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 481. Orville Wright
(1871-1948) Aviation pioneer. Wright
with his brother, Wilber
are generally credited with inventing
and building the world’s first
successful airplane and making the first
controlled, powered and sustained
heavier-than-air human flight on
December 17, 1903 in Kitty Hawk, North
Carolina. In the two years afterward,
the brothers developed their flying
machine into the first practical
fixed-wing aircraft. 6” x 3 ½” postal
cover with a cachet recognizing the
“Silver Anniversary” of “Aeroplane
Flying” and a commemorative stamp for
the International Aeronautics
Conference, cancelled December 17, 1928,
signed through the cachet.
$900 to $1,600
 482. Charles A. Lindbergh
(1902-1974) Aviator. Lindbergh, rose
instantaneously from virtual obscurity
to world fame as the result of his
piloting of the first solo nonstop
Transatlantic flight from New York
(Roosevelt Field) to Paris (Le Bourget
Field), in the single-seat,
single-engine monoplane Spirit of St.
Louis on May 20–21, 1927. 6” x 9 ¼”
, four page, printed program from a
dinner held to honor Lindbergh by the
Mayor and City of Pittsburgh on August
3, 1927, signed on the cover, “C. A.
Lindbergh.” A 2” x 3 ¾” black and
white printed photograph has been tipped
to the cover.
On the afternoon of
July 20, 1927,
Lindbergh and- the Spirit of St.
Louis began a tour of the United
States, leaving Mitchel Field,
Long Island.
By the time the “Spirit of St. Louis”
and Lindbergh returned to Mitchel Field
on October 23rd. Over 10,000
people greeted Lindbergh as the
Spirit of St. Louis landed in
Pittsburgh. With over 250,000 cheering
men, women, and children lining the
streets, he made the 15 mile ride
from to Pitt Stadium seated in an
automobile beside Pittsburgh Mayor
Charles H. Kline. Another 50,000 filled
the stadium to hear Lindbergh speak.
That evening at the William Penn Hotel,
a
banquet was given in his honor.
Accompanied by the rare 4” x 6” printed
card distributed at the dinner,
“Compliments of / William Penn Hotel /
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania,” reproducing
the May 21, 1927 editorial from The
New York Sun entitled “Lindbergh
Flies Alone.”
$2,500
to $4,000
 483. Charles A. Lindbergh.
3” x 2” sheet signed, “C. A.
Lindbergh PA – 811 New York – Honolulu
March 1, ’70.” This had been signed
for the co-pilot on a TWA flight in
1970.
$500 to $900
 484. Amelia Earhart
(1898-1937) Aviatrix. Earhart was the
first woman to fly across the Atlantic
in 1928. In 1932, she became the first
woman to fly solo across the Atlantic
and in 1935, she duplicated that feat
with the Pacific Ocean.
 In 1937, she
attempted an around-the-world flight
with her navigator Fred Noonan, but
disappeared near Howland Island in the
South Pacific. Her book signed, The
Fun of It,
Brewer, Warren & Putnam, 1932, first
edition, signed on the free front
endpaper. The book includes a
“mini-record” of the broadcast Earhart
made after she landed in London.
The book is in fair condition, with
damage to the cover, title print,
cracked interior hinges, bumped corners
and wear on the edges. Several pages are
separating from the spine and the spine
has come loose from the binding, and the
front endpaper with the signature has
been taped into the book. It appears to
be part of the original book. The
mini-record appears to be in fine
condition.
$1,200 to $2,400
 485. Walter Wellman
(1858-1934) Aviation pioneer. In
1898-1899, Wellman led an expedition to
the Arctic regions. He employed balloons
in several attempts to explore the
Arctic regions. In 1910, with five
companions, he made a daring attempt to
cross the Atlantic in the airship
America. 8 ½” x 11” autograph letter
signed, personal stationery, no date, to
Mr. Brady. “…We had no mail aboard
the America on our flight over the
Atlantic. Have had so many calls for
souvenirs I now have left only three
things which I must keep for my
family….” Toning and some clipping
to the right margin.
