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Gemini 3 Flown Heat Shield Plug in Lucite. Sold for Over $3,000.
Here are some related items we have sold:
Apollo 8 Flown Heat Shield Segment, Comprising a Charred Plug from the First Manned Mission to Orbit the Moon
Very rare heat shield segment flown on the historic Apollo mission, not only the first manned mission to leave Earth’s low orbit and summit to the moon, but also the first manned mission of the Saturn V rocket. Segment is a charred plug, here preserved in lucite on a wooden base, with a plaque reading “First Manned Lunar Orbital Flight / Apollo 8 / Dec. 21-27, 1968″. Measures 4″ x 5.5″ x 3.125”. Very good plus condition. Very rare, with only one other recent example found at auction. Sold for $19,020.
Rare Apollo 13 flown heat shield plug encased in a circular piece of lucite and engraved in black along bottom, ”Apollo 13 / April 11-17, 1970”. Heat shield plugs are made of incredibly lightweight fiberglass ‘honeycomb’ which is hand-filled with an ablative resin material by air gun in order to limit high heat exposure during re-entry. The crew endured incredible circumstances after launching 11 April 1970, when two days later, they were forced into an emergency turn-around before ever reaching the moon. Fortunately the astronauts expertly improvised a repair to the spacecraft and narrowly escaped disaster, ultimately returning safely to Earth. Plug measures 1.5” in diameter with ”37” engraved to bottom; lucite casing measures 3”. Near fine. With an LOA from Jack Swigert’s sister.
Sold for $3,750.
Apollo 13 Flown Heat Shield Plug — A Piece Which Endured Incredible Circumstances During the Famous Mission
Rare Apollo 13 flown heat shield plug encased in a circular piece of lucite and engraved in black along bottom, ”Apollo 13 / April 11-17, 1970”. Heat shield plugs are made of incredibly lightweight fiberglass ‘honeycomb’ which is hand-filled with an ablative resin material by air gun in order to limit high heat exposure during re-entry. The crew endured incredible circumstances after launching 11 April 1970, when two days later, they were forced into an emergency turn-around before ever reaching the moon. Fortunately the astronauts expertly improvised a repair to the spacecraft and narrowly escaped disaster, ultimately returning safely to Earth. Plug measures 1.5” in diameter with ”44” engraved to bottom; lucite casing measures 3”. Near fine. With an LOA from Jack Swigert’s sister.
Sold for $3,750.
Apollo 13 flown heat shield plug, encased in a circular piece of lucite and engraved in black along bottom, ”Apollo 13 / April 11-17, 1970”. Heat shield plugs are made of a lightweight fiberglass ”honeycomb”, which is hand-filled with an ablative resin material in order to limit heat exposure during re-entry. The crew endured incredible circumstances after launching 11 April 1970, when two days later, they were forced into an emergency turn-around before ever reaching the moon. Fortunately the astronauts expertly improvised a repair to the spacecraft and narrowly escaped disaster, ultimately returning safely to Earth. Plug measures 1.5” in diameter with ”12” engraved to bottom; lucite casing measures 3”. Near fine. With an LOA from Jack Swigert’s sister.
Sold for $3,750.
Apollo 10 Flown Piece of Ablator in Lucite — Sold for $2,600
Scarce Apollo 4 Flown Heat Shield Segment — Large Segment Measures 4.75″ Long
Apollo 4 flown heat shield segment, taken from the Command Module of the first Apollo mission, flown 9 November 1967. Segment is charred at bottom from reentry, housed in vintage acrylic with slip about the sample and mission, which was the first to test the Saturn V launch vehicle. Segment measures 4.75″ long x 1.875″ wide x 1.25″ tall, encased in lucite measuring 5.5″ x 2.75″ x 2″. The name of E.N. Pellerin appears on underside. A few minor surface scratches and minor yellowing to acrylic. Very good plus condition. Scarce. Sold for $1,800.
We also sold the following Gemini items:
Collection of 12 vintage NASA photos, all chromogenic prints on fiber-based ”A Kodak Paper”, and ten with the desirable ”red numbers” along margin. All photos measure 10” x 8” and include:
(1) Red number ”Earthrise” photo from Apollo 8 showing, for the first time, the view of Earth from the vantage point of the moon. NASA photo number AS8-14-2384. Near fine with ”A Kodak Paper” on verso.
(2) Apollo 11 photo showing Buzz Aldrin conducting the solar wind experiment on the lunar surface. NASA photo number AS11-40-5872. Near fine with ”A Kodak Paper”, and 5872 stamp on verso.
(3) Red number photo of Ed White performing the very first EVA spacewalk during the Gemini 4 mission. NASA photo number S-65-30427. Near fine with ”A Kodak Paper” on verso.
