Sell or Auction Your Apollo 9 Flown Flag for up to $3,125 or More at Nate D. Sanders Auctions
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We sold an Apollo 9 flown flag for $3,125. Please see details below:
American flag flown in space on the Apollo 9 mission, with a NASA certificate signed by all three crew members: ”James A. McDivitt”, ”Dave Scott” and ”Rusty Schweickart”. Certificate to which the flag is affixed has small color photos of the crew in their spacesuits and bears the caption: ”This flag was carried in space during the flight of Apollo 9 / March 3 – 13, 1969”. An inscription by Dave Scott reads, ”To Bill Grunert with best wishes and many thanks for your help in showing what Apollo IX was all about”. Flag measures 6” x 4”. Certificate measures 10.25” x 12”. Show through of adhesive to corners of flag and light toning to certificate, else near fine.
Sold for $3,125.
The following are some additional Apollo flown items we sold:
Apollo 13 patch and United States flag, both flown to the moon by astronaut Jack Swigert on the Apollo 13 mission. Swigert himself had the items framed, along with a photo of the splashdown, for his father; Swigert writes on the mat, ”This flag and patch were flown to the moon on Apollo 13 April 11-17, 1970 for my Father who has been my guidance and inspiration thru life / Jack Swigert”. Flag measures 5.5” x 4”, patch measures 4” in diameter and photo measures 5.5” x 4.5”. Entire framed presentation measures 15.75” x 12.75”. Nicks to frame, otherwise near fine. With an LOA by Virginia Swigert, Jack Swigert’s sister. Sold for $11,075.
Lot of 6 Space Flown Patches From Apollo 13 With a Letter of Provenance in the Hand of Jack Swigert
Lot of 6 official patches flown in space on the near-disastrous Apollo 13 mission in 1970. Round patches are embroidered with mission slogan ”Ex Luna, Scienta”, meaning ”from the moon, knowledge” surrounding dynamic mission insignia: a trio of horses galloping over the moon. Five are identical, with embroidery in orange, yellow, brown, black, white and blue with sparkly silver border. The remaining patch is the same design but crafted in muted earth tones. Accompanied by a handwritten authenticity note in Swigert’s hand on U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Science and Technology letterhead. Each patch measures just over 4” in diameter. Fine. With an LOA from Jack Swigert’s estate. Sold for $8,438.
Apollo 9 flown name tag patch from astronaut Rusty Schweickart’s PLSS. Schweickart signs on the verso, ”Flown on Apollo 9 / Cut from my PLSS / Rusty Schweickart”. This patch was just below the NASA insignia. The portable life support system (PLSS) is the backpack of the spacesuit, providing essentially the same functions as the spacecraft life support system in a smaller, wearable package. The 6 March 1969 Apollo 9 mission tested several aspects critical to landing on the moon, including the lunar module engines, backpack life support systems, navigation systems and docking maneuvers. It was the first flight of the Command/Service Module with the Lunar Module. Schweickart piloted the Lunar Module and tested the PLSS for the first time when he left the Lunar Module Spider untethered for a space walk. This was the first (and only) time the PLSS was tested in space before an actual lunar landing. The 4.25” x 1” ”R. SCHWEICKART” name tag patch is sewn onto a slightly larger, irregularly cut swatch. Both are Beta cloth, a fabric fireproof up to 650 degrees Celsius used in Apollo spacesuits after the fatal 1967 Apollo 1 fire. Fine condition. Sold for $4,229.
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