Aviation and Space Exploration Autographs and Memorabilia Gift Ideas
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Official NASA photograph of the crew of the ill-fated Challenger mission STS-51L. Challenger exploded in midair on January 28, 1986, making it the deadliest accident in NASA history until the destruction of the Columbia in 2003. This rare photograph contains the signatures of all seven crewmembers of STS-51L, who are shown in flight suits and holding their helmets. All seven people in this photo perished in the Challenger disaster read more...
Sale Price $13,600.00
$16,000.00
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ORVILLE WRIGHT. Photograph signed: "Orville Wright". B/w, 6¼x4½ overall, image 5x3¼ (one surface). Captioned at lower margin: "First Man-Flight, December 17, 1903/Kitty Hawk, N.C. read more...
Sale Price $10,200.00
$12,000.00
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WALTER M. SCHIRRA One-piece Flight Training Suit worn by Wally Schirra as he trained for the Apollo 7 space mission, accompanied by a typed letter of authentication signed by the astronaut. Comprises: (1) TLS: "Walter M. Schirra", 1 page, 8½x11. Rancho Santa Fe, California, 2002 May 3. To Who it may concern. read more...
Sale Price $8,800.00
$11,000.00
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CHALLENGER STS-51L CREW: FRANCIS R. "DICK" SCOBEE, MICHAEL J. SMITH, RONALD E. "RON" McNAIR, ELLISON S. "EL" ONIZUKA, JUDITH A. "JUDY" RESNIK, GREG JARVIS and CHRISTA McAULIFFE The crew signed these First Day Covers, which were postmarked the day they died. read more...
Sale Price $5,950.00
$7,000.00
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APOLLO 11: NEIL ARMSTRONG and MICHAEL COLLINS Framed 26x26 display featuring signed space suit fabric with the mission patch Ephemera signed: "Neil Armstrong", "Michael Collins", 6x6 strip of space suit fabric bearing 3¼-diameter Apollo 11 mission patch. read more...
Sale Price $5,312.50
$6,250.00
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AMELIA EARHART She signs the program and menu from a 1930 Aviation Nite dinner in Baltimore, a menu designed in the form of her aircraft. Program/Menu signed: "Amelia Earhart". Shaped read more...
Sale Price $4,037.50
$4,750.00
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WILBUR WRIGHT and HOWARD W. GILL Wright signs a $200 check to Howard W. Gill, who endorses it. The colorful Gill, a member of the Wright ExhibitionTeam, would die in a mid-air collision at an air race less than one year later. Check filled out and signed: "Wright [B]rothers/W.W.", 6¼x2¾. read more...
Sale Price $3,825.00
$4,500.00
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WILBUR WRIGHT. Partly Printed Check signed: "Wright Cycle Co./WW", 8½x3. Dayton, Ohio, 1905 January 3. Drawn on Winters National Bank, payable to William Tompert for $2.50. During 1904 and 1905, the Wrights built and tested new planes and engines. read more...
Sale Price $3,825.00
$4,500.00
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This extremely rare photograph is of Gemini IV crewmembers Edward H. White II and James McDivitt being presented to the U. S. House of Representatives and is signed by both astronauts on the matte. Accompanied by a letter of provenance from White's son Edward H. White III. One of two photographs prepared exclusively for the astronauts, this piece hung in White's study and was obtained directly from his estate! read more...
Sale Price $3,400.00
$4,250.00
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RONALD E. McNAIR He sends an autograph letter answering an admirer's questions Autograph Letter Signed: "Dr. Ron McNair" 1p, 8½x11. No place, no date but probably 1978. read more...
Sale Price $3,527.50
$4,150.00
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AMELIA M. EARHART and OTHERS The female aviator and dozens of authors signed this sheet of paper that's framed! Signature: "Amelia M. Earhart", 8½x11 album leaf titled: "Autographs of Authors and Poets visiting The Halle Bros. Co. Book Fair, October 15 to 20, 1928". read more...
Sale Price $3,230.00
$3,800.00
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APOLLO 12 Man's second landing on the Moon crew sign a piece of paper. Signatures: "Charles Conrad, Jr.", "Alan L. Bean" and "Dick Gordon", 3¾x3¾ paper. read more...
Sale Price $2,932.50
$3,450.00
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JIM IRWIN Typed statement by Jim Irwin about his Apollo 15 flight. Typed Statement signed: "Jim Irwin", 5½x7¾. No place, no date. In full: "STATEMENT OF JIM read more...
Sale Price $2,932.50
$3,450.00
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ORVILLE WRIGHT, J. CARROLL CONE and ROBERT REINING Pilot's license of Warren Hallowell, signed by aviation pioneer Orville Wright. Accompanying documents are signed by two other notables in early aviation history, Cone and Reining. Document signed: "Orville Wright", 4x2¼. read more...
Sale Price $2,762.50
$3,250.00
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THE ORIGINAL SEVEN PROJECT MERCURY ASTRONAUTS: SCOTT CARPENTER, GORDON COOPER, GUS GRISSOM, JOHN GLENN, WALLY SCHIRRA, ALAN SHEPARD and DONALD K. SLAYTON All but Grissom have signed a group photo in space suits. The signature of the ill-fated Grissom on a separate sheet is framed with it in the Gallery of History style. read more...
