2010 Space & Aviation News Archive
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Featuring the signatures of 11 moonwalkers, this amazing piece of memorabilia is available online
Posted: 29 December 2010
British, American and Chinese stamps are mixed with space and aviation covers at Earl P Apfelbaum
Posted: 22 December 2010
How three men and a movie camera changed human history - from beyond planet Earth's orbit...
Posted: 22 December 2010
Here's a look at one of the more unique collectibles from man's first adventure outside Earth's orbit
Posted: 21 December 2010
Neil Armstrong is a household name, but his fellow NASA heroes can also be worth a bit at auction...
Posted: 16 December 2010
Starring with dinosaur teeth and sea-coconuts were various iron spacerocks from famous sources
Posted: 14 December 2010
On the day when a model of Concorde was first shown to the world, we look at her collectibles
Posted: 11 December 2010
Rare autographs from the German war hero and flight pioneer are going under the hammer
Posted: 9 December 2010
We look at why the final 'small step for man' in 1972 is proving increasingly popular on the markets
Posted: 8 December 2010
Having been used on the lunar surface and still bearing Moondust, this is a highly covetable card...
Posted: 8 December 2010
An unusual piece from Edward Tufte's collection of rare books and manuscripts impressed in New York
Posted: 4 December 2010
I M Chait's Natural History auction is set to offer some fine pallasites for collectors, this weekend
Posted: 2 December 2010
Today back in 1954, an Alabama woman had a nasty shock from a falling space rock
Posted: 30 November 2010
A rare opportunity is available for aviation collectors as Lucky Lindy and the Red Baron return
Posted: 29 November 2010
Markets for out-of-this-world items are growing, but which memorabilia item is the most expensive?
Posted: 25 November 2010
Hailing from Mars and somewhere in Morocco, the meteorite is a rare find for collectors
Posted: 24 November 2010
Jesus used mustard seeds in the Bible - and so did astronaut Ed White during the Gemini 4 mission...
Posted: 23 November 2010
Charles Lindbergh and Amelia Earhart are two of the most iconic - and collectible - aviation pioneers
Posted: 22 November 2010
Worn by legendary astronauts from Apollos 15 and 17, two important pieces of spacesuit sold in Dallas
Posted: 21 November 2010
The rare piece of Apollo memorabilia sold alongside a system for controlling movement in space
Posted: 19 November 2010
Claus Bergen's depiction of Manfred von Richthofen's squadron starred at Bonhams & Butterfields
Posted: 18 November 2010
This simple cover, postmarked and signed by Scott, Irwin and Worden caused a stir at NASA...
Posted: 18 November 2010
Everything from Apollo 11 memorabilia to space meteorites is going under the hammer in Texas
Posted: 17 November 2010
The sale of an amazing selection of meteorites is set to cause a stir amongst space collectors
Posted: 16 November 2010
The collection sold ahead of a Distinguished Flying Cross at the Battle of Britain auction
Posted: 14 November 2010
Alongside the medals of two WWII pilots, early aircraft models and even propellers will be on offer
Posted: 11 November 2010
Autographs are better assets than property, shares and precious metals, according to new figures...
Posted: 9 November 2010
Alongside a range of Apollo memorabilia several spacerocks are going under the hammer
Posted: 7 November 2010
A small sample of lunar dust gathered during 1971's Apollo 15 mission is for sale in Beverly Hills...
Posted: 5 November 2010
The auction touched on the whole of aviation history, including rare Wright brothers memorabilia
Posted: 4 November 2010
Flown aboard Apollo 13 during its disaster and safe return to Earth, this signed flag is on the market
Posted: 3 November 2010
November 2, 1947: Howard Hughes's vast 'flying boat' proved its critics wrong by lifting off
Posted: 2 November 2010
Signed by Armstrong, Aldrin and Collins, it will appear alongside an 'owner's manual' for the Eagle
Posted: 1 November 2010
Autographed by last man on the Moon, Gene Cernan, this piece is a must-see for space collectors
Posted: 27 October 2010
Elliott assembled one of the greatest selections of space rocks with determination and a golf club
Posted: 27 October 2010
World War One art by the likes of Claus Bergen, Kaiser Wilhelm's Marine Painter, is flying to auction
Posted: 26 October 2010
Boasting several moonwalkers and other notable astronauts, the event is on its way
Posted: 20 October 2010
A 1969 "Special Edition" of Life Magazine featuring astronaut Buzz Aldrin is up for sale in Beverly Hills
Posted: 19 October 2010
Signed by his Lunar Module Pilot Buzz Aldrin, the first moonwalker's instructions sold at the weekend
Posted: 18 October 2010
Another rare and fascinating piece of NASA history will be open to online bids in a fortnight's time...