$150
to $300
 486. Richard
E. Byrd (1888-1957). Aviator,
explorer, and scientist. Byrd was the
first man to fly over both poles and for
his daring feats became one of America’s
genuine folk heroes. 6” x 9” printed
black and white photograph (image 4 ¼” x
5 ½”) signed.
$100 to $200
 487. Richard E. Byrd.
Block of six “U. S. Navy” commemorative
stamps, signed.
$100 to $200
 488. Chuck Yeager
(1923- ) Pilot. Yeager was the first
man to break the sound barrier on
October 14, 1947, flying the
experimental Bell X-1 at Mach 1 at an
altitude of 45,000 feet. He later
commanded fighter squadrons and wings in
Germany and in Southeast Asia during the
Vietnam War. 10” x 8” color photograph
signed, “To: Marilyn Good Luck! Chuck
Yeager.”
$75 to $150
 489. Early Soviet Cosmonauts.
5 ½” x 4” color Soviet post card
recognizing the anniversary of the
October Revolution with a typed message,
in Russian, on the reverse side, signed
by Yuri Gagarin, Gherman Titov
(1935-2000), Vladimir Komarov
(1927-1967) , Valentina Tereshkova
(1937- ), Valeri Bykovsky
(1934- ), Pavel Popovich, Boris
Yegorov (1937-1994), Pavel
Belyaev (1925-1970) and Andrian
Nikolaev (1929- ). The message
reads: “Dear Ivan Grigoryevich! We
congratulate you on the big holiday of
the Great October...From all our soul we
wish you good health and glowing
successes in the honor of our socialist
Motherland....” There is modest
damage to the upper right corner.
$300 to $600
 490. John Glenn
(1921- ) Astronaut, politician. Glenn
became the first American and the third
person to orbit the earth. After leaving
the space program, Glenn entered Ohio
politics and was elected to the U.S.
Senate as a Democrat in 1974. 8” x 10”
NASA lithograph signed, defaced by an
authentication sticker from Global
Authentication in the extreme lower
right corner, matted to 11” x 14” and a
10 ¾” x 13 ¼” twenty-five page insert
from the New York News, April 1,
1962 featuring Glenn on the cover
signed.
$100 to $200
 491. Neil Armstrong
(1930- ) Astronaut. Armstrong
was the first person to
set foot on the Moon. His first
spaceflight was aboard Gemini 8
in 1966, for which he was the command
pilot. On this mission, he performed the
first manned docking of two spacecraft
together with pilot David Scott.
Armstrong’s second and last space flight
was as mission commander of the
Apollo 11 moon landing mission in
1969. 25” x 30” limited edition
lithograph signed in pencil. The
lithograph (#615/1000) Naval Aviation
in Space from a watercolor by R.L.
Rasmussen is also signed and
numbered by Rasmussen. Also signing are
astronauts Gene
 Cernan, Charles
Conrad (1930-1999), John Glenn,
Rick Hauck, Jim Lovell, Wally Schirra
(1923-2007), Jack Lousma and
Alan Shepard (1923-1998). There
are two small stains and minor wrinkling
to the lower margin.
$2,500 to $4,500
 492. Buzz Aldrin
(1930- ) Astronaut. Aldrin
was the Lunar Module Pilot on Apollo
11, the first lunar landing. He was
the second person to set foot on the
Moon.
Check written and signed, First Los
Angeles Bank, June 4, 1985, payable to
“H & S Storage.” Cancellations do
not touch the signature.
$150 to $250
 493. Buzz Aldrin.
His book, Encounter with Tiber,
Time Warner, 1996, first printing,
signed on the title page. The dust
jacket is unblemished.
$75 to $150
 494. Jim Irwin
(1930-1991) Astronaut. Irwin
served as Lunar Module pilot for Apollo
15, the fourth human lunar landing; he
was the eighth man to walk on the Moon.
Check written and signed, First Bank,
February 18, 1984, payable to
“Conservative Caucus.” Cancellations
do not touch the signature.
$100 to $200
 495. Alan Bean
(1932- ) Astronaut. Bean was the
fourth person to ever walk on the moon.
