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St. Louis Gallery

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St. Louis, MO 63108
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David M. Kols
President
Alan Lipkin
Senior Vice President
Penney O. Kols
Vice President, Marketing
Wayne Youngblood
V.P. Consignor Relations
Michael Goldman
Walter Morris
Senior Describers
Lindsay Cann
Neil Coker
Charles Lee Grassman
Patrick Leichliter
Lot Describers
Thomas Jozwik
Consignor Relations
Cathy R. Skinner
Auction Manager
Lisa Pettibone
Accounting
Yvonne Jo Glasgow
Jared Mudd
Anya Wynne
Graphic Designers
Ron Brinkman
Peter van Leth
Zachary Stallworth
Administration
Dorothy Youngblood
Stanley Gibbons
Products Manager
Lewis J. Baer
Charles J. Cook
David M. Kols
Dr. Herbert N. Shapiro
Board of Directors

Welcome to our January 2014 Space & Collectibles Public Auction! This auction will be a little
different than previous Space auctions – it will be held live online beginning at 11am (Central
Time) on Wednesday January 15, 2014 at our St. Louis galleries. This is prior to the OrcoExpo
stamp show in Anaheim, California where the philatelic sale will be held live (January 18-19th).
All viewing for Space and Collectibles will take place in St. Louis. This auction will have both
live floor bidding and live online bidding, as well as bids executed by telephone, agent and mail.
This will also be the first sale where California bidders will not have to pay sales tax!
Over the years we’ve been fortunate to handle some of the best items found in space and aviation
history. This sale is no different, with 300 interesting lots of Space & Aviation alone, and an
additional 600 lots of Historical Autographs, Documents, Judaica, Political, Sports and more.
In Space & Aviation, hardware seems to be of increasing interest. Several standout items include:
a 1940s Allison J35-A33 jet engine (Lot 8, $40,000 estimate); an XLR-11 rocket engine (Lot 28,
$20,000 estimate); an XLR-99 rocket engine (Lot 29, $35,000 estimate); and, an early Soviet
Surface-to-Air rocket engine (Lot 36, $10,000 estimate). Or maybe you’d prefer a spacesuit.
We have one of those as well. Lot 219 is a late 1970s-era Soviet ‘Orlan-D’ EVA (extra-vehicular
activity) suit, estimated at $30,000. If you prefer your space collectibles to be a bit smaller, you
may wish to take a look at Lot 177, 10k gold flown Robbins medal, one of only 3 in existence.
It’s estimated at only $2,000-$3,000.
We’re very fortunate to be able to present an intriguing group of unusual nautical material, which
includes everything from actual life preservers from a number of seagoing vessels and other
memorabilia to an actual piece of coal from the ‘Titanic’ (Lot 426), and a fan from the ill-fated
‘Lusitania.’ (Lot 423).
In Autographs and Historical Documents, you’ll find everything from signatures from celebrities
including Sally Rand, Charlie Chaplin, Jayne Mansfield and Barbra Streisand to signatures from
numerous U.S. presidents, including a fascinating little Christmas gift card signed by FDR to the
woman who would become his personal secretary, with ‘Mrs. Roosevelt” scratched out (Lot 794,
estimated at $3,000-$4,000).
A couple of particular items of note are Lot 638, a uniformed War-time cartes-de-visite photograph
of Confederate General Robert E. Lee, signed at the bottom (est. $5,000), and an archive of four
signed letters from Union General William T. Sherman, near the end of his life (Lot 646, estimated
at $5,000-$7,000). Of more recent vintage is a two-page handwritten letter from 1961, penned by
Kennedy assassin Lee Harvey Oswald, during his years in the Soviet Union (Lot 745, estimated at
$10,000-$15,000).
In Sports, as always we have a large number of autographed items, but of particular note (from the
Webb School) are a number of first-day and other covers, autographed by baseball greats.
As always, viewing and live bidding are available 24/7 at www.RegencySuperior.com.

Wayne L. Youngblood
Vice-President, Consignor Relations