other food we have used.” In fine condition. Starting Bid $200

Commenting on a “particular and completely new way of fermentation of tartaric acid” 6042. Louis Pasteur Autograph Letter Signed. ALS

in French, signed “L. Pasteur,” one page, 5.25 x 8, Ecole Normale Superieure letterhead, January 1, 1858. Letter to Monsieur Nickles, professor at the faculty in Nancy (Meurthe), in part (translated): “I thank you for your missive. I did not receive your brochure at the same time as your letter, but this is no doubt only a delay of the mails. If this should be an error which deprives me of your work, I would be obliged to you if you would kindly send me another copy.

As to the conscientious historical account of the question of fermentation of tartaric acid on the occasion of the new fact announced for scheduling in the last report of the Academy, you can count on it. But I must tell you that as of now, in view of the interest that you take in the question, the fermentation to which I allude in my recent work is only distantly in agreement with the results of yours. Have a little patience. I don’t have the time here to give you the necessary details.” Pasteur adds a postscript: “This is a particular and completely new way of fermentation of tartaric acid.” Addressed on the integral leaf.

In fine condition. Starting Bid $300

6041. Louis Pasteur Autograph Letter Signed. Superb ALS in French, signed “L. Pasteur,” one page both sides, 5 x 8, June 25, 1863. Letter to Monsieur Terrel des Chines, in part (translated): “For a long time now I have wished to involve myself in all the questions appertaining to the manufacture and improvement of wines and I have no doubt that one day, perhaps soon, I shall give myself up to it entirely. I have already done some isolated research.

The only thing I regard as well established and which results from the body of my published and some of my unpublished works is that the majority of diseases from wines originate from the development of special fermenting agents of which sugar is a favorite constituent. From this certain scientific premise you can deduce henceforth many consequences.” In fine condition, with small repairs to fold splits. Starting Bid $300

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“Notes on the Cell Structure of the Silk Worm” 6043. Louis Pasteur Autograph Manuscript Signed. AMS in French, signed “L. Pasteur,” one page, 5.25 x 8.25, March 1867. A page of notes headed “Notes on the Cell Structure of the Silk Worm,” mentioning his 1867 report “relative to silk worm diseases.” In part (translated): “I mentioned the existence on each corpuscle of a median line in the direct of the long axis. A sufficiently powerful and sharp microscope makes it possible to see the line along the axis…That oval line is nothing but the contour of a cell nucleus enclosed by each corpuscle which has the exact same shape as the corpuscle itself. It is very easy to make that nucleus visible by means of various reagents, especially iodine.” In fine condition.

An important topic in Pasteur’s career, his research with silkworms helped shape his future concepts on the influence of environment on contagion, leading to his most significant contributions in the study of causes and prevention of disease.

Starting Bid $500

“The rabies vaccine cannot travel,” Pasteur explains, “If you have any subjects who have been bitten, and bitten not too long ago, you can send them to me; the treatment will be free” 6044. Louis Pasteur Letter Signed. LS in French, signed “L. Pasteur,” one page,

5.25 x 8, no date but likely circa 1885–1886. Letter to Dr. George Henslow at St. Bartholomew’s Hospital in London, in full (translated): “At the moment, the rabies vaccine cannot travel; I hope this will come later. I have not yet turned my mind to a method of achieving this. If you have any subjects who have been bitten, and bitten not too long ago, you can send them to me; the treatment will be free: it lasts about ten days; other costs, travel, accommodation, etc., will naturally be you clients’ own expense.” In fine condition, with light toning, and two light edge stains.

After five years of extensive study of the rabies virus and the successful treatment of several infected dogs, Louis Pasteur faced his first human patient in July of 1885.

Certain that the severely bitten nine-year-old Joseph Meister would not survive without treatment, he began the course of the 13 injections; after administering all 13, one each day, in progressively stronger doses, Meister regained strength and never developed rabies. After a second successful treatment on a bitten shepherd four months later, word spread and people began to seek him out for the vaccinations. When four boys in New Jersey were bit by a rabid dog, a fundraising effort arose to help send them to France, accompanied by American surgeon Dr. John Shaw Billings, via ocean liner for Pasteur’s treatment; despite the long travel, the boys all returned home in January of 1886 in excellent health. Three months later, Pasteur would officially present his results, announcing only one fatality out of 350 patients who received the vaccine. An excellent letter from the crucial early stage of the vaccine’s history. Starting Bid $200

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6045. Louis PasteurAutograph Notes Signed. Au-

tograph notes in French, signed three times, twice “L. Pasteur” and once “L. P.,” penned in the margins of a letter written to him by Henri de Marliave, one page both sides, 8.5 x 10.5, July 21, 1888.

Pasteur responds to a letter concerning mushroom poisoning in the south of France, which requested Pasteur to “inform us if there is a way to prevent fermentation and decomposition of mushrooms.” Pasteur writes, in part (translated): “I answer that the problem should be easy to solve, you are very well placed to attempt a solution...Many ideas come to mind. Would you try immediately dipping fresh mushrooms in a 2% boric acid solution and placing them in a box during the trip...This is harmless and another washing could be recommended upon arrival and then a new soaking in water before consumption.”

In fine condition, with central vertical and horizontal folds and show-through from writing to opposing sides. Starting Bid $200

Penned just days after receiving the 1904 Nobel Prize

6047. Jan Evangelista Purkyne Autograph Letter Signed. ALS in German, signed “Purkyne,” one page both

sides, 5.25 x 9.25, February 5, 1839. Letter to a colleague concerning his recent scientific discovery, in part (translated): “The pia mater of the spinal cord (first the bone) which is significant to the junction of the anterior strands firm and fibrous, containing its entire length a very fine, rich nervous system of the most tender elementary fibers into bundles and individually mostly longitudinally extending, otherwise often interlacing.”

In fine condition, with uniform toning. Purkyne is credited with first recognizing the importance of structures in the brain in the workings of the nervous system.Starting Bid $300

One of Darwin’s last autographs

6046. Ivan Pavlov Autograph Letter Signed. Rare ALS in German, signed “I. Pawlow,” one page both sides, 4.5 x 7, December 21, 1904. Letter to a colleague, written from St. Petersburg just days after receiving the Nobel Prize in Stockholm. Having just returned home to Russia, Pavlov thanks his correspondent for a telegram of congratulations. He always remembers the addressee’s visit to St. Petersburg and he fervently wishes that he will get the independent position he has been aiming for a long time now. In very good condition, with multiple moderate vertical creases. Starting Bid $500

6048. Charles Darwin Signature. Extremely

desirable ink signature, “Charles Darwin, from your well-wisher, April 15, 1882,” on an off-white 5 x 2.75 slip. In fine condition, with light show-through along the left edge from mounting traces on the reverse.

Darwin would pass away just four days later on April 19, 1882. Starting Bid $500

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6049. Jean-Baptiste Lamarck Autograph Letter Signed. French

naturalist and biologist (1744–1829) known as an early proponent of the concept of evolution and his mistaken theory of the inheritance of acquired characteristics. ALS in French, signed “Lamarck” and “Lm,” one page, 6.25 x 7.75, September 20, 1800.

Letter to a bookseller, in part: “Lamarck has the honor to greet Citizen Agasse and to ask him to take care to arrange the arrival of the five parcels attached to their address.” In fine condition, with light creasing to the lower right corner. Starting Bid $200

“The whole process of the invisible solar rays having been completely discovered I judged it expedient not to delay a communication of it” 6050. William Herschel Autograph Letter Signed.

Rare ALS signed “Wm. Herschel,” one page, 7 x 8.75, March 18, 1800.

Letter written from “Slough near Windsor,” in part: “The whole process of the invisible solar rays having been completely discovered I judged it expedient not to delay a communication of it; and hope the novelty of the subject will plead my excuse for troubling you with it so soon after my last.” Affixed to a slightly larger cardstock mount. In very good to fine condition, with some creasing, a few small edge chips, and moderately heavy overall toning. HerscheI’s discovery of ‘infra-red’ solar rays assured his place in history as a physicist as well as an astronomer.

Starting Bid $200

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6051. Charles Babbage Autograph L e t t e r Signed. Pio-

neering British mathematician and mechanical engineer (1791–1871) whose Difference Engine and Analytical Engine are generally acknowledged as the first programmable computers. ALS signed “C. Babbage,” one page both sides, 6.5 x 7.75, April 15, 1827. Letter to a gentleman, in part: “As I conceive the Royal Institution would be the best place for making public the views you mention respecting the illustrations of mechanical subjects, and as I think there could be no objection to your lecturing in the same place where Davy, Dalton, Dr. Roget and Dr. Young have frequently done the same, I immediately wrote a line of the managers of the R.I. in such a manner that they might if they chose propose some remuneration for the expense you might be at in bringing the necessary apparatus from Ireland. They however do not seem to have viewed it in that light: but they express a…willingness to allow you to give a few lectures.” In fine condition, with a thin mounting strip along the left edge. Starting Bid $200

Bell extends his thanks to the Smithsonian

6052. Alexander Graham B e l l Ty p e d Letter Signed.

TLS, one page, 8 x 10.5, Beinn Bhreagh letterhead, August 4, 1920. Letter to Paul Brockett at the Smithsonian Library in Washington, D.C., in part: “Thank you for your note of July 16, with specimen photostat pages. The size of these is all right, though it should be borne in mind that a wide margin at the left-hand side will be required for binding.” In fine condition, with some light creasing, and light haloing to the signature.

Starting Bid $200

6053. Samuel Colt Autograph Letter Signed. ALS

signed “S. C.,” one page both sides, 8.25 x 10.75, March 17, 1854.

Heavily edited draft of a letter addressed to J. Santhill in Brussels, making note of “the protection I have in my Belgium patented rights.”

He writes, in part: “I want to know in detail what each of the respectable manufacturers of arms at Leige say in answer to the recent instructions I gave reducing my prices for the parts of my arms sent to Belgium to add them in the aparrent [sic] wants…The British Government having adopted my arms into their service & ordered all I can make induces me…as early an answer to the question.” In fine condition. Starting Bid $200

“When the technical history of this Twentieth Century comes to be written it will, I think, be known as the ‘Electronic Era’” 6054. Lee de Forest Autograph Manuscript Signed.

AMS, two pages, 4 x 5.75, January 16, 1933.

De Forest pens a thoughtful, visionary statement on technological progress in the 20th century. In full: “When the technical history of this Twentieth Century comes to be written it will, I think, be known as the ‘Electronic Era.’ The three-electrode vacuum tube, conceived during its first decade, has already remoulded the home-life, the daily thoughts, the political attitude of civilized mankind. For it has brought into the humblest household the counsel and the music of the wide world. Now the photo-electric cell begins to do for the eye what the audion has done for the ear. Together these are achieving Television, safeguarding Aviation, speeding and eliminating guesswork from our manufacturing processes. Tomorrow the Electron may supply all the power needs of man, remoulding Civilization, and offering immeasurable happiness. May the Education of Mind and Character keep pace with this harnessing of the Electron

by Science. For, lacking that, the slow and simple life of our fathers would prove far better for the Race!” In fine condition.

An incredible, visionary sentiment from a key innovator of the ‘Electronic Age.’ Starting Bid $200

“I have always regarded Professor S. F. B. Morse as one of the outstanding pioneers in the electrical art” 6055. Lee de Forest Typed Letter Signed. TLS, one

page, 8.5 x 11, Lee de Forest Laboratories, Inc. letterhead, February 20, 1943. Letter to George Shanks. In part: “I have always regarded Professor S. F. B. Morse as one of the outstanding pioneers in the electrical art, and particularly in the art of communications. Although I am informed that he was not actually the first to send telegraph signals over a wire, he was unquestionably the first to visualize the commercial possibilities of communication by such means…As a result of Morse’s genius, the entire globe was recuced [sic] in diameter in the ratio of months, by steamship transportation of mail, to a few seconds. His contribution to civilization can never be adequately measured.” In fine condition, with light edge toning, and three file holes to the left side. Starting Bid $200

6056. Thomas Edison Autograph Letter Signed. Draft

ALS in pencil, signed “E,” one page, 8.5 x 11, June 23, 1923. Edison’s response to a letter sent to him by the Reinbold Metallurgical Company offering to sell a mine, written on the letter’s first page. Edison writes, in part: “I have a long contract with Standard Essence & will not work a mine—I bought the Swazy mine & paid $5000—I will give you $3000, for the adjacent mine which I understand is called the Bull Con—neither of these mines have any value to me as long as the Standard Essence Co. remains in business & furnishes me Lithia…of course I know you will not accept my offer but that is all I will give.” Includes a carbon copy of the typed letter sent to Herman Reinbold containing this information. In fine condition. Starting Bid $200

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6057. Thomas Edison Document Signed. Partly-printed DS, signed “Thos.

A. Edison,” one page, 8.5 x 3.75, February 28, 1921. Edison Storage Battery Co. promissory note, in part: “On the 31st day of May 1921, we promise to pay to the order of American Copper Products Corporation Three Thousand Forty Six Dollars.” Signed at the conclusion by Edison as chairman of the board of directors, and countersigned by a vice president. In fine condition, with a large “Cancelled” stamp affecting Edison’s signature. Starting Bid $200

6058. Thomas Edison Document Signed. Scarce twice-

signed partly-printed DS, signed “Thomas A. Edison” and “Thos.

