JFK Presidential Visit To Cape Canaveral 1962 Booklet

A vintage 8"x 10-1/2" booklet for the Presidential Visit of John F. Kennedy to the Cape on September 11, 1962.  The booklet contains 19 pages of detailed itinerary and illustrations.  Excellent condition and quite uncommon.

Estimated Value:  $75 - $100

Solar Optical Telescope Model Plus Manual

An early Solar Optical Telescope model approximately 8-9" tall.  The swiveling telescope is made of heavy plastic and is mounted on a nice wooden base.  This lot also comes with a Solar Optical Telescope System operating manual for the real thing.  Nice shape and very uncommon.

Estimated Value:  $75 - $100

Twenty-one Cosmonaut Signed Items, 27 Total Signatures

A large group of color and B&W photographs all signed by at least one cosmonaut.  There are two 7"x 9" photos signed by the Soyuz 38 and Soyuz 40 crews and seven Soviet covers signed by various cosmonauts including Laveikin, Dzhanibekov, Jahn and the Soyuz-TM-12 landing crew.  There are also 13 smaller photos signed various cosmonauts and crews including the TM-7 landing crew, Volynov, Gorbatko, Yeliseyev, Nikolayev, Tsibliyev, Berezovoy, Volkov, Solovyov and one unknown.  My spell-checker is going crazy.  All the items are in various conditions with most still being in good shape with some small flaws.

Estimated Value:  $125 - $150

Flown X-15 Cover Signed By Four X-15 Pilots

A 40th anniversary X-15 cover flown over Edwards AFB by pilot Joe Engle.  It is signed by former X-15 pilots, Engle, Scott Crossfield, Pete Knight and Bill Dana.  This one is number 327 of 1500 flown.  Excellent condition.

Estimated Value:  $50 - $75

"The Papers Of Robert Goddard" Early Boxed 3-Volume Set

A three-volume hardbound boxed set "The Papers of Robert H. Goddard" from 1970 in excellent condition.

Estimated Value:  $150 - $200

Launch Complex 36 Fragment In Lucite

A 2-1/2"x 6"x 1" block of lucite containing a 1"x 1-1/2" fragment from Launch Complex 36 which had launched 145 Atlas rockets frm 1962 to 2004.  New condition.  This one is #36 of 150 produced.

Estimated Value:  $75 - $100

Project Centaur Technical Handbook

An early vinyl-bound Centaur Technical Handbook from General Dynamics dated 24 January 1966. It contains about 175 pages of illustrations, foldouts and information on the Centaur, the country's first hydrogen-fueled space launch vehicle. More of a familiarization document than a technical manual. Excellent condition and rare.

Estimated Value: $100 - $150

Chris Kraft And Chuck Berry Signed Photo

An 8"x 10" color photo showing Chris Kraft and Dr. Charles Berry and signed by both.  The photo is somewhat attached to a matte board of the same size.

Estimated Value:  $25 - $30

Chris Kraft Signed And Annotated 1963 Speech

An original 8"x 10½" Fact Sheet 9-page booklet from MSC concerning a paper written by Chris Kraft.  Kraft has signed the front of the booklet and apparently read the paper after signing, because he corrected several typos inside.  Excellent condition.

Estimated Value:  $75 - $100

Wernher Von Braun Pencil Notes on MSFC Working Paper

Early X-15 NASA Booklet

A vintage 8"x 10" "X-15 Research At The Edge of Space" booklet from NASA, EP-9. It contains 32 pages of B&W photos and information. Nice condition and uncommon.

Estimated Value: $40 - $50

Deke Slayton's Silver 1960 Russian Pin

A vintage 1-1/2" long Russian lapel pin with the date "1960" engraved in the face and probably given to Deke Slayton during his time training for his Apollo-Soyuz mission, and in fact this pin was formerly in the personal collection of Slayton. I'm not sure what the significance of this pin was to the Soviets.  It comes with a 4"x 5½" Certificate of Authenticity card signed by Slayton's wife Bobbie attesting to the fact that it belonged to Slayton.  Excellent condition.

Estimated Value: $75 - $100

Six Different Launch Complex Cards With Fragments

Six different 5-1/2"x 8-1/2" cards each containing a fragment from an historic Launch Complex at KSC.  Launch Complexes represented are LC-5 (gantry fragment), LC-14 (gantry fragment), LC-19 (erector fragment), LC-19 again (white room tile), LC-26 (gantry fragment) and LC-34 (launch pedestal fragment).  All in excellent condition.

Estimated Value:  $75 - $100

Russian Solid-Fuel Rockets, 1963 Russian Book

A softbound 1963 Russian book "Russian Solid-Fuel Rockets" translated from Russian in 1967 and containing 235 pages of illustrations and information.  The covers are stained and discolored, but its still decent inside.

Estimated Value:  $25 - $30

Framed Vintage Space Stamp Display

A nice set of 13 different rocket and space-related stamps in a nice 11"x 14" frame.  Excellent condition.

Estimated Value:  $25 - $30

Lot of Five Different Hubble Telescope Publications

Five different Hubble Space Telescope publications.  All in nice shape.

Estimated Value:  $25 - $30

Lot of Four Different Viking Publications

Four different Viking publications including a TRW press-kit type booklet, a 4-page Bendix booklet, another smaller TRW booklet and a nice Dec 1972 Martin Marietta 24-page pocket information booklet.  Various conditions.

Estimated Value:  $25 - $30