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Other USA Space Collectibles 183 185X Session I: Wednesday, January 15, 2014 186X Estimate Estimate – STS-94 – 178 1997 STS-94 COLUMBIA FLOWN INSULATION BLANKET ............................................................. PH $400-600 Large gold reflective insulation blanket (30"x52") flown aboard Space Shuttle Columbia on its STS-94 mission in July 1997. Complete with NASA removal paperwork. ERNO name tag on the blanket. Paperwork reads ‘RWNG-2-24-6256’ which signifies the orbiter and mission. – OTHER, SHUTTLE – 179 1960s-70s EARTH RESOURCES NASA PHOTOS .... $200-300 Group of about 250 mostly color & B&W photos (8x10") showing Earth’s surface as taken from Skylab, Shuttle, satellites, etc. for studying Earth. Includes about 20 envelopes of photos from Goddard. With duplication. Viewing recommended. 180 185 1977-2012 COMPLETE SET OF 136 SHUTTLE MISSION EMBLEM PATCHES ............................ PH $300-400 1980s NASA AWARD PLAQUE SHOWING DA VINCI’S ORNITHOPTER ................................ PH $400-600 Award Plaque in recognition of John F. Yardley’s direction of the Space Shuttle program, presented by the Hugh L. Dryden Flight Research Center at NASA. Attractive 3-D artwork shows replica of Leonardo da Vinci’s Ornithopter. Held inside wooden box with flip lid. Plaque is 9½x4½” in size. Copy of Yardley’s biographical data sheet from NASA included. He was involved with NASA from 1974-81 and before that was at McDonnell Douglas in St. Louis. Unique item in excellent condition. 183 OTHER USA SPACE COLLECTIBLES 1980s SPACE SHUTTLE CIRCUIT BOARDS (x4) ............................................................................... PH $200-300 Four possibly flown Circuit Boards (4x6") with NASA paperwork, which matches numbers on the boards. Three packages sealed and one opened for photo. Three described as removed in 1987 (after Challenger accident, refurbishment possibly) and one in 1982. Great condition. Saint Louis, Missouri Space 3.pmd 2011-12 SOUVENIRS FOR FINAL SHUTTLE FLIGHTS & ARMSTRONG DEATH ..................... PH $100-150 Three collage tribute cards canceled on special dates. One has all flight emblems of the Space Shuttle Atlantis, with postmarked stamps for final flight (STS-135) launch and landing dates 7/8 and 7/21/2011; Collage of various space shuttle images a nd artwork, three stamps postmarked on launch date of Endeavour’s final flight (STS-134) on 5/16/2011 and the final flight dates of the program (STS-135) 7/8 and 7/21/ 2011; Moonwalkers tribute card with designs for each manned moon landing patch and facsimile signature of all moonwalkers, two stamps postmarked at Kennedy Space Center on special dates: 7/1/2012 50th anniversary of the KSC and 8/25/2012 on the death of Neil Armstrong, only seven produced. Interesting group, very fine. Complete set of 4" shuttle mission patches with the majority being from AB Emblems. Includes ALT Enterprise patch and all 135 patches from STS-1 through STS-135. Great condition. 182 1981-99 EXCELLENT SPACE SHUTTLE COVER COLLECTION (x1250) ...................................... PH $1500-2000 Two boxes with more than 1,250 different covers representing STS-1 to STS-103 covering first 20 years of Shuttle program. Superb cachet quality, mostly printed, sometimes with rubber stamp. Majority from KSC, Houston and Edwards. Excellent condition in chronological order. 1970-85 LARGE SPACE SHUTTLE FORERUNNER COVER STOCK (x455) ....................................... PH $750-1000 Group of 125 different X-24A/B, M2F3 & DFBW project covers, with 40 autographed by pilots such as Manke (x18). Also 330 different test, flight and training covers including scarce set of 1977-78 Columbia final installation covers, as well as 747 carrier aircraft flown cover. More than 450 covers in chronological order in very fine to excellent condition. 181 184 – FLOWN – 186 1969-81 APOLLO/SHUTTLE MFA MEDALLIONS W/ FLOWN METAL ............................................... PH $200-300 Four Manned Flight Awareness medallions, each made in part from metal flown on the missions, and attached to their presentation certificates (8½x11" or 11x14") includes Apollo 11, Apollo-Soyuz, STS-1 and STS-71 (no certificate). All in at least very fine condition. Aviation & Space Memorabilia 41 Page 41 11/27/2013, 3:10 PM