A. Edison,” one page, 11 x 7.75, December 2, 1904. Edison Storage Battery Company stock certificate issued to Thomas Edison for “Sixty seven hundred forty three Shares,” signed one the front by Edison, “Thomas A. Edison,” as the company’s president; also endorsed on the reverse to assign and transfer the shares, “Thos. A. Edison.” The front bears several affixed revenue stamps. In fine condition, with cancellation holes affecting the signature on the front. The Edison Storage Battery Company was organized in New Jersey on May 27, 1901, to develop, manufacture, and sell the alkaline storage battery that Edison had developed, which was used for mining lamps, train lighting and signaling, submarines, electric vehicles. A fantastic example boasting two variations of Edison’s iconic ‘umbrella’ autograph. Starting Bid $200

Edisonian charity for a supplier of “medicinal oxygen and other medicinal gases” 6059. Thomas Edison Letter Signed. Letter to

Thomas Edison from his son Charles, endorsed at the top by Thomas Edison in pencil, “OK if no fire risk to us, E,” two pages, 8.5 x 11, September 25, 1923. The ALS by Charles Edison, in part: “Down at the salvage division there is a little tin building that stands out all by itself and formerly used as a garage for 4 cars. It is now idle. I desire to rent this little building in the interest of a Mrs. Knight, who thru a series of misfortunes has become the object of my personal charity. For the past 25 years she has been supplying the principal hospitals in New England with medicinal oxygen and other medicinal gases…During the time she was laid up with pneumonia…and also recovering from having been smashed up by a truck her little business was in the hands of two men who properly looted it…She needs now a place to set up the laboratory & that’s what I want to use the little tin garage at salvage for. May I have your permission?” In fine condition, with uniform toning. Starting Bid $200

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6063. Robert Fulton Sketch.

Original ink sketch of a heavyset fellow in a double-breasted suit accomplished by Fulton on an off-white 6 x 7 sheet, titled below, “Mr. McIvers,” and signed and dated with his initials,”R. F., 1813.” In fine condition. Though perhaps best known for his invention of the steamboat, Fulton also developed and designed naval weaponry for several nations—namely France, England, and America—thus making him quite adept at drawing and sketching. As an original sketch from the hand of an globally influential inventor, this is an exceedingly desirable piece from a renowned innovator of man and machine. Starting Bid $200

6060. Thomas Edison Autograph Note Signed.

ANS signed “E,” one page, 5 x 8, no date. Note to “Blinne,” concerning the disposition of Edison records that did not pass quality control inspections. In full: “Hereafter send the Bad Records to Buchanan every day instead of myself.”

In fine condition. Starting Bid $200

6061. Thomas Edison Signature.

Classic bold ink ‘umbrella’ signature, “Thos.

A. Edison,” on an offwhite 8.25 x 12.25 sheet, dated June 13, 1891, and marked at the top, “Autographs of the Leading People of the Whole World.” The optimistic collector also wrote “Mr. Marconi” and “Mr. Graham Bell,” but failed to obtain their signatures. In very good to fine condition, with several horizontal folds. Starting Bid $200

6062. Robert Fulton Sketch. Original

ink sketch of a sidefacing view of a gentleman with surrounding mechanical diagrams accomplished by Fulton on an off-white 2.5 x 2.5 clipped sheet, titled at the top, “M. Schriber,” and signed with his initials below, “R. F., 1813.” In fine condition. Though perhaps best known for his invention of the steamboat, Fulton also developed and designed naval weaponry for several nations—namely France, England, and America—thus making him quite adept at drawing and sketching. As an original sketch from the hand of an globally influential inventor, this is a truly remarkable piece. Starting Bid $200

6064. Charles Goodyear Autograph Letter Signed.

ALS signed “Chas. Goodyear,” one page both sides, 5 x 8, September 22, 1859. Letter to Dr. Dorr, in part: “I will endeavor to follow your directions, as my judgment coincides with yours. I must confess that I have been negligent as to taking the Iodide of Potassium. Please give further directions as to how I shall come at the douche and the electric machine. I have already contracted for a pool to be built on my vacant lot under the stables in part. I shall then have a douche of my own. I hoped to have written you on the subject of india– rubber, but it is night again when I have received your letter and I will postpone once more. Thinking for the day you will perhaps attend to ordering the clasp and hoops for a bag with the lid like the model you took…P.S. My feet are better and I am otherwise improving. CG.” In fine condition. Goodyear died less than a year after writing this letter; in 1898, nearly four decades after his death, The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company was founded and named after Goodyear by Frank Seiberling. Only the second Goodyear letter we have ever offered. Starting Bid $200

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6065. Cyrus McCormick Autograph Letter Signed.

Inventor and businessman (1809–1884) whose reaper revolutionized American agriculture. ALS signed “C. H. McCormick,” two pages both sides, 5.25 x 7.75, monogrammed personal letterhead, October 6, 1861. Letter to a reverend, in part: “I rec’d yesterday letters…advising me of the call to you made by the North Church of Chicago, and that it had been forwarded to you ‘with a request to please it to be laid before his (your) Presbytery’ &c. After being also advised that you had been requested to visit Chicago in the mean time, Judge S. asks me—’Can you not attend its Presbytery’s meeting and obtain its leave to place our call…in Dr. G’s hands?’ I write Judge S… that I do not think it will be in my power…to attend the meeting of your Presbytery…but that I expect to be in Washington again this week—at which time I shall hope to see you if there…and communicate with you upon the subject.” In fine condition, with light soiling and overall silking on both sides. Starting Bid $200

6066. Cyrus McCormick Group of (3) Signed Items.

Group lot of three items signed by Cyrus McCormick: an ALS signed “C. H. McCormick,” two pages, June 6, 1871, accepting an “invitation to the Reception to be given to Prof. S. F. B. Morse”; an LS signed “C. H. McCormick,” two pages, July 25, 1881, about a court decision in a “Rail Road Case”; and a bank check filled out in another hand and signed by McCormick, “C. H. McCormick,” payable to Sidney Morse, Jr. & Co., for $4.50, April 13, 1867. Also includes a promissory note dated February 13, 1817, signed in another hand on behalf of inventor Eli Whitney.

In overall fine condition. Starting Bid $200

Congratulations to a retiring editor, “who has encountered manfully and victoriously the hardships of his position” 6067. Samuel F. B. Morse Autograph Letter Signed. ALS signed “Saml.

F. B. Morse,” one page both sides, 5.25 x 8, August 4, 1860. Letter to Moses Sperry Beach, former editor and proprietor of the New York Sun. In part: “While unable…to accept your polite invitation to be present on the 8th instant, I will yet join in heart, in the congratulations of your numerous well-won friends, on the occasion of your voluntary retirement from your editorial labors. There is no class in the community, who so stand in the van of the great conflicts of life, and who so bravely meet them as the editorial corps, none who are so subject to incessant annoyance from individual selfishness, none so liable to be misjudged, and misrepresented. Therefore, it is that, when one like yourself, who has encountered manfully and victoriously the hardships of his position, and is able to unbuckle his armour and sheath his sword in honor, and so to enjoy the closing hours of his life in well earned ease, there is no generous heart but must cordially sympathize with him in his joy.” Encapsulated in a mylar sleeve. In fine condition, with writing lightly showing through from opposing sides. Accompanied by a full letter of authenticity from PSA/DNA. A beautifully preserved example. Starting Bid $200 24 |

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6068. George Westinghouse Document Signed.

Engineer and businessman (1846–1914) best known for the invention of the air brake and for his energetic promotion of AC power distribution. DS, signed “Geo. Westinghouse, Jr.,” four pages, 8 x 13, July 10, 1895. Agreement between Rudolph Hoffeld and The Westinghouse Air Brake Company, granting an option to buy shares “of capital stock of the Automatic Air & Steam Coupler Company.” Signed at the conclusion by Westinghouse as general manager of The Westinghouse Air Brake Company, John Caldwell as secretary, and Rudolph Hoffeld.

In fine condition, with a staple-related tear to the top of each page. Starting Bid $200

Watt plans his steam-powered grist mill 6069. James Watt Autograph Letter Signed.

British engineer (1736-1819) who developed an efficient steam engine which was a universal source of power and provided one of the most essential technological components of the early industrial revolution. The unit of power known as a ‘watt’ was named after him. ALS, one page, 8 x 10, September 5, 1784. Letter to musician and notable Watt benefactor Joah Bates, in full: “Having received from Mr. Brown the daily advertiser containing the address of the Millers committee in which I observe they have given me more honor than what I think belongs to me, and seem to direct their whole argument to the overthrowing our patent, on the supposition we have communicated our exclusive privilege to the company, I have thought it necessary to remove that imputation by a publick advertisement in the same paper, as we should be ruined could any legal advantage be got by them in that matter, and I cannot suppose that any of the Gentlemen concerned could wish us to be injured by our endeavours to advance the interests of the concern. I have desired Mr. Brown to bring the advertisement to you & to leave it with you for your consideration as I am by no means satisfied with the draught yet & do not wish it to be published untill I write again. And in the mean time I also wish you would turn your thoughts towards a proper answer on the part of the A. M. Company [Albion Mills]—I remain with best respects to Mrs. Bates & other friends.” Addressed on the reverse of the second integral page in Watt’s own hand. In fine condition, with a few light seal-related stains, and a repaired seal-related tear to the integral address leaf.

Watt discusses the opposition of traditional London grain millers to his Albion mill, the first grist mill to employ his improved steam engine. The mill, designed by architect Samuel Wyatt, was intended to relieve the increasing demand for flour in the rapidly growing metropolis. Although the new mill, constructed on the south bank of the Thames near Blackfriar’s bridge, promised to reduce the price of bread substantially, it was not at all welcomed. The city’s millers vehemently opposed the new concern, believing that it threatened their livelihood. The mill would be completed in 1786. Starting Bid $1000 www.RRAuction.com | 25

6070. Francois Arago Autograph Letter Signed Starting Bid $200

6071. David Attenborough Signed Book Starting Bid $200

6072. Marcellin Berthelot Autograph Letter Signed Starting Bid $200

6073. Jean-Baptiste Biot Autograph Letter Signed Starting Bid $200

6074. Elizabeth Blackwell Signature Starting Bid $200

6075. Johann Elert Bode Autograph Letter Signed Starting Bid $200

6076. Max Born Typed Letter Signed Starting Bid $200

6077. Edouard Branly Autograph Letter Signed Starting Bid $200

6078. Adolf Butenandt Typed Letter Signed Starting Bid $200

6079. James Chadwick Autograph Letter Signed Starting Bid $200

6080. James Chadwick Autograph Letter Signed Starting Bid $200

6081. Jean-Antoine Chaptal Letter Signed Starting Bid $200

6082. Michel Eugene Chevreul Autograph Letter Signed Starting Bid $200

6083. Denton Cooley Signed Heart Model Starting Bid $200

6084. Jacques Cousteau Signed Photograph Starting Bid $200

6085. William Crookes Typed Letter Signed Starting Bid $200

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6086. Louis de Broglie Autograph Letter Signed Starting Bid $200

6087. Louis de Broglie Typed Letter Signed Starting Bid $200

6088. Lee de Forest Typed Letter Signed Starting Bid $200

6089. Benjamin Dearborn: Lightning Printed Letter Starting Bid $200

6090. Directions to Make Rockets Manuscript (1844) Starting Bid $200

6091. George Eastman Typed Letter Signed Starting Bid $200

6092. Thomas Edison Original Photograph Starting Bid $200

6093. Thomas Edison Original Photograph Starting Bid $200

6094. Thomas Edison Original Photograph Starting Bid $200

6095. Karl von Frisch Handwritten Manuscript and Autograph Letter Signed Starting Bid $200

6096. Jane Goodall and David Attenborough Signed Photographs Starting Bid $200

6097. Jacques Hadamard Autograph Letter Signed Starting Bid $200

6098. Jacques Hadamard Typed Letter Signed Starting Bid $200

6099. Otto Hahn Autograph Letter Signed Starting Bid $200

6100. Werner Heisenberg Signature Starting Bid $200

6101. Alexander von Humboldt Autograph Letter Signed Starting Bid $200

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6102. William James Autograph Letter Signed Starting Bid $200

6103. Ernest Jones Autograph Letter Signed Starting Bid $200

6104. Alfred Kastler Typed Letter Signed Starting Bid $200

6105. John Harvey Kellogg Typed Letter Signed Starting Bid $200

6106. Jack Kilby Signed Photograph Starting Bid $200

6107. Bernard Germain de Lacepede Document Signed Starting Bid $200

6108. Paul Langevin Autograph Letter Signed Starting Bid $200

6109. Max von Laue Autograph Letter Signed Starting Bid $200

6110. Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon Letter Signed Starting Bid $200

6111. Oliver Lodge Autograph Letter Signed Starting Bid $200

6112. Charles Lyell Letter Signed Starting Bid $200

6113. Guglielmo Marconi Signature Starting Bid $200

6114. Guglielmo Marconi Typed Letter Signed Starting Bid $200

6115. Robert A. Millikan Typed Letter Signed Starting Bid $200

6116. Robert A. Millikan Typed Letter Signed Starting Bid $200

6117. Robert A. Millikan Typed Letter Signed Starting Bid $200

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6118. Henri-Louis Duhamel du Monceau Autograph Letter Signed Starting Bid $200

6119. Louis Neel Signed Booklet Starting Bid $200

6120. Otto Nordenskjรถld Autograph Letter Signed Starting Bid $200

6121. Ransom E. Olds Document Signed Starting Bid $200

6122. Hans Christian Orsted Autograph Letter Signed Starting Bid $200

6123. Jean Baptiste Perrin Typed Letter Signed Starting Bid $200

6124. Michael Pupin Signed Book Starting Bid $200

6125. William Ramsay Autograph Letter Signed Starting Bid $200

6126. William Ramsay Autograph Letter Signed Starting Bid $200

6127. Francois-Vincent Raspail Autograph Letter Signed Starting Bid $200

6128. John Krom Rees Typed Letter Signed Starting Bid $200

6129. Charles Richet Autograph Letter Signed Starting Bid $200

6130. Ernest Rutherford Signature Starting Bid $200

6131. Carl Sagan Signed Book Starting Bid $200

6132. Carl Sagan Typed Letter Signed Starting Bid $200

6133. Jonas Salk Signed Book Starting Bid $200

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6134. Jonas Salk Signed Photograph Starting Bid $200

6135. Bela Schick Autograph Note Signed and Signed Photograph Starting Bid $200

6136. Glenn Seaborg Signed Typescript and Typed Letter Signed Starting Bid $200

6137. Glenn Seaborg Typed Letter Signed Starting Bid $200

6138. Glenn Seaborg Typed Letter Signed Starting Bid $200

6139. Emilio Segre Autograph Letter Signed Starting Bid $200

6140. B. F. Skinner Signed Photograph Starting Bid $200

6141. Jack Steinberger Handwritten Notes Starting Bid $200

6142. Edward Teller Typed Letter Signed Starting Bid $200

6143. Edward Teller Typed Letter Signed Starting Bid $200

6144. Samuel-Auguste Tissot Letter Signed Starting Bid $200

6145. Clyde W. Tombaugh Autograph Letter Signed Starting Bid $200

6146. John Tyndall Autograph Letter Signed Starting Bid $200

6147. John Tyndall Group of (4) Autograph Letters Signed Starting Bid $200

6148. James D. Watson Signed Book Starting Bid $200

6149. Wilhelm Wundt Autograph Letter Signed Starting Bid $200

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Steve Jobs & Apple Signed at the opening of Apple’s flagship Fifth Avenue store—with video proof!