Posted: 15 October 2010
This vintage Supersonic Single Seat Jet Fighter Aircraft was a head-turning lot at James D Julia
Posted: 12 October 2010
Estimated at $3,500-5,000, this flag taken to the Moon's Taurus-Littrow Valley may be worth far more
Posted: 11 October 2010
Crafted from popular collectibles Gibeon meteorites, three otherworldly timepieces are up for sale...
Posted: 7 October 2010
If you're looking for a solid investment with plenty of history, look no further than the Wright brothers...
Posted: 6 October 2010
A well-used version of the plane leads the sale alongside historic documents from a rocket scientist
Posted: 5 October 2010
A vast collection of memorabilia related to the turbojet-powered wonder sold at Regency Superior
Posted: 4 October 2010
Here's what happened when the best minds of watchmaking and aviation teamed up in the 1950s...
Posted: 4 October 2010
From an octahedrite's silvery lattices to a pallasite's gem-like olivine, a range of beauties is on show
Posted: 2 October 2010
From your back garden to outer space, this week's news shows that discovery can be the path to wealth...
Posted: 29 September 2010
Space rocks may seem a pretty outlandish asset - but they're actually very down-to-earth investments
Posted: 28 September 2010
The piece from the collection of pilot Al Worden starred alongside a shuttle astronaut's training suit...
Posted: 27 September 2010
With Discovery preparing for its last mission, we take a look at space shuttle collectibles
Posted: 23 September 2010
The piece is on offer alongside a set of tapes which played music in space
Posted: 21 September 2010
The exciting piece will be selling alongside a flag flown to the moon next week
Posted: 19 September 2010
A H Donaldson survived 3 crashes, whilst T Palmer took on terrorists with a jammed gun
Posted: 16 September 2010
The release of the Soyux TMA-20 patch is good news for the newly wealthy Russian investors
Posted: 15 September 2010
We preview Artcurial's October aviation auction and Dominic Winter's November book sale
Posted: 13 September 2010
It was modelled on an aircraft flown by a Yorkshire war hero, and snapped-up for above its estimate
Posted: 10 September 2010
A Maryland stamp sale also offers the signatures of Presidents, aviators and great legal minds
Posted: 9 September 2010
Retrieved from the sea 38 years after it sunk, the ship has finally yielded up some rare collectibles
Posted: 8 September 2010
As Apollo collectibles reach high prices and interest in space travel rises, we look at an alternative...
Posted: 8 September 2010
Lunar flown papers signed by astronaut Eugene Cernan will sell with a reminder of the Challenger disaster
Posted: 6 September 2010
A rare Black Widow Skeleton pen has sold for $20,700 ahead of a meteorite-based rollerball
Posted: 4 September 2010
Bids are likely to soar for this 1953 signed edition of the Pulitzer-winning Spirit of St Louis
Posted: 3 September 2010
Hundreds of lots ranging from a 3rd century Roman goddess to a meteorite will auction, next month
Posted: 2 September 2010
A lunar fragment donated to the state of Colorado has been found and unveiled at a museum
Posted: 31 August 2010
All 'eight' Mercury astronauts signed this note - including Alan Shephard, the 5th man on the Moon
Posted: 29 August 2010
Have you ever fancied owning your own spacesuit? This 1977-84 Olran-D suit is auctioning online
Posted: 27 August 2010
The sale at Gray's Auctioneers in Ohio also features Amelia Earhart and artworks by a British spy
Posted: 26 August 2010
The museum in Monroe intends a whole new building devoted to General Chennault's Flying Tigers
Posted: 25 August 2010
Currently headed by Apollo 17 Pilot Ron Evans's hard hat, the sale will be unmissable for collectors
Posted: 24 August 2010
Calvin Dale Smith claims that he also stashed parts of a shuttle airlock, and a space flown watch
Posted: 20 August 2010
Thursday's US sale will be offering luxury pens, including a special homage to Apollo 11
Posted: 19 August 2010
One will be available to buy until this evening, whilst a 1988 model will sell next month
Posted: 18 August 2010
As the Persid meteor shower dazzles onlookers, we look the asteroids that have dazzled collectors
Posted: 13 August 2010
This incredible piece of the rare type of achondrite spacerock is waiting to land in your collection
Posted: 12 August 2010
Brave, intrepid... scandalous! We look at five controversial events surrounding the Moon landings
Posted: 12 August 2010