(4) Red number photo of the Mercury 7 astronauts at Langley Air Force Base. NASA photo number S-61-1250. Near fine with ”A Kodak Paper” on verso.
(5) Red number photo of the Group 1 and 2 astronauts, with printed signatures as issued. NASA photo number S-63-1419. Near fine with ”A Kodak Paper” and NASA press release on verso.
(6) Photo of the Gemini 7 spacecraft rendezvousing with Gemini 6A. NASA photo S65-63168. Abrasion and small crease on right edge, else near fine. ”A Kodak Paper” and the number 63168 in pencil on verso.
(7) Red number photo from the Gemini 7 mission, showing the moon and clouds over the Western Pacific. NASA photo number S-65-63873. Small crease at upper right corner and mild abrasion to edges, else near fine. With ”A Kodak Paper” on verso.
(8) Red number photo of the western half of Australia from the Gemini 11 mission. NASA photo number S-66-54706. Light creasing and abrasion to right edge, very good condition. With ”A Kodak Paper” and NASA press release on verso.
(9) Red number photo of Earth from the Apollo 7 mission, possibly of the Everest mountain range. NASA photo number AS7-6-1720. Minute creasing, else near fine. With ”A Kodak Paper” on verso.
(10) Red number photo of Egypt’s Nile River delta from the Gemini 4 mission. NASA photo number S-65-34776. Light abrasions on margins, overall very good condition. With ”A Kodak Paper” and NASA press release on verso.
(11) Red number photo of the Middle East from the Gemini 7 mission, encompassing the Nile Delta, Suez Canal, Red Sea, Sinai Peninsula, Dead Sea, and Cyprus. NASA photo number S-65-63849. Near fine condition. With ”A Kodak Paper” and NASA press release on verso.
(12) Red number photo of the Middle East from the Gemini 11 mission, encompassing Egypt, the Sinai Peninsula, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Israel and Iraq. NASA photo number S-66-54893. Abrasion to right edge, else near fine. With ”A Kodak Paper” and NASA press release on verso.
Lot also includes six additional later NASA photos, one of the Blue Marble, and three autopenned astronaut photos. Sold for $15,000.
Lot of 20 NASA photos from the Apollo 11, 12, Gemini 4 and 6A missions, including 18 ”red number” photos and one ”blue number” photo. Collection includes the iconic ”footprint” photo from Apollo 11, showing Buzz Aldrin’s singular bootprint in the lunar soil, as well as a view of Earth from Apollo 11. Other photos include Edward White conducting the first spacewalk, and the ”blue glow” around Alan Bean from Apollo 12. All photos are fiber-based chromogenic glossy prints with ”A Kodak Paper” on otherwise blank verso. Complete collection includes:
Two photos from Apollo 11:
1) ”Red number” photo AS11-40-5877 with ”A Kodak Paper” watermark on verso, showing Buzz Aldrin’s famous footprint in the lunar soil. Minor edgewear, pencil mark to top edge. Near fine condition.
2) ”Red number” photo AS11-36-5353 with ”A Kodak Paper” watermark on verso, showing the round Earth during the voyage to the moon. Minor edgewear, in near fine condition.
Eleven photos from Apollo 12:
3) ”Red number” photo AS12-47-6896 with ”A Kodak Paper” watermark on verso, showing Charles Conrad Jr. holding up the corner of the U.S. flag. Fading to red number, small abrasion to upper right corner and light particle adhesion. Very good condition.
4) ”Red number” photo AS12-46-6826 with ”A Kodak Paper” watermark on verso, showing Alan Bean deploying the ALSEP during the first EVA. This is one of the photos that oddly casts a blue glow around Bean, fueling internet conspiracy theories. Small bend to lower right corner, faint edgewear and very light particle adhesion. Very good plus condition.
5-7) Three ”red number” photos, with ”A Kodak Paper” watermark on verso, all showing Pete Conrad descending the latter of the Lunar Module during the first EVA. Photos are numbered AS12-46-6715, AS12-46-6716 and AS12-46-6717. Light particle adhesion (more so to 6717) and edgewear, else near fine.
8) ”Red number” photo AS12-47-6912 with ”A Kodak Paper” watermark on verso, showing Alan Bean conducting a lunar experiment. Faint particle adhesion and edgewear, overall near fine.
9-13) Five ”red number” photos, with ”A Kodak Paper” watermark on verso, all taken near the Lunar Module during the first EVA. Photos are numbered AS12-47-6961, AS12-46-6779, AS12-47-6981, AS12-46-6785, AS12-47-6989. Light particular adhesion, or wear to margin or edges. Near fine condition.
Four photos from Gemini 4:
14) Lift-off ”blue number” photo S-65-29635 with ”A Kodak Paper” watermark on verso. Light creasing, overall in very good condition.