6150. Steve Jobs Signed Macworld Magazine. Original issue

of Macworld #1 from February 1984, 144 pages, 9 x 10.75, signed and inscribed on the front cover in black ink, “to Matt, steven jobs.”

The classic cover depicts Jobs as Apple Computer’s chairman of the board, posing with a trio of Macintosh computers. In fine condition, with light handling and edge wear. Introduced in February 1984, Macworld magazine became the most popular Macintosh-focused magazine in North America; the premier issue is scarce and desirable in its own right. Steve Jobs signed this copy at the grand opening of the Apple Store on Fifth Avenue in New York on May 19, 2006. Accompanied by a photo of Jobs signing this exact magazine, and a video of him signing it is available on YouTube. Jobs’s autograph is notoriously rare for a modern public figure—in the video, he at first jokingly refuses to sign for a man in a wheelchair, before acquiescing to the request and asking his name (“Matt” is heard off camera). Jobs then reluctantly signs the magazine, adding the a quick inscription to “Matt.” An exceptional piece with ironclad photographic provenance. Accompanied by full letters of authenticity from PSA/DNA and Beckett Authentication Services. Starting Bid $1000 www.RRAuction.com | 31

6151. Steve Jobs Business Card. Original

Apple Computer business card for Steve Jobs as chairman of the board, 3.5 x 2, featuring the company’s colorful rainbow logo. The card’s text reads: “Steven P. Jobs, Chairman of the Board, Apple Computer, Inc., 20525 Mariani Avenue, MS: 3K, Cupertino, California 95014, 408 973-2121 or 996-1010.”

In fine condition, with very slight creasing to the top edge.

Starting Bid $200

6153. Steve Wozniak Signed Book. Signed

book: iWoz [Chinese Edition]. Beijing, China: Beijing Normal University Press, 2007. Softcover, 6.75 x 9.5, 244 pages. Signed on the title page in black felt tip, “Woz.” In fine condition. Starting Bid $200

6152. Apple ‘Think Different’ Poster Set. Sought-after nearly complete ‘Edu-

cator Set’ of promotional posters issued for Apple’s iconic ‘Think Different’ campaign from 2000, containing nine of the ten 11 x 17 posters, with subjects including: Cesar Chavez, Miles Davis, Amelia Earhart, Mohandas Gandhi, Jane Goodall, Jim Henson and Kermit, John Lennon and Yoko Ono, Pablo Picasso, and James Watson. Includes the original “To the crazy ones” shipping box and Apple transmittal letter issued to an “Educator,” which reads, in part: “We believe that the people we honor are true heroes and outstanding role models for future generations. Our intent and hope is that these posters will stimulate discussion in your classrooms, bring attention to great lives and achievements, and inspire your students to fulfill their own potential.” In fine condition, with wear to original mailing box. Starting Bid $200

Science and Technology 6154. Simulator 240 Analog Computer with Patchboard. 240 Simula-

tor analog computer made by Simulators, Inc. of Northbrook, Illinois. The main 240 Simulator unit measures 20 x 26 x 22, and features colorful patch panels, knobs, and buttons on the front, as well as an integrated voltmeter. Includes an external patch panel, measuring 16 x 15.75 x 5.5, with colorful ports on the front and two trunk cables to the back, which connect to the back of the main unit. Untested and in very good to fine cosmetic condition, with the bar reading “240 Simulator” loose but present. Starting Bid $200

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6157. Antique William Wilton Theodolite Survey Instrument.

6155. EAI MiniAC Analog Computer with Variplotter.

EAI MiniAC analog computer with EAI Variplotter 1110 plotter unit: the MiniAC measures 32.5 x 22 x 13, and the Variplotter measures 19 x 21 x 8.5. The MiniAC was introduced by Electronic Associates, Inc. as a small tabletop transistorized analog computer, designed for students and researchers to run small models and simulations. The front has a colorful patchboard interface with numerous knobs, switches, and buttons. Untested and in very good to fine cosmetic condition, with scuffing to the surface of the plotter. Starting Bid $200

Antique brass theodolite surveying device manufactured by William Wilton, St. Day, Cornwall, featuring a 4.75˝ diameter silvered compass dial with brass cover, 13˝ long scope, bubble level, and adjustable base.

Includes a wooden case with hinged lid, measuring 14˝ x 12˝ x 9˝. In very good to fine condition. Theodolites are precision instruments used by land surveyors to measure horizontal and vertical angles. An appealing, well-crafted antique brass precision instrument. Starting Bid $200

6156. JPL Carl Zeiss SMK 120 Stereo Photogrammetry Camera and Tripod. Carl Zeiss

SMK 120 stereophotogrammetry camera with large wooden tripod, each housed inside its own wooden case; the case for the camera has a NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) Photoscience tag on the lid. The long camera, measuring 52˝ x 7˝ x 3.75˝, is marked on the back: “Zeiss Aerotopo, SMK 120, 28117, Made in Germany.” Each side is fitted with a Carl Zeiss Topogon 1:11 f=60mm lens. The wooden tripod collapses to an overall length of approximately 50˝, and has a Zeiss Aerotopo head with matching number, “28117.” The camera and tripod are in fine condition, with the wooden cases worn, chipped, and cracked. NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory developed the stereophotogrammetry systems to support the Viking Lander, designed to capture topographic information. Starting Bid $300

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6161. Antique Graflex Speed Graphic Press Camera Starting Bid $200

6158. Antique Short & Mason Anemometer Starting Bid $200

6159. Biomedical Galvanic Skin Monitor and Brain Wave Monitor Lot of (2) Starting Bid $200

6160. Antique Graflex Series C Revolving Back Camera Starting Bid $200

6162. Vintage Bell Systems Traffic Camera Starting Bid $200

6163. Optronics Microscope Camera Head with Power Supply Starting Bid $200

6164. AMF Analog Educational Computer Starting Bid $200

6165. Electrocomp Electric Heating Computer Starting Bid $200

6166. Flight Simulator Stimuli Control Panel Starting Bid $200

6167. Geniac Electric Brain Educational Toy Starting Bid $200

6168. Large Antique Brass Petzval Lens by A. T. Thompson & Co. Starting Bid $200

6169. Nida-Trainer Model 115P Transceiver Training Device Starting Bid $200

6170. Optical Rotary Table Starting Bid $200

6171. MAC Panel Computer Programming Patch Board with Cables Starting Bid $200

6172. Wallace & Tiernan Precision Barometer Starting Bid $200

6173. Ednalite Projection Pointer with Zeiss Lens Starting Bid $200

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6174. Antique Bell & Howell 16mm Movie Projector Starting Bid $200

6177. Microdyne Spectrum Display Unit for Telemetry Receiver Starting Bid $200

6181. Antique Schwalb Hermanos Theodolite Survey Instrument Starting Bid $200

6175. Vintage Bell & Howell 16mm Film Projector Starting Bid $200

6176. Antique Pathex 9.5mm Movie Projector with Color Wheel Starting Bid $200

6178. Antique Steam Engine Model Starting Bid $200

6179. Antique German Steam Engine Model Starting Bid $200

6182. Thunder Scientific Humidity Sensor Starting Bid $200

6180. Siemens Teletype Signal Analyzer Starting Bid $200

6183. W-P Instruments Window Discriminator Starting Bid $200

Aviation 6184. John Alcock and Arthur Brown Pair of Signed Menus. Desirable

pairing of commemorative menus signed by John Alcock and Arthur Brown, who made the first nonstop transatlantic flight together in June 1919 to win a £10,000 prize sponsored by the Daily Mail. Includes: a colorful 7.5 x 9 official menu for the luncheon honoring the winners of the 1919 Trans-Atlantic Air Race on June 20, 1919, signed on the front cover in ink, “J. Alcock” and “A. W. Brown”; and an official 4.25 x 6.25 menu for the Royal Aero Club’s banquet celebrating the flight on June 23, 1919, signed on the front cover in pencil, “J. Alcock,” and in ink, “A. W. Brown,” and also signed by other guests. In overall very good to fine condition, with scattered creasing and soiling to the first menu. Starting Bid $200

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6185. Louis Bleriot Group of (22) Photographs. Wonderful collection of original vintage photographs associated with French inventor and aviator Louis Bleriot (1872–1936), who in 1909 became world-famous for making the first airplane flight across the English Channel, comprising 22 photos measuring approximately 7 x 5, and 8 rare oversized photos on 15 x 11.5 mounts. Taken between 1905 and 1910, the photos show a variety of Bleriot aircraft at demonstrations and exhibitions. Also includes a beautiful original 35 x 17.75 circa 1909 color lithograph of Bleriot’s flight over the English Channel by Ernest Montaut, which has been professionally linen-backed. The print has a repaired tear to the lower left and is affected by several vertical bends. In overall very good to fine condition.Starting Bid $300

6186. Octave Chanute Group of Photographs, Letters, and Booklets. Impressive collection of material

related to aviation pioneer Octave Chanute (1832–1910), a civil engineer who assisted many budding aviation enthusiasts, including the Wright Brothers. Includes: a printed patent for a “Means for Aerial Flight” from 1897; three small photographs of Herring and Avery gliding experiments on a Chanute glider, circa 1896–1897; two ALSs in French by Chanute to Jacques Balsan, a French aviation pioneer who purchased a Chanute glider; a freight invoice to Balsan for “crating Aeroplane”; and a hardcover booklet entitled “Recent Progress in Aviation”

by Octave Chanute. In overall very good to fine condition.

Starting Bid $300

6187. Dieudonne Costes and Maurice Bellonte Group of Letters, Signed Photos, and Photographs.

Amazing collection of items associated with Dieudonne Costes and Maurice Bellonte, who made a historic crossing of the Atlantic in 1930 when they flew the Breguet 19 Super Bidon ‘Point d’Interrogation [Question Mark]’ from Villacoublay near Paris to New York for a 37 hour, 18 minute flight covering 3,850 miles. The collection comprises an assortment of thirteen signed items, plus unsigned photographs chronicling their historic flight. In overall very good to fine condition.Starting Bid $500 36 |

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6188. Deperdussin Monoplanes Archive of Letters and Photographs. Impressive archive of photos, letters,

and pamphlets associated with several record-breaking pilots of Deperdussin aircraft. The 1910 Deperdussin monoplane was the first aircraft to be built in significant quantities by Aéroplanes Deperdussin, a French aircraft manufacturer founded by Armand Deperdussin. After making a fortune in the silk business, Deperdussin established an aircraft works at Laon in 1909, and hired engineer Louis Béchereau (1880–1970) as his technical director. In overall very good to fine condition. Starting Bid $300

Eiffel plans an ‘Aerodrome’ at his tower’s base

6189. Gustave Eiffel Letter Signed. LS in French, signed “G. Eiffel,” two pages on two adjoining sheets, 8 x 10.25, January 21, 1904. Letter to the president of the Commission Scientifique de l’Aero Club, concerning his submission for a “projet d’Aerodrome a la Tour Eiffel,” an aerodrome at the Eiffel Tower, intended to safely allow experiments for heavier-than-air flying machines. Includes a 12-page booklet documenting the proposal, entitled “Projet d’Aerodrome a La Tour Eiffel,” bearing a stamped Eiffel signature on the first free end page, containing several plates diagramming the proposed mechanisms. Also includes an original vintage 7 x 5 photograph of the interior of Eiffel’s wind tunnel laboratory. In very good to fine condition.

Starting Bid $200

6190. English Channel Group of Photographs and Document. Sensational archive relating to the first attempted and successful crossings of the English Channel by Louis Bleriot and Hubert Latham, including: a DS signed by Bleriot; three original photographs of Hubert Latham or his Antoinette IV on July 19, 1909; a gorgeous original oversized photo of Latham flying his Antoinette VII on April 23, 1910; three original photo showing Latham flying his Antoinette IV at air shows; and four original photos showing scenes from the Grande Semaine d’Aviation de la Champagne. In overall fine condition. Starting Bid $300

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6191. Henri Farman Group of Photos and Letters. Superb

collection associated with AngloFrench aviator and aircraft designer Henri Farman (1874– 1958), who in 1908 completed the first 1-kilometer circuit to win the Grand Prix d’Aviation.