With an exceptional Moon phase system, this wristwatch includes a piece of genuine meteorite
Posted: 10 August 2010
To mark US runner Tyson Gay's defeat of Bolt in Stockholm, here are five of the speediest collectibles
Posted: 9 August 2010
A spaceflight company celebrates its 30th anniversary by making something that rocks from a rocket
Posted: 8 August 2010
The first, and maybe quietest, man to walk on the Moon also has the world's most valuable signature
Posted: 5 August 2010
The auction was crowded with collectors at the Oshkosh Spirit of Aviation event in Wisconsin
Posted: 3 August 2010
The fragment of Atlas V rocket is proving to be a hit at a coastal museum
Posted: 29 July 2010
July 26, 1971: mankind begins its most scientifically successful mission to the lunar surface yet
Posted: 26 July 2010
A customs offical appeared in court after pocketing an official document signed by the Moonwalker
Posted: 21 July 2010
Thirty-five years ago this week (July 17, 1975), Apollo and Soyuz docked in the vacuums of space
Posted: 19 July 2010
Today in 1969, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin were the first men to walk upon the lunar surface
Posted: 16 July 2010
From the Analytical Engine to the iPad there's a straightforward route from cutting edge to classic
Posted: 15 July 2010
Dominic Winter's book auction next week will offer some classic texts relating to early aviation
Posted: 13 July 2010
The auctioneer will be celebrating the maiden flight of the Mirage III with a wide-themed sale
Posted: 8 July 2010
This historic Soviet Union cosmonaut from the earliest days of the Space Race is for sale in the US
Posted: 7 July 2010
A look at the controversial deal between Apollo 15's crew and a German philatelist named Hermann
Posted: 7 July 2010
Fragments of the valuable Sayh al Uhaymir shergottite are currently available to collectors
Posted: 4 July 2010
For a savvy collector looking for a great investment, Space offers a wealth of untapped opportunities...
Posted: 30 June 2010
The Creationist institution offered animal skulls, jade sculptures and space dust
Posted: 29 June 2010
The 1976 model looks set to rise above the rest at next month's Spirit of Aviation Aircraft Auction
Posted: 22 June 2010
'Trans-oceanic flying is inevitable... possibly within the next decade' writes the aviation pioneer...
Posted: 21 June 2010
A signed letter by the legendary aviation pioneer and World Record breaker will sell at Sotheby's
Posted: 17 June 2010
An award-winning plane and one belonging to a silent movie star will head this July sale
Posted: 15 June 2010
Did you know that the rarest space rocks are worth far more by weight than gold...?
Posted: 9 June 2010
The rare piece was a survivor of four meteorite impacts on the moon before its own space-flight
Posted: 7 June 2010
Michael Collins' original Apollo 11 flight suit - A unique opportunity with impeccable provenance.
Posted: 3 June 2010
The Virginian builder whose collectibles included the most valuable Neil Armstrong signature ever written
Posted: 2 June 2010
The aesthetic piece of the Fukang meteorite sold alongside a fellow pallasite from the British Museum
Posted: 1 June 2010
Frightened Texan ranch hands saw this exceptionally rare Pena Blanca rock crash to Earth back in 1946
Posted: 26 May 2010
The looming Natural History sale will include several meteorites from other worlds
Posted: 25 May 2010
The relic of the Soviet space race remains ready to defend the owner against depressurisation
Posted: 21 May 2010
The aviation award was the surprise top lot at Dominic Winter's sale
Posted: 19 May 2010
IAA wants aviation autographs for its upcoming sale, currently led by the German pilot
Posted: 13 May 2010
A slice of the moon is expected to excite space enthusiasts next week
Posted: 11 May 2010
The book documents Sir Douglas Bader's flights in 1945, when he was shot down and captured
Posted: 11 May 2010
Designed by the innovator Edwin Roberts, this very rare engine will auction at Dominic Winter
Posted: 10 May 2010
The slice of the Fukang meteorite with a classic array of 'spacegems' leads a Natural History sale
Posted: 8 May 2010
A selection of memorabilia relating to the pioneering aviator will auction on Sunday
Posted: 7 May 2010
May 5, 1961: Later the fifth man on the Moon, Shepard makes his first foray into the cosmos
Posted: 5 May 2010
Dug-up in 1979, this rare fragment of the unique D'Orbigny meteorite is auctioning in California
Posted: 4 May 2010
The story of how a joke dreamt up by a team of Lunar Module engineers quickly ceased to be funny...