15-17) Three ”red number” photos, with ”A Kodak Paper” watermark on verso, all showing Edward White conducting the very first ”spacewalk” EVA, which lasted 23 minutes outside the spacecraft. Photos are numbered S-65-30430, S-65-30431 and S-65-30432. Minor scuffing and edgewear, in very good plus condition.
Three photos from Gemini 6A:
18-20) Three photos, two of them ”red number” photos, all with ”A Kodak Paper” watermark on verso, showing the Gemini 7 spacecraft, taken from Gemini 6 during rendezvous. Red number photos are S-65-63169 and S-65-63194. Unnumbered photo is S-65-63221, identified in pen to verso. Light edgewear and scuffing, overall in very good plus condition. Sold for $10,721.
Gemini Autograph Collage on a 10” x 8” Photo — Signed by Neil Armstrong & 10 More Astronauts
Gemini autograph on a Gemini astronaut NASA photo collage. Paving the way for the Apollo program, Gemini missions first launched on 8 April 1964 and ended on 15 November 1966. Astronauts boldly sign their names in black, green and blue ink: ”Neil Armstrong”, ”Mike Collins”, ”Buzz Aldrin”, ”Richard Gordon”, ”Gordon Cooper”, ”James Lovell”, ”James G. McDivitt”, ”Gene Cernan”, ”Wally Schirra”, ”Charles Conrad”, ”Tom Stafford” and ”Frank Borman”. Verso includes a summary of the Gemini Program and captions for each photograph. Very minor creasing to corners, otherwise near fine condition. All signatures clean and striking. Sold for $6,250.
Gus Grissom lot of personally owned items, comprising:
1) Grissom signed ”Confidential” NASA sheet, stapled to a Gemini Development Plan dated 14 July 1965, marked ”Confidential” and ”For Internal Use Only”. Signed by Grissom, ”Col. V.I. Grissom – C.B. Bldg 4”. Measures 8” x 10.5”. Very good condition.
2) Bank note signed in green ink, ”Capt Virgil I. Grissom” with Grissom also writing his address. With Grissom’s name also printed at top left. Measures 7.25” x 3.25”. Near fine.
3) Gus Grissom personally owned dime flown on Mercury-Redstone 4, the second U.S. human spaceflight, piloted by Grissom aboard the spacecraft Liberty Bell 7. Dime is held in a silver bezel with loop at top, accompanied by a sterling silver charm engraved ”Liberty Bell 7” on one side, and ”21 July 1961” on the other. Very good condition.
4) Gemini 3 space flown medallion. Sterling silver medallion features a relief of the Molly Brown spacecraft and the names of John Young and Gus Grissom. Opposite side features mission abbreviation ”GT-3” and is engraved, ”March 23, 1965”. Measures 1” across. Very good condition.
5) ”Fluid Mechanics” textbook, with an ownership inscription by Grissom on the front pastedown, along with his address. With notes and tabs, likely by Grissom. The class schedule is also taped to front pastedown, with notes. Book measures 6.25” x 9.25”. Some dampstaining and separation to backstrip, overall in good condition.
With Grissom family LOAs for the collection. Sold for $5,363.
Gemini 5 Flown Christian Flag Signed by Astronaut Gordon Cooper, Who Carried the Flag on the 1965 Mission
Unique handmade Christian flag gifted to NASA astronaut Gordon Cooper and carried by him on his Gemini 5 flight. Cooper authenticates and signs the red, white and blue flag in black pen: “This flag was flown on Gemini 5 August 21-29, 1965 / Gordon Cooper”. Cooper served as command pilot of the 8-day 120-revolution Gemini 5 mission which began on 21 August 1965. During the mission, Cooper and pilot Charles Conrad established a new space endurance record by traveling a distance of 3,312,993 miles in an elapsed time of 190 hours and 56 minutes. Cooper also became the first man to make a second orbital flight, taking the lead in man-hours in space for the U.S. by accumulating a total of 225 hours and 15 minutes. Flag, measuring 12″ x 8″ has one horizontal and vertical fold from being carried by Cooper, else fine condition. Sold for $4,440.
Gemini 6 Flown Fliteline Gold Plated Sterling Silver Medallion
Gemini 6 Fliteline flown gold plated sterling silver medallion. 100 medallions were flown, 90 in silver and 10 gold-plated. As one of the 10 gold-plated medals, front of medallion is engraved ”GTA-6” with astronauts Walter Schirra and Thomas Stafford’s last names printed. Verso is engraved ”GT-GT-6 / December 15-16, 1965”. Measures 1” in circumference with very minor tarnishing, else near fine condition. Coin is housed in original ”Fliteline” plastic case. With an LOA from Apollo 13 astronaut Jack Swigert’s sister. Sold for $4,375.