Includes a TLS by Farman, a signed postcard, 22 original photographs, and a gorgeous original 35 x 17.75 circa 1908 color lithograph of Farman’s one-kilometer flight by Ernest Montaut. In overall very good to fine condition.

Starting Bid $300

6192. Ferdinand Ferber Group of Notes, Photographs, and Documents.

Important archive from the papers of Ferdinand Ferber (1862–1909), a French Army officer who proved to be a major influence in the development of aviation in France by publicizing the work of the Wright Brothers and raising public interest in manned flight. Includes: a notebook with calculations by Ferber, typescript copy of Ferber’s 11-page letter to the French Minister of War concerning his aviation experiments (illustrated by 15 original vintage photographs), five additional original photographs, and three booklets. In overall very good to fine condition.Starting Bid $300

Lindbergh prepares for a demo of his heart-bypass pump in Copenhagen 6193. Charles Lindbergh Typed Letter Signed. TLS signed “Charles A. Lindbergh,”

two pages, 8 x 10, Long Barn letterhead, June 13, 1936. Letter to John Zwick of the Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research, in part: “I have just returned from a trip to France, where I saw Dr. Carrel and went over a few of the details in regard to setting up and demonstrating the apparatus at Copenhagen.

If it is at all possible, I am planning on going to Copenhagen several weeks in advance to make sure that all necessary facilities are available for a satisfactory operation…It may be necessary for me to cable you to have a suitable motor made and sent to Copenhagen to operate the rotating valve. If it is at all practicable, however, I will arrange to obtain a motor in Denmark.” In very good to fine condition, with short fold splits, a few light stains, and minor paper loss at fold intersections.

When his sister-in-law Elisabeth Morrow was discovered to have rheumatic heart disease in 1929, Lindbergh began a quiet collaboration with Nobel Prize-winning scientist Alexis Carrel on the development of a heart-bypass pump designed to enable open-heart surgery. The result, a perfusion pump, was a hand-blown, 18-inch-high, clear Pyrex glass configuration devised to keep organs functioning outside of the body. Although Morrow sadly passed away in 1934, a year before the pump was completed, its creation served as a precursor to medical devices like the heart-lung machine, in addition to helping develop a practicable method for stopping the heart during surgical procedures. Starting Bid $200 38 |

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6194. Wiley Post and Harold Gatty Signed Flown Cover.

Desirable flown airmail cover carried on the record-breaking “Round the World Flight of the ‘Winnie Mae’” in 1931, bearing six postal cancellations, signed in the upper left corner by Wiley Post as the pilot and Harold Gatty as the navigator. Includes twelve original vintage photographs related to Post, including those of the Winnie Mae, Post and Gatty, and Post in his pressure suit for an altitude record attempt, ranging in size from 5 x 7 to 6.5 x 8.5. In overall very good to fine condition.

Starting Bid $200

6195. John Stringfellow Group of Photographs and Booklets. An impressive collection of material related to John Stringfellow

(1799–1883), known for his work on the Aerial Steam Carriage with William Samuel Henson. Includes a circa 1843 German print of the first airscrew airplane design by Henson and Stringfellow; four vintage photographs of photographs of Stringellow’s flying machines, one mounted and annotated on the reverse by his son; a rare 14-page booklet entitled “A few remarks on what has been done with screw-propelled aero-plane machines, from 1809 to 1892,” by his son F. J. Stringfellow, signed across the top of the front wrap, “With F. J. Stringfellow’s Compts,” including six mounted silver prints; a booklet entitled “Third Annual Report of the Aeronautical Society of Great Britain, with Report upon the Aeronautical Exhibition, for the year 1868”; and a booklet entitled “Revue Generale de l’Architecture et des Travaux Publics,” published in Paris in 1843, with an article entitled “Locomotive Aérienne a Vapeur de M. Henson.” In overall very good condition. Starting Bid $300

6196. Orville Wright and Charles de Lambert Signed Program and Photographs. Fantastic

group of six items from the 1909 ‘Grand Quinzaine d’Aviation de Paris,’ at which French aviator Charles de Lambert took virtually all prizes. Triumphant and flouting the law, on October 18th, he flew over the city of Paris and circled the Eiffel Tower—the first time any aircraft had done so.

Rounding the Eiffel Tower, he headed back to the aerodrome at Juvisy-sur-Orge. His feat was all the more amazing as it had been only a few months earlier that he had been taught to fly by Orville and Wilbur Wright at Pau. Includes: an original program for the ‘Grand Quinzaine,’ signed on the title page in crisp ink, “Orville Wright” and “Cte. de Lambert”; five original vintage photographs of the event, 6.5 x 4, including one of de Lambert’s flight to the Eiffel Tower; and an original 5.25 x 3.5 postcard of de Lambert in his Wright biplane, neatly signed in ink, “Cte. de Lambert.” In overall very good to fine condition, with splitting along the program’s spine. Starting Bid $200

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6198. Air Mail Covers, Photographs, and Postcards Starting Bid $200

6199. American Aviation Pioneers Group of (14) Photo Starting Bid $200

6200. Jean Batten Signed Photo and Signature Starting Bid $200

6201. Louis Bleriot Typed Letter Signed Starting Bid $200

6202. Louis Charles Breguet Signed Photo and Photographs Starting Bid $200

6203. Louis Charles Breguet Typed Letter Signed Starting Bid $200

6204. Richard E. Byrd Group of (5) Items Starting Bid $200

6205. George Cayley Pair of Books Starting Bid $200

6206. Clarence Chamberlin and Charles Levine Group of Photographs Starting Bid $200

6207. Clarence Chamberlin and Lloyd W. Bertaud Original Photograph Starting Bid $200

6208. Henri Coanda Group of (9) Items Starting Bid $200

6209. Curtiss Hydroplanes Document and Group of Photographs Starting Bid $200

6210. Amelia Earhart Original Photograph Starting Bid $200

6211. Early Gliders Group of (12) Photographs Starting Bid $200

6212. Robert Esnault-Pelterie Group of Photos and Documents Starting Bid $300

6213. Maurice Farman Autograph Letter Signed Starting Bid $200

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6214. Flown Douglas D-5582 Skyrocket Cover Starting Bid $200

6215. Flown Experimental Aircraft Covers Group of (2) Starting Bid $200

6217. Flown Jet Mail Covers Group of (9) Starting Bid $200

6218. Flown Military Aircraft Covers Group of (8) Starting Bid $200

6219. Flown Passenger Jet Covers Group of (6) Starting Bid $200

6220. Flown Point Mugu Missile Mail Cover Starting Bid $200

6221. Flown USAF Astronaut Covers Pair of (2) Starting Bid $200

6222. German Aviation Patent: Molnar, Rogler, and Horbiger Starting Bid $200

6223. Wilhelm Kress Group of (5) Items Starting Bid $200

6224. Langley Aerodrome Group of (8) Photographs Starting Bid $200

6225. Samuel P. Langley Group of (3) Items Starting Bid $200

6226. Charles Lindbergh Group of (10) Photographs Starting Bid $200

6227. William M. Magruder Group of (5) Flown Douglas DC-8 Test Flight Covers Starting Bid $200

6228. Hiram Maxim Group of (4) Items Starting Bid $200

6216. Flown Experimental Helicopter Covers Group of (5) Starting Bid $200

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6229. James Means Booklet and Photograph Starting Bid $200

6230. Jim Mollison Signed Photograph Starting Bid $200

6231. Nadar: Juan Bielovucic Photograph Starting Bid $200

6232. Nadar: Society of Encouragement of Aerial Locomotion Group of (3) Items Starting Bid $200

6233. Louis Paulhan Signed Menu and Group of Photographs Starting Bid $200

6234. Alphonse Penaud Group of Photographs and Patent Starting Bid $200

6235. Louis-Francois Roux Group of (8) Items Starting Bid $200

6236. Alberto SantosDumont Group of (23) Photographs Starting Bid $200

6237. Charles Kingsford Smith Group of (6) Items Starting Bid $200

6238. Thomas Sopwith Pair of (2) Signed Photos Starting Bid $200

6239. Wilmer Stultz Signed Cover Starting Bid $200

6240. Gabriel and Charles Voison Group of Photos and Letters Starting Bid $300

6241. Wilbur Wright Original Photograph Starting Bid $200

6242. Wilbur Wright Original Photograph Starting Bid $200

6243. Wilbur Wright Original Photograph Starting Bid $200

6244. Chuck Yeager Signed Book Starting Bid $200

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Space 6245. Astronauts Signed Print. Tremendous color

limited edition 27.25 x 34.25 textured canvas print of a 1997 painting by Alan Bean entitled ‘Reaching for the Stars,’ numbered 945/1500, stretched over a wooden frame, signed along the borders in ink and felt tip by Alan Shepard, John Glenn, Scott Carpenter, Gordon Cooper, Jim McDivitt, Wally Schirra, Richard Gordon, Paul Weitz, Owen Garriott, Jack Lousma, Jerry Carr, Ed Gibson, Bill Pogue, Tom Stafford, Walt Cunningham, Rusty Schweickart, Buzz Aldrin, Charles Conrad, Alan Bean, James Lovell, Fred Haise, Edgar Mitchell, Al Worden, and Charlie Duke. In fine condition. Accompanied by the original Greenwich Workshop information sheet and framing materials. Starting Bid $200

6246. Chinese High Altitude Flight Suit with Helmet. Chinese high altitude pressure suit, complete with a white helmet with visors and a parachute harness. The dark green flight suit features a zip-up front, and the helmet has a bright red star at the center. In fine to very fine condition. Starting Bid $200

“When I was 16 I decided to devote all my efforts to the task of building rockets which would enable man to visit the Moon and the Planets” 6248. Wernher von Braun Typed Letter Signed. TLS,

one page, 7.75 x 10.5, personal letterhead, May 10, 1955. Letter to Henri Corbiere, in full: “Enclosed find my answers to your inquiry dated 4th April 1955.”

The unsigned one-page typed enclosure is present, offering answers to four biographical questions. Braun replies regarding his scientific ‘debut’: “When I was 16 I decided to devote all my efforts to the task of building rockets which would enable man to visit the Moon and the Planets. I studied Physics and Engineering with this sole objective in mind.” He goes on to discuss his history with the V-2 rocket: “During World War II, I headed the technical organization which developed the V-2 rocket. Most of the credit I got for this was undeserved, however, since this rocket was actually the product of a joint effort of several thousand engineers, scientists and technicians. My part was merely to keep the effort coordinated.” In fine condition. Accompanied by the original mailing envelope.

A wonderful, prescient piece written fourteen years before von Braun’s vision—a man on the moon—would become a reality.Starting Bid $200

6247. Shenzhou 6 Model. Extremely attractive 1:80 scale gold-tone model of the

Shenzhou 6 spacecraft made by the China Academy of Space Technology (CAST).

Includes a set of four screw-in solar panels and a 2.25˝ x 2˝ x 2.25˝ wooden base with English/Chinese nameplate; the model, when set on base with panels deployed, measures approximately 7˝ x 8˝. In fine condition, with a bit of wear to padded bottom of base. Includes the original leather presentation box from CAST. Starting Bid $200

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Project Mercury Flight Controller Handbook belonging to Gene Kranz 6249. MA-9: Gene Kranz’s Mission-Used Project Book. Out-

standing Project Mercury Flight Controller Handbook personally-owned and –used by longtime NASA flight director Gene Kranz. Contained with its original black NASA three-ring binder, 10.5 x 11.5, the handbook is dated between December 15, 1962, and April 15, 1963, and consists of hundreds of pages worth of material related to preparations for the launch of MercuryAtlas 9 and Gordon Cooper’s Faith 7.

A preceding Project Mercury Network Station Distribution packet leads to the opening cover of the handbook, issued as “FCH–2,” with felt tip notation to upper right identifying it as “Copy No 28.”

The handbook is intended to supply procedural information for the Flight Crew and the Flight Control Teams for on-site mission responsibilities, and is divided into four sections: Section 100 General, Section 200 Tests & Procedures, Section 300 Reports, and Amendment A. Several flight plans and mission-specific paperwork is also included in the binder. In fine condition, with expected wear to covers. Accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from Farthest Reaches, stating that the handbook comes from Kranz’s personal archives.Starting Bid $500

Scarce Gemini 6 Fliteline medallion—one of 10 flown gold-plated examples 6250. Tom Stafford’s Gemini 6 Flown Fliteline Gold Medal.

Flown Gemini 6 Fliteline goldplated medallion, 1˝ diameter, with the front featuring a raised design of the mission insignia, the reverse engraved with the mission date, “December 15–16, 1965,” as well as “GT–GT–6,” and the rim marked “E.” Condition is mint state, with slight wear to rim. Includes the original Fliteline case. A highly desirable flown medallion given that of the few examples that traveled with Wally Schirra and Tom Stafford on the Gemini 6 mission—which achieved the first manned rendezvous with another spacecraft, its sister Gemini 7 capsule—only 10 were gold-plated, with the balance minted in silver. From the personal collection of General Thomas P. Stafford; proceeds to benefit the Stafford Air and Space Museum (SASM) Foundation expansion fund. Starting Bid $200

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6251. Saturn J-2 Engine Component.

Rocketdyne J-2 engine component, as used in NASA’s Saturn IB and Saturn V launch vehicles. The circular component measures 7.75˝ in diameter and has a green interior.

