On Wednesday, Regency-Superior auctioneers will allow you to own a piece of space in a very real way—much more real than those “name a star” registries, anyway. They’re auctioning off 860 lots of space memorabilia with signed photos of space pioneers and much, much more!
Among the items available for auction are a signed picture of Valentina Tereshkova of Russia, AKA the first woman ever in space in 1963:
(Lot 322. Starting bid $125.)
There’s also the signed photograph of Sally Ride (top pic), the first American woman in space in 1983—as well as the youngest astronaut ever—along with NASA astronaut Owen Garriot; Sultan Salman al-Saud, the first Arab and Muslim to travel to space; Senator Bill Nelson, the second congressperson and first House member to go to space; and Marsha Ivins, five-time space shuttle astronaut.
And more, including:
Lot 109: An annotated and signed GT-5 1965 re-entry checklist. Starting Bid: $20,000.
Lot 108: The Distinguished Service medal and certificate of Ed White—the first astronaut to perform a spacewalk. Starting bid $7,000.
Lot 80: “1960s Mercury 7 Signed Page | Starting Bid $1,500 | Incredibly rare commemorative ‘Project Mercury’ page with 7 signatures”
Lot 2: “Ten different oversize (approximately 18″x24″) B&W photos taken during NASA-Lunar Orbiter Project-Mission V. Used to plan Apollo landing missions. Other than expected corner and edge dings, very fine condition. Will look wonderful framed. Quite scarce.” Starting bid $100.
You can check out the rest of the mountains of memorabilia in the auction online already ahead of its Wednesday launch in invaluable.com’s Collectibles section and prepare your poor, unsuspecting wallet.
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Published: Jun 1, 2015 01:13 pm