Sale Price $2,720.00
$3,200.00
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CHARLES LINDBERGH After testing a new electrically heated flight suit in 1930, Lindbergh reports to the inventor that it "functioned perfectly" but tore too easily. Typed Letter signed: "C. A. Lindbergh", 1 page, 8½x11. New York City, 1930 July 11. On personal letterhead to Dr. Burton R. read more...
Sale Price $2,720.00
$3,200.00
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CHARLES A. LINDBERGH The pilot of the Spirit of St. Louis and Pulitzer Prize winner signs this envelope from 1930 Envelope signed: "C.A. Lindbergh/Sept 10, 1930", 9x4¼. Official Business Post Office Department envelope, postmarked Saint Louis, Mo., February 20, 1928. read more...
Sale Price $2,380.00
$2,800.00
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Limited edition lithograph (35x23) by George Bishop signed in pencil by astronauts Stafford and Slayton and by cosmonauts Leonov and Kubasov, framed in the Gallery of History style to 43x41 read more...
Sale Price $2,337.50
$2,750.00
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This extremely rare piece of space history is a Great Seal of the State of Florida presented to Gemini IV crewmember Edward H. White II, the first American to make a spacewalk. Accompanied by an Associated Press photo of crewmember James McDivitt holding a similar seal. This seal belonged to White and comes with a letter of provenance from his son Edward H. White III! read more...
Sale Price $2,337.50
$2,750.00
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GREG JARVIS Letter from the payload specialist describing his objectives for the upcoming Challenger 51-L mission Typed Letter Signed: "Greg Jarvis" 1p, 8½x11. Lyndon B. read more...
Sale Price $2,337.50
$2,750.00
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CHARLES A. LINDBERGH Lindbergh and seven other signers, including Alan Winslow (first US Air Service pilot to down a German plane in World War I), are shown with humorist Will Rogers in a 14x11 photo. Photograph signed: "C.A. Lindbergh", "Alan F. Winslow" and six others, not by Rogers. read more...
Sale Price $2,210.00
$2,600.00
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COLUMBIA First space mission to land in New Mexico. Inscribed photograph signed with 33-word inscription: "Jack Lousma" and "Gordon Fullerton". Color, 16x20 overall, image 10¾x13½ (two surfaces). read more...
Sale Price $2,082.50
$2,450.00
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Both commanders and both pilots of the final Enterprise test flights signed this color photo of themselves posed in front of their Shuttle, matted to 14x11. This is from the personal collection of astronaut Jack Lousma, who has signed his authenticating certification on verso. read more...
Sale Price $2,040.00
$2,400.00
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SOVIET COSMONAUTS: VOSTOK PROGRAM Rare 7¼x4¾ photo signed by all six of the first Soviet cosmonauts in space Photograph signed: "Gagarin", read more...
Sale Price $2,040.00
$2,400.00
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JOHN H. GLENN, JR. With the right stuff. ALS: "John Glenn/Major USMC". 1p, 7¼x10½. California, MD, 1958 February 16. To Larry, in full: "I believe the note on the chart is self explanatory. read more...
Sale Price $2,040.00
$2,400.00
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WILEY POST and HAROLD GATTY 8x10 image of the first men to circumnavigate the world in a fixed-wing aircraft, inscribed by Gatty and signed both aviators. From the collection of fellow aviator Richard Blythe. Photograph inscribed and signed: "To Dick/very sincerely/Harold Gatty", "Wiley Post". B/w, 8x10. read more...
Sale Price $1,912.50
$2,250.00
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WALTER HINTON: FIRST TRANSATLANTIC FLIGHT. Comprises: (1) TLS: "Walter Hinton", 1p, 7x9. Washington, D.C., 1929 November 14. To Herbert D. Condon, Logansport, Indiana. In full: "Enclosed you will find the read more...
Sale Price $1,700.00
$2,000.00
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CHRISTA McAULIFFE Rare First Day Cover Signed, postmarked on the day the Challenger exploded, matted and framed with her photo and a plaque, in the Gallery of History style to 24x18. Rare Philatelic Envelope signed: "S. Christa McAuliffe", 6½x3½. 22-cent stamp picturing the U.S. read more...
Sale Price $1,700.00
$2,000.00
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RICKENBACKER, THE NEW VICE PRESIDENT OF SALES FOR FOKKER AIRCRAFT, WRITES TO HIS LIFELONG FRIEND, CHARLES EDISON, THE SON OF INVENTOR THOMAS A. EDISON, REGARDING MUSIC FOR A PRESENTATION AND RECORDING BY EDISON'S COMPANY read more...
Sale Price $1,700.00
$2,000.00
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Apollo 13 flown couch fabric from the lunar module Odyssey, enclosed in a 3¼-inch tall Lucite cylinder. From the Personal Collection of Mission Lunar Module Pilot Rusty Schweickart. read more...
Sale Price $1,700.00
$2,000.00