Sealed within its original plastic, with a label identifying it as “P/N 459762-3.” Housed within its original padded metal canister container. In very good to fine condition, with rust and wear to the canister. Starting Bid $200

Desirable Apollo-era In-Flight Coverall Garment, made in 1968 6252. Apollo In-Flight Coverall Garment (ICG) Chamber Suit. Rare NASA In-Flight Coverall Garment (ICG) Chamber Suit consisting of a white jacket and pants, likely produced for use in an Apollo spacecraft altitude chamber test run. The jacket has snap closures and a NASA ‘meatball’ Beta patch on the right breast, with the tag sewn inside the collar reading: “Jacket Assy., BW-1047-01, Size: MR, S/N: 2035, Chamber Suit, BW-1047-001…Contract No.: NAS 9-8309, Date of Mfg.: 12-23-68, Mfg. By: B. Welson Co.,” as well as a felt tip notation, “ART 2787.” The tag inside the pants identifies them as “Trouser Assy., BW-1047-02, Size: MS, S/N: 2014, Chamber Suit, BW-1047-001…Date of Mfg.: 12-18-68,” with felt tip notations, “Schott” and “ART 2803.” In overall fine condition. The In-Flight Coverall Garment was developed by NASA to offer far more flexibility than the bulky spacesuit, so astronauts changed into these after launch to be more comfortable during their long flight. This ICG variant, “BW-1047,” was a ground test/training article. Starting Bid $300

Sought-after crew litho signed during a capsule inspection in 1966 6253. Apollo 1 Signed Photograph.

Exceptional official color 10 x 8 NASA lithograph of the Apollo 1 prime crew posing in their blue flight suits with a model of the ill-fated Block I Command Module, signed in black felt tip, “Edward H. White II,” “Gus Grissom,” and “Roger B. Chaffee.” In very good to fine condition, with a light crease to the lower left corner, and a professionally repaired 2.25” tear which runs under, but does not touch, Chaffee’s last name, and is difficult to see straight-on. Accompanied by a full letter of authenticity from Beckett Authentication Services. Accompanied by a letter of provenance stating that this was purchased in 1987 from the original recipient, an employee at North American Aviation, the prime contractor for the Apollo 1 capsule, in part: “He told me that he had obtained the signatures on this photograph when all three members of the Apollo One crew came to the North American Downey (CA) facility for a crew inspection of the Apollo One capsule. He said that the flight crew did an onsite inspection of the Apollo One capsule (initially designated AS-204) at the NAA Downey facility on three dates in 1966: Feb 9th, June 24th, and August 22nd.” Starting Bid $1000

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Remarkable 18-foot long training diagram of the Apollo 8 CSM-103 controls

6254. Apollo 8 Large Format Command Module Training Diagrams. Huge North American Aviation (NAA)–produced large-format paper diagram of the Apollo 8 Command Module 103 displays and controls panels, measuring 18.5´ x 3´.

These large format diagrams were intended for wall-mounting for use by astronauts in mission-specific training. This copy came from the estate of the NAA branch chief for Apollo Displays and Controls and is marked as “For Training Purposes Only.”

Rolled and in very good to fine condition, with toning, some edge tears, and a few small repairs. A beautiful and impressive display piece. Starting Bid $200

Aldrin’s set of gorgeous ‘night airglow’ photos from Gemini 12 6255. Buzz Aldrin Personally-Owned and Annotated Photographs. Buzz Aldrin’s collection of four vintage mattefinish ‘night airglow’ photos taken by him and Command Pilot James Lovell during the Gemini 12 mission on November 13 and 14, 1966, applied to three 14 x 11 display sheets prepared by the Naval Research Laboratory for “NASA Experiment S-11.”

Includes the original mailing envelope addressed to Aldrin, annotated in Aldrin’s hand in felt tip, “Gemini XII, Nite Airglow Photos,” and a TLS from Martin J. Koomen, a project scientist at the Naval Research Laboratory, dated January 30, 1969, addressed to Aldrin and forwarding the photos. In overall very good to fine condition. Starting Bid $200

6256. Neil Armstrong Signed Book. Sought-

after signed book: Apollo: Ten Years Since Tranquility Base. Washington, D.C.: National Air and Space Museum, 1979. Softcover, 8 x 10, 174 pages. Signed nicely on the half-title page in blue ballpoint by Neil Armstrong. In fine condition, with light cover wear. Starting Bid $200

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6257. Neil Armstrong Signed Photograph. Of-

ficial color 7.75 x 9.75 NASA lithograph of Commander Neil Armstrong posing in his white space suit against a lunar background, signed boldly in black felt tip. Doublematted and framed with a small ‘moon-landing’ plaque and an embroidered Apollo 11 mission patch to an overall size of 15.75 x 21.75. In fine condition, with scattered small surface creases. A very desirable uninscribed portrait.

Starting Bid $300

Mission control-used lunar module manuals from an Apollo 11 flight controller

6258. Apollo 11 Engineer’s Manuals. Remarkable pair of ring-bound manuals used by NASA engineer and TELMU flight controller Don Puddy during and after the historic moon-landing mission of Apollo 11. The hand-assembled manuals, both 9 x 11, are annotated on their respective front covers in black felt tip, “LM Timeline, Apollo 11, TELCOM” and “LM5 Checklists,” with Puddy adding his surname below.

The inside cover of the “LM Timeline” manual bears a signed handwritten assessment by Flight Director Gene Kranz, which reads: “During the lunar descent Don met many challenges—The communications, telemetry and voice were broken—unusable requiring frequent calls for antenna switching via Mike Collins in the command module—Gene F. Kranz, Flight Director, Apollo 11 Landing.” Immediately below, the mission’s CMP has written in black felt tip: “Thanks, Don Puddy—Michael Collins, Apollo XI.” The copiously annotated manual, in pencil and various colored felt tip, features numerous charts, timelines, and graphs relative to landing and communication procedures—with Puddy isolating, underlining, and making note of certain integral steps.

The second, thicker “LM5 Checklists” manual is also annotated throughout, with tabbed sections associated with “Mission Rules,” “CB Function,” “EVA Prep,” “Launch Prep,” and “EMER 40.” Included among its contents are checklists concerning LM-5 activation, lunar surface, and contingency, as well as the mission’s Flight Data File with fold-out charts, and the Apollo Operations Handbook with LM malfunction procedures. Affixed to the inside of the front cover is a hand-marked copy of the “Apollo 11 Shift Schedule.” The open spines of both manuals are marked in black felt tip: “APOLLO 11.” In overall fine condition, with expected wear and aging.

Don Puddy (1937–2004) was a highly regarded NASA engineer and manager who worked at the space agency for over 30 years. Puddy was on duty during the Apollo 11 lunar landing as a TELMU, a flight controller responsible for the electrical, life support and communications systems of the Lunar Module. As Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin drifted behind the moon, the LM telemetry and voice communication went awry, causing deafening noise on the air-to-ground communications loop. Puddy proved invaluable in this Go or NoGo situation, working alongside CapCom Charlie Duke to maintain voice communication with the Eagle. As mission control continued to lose data from the LM, Puddy made the call to switch to the LM aft antenna, an order relayed to Duke to Collins to Aldrin. The quick restoration of data communications enabled the Eagle to complete telemetry assessments and forward Go command for powered descent and eventual burn. A superb tandem of mission control-used manuals from the personal collection of one of Apollo 11’s under-the-radar heroes. Starting Bid $300

6259.

Neil Armstrong Signed Program. Program

front cover for the Motorola Communications Petroleum Seminar held in Houston, Texas, on June 15, 1972, signed in black ink by Neil Armstrong.

In fine condition. Starting Bid $200

6260. Apollo 13 Flown Couch Segment. Flown swatch of fabric from the

backing material of the astronauts’ couches inside the Apollo 13 Command Module, housed in a limited edition Lucite display, numbered 176/200. The cylinder, measuring 2.75˝ in diameter and 3.25˝ tall, features the Apollo 13 mission insignia at the base. In fine condition. Accompanied by a laminated certificate of authenticity from the Astronaut Scholarship Foundation signed by Fred Haise, the Apollo 13 LMP. Starting Bid $200 www.RRAuction.com | 47

Prototype Apollo A7L lunar boot created for Neil Armstrong and the Apollo 11 mission

6261. Neil Armstrong Boot Prototype. Rare uncompleted Apollo A7L lunar boot manufactured by International Latex Corporation (ILC) in Dover, Delaware, around late 1968 or early 1969, with inner liner featuring a stitched Beta cloth name-tag marked: “Armstrong.” The prototype boot measures approximately 8˝ inches tall, 12.75˝ inches long, and 5.5˝ inches wide, and includes its light blue silicon ‘moon boot’ tread marked inside in faded red felt tip, “177.” The construction of the boot consists of the aluminized Mylar insulation layers with gold-tone Kapton tape and liner material bearing a large stitched “R,” characteristics in keeping with the configuration of an Apollo-era lunar boot.

This example is incomplete due to the absence of outer Beta cloth, the Chromel–R fabrics, and the various snaps and straps necessary for secure fitting and closure; this boot was likely intended for a primary flight, backup, or for training activities, but due to ILC’s strict inspection regulations, the boot was rejected for reasons unknown and was never forwarded for final assembly.

The missing hardware and Chromel-R fabrics are a telling omission; given the price of Chromel-R material in 1968—$3,000 per yard—it is probable that such material was salvaged and repurposed for another boot. The presence of the Armstrong name-tag further confirms the likelihood that this prototype was designed and constructed to support the Apollo 11 mission, the only moon-landing mission to involve Armstrong.

Includes a custom presentation stand and an uncommon 12.25 x 13.5 multilayered section of the various materials involved in the creation of an Apollo A7L lunar boot. In fine condition. Accompanied by a letter of authenticity from ILC historian Bill Ayrey.

Worn by NASA astronauts for Project Apollo, the three manned Skylab flights, and the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project between 1968 and the close of the Apollo program in 1975, the A7L suit was the seventh Apollo space suit designed and built by ILC Dover. The A7L suit followed up on the initial designs of the A5L and the A6L suits, which introduced the integrated thermal and micrometeroid cover layer. After the deadly Apollo 1 fire, the suit was upgraded to be fire-resistant and was then given the designation of A7L, with this incomplete ‘overshoe’ representing one of an untold, albeit scarce, number of preliminary versions that led to the final design of the Apollo 11 lunar boot. A sensationally rare artifact that offers unique insight into the intensive design and quality assurance placed upon the very boot worn by Armstrong over the course of his quarter-of-a-million mile journey to become the first human being to set foot on the moon. Starting Bid $5000

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From the South Pole to the Moon 6262. Dave Scott’s Apollo 15 Lunar Orbit and South Pole Flown Flag.

Flown 5.75 x 4 American flag carried to the South Pole from January 9–15, 1970, and then flown to lunar orbit aboard the Command Module Endeavor during the Apollo 15 mission from July 26–August 7, 1971, signed by Dave Scott with his first initial on the bottom white stripe in blue ink, “D,” adding, “SP, A-15.” In fine condition. Accompanied by a signed letter of provenance from Scott, in part: “I hereby certify that the United States flag included with this letter…was carried to the South Pole, Antarctica…and then flown in lunar orbit for six days aboard the CSM Endeavor during Apollo 15…The symbol ‘SP’ means that the flag was carried in my pocket to the South Pole…and ‘A-15’ means that during Apollo 15 this flag was carried aboard the Command and Service Module (CSM) Endeavor…This is one of only several unique flags that have made the journey to both the South Pole of the Earth and the orbit of the Moon.” Flags carried on any Apollo mission are highly desirable, with this particular flag making an extra trip to Earth’s southernmost point during Scott’s 1970 NASA research trip to Antarctica. From the personal collection of Dave Scott. Starting Bid $1000

Carried for 74 orbits around the moon 6263. Dave Scott’s Apollo 15 Lunar Orbit-Flown Flag. Desirable flown American

flag carried into lunar orbit aboard the Command Module Endeavor during the Apollo 15 mission, 6.25 x 4, signed in the lower right corner in blue ballpoint by Dave Scott with his first initial, “D,” adding, “A-15 CSM Aug. 71.” In fine condition.

Accompanied by a signed letter of provenance from Scott, in part: “I hereby certify that the small United States flag…included with this letter is from my personal collection and was flown in lunar orbit for six days aboard the Command and Service Module (CSM), Endeavor, during Apollo 15, July 26–August 7, 1971.” Flown with CMP Al Worden during the Endeavor’s six days in lunar orbit, this exceptional flag orbited the moon a total of 74 times, and now exists as a patriotic extension of one of the Apollo program’s most scientifically rewarding missions. From the personal collection of Dave Scott. Starting Bid $500 www.RRAuction.com | 49

Striking mid-sized American flag, carried into lunar orbit on the CSM Endeavor 6264. Dave Scott’s Apollo 15 Lunar Orbit-Flown Mid-Sized Flag. Supremely

desirable mid-sized flown American flag carried into lunar orbit on Apollo 15, 11.5 x 7.5, signed in the lower right corner in blue ballpoint by Dave Scott with his first initial, “D,” adding, “A-15, CSM Aug. ‘71.” In fine condition, with a central vertical fold, and a fold to the upper right corner. Accompanied by a signed letter of provenance from Scott, in part: “I hereby certify that the medium United States flag… is from my personal collection and was flown aboard the Command and Service Module (CSM) Endeavor in lunar orbit for six days during Apollo 15, July 26–August 7, 1971…

After orbiting the Moon for a day in preparation for the landing, Jim Irwin and I landed the lunar module ‘Falcon’ on the Moon between Hadley Rille and the Apennine Mountains…During the three days we were on the Moon, Al Worden flew the ‘Endeavor’ solo in lunar orbit…The ‘Falcon’ remained on the lunar surface for 66 hours and 54 minutes, after which we launched and completed a direct rendezvous…docking with the Command and Service Module (CSM) ‘Endeavor’ in lunar orbit, after which we spent two more days in lunar orbit conducting scientific experiments and photography…This Apollo 15 medium United States Flag has been in my personal collection since returning to Earth.” A fine example of one of the most highly sought flown formats.

