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05/31/2026

(ARMSTRONG, Neil, Personal Collection). Aviation Week & Space Technology "Gemini 8 Approaches Agena for Docking" Plaque. Originally from Neil Armstrong's Personal Collection, with LOA from Armstrong Family. March 28, 1966, 12" x 14" Aviation Week & Space Technology plaque originally from Neil Armstrong's personal collection, with a Certified by Collectibles Authentication Guaranty and two LOPs (Letters of Provenance) from the Armstrong Family and signed by Mark and Rick, Neil's sons. The Gemini 8 mission was commanded by Armstrong - it was his first flight into space. The Gemini VIII was meant to dock with the Agena, but problems arose and the crew had to abort the mission. This plaque sold through Heritage Auctions on Nov 3, 2018 for $600. Plaque in very fine condition with minor abrasion. We have recently acquired a collection which includes Aviation and Space Exploration items. We will be adding items nearly every day. (35219) $450.00

05/31/2026

Imperial Germany Airship Graf Zeppelin lapel pin in .800 silver. 1914-1918, 1-7/8" x 3/8" A Graf Zeppelin lapel pin from World War I. .800 silver mark, two maker marks (crescent moon and crown) and made in Munich (Munchen) mark on reverse. Pin with C catch. Pin is in very fine condition with tarnishing. (35220) $150.00

05/31/2026

Gemini: Agena Spacecraft Aspect Indicator Instrument with Custom Carrying Case. This 6" diameter clear sphere containing an Agena spacecraft model has calibrated two-axis movement as well as movement along a semi-circular mounting frame and a tilt movement at the center of the base stand. The overall height is 18" and the base diameter is 8" and it bears a plaque reading: "Satellite Aspect Indicator/ Designed By T.S. Reynolds/ Aerospace Corp [with logo]". NASA used the Agena as a docking target and high altitude propulsion system during the Gemini program. This instrument was designed as a visual aid relating to problems concerning aspect angles of maneuvering space vehicles. It provided NASA planners a means of measurement and interpretation from a given vehicle orientation. Included is a custom case and a photocopy of a scientific paper mentioning and picturing this device. A highly-detailed scientific instrument. Exceedingly rare and an incredible piece for display. Fine. Provenance: Heritage Auctions, 11.3.2018., Space Exploration. where, including buyer's premium, this exact item brought $6,125. We have recently acquired a collection which includes Aviation and Space Exploration items. We will be adding items nearly every day. (35221) $4,900.00

05/30/2026

Orville Wright Signed 1932 Cover. Dedication of the Wright Brothers Memorial Kitty Hawk, NC. Postmarked Kitty Hawk Nov. 19,1932 . Orville Wright Signed 1932 Cover. Dedication of the Wright Brothers Memorial Kitty Hawk, NC. Postmarked Kitty Hawk Nov. 19,1932 .Very nice Cachet Envelope. Not a copy or reproduction. We have recently acquired a collection which includes Aviation and Space Exploration items. We will be adding items nearly every day. (35215) $450.00

05/30/2026

From John Glenn's Personal Collection

NASA McDonnell "Mercury Spacecraft" Model by Topping. Originally from John Glenn's Personal Collection, with LOA from Estate Sale. NASA McDonnell "Mercury Spacecraft" Model by Topping Originally from John Glenn's Personal Collection, with LOA from Estate Sale. Just like Friendship 7 in which he flew into the history books. A 9.5" long (with escape tower) model of the Mercury capsule on a 5.5" diameter hemispherical base with printed plaque: "Mercury Spacecraft/ NASA/ McDonnell". Overall height is 10.5". Made by Topping for McDonnell with label on bottom. Not common. Only the second example that Heritage has offered. How cool would it be to display John Glenn's own Mercury model in your collection? One spar missing on tower, minor split in one main strut. The base is still as bright blue color, these often fade to a greenish color. Displays excellently. Included with this lot is a Letter of "Verification Re: Estate of Senator John Glenn and Annie Castor Glenn" stating that this "Model of Friendship Capsule" was purchased on March 8, 2018, at the estate sale. Signed by representative of Greater Washington Estate Services. Provenance: Heritage Auctions, 5.11.2018., Space Exploration. where, including buyer's premium, this exact item brought $2,500. We have recently acquired a collection which includes Aviation and Space Exploration items. We will be adding items nearly every day. (35214) $2,200.00

05/11/2026

Waldemar Trojca. Sd.Kfz.141 Pz.Kpfw.III. [At War Series]. Katowice (Poland): Model Hobby, (2005), tall quarto, pictorial boards. 376pp. First Edition. Text in English. Extensively illustrated with scale drawings, black and white photos and color plates. This book presents previously unknown photos of the Panzer III Ausf.A, B, and C. For each version, there is a page listing all possible technical data. Also covered are the Pz.Bef.Wg.III Ausf.D 1 , E, H, J, K and Pz.Beob.Wg.III and Panzer III variants such as the Tauchpanzer III, Flammpanzer III, Bergepanzer III, Pionierpanzer III, Munitionpanzer III and prototypes. Includes four pages of combat vehicle cannons. New copy still in shrink-wrap (a few small tears in wrap do not affect book). (34338) $350.00

05/11/2026

James Norman Hall & Charles Bernard Nordhoff (editors). The Lafayette Flying Corps. Two volumes. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1920, quarto, blue cloth with gilt stamping on front cover and spine, t.e.g., in printed dust jackets. (xx), (514)pp.; (xii), (362)pp. First Edition. Edgar G. Hamilton, Associate Editor. Volume I with 3 full-page full-color plates from paintings by A. Vimnera, and over 124 illustrations in black and white. Volume II with full-color Vimnera frontispiece, 18 full-page cartoons by Jean Camille Bellaigue, 8 full-page color reproductions of French Escadrilles in which members of the Lafayette Flying Corps served and over 85 illustrations in black and white. The editors' purpose, quoting from the Introduction, "...in offering this record of the Lafayette Flying Corps has been twofold: to furnish a record as complete and authentic as possible, and to reconstruct an atmosphere." The first volume deals with the origin of the Escadrille Americaine, its service at the front, and its development into the Lafayette Flying Corps, carrying the story through the winter of 1917-18, when the members of the Escadrille Lafayette, and other American volunteers in French squadrons were transferred to the U.S. Air Service. Includes biographical sketches of the Corps and friends of the Corps. Volume II is made up of the letters written by the volunteers themselves presenting their experiences of life in French aviation schools and at the Front. The books are in very fine condition, uncut, unopened, with all required tissue guards present. Jackets are a bit sunned on the spine and with a bit of dust soiling and a few small dime-size chips at top of spines. (34503) $2,750.00

05/11/2026

Photograph of a Fokker Dr-1 Triplane signed by the designer, Anthony Fokker. Outstanding photograph, 17" x 21.5" of a Fokker Dr-1 Triplane, the legendary fighter aircraft of the first World War, boldly signed "Fokker" by the designer Anthony Fokker. Framed. Very fine. (35172) $5,000.00

03/18/2026