Please ensure Javascript is enabled for purposes of website accessibility

Lot #405
Mercury 7: America’s first astronauts

America’s first astronauts

This lot has closed

Sold For $1,186

*Includes Buyers Premium

Estimate: $1000+
Sell a Similar Item?
Refer Collections and Get Paid
Share:  

Description

America’s first astronauts

Color vintage 10 x 8 photo of the Mercury astronauts posing in front of an Air Force jet at Langley on January 20, 1961, signed vertically in ink and ballpoint, "M. Scott Carpenter," "Leroy G. Cooper," "J. H. Glenn, Jr.," "Virgil I. Grissom," and "Walter M. Schirra." Photo also bears a secretarial Alan Shepard signature and an autopen signature of Deke Slayton. Matted and framed to an overall size of 16 x 13. Grissom's signature a shade light, and some mild contrast to a couple other signatures, otherwise fine condition.

Auction Info






This item is Pre-Certified by STEVE ZARELLI
Buy a third-party letter of authenticity for $100.00

*This item has been pre-certified by a trusted third-party authentication service, and by placing a bid on this item, you agree to accept the opinion of this authentication service. If you wish to have an opinion rendered by a different authenticator of your choosing, you must do so prior to your placing of any bid. RR Auction is not responsible for differing opinions submitted 30 days after the date of the sale.

Third-party authentication service applies only to signatures and handwriting, and does not cover the addition of sketches, artwork, musical quotations, etc.