From the personal collection of Dave Scott. Starting Bid $1000

Surface-flown ‘Sieger’ cover from the personal collection of Commander Dave Scott 6265. Dave Scott’s Apollo 15 Lunar SurfaceFlown Sieger Cover. Sought-after flown Apollo 15

‘Sieger’ postal cover carried to the lunar surface aboard the LM Falcon, numbered 52/400 [hand-corrected], signed in the lower left corner in black felt tip by Dave Scott, Al Worden, and Jim Irwin. The reverse is marked in ballpoint with NASA serial number “049.” The cover retains its Apollo 15 informational insert. Includes a one-page typed notarized certification, signed “Alfred M. Worden,” “David R. Scott,” and “James B. Irwin,” dated July 19, 1983, stating that postal covers were “carried aboard the Apollo 15 Spacecraft during the entire term of the Mission, to include landing on the moon…The postal covers were in the possession of one or more of the undersigned until 1972, at which time they were deposited with the United States Government…The undersigned have this date inspected Postal Cover No. 52, bearing NASA Serial No. 049, and aver, affirm and certify that said Postal Cover is a cover which was carried aboard the United States Lunar Mission—Apollo 15.” All three crew members have also added their initials to a small correction in the text. In fine condition. From the personal collection of Dave Scott and accompanied by a signed letter of provenance outlining in detail the controversial history of these flown ‘Sieger’ covers. Starting Bid $1000 50 |

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Carried on Apollo 9, the first flight of the CSM

“First to dock in space”— flown medallion from Gemini 8 6268. Dave Scott’s Gemini 8 Flown Fliteline Medallion. Dave

6266. Dave Scott’s Apollo 9 Flown Mission Patch.

Flown embroidered Apollo 9 mission patch, measuring 3.5? in diameter, signed and flight-certified on the reverse in blue felt tip, “Flown aboard Apollo 9, Dave Scott, CMP.” In fine condition.

Accompanied by a signed letter of provenance from Scott, in part: “I hereby certify that the Apollo 9 patch included with this letter was flown aboard Apollo 9, March 3–13, 1969…This Apollo 9 patch has been in my personal collection since we returned from the mission.” A desirable flown example of the Apollo 9 insignia, the design of which represents the orbits of the CSM and LM during their rendezvous maneuvers. From the personal collection of Dave Scott. Starting Bid $200

From the personal collection of the Apollo 9 CMP

6267. Dave Scott’s Apollo 9 Flown Robbins Medal.

D ave Scott’s flown sterling silver Apollo 9 Robbins medal with a raised design of the mission insignia on the face, approximately 1˝ in diameter, engraved with the mission dates on the reverse, “March 3–13, 1969,” encircled by the names of the astronauts in raised text. The medal is serial numbered “7” and includes its original matching case, with the foam material inside having disintegrated completely (as is typical). Condition is mint state, with some light tarnishing. From the personal collection of Dave Scott and accompanied by a signed letter of provenance. Starting Bid $300

Scott’s goldplated Fliteline medallion flown aboard the Gemini 8 mission, approximately 1˝ in diameter, with a raised insignia of the mission on the front, and the reverse engraved, “First to dock in space. 16, March, 1966.” Includes the original plastic case (with disintegrated foam liner). Exhibits heavy tarnishing to the reverse. From the personal collection of Dave Scott and accompanied by a signed letter of provenance, in part: “I hereby certify that the gold-finish Gemini VIII medallion included with this letter was flown aboard the Gemini VIII mission on March 16, 1966...I was Pilot on Gemini VIII, with Neil Armstrong as Commander, the first docking in space and the second rendezvous in space.”

After completing the world’s first orbital docking, the Gemini VIII capsule, still docked to the Agena, began to roll. Tumbling at a dizzying rate, Armstrong and Scott used the capsule’s reentry control thrusters to stop the motion, an emergency decision that forced them to end their mission just ten hours after launch. Starting Bid $300

6269. John Young Signed Photograph.

Sought-after color satin-finish 10 x 8 photo of Young leaping off the lunar surface and saluting the American flag, signed nicely in silver ink, “John Young, Apollo 16 CDR.” In very fine condition. Starting Bid $200

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Serial No. 13 of the sought-after officially-certified Apollo 17 insurance covers, signed by the entire crew 6270. Gene Cernan’s Apollo 17 Insurance Cover. A superb example of one of Eugene A. Cernan’s Apollo 17 insurance covers, 6.5 x 3.5, bearing a mission cachet and “NASA Manned Spacecraft Center Stamp Club” text. Signed in black felt tip by the entire crew as “Gene Cernan,” “Jack Schmitt,” and “Ron Evans.” The obverse bears Gene Cernan’s official “Insurance Cover” hand-stamp personally applied by him in 2009, and on its back his official “Eugene A. Cernan Space Collection” hand-stamp also affixed by him then. This particular cover bears serial number “13,” along with three postmarks later personally acquired by Cernan dated December 7th of 1992, 2002, and 2007. In fine condition.

One of the very rare and extremely desirable Apollo 17 insurance covers from mission commander (and last man on the moon) Gene Cernan’s personal space collection. This is one of only 250 Apollo 17 insurance covers in existence believed to have ever been specifically-certified as insurance covers (and

by Gene Cernan himself, via his serially-numbered certificates).

This cover also includes a separate informational certificate prepared for the covers in July 2018. Very few insurance covers for the Apollo 17 mission exist, as the crew wanted to avoid any philatelic controversy spurred by the Apollo 15 flown ‘Sieger’ postal cover scandal that same year. As such, only Cernan and his Command Module Pilot Ron Evans signed the covers shortly before launch, whereas lunar module pilot Harrison Schmitt signed them after the mission (and likely the chief reason the covers were not postmarked on the date of launch).

Held by mission commander Cernan in his personal space collection for almost four decades after the mission, this is one of the most desirable and attractive insurance covers from any Apollo mission! Starting Bid $300

6271. John Y o u n g Signed Photograph.

Sought-after color satin-finish 8 x 10 fulllength photo of Young posing in his white space suit with an Apollo 16 mission insignia in the background, signed in thin black felt tip, “John Young, 9th man on the moon, Apollo 16.” In very fine condition. Starting Bid $200

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Skylab 2 Unflown Robbins Medal.

Unflown sterling silver Skylab 2 (SLM-1) Robbins medal, approximately 1.25˝ in diameter, with a raised mission insignia design on the face, and the reverse is engraved with the Skylab station launch date of May 14, 1973, the crew launch date of May 25, 1973, and the crew return date of June 22, 1973, with the medal serial numbered “295” on the edge. Condition is mint state. Starting Bid $200

Flown Beta patch from the American commander of the ASTP 6273. Tom Staff o r d ’s A p o l l o Soyuz Flown CrewSigned Beta Patch.

Rare flown 5.5 x 5.5 swatch of Beta cloth bearing a 3.5˝ diameter emblem of the Apollo– Soyuz Test Project, signed around the insignia in black ink by Thomas Stafford, Deke Slayton, and Valeri Kubasov, in green ink by Alexei Leonov, and in purple ink by Vance Brand. In fine condition, with light fading to Leonov. Accompanied by a signed letter of authenticity from Commander Stafford, in part: “This is to certify that the accompanying Apollo/Soyuz Test Project Beta Cloth Patch bearing the signatures of the American and Soviet crew was carried, by me, aboard our spacecraft during the first flight of international cooperation.” From the personal collection of General Thomas P. Stafford; proceeds to benefit the Stafford Air and Space Museum (SASM) Foundation expansion fund.

Starting Bid $300

6275. Hubble Space Telescope DIU Flight Model Harness. Hubble Space

Telescope Data Interface Unit (HST/DIU) flight model wiring harness, measuring 24˝ long, featuring a white cord terminating in “J13” and “P13” electrical connectors, marked on the “J13” connector, “4178421-503 S/ N002F.” Includes the original bag. In fine condition. This Class I spare is presumed flown, but not used. Starting Bid $200

6276. Space Shuttle and International Space Station Communications Carriers. Pair

of two Communications Carriers designed for use aboard the Space Shuttle and International Space Station, including: one white headset with a thin metal headband, marked on the cable, “P/N SED16101291-314, VLHS S/N 7010”; and one black headset with a thicker rubberized headband, marked on the cable, “P/N 528-21779-2, VLHS-SMS S/N 1147.” Includes one detached padded earpiece. In overall fine condition. Starting Bid $200

Uncommon Robbins medal for Apollo–Soyuz 6274. Tom Stafford’s Apollo-Soyuz Robbins Medallion.

Unflown sterling silver Apollo-Soyuz Robbins Medal, approximately 1.25˝ in diameter, with a raised design on the face of the mission insignia, and the mission and astronauts’ names in both English and Cyrillic. The reverse is engraved with the launch and entry dates, as well as “First Joint U.S.-U.S.S.R. Space Flight.” Medal is serial numbered on the rim, “155,” and includes its original case. Condition is mint state, with some toning to rim and inscription field. The Apollo–Soyuz Test Project marked the first joint US–Soviet space flight, and culminated in the docking of an Apollo Command/Service Module with the Soviet Soyuz 19 on July 17, 1975. The first space mission to be televised live during the launch, while in space, and during the landing, the ASTP promptly ended the Space Race and did much to assuage tensions between the two Cold War superpowers—the event was hailed by both sides as ‘a political act of peace’ which ended the Cold War human space race. Additionally, ASTP represents the only space flight for original Mercury astronaut Deke Slayton. A seldom-seen Robbins medal from the Apollo program.

From the personal collection of General Thomas P. Stafford; proceeds to benefit the Stafford Air and Space Museum (SASM) Foundation expansion fund. The hammer price, minus the auction estimate, is considered a tax deductible donation to the SASM; winning bidder should contact the SASM for a donation letter. Starting Bid $300

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Highly displayable original 1970s Soviet space suit 6277. Soviet Sokol-K Space Suit. Original circa

1970s Soviet Sokol-K space suit, featuring the flag of the USSR on the left shoulder and a Salyut program patch on the right breast. Made of gray nylon canvas, the suit includes the integral pressurized hood/helmet with hinged polycarbonate visor, communications headset with white mesh skullcap, detachable gloves, pressure gauge on the left wrist, and pressure equalization valve below the heart. The front has lace-up and Velcro closures, as well as anodized aluminum umbilical attachments for electricity, air, and coolant, with attached cables and hoses. The legs have pleated knees with utility pockets at the thighs and ankles, with integral gray nylon booties at the feet. The suit has been stuffed for display purposes, rendering a mannequin unnecessary.

In very good to fine condition, with scuffs and scratches to the visor, and light general wear. The Sokol-K suit was classed as a ‘rescue suit’ since it was not suitable for EVA use, but designed to keep the wearer alive in the event of accidental spacecraft depressurization.

Starting Bid $1000

6278. Space Shuttle 4000 Series EMU Glove TMG.

Desirable lefthanded 4000 series Space Shuttle glove TMG (Thermal Micrometeoroid Garment), with an ILC-Dover tag on the interior, reading: “Item: TMG, Glove Assy., Part No. 0106-8897501, Serial No. 053, Size OBZH, Code ID. 74897.” The glove TMG features a gray palm with blue fingertips. Includes the JSC Project Parts Tag and deaccession bag. In very good condition, with heavy wear to the exterior. The TMG is the outermost layer of the spacesuit and provides insulation, radiation shielding, and protection from micrometeorites that could otherwise puncture the suit. Starting Bid $300

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6279. Space Shuttle and International Space Station EMU Glove Flocked Bladder Assembly. Left-handed Flocked Bladder Assembly for a Space Shuttle/International Space Station Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU) glove, annotated inside the wrist, “P/N 0106-88971-01, Size: 03-ZC, S/N 133.” The bladder is made of a green urethane material and is designed to maintain pressure in the EMU glove assembly, while not limiting the finger joints and wrist gimbals. Includes a red JSC Project Discrepant Parts tag, dated September 29, 2008, noting “several holes located in fingertips” during inspection. Includes the original deaccession bag, marked “Scrap.”

In very good to fine condition. Starting Bid $200

6280. Space Shuttle and International Space Station Microphone Boom. Small

microphone boom associated with the Space Shuttle and International Space Station programs, measuring 6.75˝ long, marked near the base: “P/N 38-014652-04A, Not For Flight, S/N 03033.” Includes the original bag bearing an affixed Flight Ops Process Tag. In fine condition.

Starting Bid $200

6281. Space Shuttle Annunciator Control Panel Faceplate. SSpace

Shuttle Annunciator Control Panel faceplate, 6 x 12, featuring white text on a gray background, with areas marked “Annunciator,” “Lamp Test,” “Bus Select,” “Intensity,” “CDP,” “MDM,” and so on. The reverse is marked “Not For Flight,” with part numbers “03953-MC-434-01830004NF, MFR-16329, Rev. A….S/N 002, W/O 6801, 11-03.” In very good condition, with a crack to the left side of the plate. The annunciator is part of the caution and warning system, with lighting to provide visual indications of the status of the vehicle and payload systems.

Starting Bid $200

6282. Space Shuttle EMU Boot Sizing Insert Toe Cap Assembly. Boot Siz-

ing Insert Toe Cap Assembly for a Space Shuttle EMU Boot, measuring approximately 12˝ x 4.5˝ x 3.25˝, marked on the top: “Item: Boot Insert, Sizing, Right, P/N 0104-22664-16, S/N 084, Size: OL LGE-LGE, Code ID 74897, MFG 5/82, Contract NAS 9-15150,” with a felt tip notation, “Class III W.” In fine condition. Accompanied by the part bag.

