Sell or Auction Your Gus Grissom Gemini 3 Flown Molly Brown Medallion for up to $866 or More at Nate D. Sanders Auctions
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Sell Your Gus Grissom Gemini 3 Flown Molly Brown Medallion
We sold a Gus Grissom Gemini 3 flown Molly Brown medallion. Please see details below:
Gemini 3 Flown ”Molly Brown” Medallion — From The Gus Grissom Estate
Gus Grissom’s personally owned medallion commemorating the Gemini 3 mission, on which he served as Command Module Pilot. GT-3 flown sterling medallion obverse features an image of the ”Molly Brown” spacecraft in relatively high relief, surrounded by ”Virgil I. Grissom / John W. Young / The / Molly Brown”. Reverse reads ”GT-3” and is engraved, ”March 23, 1965”. Measures 1” in diameter and weighs 9 grams. Some tarnishing, scratching and rubbing, else near fine. With an LOA from Mark Grissom.
Sold for $866.
The following are some additional Gemini 3 flown items we sold:
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.
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.
FREE APPRAISAL. To buy, auction, sell or consign your Gus Grissom Gemini 3 flown Molly Brown medallion that is for sale, please email your description and photos to [email protected] of Nate D. Sanders Auctions (http://www.NateDSanders.com).