posted 05-13-2021 03:20 PM               

As in the past, the sale offers some interesting items from Mercury, Gemini, Apollo, shuttle and Russian programs. There is an Apollo 14 backup crew flown patch (lot 711), an unusual item mounted on a certificate that reads “This Patch Reluctantly Carried to the Moon on Apollo 14.”

There are some excellent early NASA red and blue serial number photos. These are in very good condition and are excellent specimens. Take a look at lot 668, Apollo 8 Earth Rise; lots 684 and 685 Apollo 11 with the uncommon blue serial numbers; and lot 686 with a red serial number. These photos and more in the sale were kept by one of the NASA flight controllers for the past 50+ years and were stored in ideal conditions.

There are also numerous items from the Dick Underwood collection.