The Boot Sizing Insert was designed to give an astronaut a custom fit within a standard boot. Starting Bid $200

6283. Space Shuttle IBM Laptop. A

Payload and General Support Computer (PGSC) manufactured by IBM as a ThinkPad Model 760XD laptop, with modifications for use aboard the Space Shuttle including numerous blue Velcro swatches and a special power plug. Labels on the cover identify it as “PCS (760XD), P/N 9546-U9E, S/N 5037” and “SJD39129756-802, STS2, WinDecom.” Additional labels read “2011” and “Class III, Not for Flight.” In very good to fine condition. The flight plans for STS-120 and STS-129 both indicate use of a computer called STS2 (‘WinDecom’).

Starting Bid $200

6284. STS-1 Unflown Robbins Medal.

Unflown sterling silver STS-1 Robbins medal, possibly a prototype, approximately 1.5˝ in diameter, featuring a raised design of the mission insignia on the face. The reverse is encircled by the names of the astronauts, John Young and Bob Crippen, and is engraved with the launch date, “April 12, 1981,” and landing date and location, “April 14, 1981, RW23 Edwards AFB.” The medal lacks a serial number and is stamped with the Robbins hallmark on the edge. Condition is mint state. Accompanied by a small plastic box with stiff blue liner. From the collection of a former Robbins Company executive. STS-1 was the very first flight of NASA’s prolific Space Shuttle program, and stands as the only maiden voyage of a new US spacecraft to carry a crew.

Starting Bid $200

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Robbins medal collection honoring 52 Space Shuttle and Expedition missions

6285. Collection of (52) Space Shuttle Robbins Medallions. Impressive collection of 52 unflown sterling silver Space

Shuttle Robbins medallions representing the majority of missions between STS-59 and STS-109, as well Expedition missions 1, 2, and 3, with the lone exceptions being STS-61 and STS-107. The medals typically measure about 1.5˝ in diameter and feature raised mission insignia designs on the face with the launch and return dates engraved on the reverse. Serial numbers are engraved on the edges, and the numbers are also shown on labels affixed to each case; many of these labels also feature the mission name. All are in their original cases; a few cases are cracked. Condition is generally mint state. Each medal is accompanied by a packet featuring color photocopies of the design, mission information, and a letter from The Robbins Company affirming its readiness for distribution. An exceptional collection of Robbins medallions rarely offered in such great quantity. A complete list of the 52 Robbins medallions and their corresponding serial numbers is available online at RRAuction. com. Starting Bid $1000

6286. STS-27/28 Flown Tire Segment. Flown tire segment used on the orbiters Atlantis for STS-27 and Columbia for STS-28, housed in a limited edition Lucite display, numbered 176/200. The cylinder, measuring 2.75˝ in diameter and 3.25˝ tall, features the STS-27 mission insignia at the base. In fine condition. Accompanied by a laminated certificate of authenticity from the Astronaut Scholarship Foundation signed by Robert ‘Hoot’ Gibson, the commander of STS-27. Starting Bid $200

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Over 900 lunar photos from the groundbreaking Ranger program 6287. Ranger Program Five-Volume Collection of (949) Photographs. Extremely rare five-volume ‘photographic edition’

set containing 949 lunar images taken by Ranger impact probes 7, 8, and 9 during the program’s successful Block 3 missions between July 1964 and March 1965. The glossy double-weight photographs, each 11 x 14, are numbered and housed accordingly in their original 11.75 x 14.5 x 4 snap-button slipcases, issued as “Photographs from the Moon” and prepared by NASA and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory at the California Institute of Technology, with each slipcase also including the original information booklet specific to the mission and photographic series. The volumes are as follows: Ranger VII, Part 1 (Camera ‘A’ Series); Ranger VII, Part 2 (Camera ‘B’ Series); Ranger VII, Part 3 (Camera ‘P’ Series); Ranger VIII; and Ranger IX. In overall fine to very good condition, with only a handful of photos exhibiting wear or creasing; some staining to booklets; and scattered soiling and wear to slipcases, with some splitting to bindings, and a missing metal snap to ‘Camera A’ volume.

In the early 1960s, NASA developed the Ranger program and a series of impact probes designed to take high-quality pictures of the moon and then transmit them back to Earth. They were programmed to head directly to the moon and capture closerange images before crashing into the lunar surface; the images were used primarily for scientific study, as well as for selecting landing sites for the forthcoming Apollo missions. After failed attempts on the first six spacecraft, the Block 3 missions of Rangers 7, 8 and 9 proved remarkably successful, with transmitted images 1000 times better than those attained by Earth-based telescopes. An amazing assemblage of lunar photography deriving from the program that helped lay the foundation for the Apollo program. Starting Bid $500

The electronic architect of the Transit 1-B satellite 6288. Transit 1B Satellite Hardware, Certificate, and Artwork.

Grouping of four items relating to the Transit 1–B, the second launched satellite from the US Navy-helmed Transit system, which was the first satellite navigation system to be used operationally. The lot includes: a partly-printed certificate from Johns Hopkins University headed “Sic Transit Orbitem,” 10.25 x 8.75, presented to “J. W. Hamblen, In commemoration of placing in orbit on April 13, 1960, Transit 1–B, The World’s First Navigational Satellite”; a piece of hardware, 2.75 x 4.5 x 2, bearing two affixed Bendix-Pacific labels, mounted to a 4.25 x 7.25 plaque with engraved plate presented to “John Hamblen, for participation in the first field test of a Notch Excited Fin Telemetering Antenna, LTV–N– 4A3 (Pre Talos) Missile”; a 33.25 x 23.75 mixed media painting of a Transit satellite, framed without glass to a slightly larger size; and a large Amperex vacuum tube, 5 x 8.5, with glass marked “JAN–CEP 833A, Amperex, Made in U.S.A., 7–53.” In overall fine to very good condition, with expected wear, and some bowing to painting board. Consignor notes that the lot was obtained from an estate sale at the house of John Hamblen, a member of the scientific staff of the Applied Physics Laboratory at Johns Hopkins University who was credited with the overall electronic design of the Transit 1-B satellite.Starting Bid $200

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6289. Scott Carpenter Signed Photograph Starting Bid $200

6290. Gordon Cooper Signed Photograph Starting Bid $200

6291. John Glenn Signed Photograph Starting Bid $200

6292. Alan Shepard Signed Photograph Starting Bid $200

6293. Gemini 5 Signed Photograph Starting Bid $200

6294. Apollo 8 Photography and Visual Observation Book Starting Bid $200

6295. Rusty Schweickart Signed Photograph Starting Bid $200

6296. Tom Stafford Signed Photograph Starting Bid $200

6297. Tom Stafford Signed Photograph Starting Bid $200

6298. Buzz Aldrin Signed Photograph Starting Bid $200

6299. Buzz Aldrin Signed Photograph Starting Bid $200

6300. Buzz Aldrin Signed Photograph Starting Bid $200

6301. Buzz Aldrin Signed Photograph Starting Bid $200

6302. Michael Collins Signed Photograph Starting Bid $200

6303. Alan Bean Signed Photograph Starting Bid $200

6304. Alan Bean Signed Photograph Starting Bid $200

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6305. Fred Haise Signed Photograph Starting Bid $200

6306. Fred Haise Signed Photograph Starting Bid $200

6307. Fred Haise Signed Photograph Starting Bid $200

6308. Fred Haise Signed Photograph Starting Bid $200

6309. James Lovell Signed Photograph Starting Bid $200

6310. Edgar Mitchell Signed Photograph Starting Bid $200

6311. Edgar Mitchell Signed Photograph Starting Bid $200

6312. Edgar Mitchell Signed Photograph Starting Bid $200

6313. Edgar Mitchell Signed Photograph Starting Bid $200

6314. Jim Irwin Signed Photograph Starting Bid $200

6315. Jim Irwin Signed Photograph Starting Bid $200

6316. Dave Scott Signed Photograph Starting Bid $200

6317. Charlie Duke Signed Photograph Starting Bid $200

6318. Gene Cernan Signed Photograph Starting Bid $200

6319. Gene Cernan Signed Photographs Starting Bid $200

6320. Douglas Aircraft Company Earth and Solar System Prints Starting Bid $200

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Warranties: RR Auction does not provide any warranties to Bidders, whether expressed or implied, beyond those expressly provided in these Conditions of Sale.

All property and lots are sold “as is” and “where is”. By way of illustration rather than limitation, neither RR Auction nor the Consignor makes any representation or warranty, expressed or implied, as to merchantability or fitness for intended use, condition of the property (including any condition report), correctness of description, origin, measurement, quality, rarity, importance, exhibition, relevance, attribution, source, provenance, date, authorship, condition, culture, genuineness, value, or period of the property. Additionally, neither RR Auction nor the Consignor makes any representation or warranty, expressed or implied, as to whether the Bidder acquires rights in copyright or other intellectual property (including exhibition or reproduction rights) or whether the property is subject to any limitations or other rights. RR Auction does not make any representation or warranty as to title.

All descriptions, photographs, illustrations, and terminology including but not limited to words describing condition (including any condition reports requested by Bidder, see also Terminology), authorship, period, culture, source, origin, measurement, quality, rarity, provenance, importance, exhibition, and relevance, used in the Catalog, bill of sale, invoice, or anywhere else, represent a good faith effort made by RR Auction to fairly represent the lots and property offered for sale as to origin, date, condition, and other information contained therein; they are statements of opinion only. They are not representations or warranties and Bidder agrees and acknowledges that he or she shall not rely on them in determining whether or not to bid or for what price. Price estimates (which are determined well in advance of the Auction and are therefore subject to revision) and condition reports are provided solely as a convenience to Bidders and are not intended nor shall they be relied on by Bidders as statements, representations or warranties of

Bidders are accorded the opportunity to inspect the lots and to otherwise satisfy themselves as to the nature and sufficiency of each lot prior to bidding, and RR Auction urges Bidders to avail themselves accordingly.

FIREARMS. RR Auction complies with all Federal and State rules and regulations relating to the purchasing, registration and shipping of firearms. A Bidder is required to provide appropriate documents and the payment of associated fees, if any. Bidder is responsible for providing a shipping address that is suitable for the receipt of a firearm.

Limitation of Damages: In the event that RR Auction is prevented for any reason from delivering any property to Bidder, or Bidder is otherwise dissatisfied with the performance of RR Auction, the liability, if any, of RR Auction, shall be limited to, and shall not exceed, the amount actually paid for the property by Bidder. In no event shall RR Auction be liable for incidental, special, indirect, exemplary or consequential damages of any kind, including but not limited to loss of profits, value of investment or opportunity cost.

Unauthorized Statements: Under no circumstances is any employee, agent or representative of RR Auction authorized by RR Auction to modify, amend, waive or contradict any of these Conditions of Sale, any term or condition set forth on a registration form, any warranty or limitation or exclusion of warranty, any term or condition in either the Registration Form or these Terms and Conditions regarding payment requirements, including but not limited to due date, manner of payment, and what constitutes payment in full, or any other term or condition contained in any documents issued by RR Auction unless such modification, amendment, waiver or contradiction is contained in a writing signed by all parties. Any statements, oral or written, made by employees, agents or representatives of RR Auction to Bidder, including statements regarding specific lots, even if such employee, agent or representative represents that such statement is authorized, unless reduced to a writing signed by all parties, are statements of personal opinion only and are not binding on RR Auction, and under no circumstances shall be relied upon by Bidder as a statement, representation or warranty of RR Auction.

Bidder’s Remedies: Under no circumstance will RR Auction incur liability to a Bidder in excess of the purchase price actually paid.

This section sets forth the sole and exclusive remedies of Bidder in conformity with the Warranties and Limitation of Damages provisions of these Conditions of Sale, and is expressly in lieu of any other rights or remedies which might be available to Bidder by law. The Bidder hereby accepts the benefit of the Consignor’s warranty of title and any other representations and warranties made by the Consignor for the Bidder’s benefit. In the event that Bidder demonstrates in writing, in the sole discretion of RR Auction, that there was a breach of the Consignor’s warranty of title concerning a lot purchased by Bidder, RR Auction shall make demand upon the Consignor to pay to Bidder the Purchase Price (including any premiums, taxes, or other amounts paid or due to RR Auction). Should the Consignor not pay the Purchase Price to Bidder within thirty days after such demand, RR Auction shall disclose the identity of the Consignor to Bidder and assign to Bidder all of RR Auction’s rights against the Consignor with respect to such lot or property. Upon such disclosure and assignment, all responsibility and liability, if any, of RR Auction with respect to said lot or property shall automatically terminate. RR Auction shall be entitled to retain the premiums and other amounts paid to RR Auction - this remedy is as to the Consignor only. The rights and remedies provided herein are for the original Bidder only and they may not be assigned or relied upon by any transferee or assignee under any circumstances.

If Bidder wishes to challenge the AC within the period of the Certification of Authenticity, Bidder must present written evidence that the lot is not authentic as determined by a known expert in the field. If RR Auction agrees that the lot is not as represented, Bidder’s sole and exclusive remedy shall be a refund of their purchase price, with no other costs, liabilities or amounts recoverable. If RR Auction does not agree with the claim by Bidder, then the Parties shall follow the dispute resolution procedures of these Conditions of Sale.

Any such challenge concerning an AC or Certification of Authenticity must, without any exception, be brought within one (1) year of Bidder’s notice to RR Auction of Bidder’s contention that the lot was not authentic, or six (6) years from the Auction Date, whichever is sooner.

If the description of any lot in the Catalog is materially incorrect (e.g., gross cataloging error), the lot is returnable if returned within five (5) calendar days of receipt, and received by RR Auction no later than twenty-one (21) calendar days after the Auction Date. If there is any discrepancy between the description in the Catalog and the AC, then the description in the AC shall control. This paragraph shall constitute Bidder’s sole right with respect to the return of items, and no refunds shall be given for any items not returned to and received by RR Auction.

