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536. Neil Armstrong, Charles Conrad, and Jimmy Stewart Signed Aviation Hall of Fame Ticket. Dinner ticket for the 1980 Enshrinement Ceremonies at the Aviation Hall of Fame in Dayton, Ohio, on July 19, 1980, 4 x 2.25, signed on the reverse in ballpoint by three of its members: Apollo moonwalkers Neil Armstrong and Charles Conrad, and Academy Award-winning actor James Stewart. In very fine condition. Conrad was one of five aviators enshrined at this very event, while Armstrong became a member in 1979, and Stewart was posthumously inducted in 2009. Starting Bid $200
537. Mercury 7 Signed Photograph. Vintage matte-finish
9.25 x 7 photo of the original seven Mercury astronauts admiring a large rocket and capsule model, signed in the lower border in ink and ballpoint, “Alan B. Shepard, Jr.,” “Walter M. Schirra, Jr.,” “John H. Glenn, Jr.,” “Virgil I. Grissom,” “M. Scott Carpenter,” “Donald K. Slayton,” and “Leroy G. Cooper, Jr.,” with an unknown hand adding an inscription above: “Best wishes to M/Sgt. Henry Erben from the Astronauts.” In very good to fine condition, with trimmed edges, and a small area of light silvering to the top edge. Starting Bid $300
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