Posted: 2 May 2010
A California auction has sold one of the most complete suits available on the market
Posted: 29 April 2010
Memorabilia from the first moonlanding did well at Heritage's recent Space auction
Posted: 27 April 2010
The rare item starred in a Dallas auction, ahead of a book of Earth's landmarks flown aboard Apollo 10
Posted: 22 April 2010
So dangerous was man's first mission to the Moon, the crew left behind their valuable autographs...
Posted: 20 April 2010
Edgar Mitchell's Apollo 14 tag still carries trace of dust from the lunar surface
Posted: 16 April 2010
Michael Collins's Apollo 11 badge was signed by all three crew members of the first moonlanding mission
Posted: 15 April 2010
A flight plan inscribed with the first man on the Moon's legendary words auctioned in New York, yesterday
Posted: 14 April 2010
Following Bonhams' 2010 Space auction yesterday, here's a look at some remarkable space memorabilia
Posted: 14 April 2010
Today, former Apollo 11 astronaut Armstrong's signature is the most valuable in the world. Here is his story...
Posted: 14 April 2010
Neil Armstrong and Apollo 11 artefacts will auction in the sale, coinciding with Apollo 13's anniversary
Posted: 13 April 2010
Sheets of instructions for the Eagle to leave the moon are for sale with Aldrin's account of the event
Posted: 10 April 2010
The vital checklist used aboard the Apollo 13 disaster could sell for $30,000 at Bonhams, this month
Posted: 7 April 2010
This window, launched aboard Russia's Soyuz TM-33 space shuttle in 2001, sold at Waddington's
Posted: 5 April 2010
A rare medallion flown on mankind's first-ever Moon mission will sell at Heritage, next month
Posted: 31 March 2010
Built in 1935 with seven-foot-wide wings, this magnificent automobile is the stuff of sci-fi fantasy
Posted: 31 March 2010
The entrepreneur's purchase of a Soviet lunar rover was a better buy than he thought...
Posted: 30 March 2010
Three commemorative signed covers including one from the first woman in space are for sale
Posted: 28 March 2010
The emblem from Michael Collins' space suit signed by Apollo 11's crew will star at Bonhams
Posted: 27 March 2010
Cosmonaut Anatoli Artsebarski's spacesuit is for sale, from his mission alongside the first Briton in space
Posted: 24 March 2010
An exciting opportunity has come up for collectors at Heritage Auction Galleries
Posted: 23 March 2010
Worn in space by cosmonaut Anatoli Artsebarsky, this historic suit is a must-see
Posted: 22 March 2010
The Curtiss MF Flying Boat is the first vintage plane to be auctioned in Manhattan, US
Posted: 19 March 2010
A device from a Russian Military space station used to spy on the US will auction at Waddington's
Posted: 18 March 2010
Harriet Quimby, the first woman to fly across the English Channel, is a star at the Smithsonian
Posted: 17 March 2010
March 16 1912: A member of Scott's ill-fated expedition walks out into a blizzard to aid the others
Posted: 16 March 2010
A pencil drawing to illustrate wind-tunnel experiments will sell alongside an aviation archive in New York
Posted: 15 March 2010
The silver Robbins piece flown on Apollo 7 is to come to auction at Heritage
Posted: 13 March 2010
Here is the oldest flying car in existence - and it's auctioning in Atlanta, US, later this month
Posted: 11 March 2010
Aviation, sea and other historic memorabilia items sailed past their estimates at Swann, last week
Posted: 8 March 2010
Geoff Stanton lived and breathed war memorabilia - and now his artefacts are going to auction
Posted: 4 March 2010
March 3, 1969: Man takes one step closer to landing on the moon
Posted: 3 March 2010
A classic of US aviation, the Aeronca 7AC Champion, has emerged for sale on the US market
Posted: 2 March 2010
This vintage 1957 film looks at the history linking the Wright brothers with the Inverted Jenny stamp
Posted: 2 March 2010
Apollo 11's Buzz Aldrin describes the moment he became the second man on the Moon
Posted: 2 March 2010
The San Francisco Airliner Collectibles Show will be an unmissable event for plane fanatics
Posted: 1 March 2010
You have until Sunday to take part in Kuenker's auction, featuring this space collectible
Posted: 26 February 2010
The piece from the collection of another Apollo astronaut is expected to star at Heritage
Posted: 24 February 2010
Buzz Aldrin's Apollo 11 training suit, signed by the man himself
Posted: 23 February 2010