NO RETURN OR REFUND OF ANY AUCTION LOT WILL BE CONSIDERED EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN THESE CONDITIONS OF SALE. RR Auction’s Additional Services: For Bidders who do not remove purchased property from RR Auction’s premises, RR Auction, in its sole discretion and solely as a service and accommodation to Bidders, may arrange to have purchased lots packed, insured and forwarded at the sole request, expense, and risk of Bidder. RR Auction assumes no and disclaims all responsibility and liability for acts or omissions in such packing or shipping by RR Auction or other packers and carriers, whether or not recommended by RR Auction. RR Auction assumes no and disclaims all responsibility and liability for damage to frames, glass or other breakable items. Where RR Auction arranges and bills for such services via invoice, RR Auction will include an administration charge.

Headings: Headings are for convenience only and shall not be used to interpret the substantive sections to which they refer.

Entire Agreement: These Conditions of Sale constitute the entire agreement between the parties together with the terms and conditions contained in the Registration Form. They may not be amended, modified or superseded except in a signed writing executed by all parties. No oral or written statement by anyone employed by RR Auction or acting as agent or representative of RR Auction may amend, modify, waive or supersede the terms herein unless such amendment, waiver or modification is contained in a writing signed by all parties.

If any section of these Conditions of Sale or any term or provision of any section is held to be invalid, void, or unenforceable by any court of competent jurisdiction, the remaining sections or terms and provisions of a section shall continue in full force and effect without being impaired or invalidated in any way.

Governing Law and Enforcement The Parties agree that any agreements between the Parties including but not limited to these Conditions of Sale are entered into in Boston, Massachusetts, no matter where Bidder is situated and no matter by what means or where Bidder was informed of the Auction and regardless of whether catalogs, materials, or other communications were received by Bidder in another location.

The Parties agree that these Conditions of Sale, and any other related agreement(s) are governed by the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, without regard for its conflict of laws principles. The Parties agree that any dispute related to or arising out of these Conditions of Sale, or related to or arising out of any other related agreement(s) shall be submitted to confidential binding arbitration (the “Arbitration”) before a single Arbitrator of the American Arbitration Association (the “AAA”). The Parties agree that the Arbitration shall be conducted pursuant to the commercial rules of the AAA. In the event that the Parties cannot agree on the selection of the Arbitrator, then the Arbitrator shall be selected by the AAA. The prevailing Party in the Arbitration shall be entitled to recover all of its related costs, whether before or after the formal institution of the Arbitration, including but not limited to its reasonable attorneys’ fees and, if RR Auction prevails, the Buyer’s Premium

as defined in these Conditions of Sale. The Parties agree that Bidder shall have no right to recover consequential or indirect damages, or lost profits damages.

The Parties consent to the enforcement of the decision in the Arbitration pursuant to the Federal Arbitration Act in either the courts of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts or the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts.

Except as provided in Bidder’s Remedies with regard to the Certification of Authenticity, any dispute, claim, cause of action related to or arising out of these Conditions of Sale or any other agreement(s) between the Parties must be brought within one (1) year of the acts, omissions or circumstances giving rise to the alleged claim, without exceptions. This provision is intended as a full, complete and absolute release of any claims after one (1) year of such acts, omissions or circumstances. The Parties agree further that these waiver provisions are intended to be binding on all parties in the event of any dispute, specifically including but not limited to third party claims and cross-actions brought by either RR Auction or Bidder. These provisions are consideration for the execution of these Conditions of Sale.

The Bidder hereby agrees that RR Auction shall be entitled to present these Conditions of Sale to a court in any jurisdiction other than set forth in this paragraph as conclusive evidence of the Parties’ agreement, and the Parties further agree that the court shall immediately dismiss any action filed in such jurisdiction.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, RR Auction may, in its sole discretion, enforce its rights pursuant to these Conditions of Sale in the courts of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts or the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts rather than in an Arbitration related to or arising out of any Auction of an item sold for less than $10,000. This right shall relate to the individual item price, such that RR Auction may, in its sole discretion, enforce its rights pursuant to these Conditions of Sale in the courts of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts or the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts rather than in an Arbitration for items that in the aggregate exceed $10,000. The prevailing Party in such a proceeding shall be entitled to recover all of its related costs, whether before or after the formal institution of the proceeding, including but not limited to its reasonable attorneys’ fees and, if RR Auction prevails, the Buyer’s Premium as defined in these Conditions of Sale. This right of enforcement is unique to RR Auction, and these Conditions of Sale are a waiver by the Bidder of any right to enforcement or adjudication outside of an Arbitration.

CONDUCT OF AUCTION Estimate Prices: In addition to descriptive information, each item in the Catalog sometimes includes a price range which reflects opinion as to the price expected at auction (the “Estimate Prices”). In other instances, Estimate Prices can be obtained by calling RR Auction at (603) 732-4280. The Estimate Prices are based upon various factors including prices recently paid at auction for comparable property, condition, rarity, quality, history and provenance. Estimate Prices are prepared well in advance of the sale and subject to revision. Estimates do not include the Buyer’s Premium or sales tax (see under separate heading).

Owned or Guaranteed Property: RR Auction generally offers property consigned by others for sale at public auction; in very limited occasion, lots are offered that are the property of RR Auction.

Before the Auction: Bidder may attend pre-sale viewing for all of RR Auction’s auctions at no charge. All property to be auctioned is usually on view for several days prior to the sale. Bidder is encouraged to examine lots thoroughly. Bidder may also request condition reports (see below). RR Auction’s staff are available at viewings and by appointment.

Maximum Bids – All Auctions: To maximize Bidder’s chance of winning, RR Auction strongly encourages the use of maximum bids. RR Auction will then bid for Bidder until the lot reaches Bidder’s specified maximum. Maximum bids are strictly confidential. Placing arbitrary, non-incremental bids on lots with prior maximum bids may result in these lots being sold for less than 10% above the under Bidder’s bid.

Successful Bids: The fall of RR Auction’s hammer indicates the final bid. RR Auction will record the paddle number of the Bidder. If Bidder’s salesroom or absentee bid is successful, Bidder will be notified after the sale by mailed or emailed invoice.

Unsold Lots: If a lot does not reach the reserve, it is bought-in. In other words, it remains unsold and is returned to the Consignor. RR Auction has the right to sell certain unsold items after the close of the Auction. Such lots shall be considered sold during the Auction and all these Terms and Conditions shall apply to such sales including but not limited to the Buyer’s Premium, return rights, and disclaimers.

Bidding—Timed Auction: Bidder may open, monitor, and/or raise bids at any time before the close of a lot through www.rrauction.com. RR Auction offers a callback service the day of the Auction, but Bidder is responsible for supplying a correct telephone number(s) where Bidder can be reached until the Auction closes. Bidder must request this service in writing. RR Auction will make reasonable efforts to ensure that Bidders who request a callback are contacted if outbid; however, RR Auction does not guarantee this service and it is merely a courtesy and not an enforceable right. The auctioneer may also execute a bid on behalf of the consignor to protect the reserve, either by entering a bid in response to salesroom, telephone or absentee bids. Under no circumstances will the auctioneer place any bid on behalf of the consignor above the reserve. The auctioneer will not specifically identify bids placed on behalf of the consignor to protect the reserve.

To ensure proper registration, those Bidders intending to bid via the Internet must visit www.RRauction.com and register accordingly at least one full day prior to the actual auction. Winning bidders will be notified by RR Auction.

RR Auction is not responsible or liable for any problems, delays, or any other issues or problems resulting out of use of the Internet generally or specifically, including but not limited to transmission, execution or processing of bids.

Any Bidder may bid on any lot prior to 6 pm EST/EDT. At that time, an extended bidding period goes into effect. If Bidder has not bid on a lot before 6 pm EST/EDT, Bidder may not bid on that lot after 6 pm EST/EDT. Only those Bidders who have placed bids on a lot before 6 pm EST/EDT will be allowed to bid on that lot after 6 pm EST/EDT. If Bidder is the only Bidder on a lot at 6 pm EST/EDT, that lot is awarded to Bidder. During the extended bidding period, a lot will remain open only to those who bid on that lot prior to 6 pm EST/EDT. All lots WITHOUT an opening bid at 6 pm EST/EDT will remain OPEN to ALL Bidders until 7 pm EST/EDT or until they receive their first bid. These lots will close immediately upon receipt of a bid or at 7 pm EST/EDT, whichever comes first. For all lots that are active after 7 pm EST/ EDT, bidding will remain open until 30 minutes pass without a bid being placed on THAT lot (the “30 Minute Rule”). The 30 Minute Rule is applied on a PER LOT BASIS; each lot in the Auction closes individually based on bidding activity after 7 pm EST/EDT. On a PER LOT BASIS, the 30 minute timer will reset each time a bid is placed after 7 pm EST/EDT. If Bidder is the high Bidder, raising Bidder’s maximum bid will NOT reset the timer. RR Auction reserves the right to close the Auction at any time at its sole discretion.

Bidding - Internet – Live Auction: Bidder may open, monitor, and/or raise bids at any time before the close of a lot through www.rrauction.com. RR Auction offers a callback service the day of the Auction, but Bidder is responsible for supplying a correct telephone number(s) where Bidder can be reached until the Auction closes. Bidder must request this service in writing. RR Auction will make reasonable efforts to ensure that Bidders who request a callback are contacted if outbid; however, RR Auction does not guarantee this service and it is merely a courtesy and not an enforceable right.

To ensure proper registration, those Bidders intending to bid via the Internet must visit www.RRauction.com and register accordingly at least one full day prior to the actual auction. Winning bidders will be notified by RR Auction.

RR Auction is not responsible or liable for any problems, delays, or any other issues or problems resulting out of use of the Internet generally or specifically, including but not limited to transmission, execution or processing of bids.

Property is auctioned in consecutive numerical order, as it appears in the catalog. The auctioneer will accept bids from those present in the salesroom or absentee bidders participating by telephone, internet or by written bid left with RR Auction in advance of the auction. The auctioneer may also execute a bid on behalf of the consignor to protect the reserve, either by entering a bid in response to salesroom, telephone or absentee bids. Under no circumstances will the auctioneer place any bid on behalf of the consignor above the reserve. The auctioneer will not specifically identify bids placed on behalf of the consignor to protect the reserve.

During live Auctions, internet bids can be placed in real time through one or more of the following Third Party services: www.liveauctioneers.com, www. invaluable.com and www.icollector.com. RR Auction is not responsible or liable for any problems, delays, or any other issues or problems resulting out of use of the Internet generally or specifically, including but not limited to transmission, execution or processing of bids. RR Auction treats any thirdparty site bids as floor or telephone bids. Floor bids and telephone bids are always considered first over third party sites bids, and floor bids are considered earlier than telephone bids. All RR Auction lots purchased through the third party sites carry an additional Buyer’s Premium.

Miscellaneous: Agreements between Bidders and Consignors to effectuate a non-sale of an item at Auction, inhibit bidding on a consigned item to enter into a private sale agreement for said item, or to utilize RR Auction’s Auction to obtain sales for non-selling consigned items subsequent to the Auction, are strictly prohibited. If a subsequent sale of a previously consigned item occurs in violation of this provision, RR Auction reserves the right to charge Bidder the applicable Buyer’s Premium and Consignor a Seller’s Commission as determined for each auction venue and by the terms of the seller’s agreement.

Acceptance of these Terms and Conditions qualifies Bidder as a client who has consented to be contacted by RR Auction in the future. In conformity with “do-not-call” regulations promulgated by the Federal or State regulatory agencies, participation by the Bidder is affirmative consent to being contacted at the phone number shown in his application and this consent shall remain in effect until it is revoked in writing. RR Auction may from time to time contact Bidder concerning sale, purchase, and auction opportunities available.

Rules of Construction: RR Auction presents properties in a number of collectible fields, and as such, specific venues have promulgated supplemental Terms and Conditions. Nothing herein shall be construed to waive the general Conditions of Sale by these additional rules and shall be construed to give force and effect to the rules in their entirety.

GLOSSARY OF CONDITION TERMS FOR DECADES, RR AUCTION HAS LED THE INDUSTRY IN PROVIDING AN ACCURATE AND DETAILED CONDITION STATEMENT FOR EACH ITEM THAT WE SELL. STARTING IN 2016 WE’VE DECIDED TO TAKE A FRESH APPROACH TO DESCRIBING EACH ITEM’S CONDITION. As our website and catalog images continually improve, and bidders can see obvious details from those excellent images, we’ve decided to simplify things, using the same terminology to describe an item’s overall condition (on an ascending scale of 1 to 4: good, very good, fine, very fine), but only adding specific details, if any, that would not be obvious from the illustration.

VERY FINE describes an item in virtually flawless condition, and is used sparingly for items of exceptionally attractive appearance.

FINE is the most common statement of condition, and applies to most items that we offer. It describes items that show expected handling wear, generally acceptable random flaws (such as light creases, small bends, etc.), and an overall appearance that is pleasing to the majority of collectors.

VERY GOOD describes an item that exhibits more moderate flaws (such as toning, light staining, professional reinforcements or repairs, etc.). Most collectors would be comfortable with items in very good condition, and this would be the expected condition for many formats (early presidential documents, for example).

GOOD describes an item with obvious visible flaws, including heavy wear, missing portions, or repairs that affect appearance; generally items in this condition are offered only if an item is otherwise exceedingly rare or important.

Of course we’re more than happy to provide more in-depth information about any item via phone or email. We hope this new system will make for easier reading and a more pleasant bidding experience.

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