In November 1969, he and Pete Conrad
made the second moon landing in history
in their Apollo 12 Lunar Module
Intrepid, while their crew mate Dick
Gordon orbited the moon in Apollo 12’s
Command Module. 8” x 10” NASA lithograph
signed, “To Bob Best Wishes Alan
Bean.” Matted to 11” x 14”.
$100 to $200
 496. Charles Conrad
(1930-1999) Astronaut. Conrad was the
third man to walk on the moon. He served
on Gemini 5, Apollo 12, and Skylab 2
missions. 8” x 10” color NASA
lithograph signed.
$100 to $200
 497. Alan Shepard
(1923-1998) Astronaut.
Shepard was one of the original seven
astronauts chosen by NASA for its
Mercury program. In 1971, Shepard and
fellow astronaut Edgar Mitchell landed
on the Moon, becoming the fifth and
sixth men to walk there.
10” x 8” color NASA lithograph of
Shepard on the Lunar surface signed,
“Best wishes to Roger & Hattie Alan
Shepard.”
$150 to $300
498. NO LOT
 499. Astronauts.
Seven color NASA lithographs signed by:
Bob Crippen “To Marilyn
Cochran – Best Wishes! Bob Crippen,”
Donald L. Holmquest, Jake Garn
“To Marilyn Cochran Best Wishes Jake
Garn,” Owen K. Garriott, Fred
Gregory “Marilyn Cochran Best
Wishes Fred Gregory 1 Apr02,”
Robert Parker “To Marilyn Best
Wishes Bob Parker” and William E.
Thornton “W. Thornton,
 M. D.”
$100 to $200
 500. Astronauts.
Six color NASA lithographs signed by:
Joe Allen “Joe Allen
‘Discovery’,” Vance Brand, John
Glenn, Jack Lousma “…Wishing you
a lifetime of Blue Skies and Happy
Landings! Jack Lousma Pilot Skylab
Commander STS – 3 (Nov. 2000),”
Pierre J Thuot “To Marilyn, Best
wishes! Pierre Thuot,” Paul Weitz
“To marilyn Cochran with best
wishes Paul Weitz” and a 4” x 6”
printed black and white photograph
signed by British astronaut, Helen
Sharman.
$100 to $200
 501. Dick Scobee
(1939-1986) Astronaut. Scobee was the
spacecraft commander for the ill-fated
STS-51-L mission. The mission, designed
to deploy a satellite to study the
approaching Halley’s Comet and to
inaugurate the Teacher in Space Project,
was delayed numerous times due to bad
weather and technical glitches. When the
mission finally did lift off the pad, an
O-ring seal failure destroyed the
shuttle 73 seconds into the flight,
killing Scobee and the other six members
of the crew. Postal cover bearing a
cachet honoring the 1984 Challenger
landing on April 13, 1984, signed on the
front in blue ballpoint by Scobee.
$100 to $200
 502. Jerry Carr
(1932- ) Astronaut. Carr was
commander of Skylab 4, the third and
final manned visit to the Skylab Orbital
Workshop, launched November 16, 1973,
and concluded February 8, 1974. This was
the longest manned flight in the
history of manned space exploration to
date. 8 ½” x 11” typed letter signed,
two pages, Camus, Incorporated, February
17, 1995, to Mark Gauthier, an inmate at
the Avon Park Correctional Institute.
“…I don't feel that the threat of nuclear war has been completely
eradicated. Clearly, there
are
radical elements in the world today who
are actively seeking to acquire a
nuclear weapon capability… We,
the United
States, were instrumental in unleashing
this demon into the
world, so now we have no choice but to
remain strong enough to deter any
newcomer to the game from enlisting it
for their own purposes…I
have no doubt that holes exist in the
ozone layer…
it doesn’t necessarily follow that they
are the result of human kind's
carelessness…We
may never be able to zero out our
contribution…and human extinction is
not an appropriate solution---though zero population growth may
be…Mindless
killing of animals and plant life has no
place
among
us; but thoughtful and respected
sacrifice of certain animals and
plant life for the good of us all is,
in my view, acceptable….”
$150 to $250
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