Gemini 3 space-flown two-dollar bill signed by Gus Grissom and John Young. The first pair of Americans ever in space sign the currency: ”Gus Grissom / GT-3” and ”John Young / 3-23-65” in red felt tip. Signed bill comes mounted to a certificate that reads in full: ”This is to certify that the currency with serial number A76270198A did as a matter of fact accompany ‘Gus’ Grissom & John Young on their three orbit flight, March 23, 1965, in the Gemini Space Craft ‘Molly Brown.’ Accomplishing the ‘Free World’s’ first two-manned space venture / [signed] Gus Grissom / John Young”. The signed bills were at the center of a prank, told in full in Russell Still’s book, ”Relics of the Space Race”; Grissom reportedly moved the bills from their hiding place behind the instrument panel and substituted play money so that when the launch supervisor in charge of the flown souvenirs went to retrieve them, he found the play money instead. The truth came out after a few weeks and the bills were given out to Cape Canaveral personnel. Series 1953C $2 bill is near fine and comes mounted to a 10” x 7.5” COA, also near fine, framed to an overall size of 11” x 8.5”. Sold for $3,750.
Lot of NASA items personally owned by Apollo 1 astronaut Gus Grissom. Lot includes: (1) Gemini 3 flown medallion measuring 1” in diameter; (2) Large 14” x 11” Mercury 7 photo signed by Gordon Cooper; (3) ”Confidential” NASA manual entitled ”Mercury Spacecraft Advanced Versions”, noted as ”Copy #8 V. Grissom”; (4) NASA report entitled ”Results of the First U.S. Manned Suborbital Flight”, dated 6 June 1961; (5) NASA manual entitled ”Mercury Project Summary Including Results of the Fourth Manned Orbital Flight”; (6) NASA manual entitled ”Gemini Mid-Program Conference / Part II Experiments”; (7) Martin Marietta Corp. manual entitled ”Gemini II Launch Vehicle Familiarization”; (8) NASA manual entitled ”Saturn IB Crew Familiarization”. Light wear to all items, overall in very good condition. With an LOA from Mark Grissom. Sold for $3,750.
Gemini 5 Flown Kennedy Half-Dollar
Kennedy half-dollar flown on the Gemini 5 mission. Fifty-cent coin is encased in lucite reading along rim, “Gemini V – Aug. 21, 1965 / Cooper-Conrad”. Lucite measures 2.375″ in diameter. Near fine condition with bright coloration. Scarce. Sold for $2,200.
Space Flown Gemini 3 Medallion — From the Estate of Gus Grissom
Gus Grissom’s Gemini 3 space flown medallion. Sterling silver medallion features a relief of the Molly Brown spacecraft and the names of John Young and Gus Grissom. Opposite side features mission abbreviation “GT-3” and is engraved, “March 23, 1965″. Sterling silver coin measures 1”. Near fine. From the estate of Gus Grissom and with an LOA from his son. Sold for $1,954.
The “First Selfie in Space” — Buzz Aldrin Vintage NASA 8″ x 10″ Photo From Gemini 12
Vintage NASA photo of Buzz Aldrin on Gemini 12, dubbed the “First Selfie in Space”. 8″ x 10″ chromogenic glossy photo bears red NASA photo number to margin, “S-66-62926”, printed on fiber-based paper with “A Kodak Paper” watermark on verso. Light bend at corner and tape on verso, otherwise near fine condition. Sold for $1,180.
Space Flown Gemini 3 Medallion — From the Estate of Gus Grissom
Gus Grissom’s Gemini 3 space flown medallion. Sterling silver medallion features a relief of the Molly Brown spacecraft and the names of John Young and Gus Grissom. Opposite side features mission abbreviation ”GT-3” and is engraved, ”March 23, 1965”. Sterling silver coin measures 1”. Near fine. From the estate of Gus Grissom and with an LOA from his son. Sold for $1,420.
Gemini IV ”Red Number” NASA Spacewalk Photo on ”A Kodak Paper”
Gemini IV original NASA photo, showing the desirable ”red number” at upper left, and printed on fiber-based paper with ”A Kodak Paper” watermark on verso. Image number S-65-30433 is the famous spacewalk photo, showing Ed White performing the first EVA in 1965. Measures 10” x 8”. Very mild handling wear, overall in near fine condition. Sold for $1,250.
Gemini 3 space-flown Fliteline medallion and embroidered patch. Fliteline medallion in sterling silver is cast with an image of the Molly Brown upon splashdown, surrounded by the names of her astronauts, Virgil I. Grissom and John W. Young, the first two Americans ever in space. Measures 1″ in diameter. Embroidered 3.5″ patch in blue, grey, white and black also shows the spacecraft at splashdown. Flown pieces are mounted to a teal background and matted and framed to an overall size of 7.75″ x 10.75″. Near fine. Obtained directly from the Gus Grissom estate, with a COA from his son. Sold for $1,094.
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