posted 07-16-2023 07:54 AM               

This sale is outstanding with over 275 space lots. Items range from the early days of aviation and include Mercury, Gemini, Apollo, shuttle and Russian programs.

Highlights include a NASA Apollo Hasselblad 500 EL-HEC camera with lens and film magazine. This camera was one of the early cameras NASA purchased for use in the Apollo program. Provided are many details on the camera's NASA history including documentation that it was used in training by the Apollo 14 crew.

There is a great selection of astronaut autographed photos including Neil Armstrong. There are also many other early NASA photos including sets that detail Apollo space suits.

If you collect space food there are several "meals" worth of shuttle food — all used in training and some likely flown. There are also some outstanding models.

posted 09-02-2023 06:06 PM               

There are beautiful models from the 1960s, including a museum quality MA-6 capsule. Lot 56 is a segment of the umbilical cable for MA-6.

Early NASA photographs – covering different missions – many of these are from the collection of Bernard Hohmann, a NASA consultant brought to this country through Operation Paperclip after WWII. Several "A Kodak Paper" Ed White spacewalk photos. Several lots of photos related to spacesuit development.

Lot 233 is the rare Apollo 14 Hasselblad camera – used in training and only one of a few known to be available to private collectors. Lots 264, 265 and 275 are three meals of space shuttle food used in training – enjoy breakfast, lunch and dinner.

posted 09-08-2023 03:09 PM               

The space sale is Tuesday, Sept. 12 at 1:00pm EDT. To highlight an outstanding find – the Apollo 14 Hasselblad camera. This camera is one of the original NASA Apollo cameras. Many are in museums and 11 were left on the lunar surface.