One of the most talked about pieces of memorabilia relating to the Apollo 11 astronaut
Posted: 23 February 2010
The records of a war hero from Kilburn will find a new home by the beginning of March
Posted: 23 February 2010
Autographs from Earhart and Lindbergh are set to take off in this week's auction
Posted: 22 February 2010
February 20, 1962: The fifth American astronaut in space circles the Earth
Posted: 20 February 2010
The 20 autographs for sale include Neil Armstrong's and four other legendary moonwalkers
Posted: 19 February 2010
That's why NASA has decided to sell its Shuttle memorabilia online
Posted: 18 February 2010
A badge from the first moon landings, signed by three moonwalkers, excited bidders
Posted: 17 February 2010
A criminal gang trading in highly-valuable space rocks has been brought to justice
Posted: 16 February 2010
Historic artworks from AM Cassandre and other memorabilia items are going under the hammer
Posted: 15 February 2010
NASA's Discovery, Atlantis and Endeavour spacecraft seek a final resting place
Posted: 12 February 2010
Astronaut and moonwalker Edgar Mitchell is offering a Stars & Stripes taken aboard Apollo 14
Posted: 11 February 2010
Armstrong, Aldrin and Collins’s signatures will star alongside Apollo 16 moonwalker Charles Duke
Posted: 9 February 2010
February 8 1969: A fireball later to be known as the Allende meteorite streaks through Mexican skies
Posted: 8 February 2010
February 5, 1971: after a six-day journey from Earth, the fifth Moonwalker takes his first brave steps
Posted: 5 February 2010
Estimated at up to $50k, this newly-descended piece of the heavens has fallen into a legal row
Posted: 4 February 2010
This Twin Beech aircraft, the likes of which were used in World War Two, has come to market
Posted: 3 February 2010
Nine photos and one document bearing the complete signatures of all 12 Moonwalkers
Posted: 3 February 2010
The rare 1929 Hamilton Metalplane H-47 is regarded as one of the finest restorations in the world
Posted: 1 February 2010
An inspiration to great collectors like Bill Gates, Da Vinci's ideas feature in a new exhibition
Posted: 29 January 2010
This Auster Autocrat SERIE V has been extensively restored, and can now be yours to own
Posted: 28 January 2010
A US flag taken to the lunar surface aboard mankind's second Moon mission has realised $2.5k
Posted: 26 January 2010
January 25, 2004: NASA's probe lands on the Red Planet
Posted: 25 January 2010
A stunning lunar surface photo signed by a member of each Apollo lunar-landing mission
Posted: 22 January 2010
Taken to the Ocean of Storms and back by Apollo 12, the flag is open to online bids
Posted: 22 January 2010
Neville Chamberlain's 1938 negotiations with Hitler were worthless, but the memorabilia proves valuable
Posted: 21 January 2010
A superb set of three 8 x 10 inch official NASA photographs, each signed by the Apollo crew
Posted: 19 January 2010
Based on how birds fly, fascinating 19th century flying machine drawings will auction online
Posted: 19 January 2010
An Argentinian octahedrite was the star of the space section at Heritage's Natural History sale
Posted: 18 January 2010
Hawaii's missing lunar rocks, a gift from President Nixon, have been found - but what is their value?
Posted: 15 January 2010
'We just weren't sure which cabinet they were in,' says the Hawaii governor's senior advisor
Posted: 14 January 2010
Sales from Robert Elliot's legendary collection included the so-called Christmas Meteorite for £8k
Posted: 13 January 2010
The philanthropist, Microsoft co-founder and collector
Posted: 12 January 2010
January 12, 1986: Senator Bill Nelson blasts into space aboard the space shuttle Columbia
Posted: 12 January 2010
A piece of an iron meteorite from the Arctic Circle has come to auction in London
Posted: 12 January 2010
January 11 1935: The famous aviator makes a daring solo flight above the Pacific Ocean
Posted: 11 January 2010
23 years prior to the Moon landings the Diana Radar made first contact with the Moon
Posted: 10 January 2010
The plane ticket Neville Chamberlin used to fly to negotiations with Hitler in 1938 is for sale
Posted: 7 January 2010
January 5, 1972 saw the President's last contribution to space exploration before scandals broke
Posted: 5 January 2010
Nearly a century on, the first British Vickers plane is yielded up by the ice
Posted: 4 January 2010
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