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Bonhams: The Air and Space Sale

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Auction Name The Air and Space Sale Total Sales (USD) 240,174.00
Auction Date September 17, 2019 - September 17, 2019 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 173,900.00
Sale Number #25262 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 259,600.00
Total Lots 86
Sold Lots 42 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 365,200.00
% of Lots Sold 48.84% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 536,700.00
Unsold Lots 44 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 44.75%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
90

FIRST TELEPHONE CALL TO THE MOON.

1969 USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 USD 31,325.00
136

APOLLO 17 FLIGHT PLAN FLOWN TO THE LUNAR SURFACE.

1972 USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 USD 25,075.00
33

RUSSIAN FATHER OF ROCKETRY COMMENTS ON AMERICAN ROCKETRY PIONEER ROBERT H. GODDARD.

1924 USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 21,325.00
143

LARGE LUNAR NEAR SIDE CHART, SIGNED BY 20TH CENTURY SURFACE EXPLORERS.

1969 USD 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 USD 21,325.00
91

PREPARING FOR THE FIRST DESCENT TO THE LUNAR SURFACE.

USD 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 USD 13,825.00
43

COSMONAUT MARRIAGE.

1963 USD 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 USD 8,825.00
1

WRIGHT BROTHERS: FABRIC SEGMENT FROM THE 1903 KITTY HAWK FLYER.

1903 USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 8,200.00
5

LINDBERGH, CHARLES. 1902-1974.

1968 to April 25 USD 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 USD 7,575.00
47

3 SOYUZ 14 FLOWN NOTEBOOKS.

1993 USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 7,575.00
94

ALDRIN'S APOLLO 11 MOON LANDING CREW SIGNED POSTAL COVER.

1969 USD 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 USD 7,575.00
142

APOLLO LUNAR LANDING MISSION PROFILE CHART SIGNED BY 9 ASTRONAUTS.

USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 7,575.00
147

SKYLAB FLOWN DAILY ACTIVITY BOOK.

1973 USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 7,575.00
72

BUZZ ALDRIN'S FLOWN GEMINI XII CHECK LIST.

1966 USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 USD 6,325.00
2

WRIGHT, WILBUR. 1867-1912.

1908 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 5,325.00
3

WRIGHT, WILBUR. 1867-1912.

1908 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 5,325.00
102

APOLLO 11.

USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 5,325.00
80

APOLLO 1: ORBITAL CHART SIGNED BY 9 APOLLO ASTRONAUTS.

1966 USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 USD 4,075.00
113

A ROAD MAP FOR THE FIRST LUNAR LANDING.

1969 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 3,060.00
108

APOLLO 11 SEA OF TRANQUILLITY LANDING SITE CHART.

1969 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 2,805.00
111

APOLLO 11 ORBIT CHARTS SIGNED BY ALDRIN.

1969-06-19 USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 USD 2,805.00
123

APOLLO 13: FRED HAISE SIGNED PHOTOS.

1970 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 2,805.00
101

NEIL ARMSTRONG SIGNED AND INSCRIBED APOLLO 11 PHOTOGRAPH.

1969 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 2,550.00
125

ON APRIL 13, 1970: BOOM! NOT YOUR TYPICAL DAY IN SPACE.

1970 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 2,550.00
61

LUNAR ORBITER MISSION III.

1966 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 2,295.00
62

LUNAR ORBITER MISSION IV.

1967 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 2,295.00
  • Doyle, May 1: Thomas Jefferson expresses fears of "a war of extermination" in Saint-Dominigue. $40,000 to $60,000.
    Doyle, May 1: An exceptional presentation copy of Fitzgerald's last book, in the first issue dust jacket. $25,000 to $35,000.
    Doyle, May 1: The rare first signed edition of Dorian Gray. $15,000 to $25,000.
    Doyle, May 1: The Prayer Book of Jehan Bernachier. $10,000 to $15,000.
    Doyle, May 1: Van Dyck's Icones Principum Virorum Doctorum. $10,000 to $15,000.
    Doyle, May 1: The magnificent Cranach Hamlet in the deluxe binding by Dõrfner. $7,000 to $10,000.
    Doyle, May 1: A remarkable unpublished manuscript of a voyage to South America in 1759-1764. $3,000 to $5,000.
    Doyle, May 1: Bouchette's monumental and rare wall map of Lower Canada. $12,000 to $18,000.
    Doyle, May 1: An rare original 1837 abolitionist woodblock. $8,000 to $12,000.
    Doyle, May 1: An important manuscript breviary in Middle Dutch. $15,000 to $25,000.
    Doyle, May 1: An extraordinary Old Testament manuscript, circa 1250. $20,000 to $30,000.
  • Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Piccolomini's De La Sfera del Mondo (The Sphere of the World), 1540.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Vellutello's Commentary on Petrarch, With Map, 1525.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Finely Bound Definitive, Illustrated Edition of I Promessi Sposi, 1840.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Rare First Edition of John Milton's Latin Correspondence, 1674.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Giolito's Edition of Boccaccio's The Decamerone, with Bedford Binding, 1542.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of the First Biography of Marie of the Incarnation, with Rare Portrait, 1677.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Aldine Edition of Volume One of Cicero's Orationes, 1540.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Bonanni's Illustrated Costume Catalogue, with Complete Plates, 1711.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: An Important Incunable, the First Italian Edition of Josephus's De Bello Judaico, 1480.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Jacques Philippe d'Orville's Illustrated Book of the Ruins of Sicily, 1764.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: An Incunable from 1487, The Contemplative Life, with Early Manuscript.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Ignatius of Loyola's Exercitia Spiritualia, 1563.
  • Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 546. Christoph Jacob Trew. Plantae selectae, 1750-1773.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 70. Thomas Murner. Die Narren beschwerung. 1558.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 621. Michael Bernhard Valentini. Museum Museorum, 1714.
    Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 545. Sander Reichenbachia. Orchids illustrated and described, 1888-1894.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1018. Marinetti, Boccioni, Pratella Futurism - Comprehensive collection of 35 Futurist manifestos, some of them exceptionally rare. 1909-1933.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 634. August Johann Rösel von Rosenhof. 3 Original Drawings, around 1740.
    Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 671. Jacob / Picasso. Chronique des Temps, 1956.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1260. Mary Webb. Sarn. 1948. Lucie Weill Art Deco Binding.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 508. Felix Bonfils. 108 large-format photographs of Syria and Palestine.
    Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 967. Dante Aligheri and Salvador Dali. Divina Commedia, 1963.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1316. Tolouse-Lautrec. Dessinateur. Duhayon binding, 1948.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1303. Regards sur Paris. Braque, Picasso, Masson, 1962.
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