Items for Sale

 ($1500) This listing is for a display case containing two genuine steel fragments of the RMS Titanic. These pieces were recovered from the wrecksite by RMS Titanic Incorporated, the only company with salvage rights to the ship. The company sold coal from the wreck to fund their expeditions, but never sold pieces of the hull or artifacts from the ship. However, last year Dik Barton decided to sell some pieces from his personal collection. Barton was the Vice President of Operations for RMS Titanic Incorporated, and he was instrumental in recovering artifacts, diving to the wreck 22 times. Two of the most significant pieces of the ship to be recovered were the "Big Piece" of the hull (which tore away when the ship broke apart as it sank), and a Bollard which was knocked loose when the ship hit the ocean floor. When these pieces were brought to the surface and restored, hundreds of small eroded fragments had to be scraped off. This display piece contains one fragment from the B...

 ($25 each)   This listing is for various 70mm glass film slides, which came from the collection of Richard Underwood. Richard had a major role in the photography department at NASA. He personally trained the astronauts on photography techniques, he was the first person to view the photographs taken in space, and he led the team that created the first topographic maps of the Moon. Richard made these slides to be used by astronauts and NASA PR representatives as they gave presentations. Each was made by mounting a 70mm film frame to a blue backing sheet, which was then pressed between two sheets of glass with silver foil tape on the edges to hold the pieces together. Many of them have been hand-annotated as well. These are over 50 years old, so they're no longer in mint condition. Some of the slides have minor cracks/scratches/stains from their years of travel and use. And the film itself has some discoloration with age, as is expected with any photochemical film. This set orig...

 ($250) This listing is for an 8x10" photograph from the personal collection of Neil Armstrong (and possibly annotated by Armstrong himself). This photo was taken at the "Apollo 11 Extravaganza" in August 1969, just days after the astronauts left their lunar quarantine. This particular photo shows Flip Wilson during his comedy performance at the event. When I bought this photo, it came as part of a set. When I received them, I found that all of them had been hand-annotated on the back in pencil. To me, the handwriting looks identical to Neil's, so I sent scans of the items to Steve Zarelli, the world's foremost space autograph authenticator. Steve said that the similarities were strong enough to make it a possibility, but I couldn't get a definite confirmation with such limited writing. A few letters/numbers weren't enough to be certain. So unfortunately, getting the handwriting positively matched is not going to be possible. It wil...

 ($350) This listing is for a photograph from Neil Armstrong's personal collection, documenting the aftermath of a fire that consumed his home in 1964. Late one night, faulty wiring sparked a fire that spread throughout the house. Neil was able to get his young children out of the burning home, with help from his good friend and neighbor Ed White. Less than three years later, Ed himself would die in a fire caused by faulty wiring, as part of the Apollo 1 disaster. In the years leading up to the moon landing, Neil suffered several personal losses and tragedies, including both of those fires. This photograph would have surely been one of the more emotional photos in his collection. T his item was obtained directly from Neil's sons. When Neil died in 2012, most of his collection was given to Janet, his first wife. And then when Janet died in 2018, the collection was passed down to their sons, who decided to auction it off the following year. To maintain auth...

This listing is for a small fragment of Beta Cloth which was flown onboard Apollo 13. This cloth came from the collection of Mission Commander Jim Lovell. Earlier this year, I obtained this patch directly from Captain Lovell, via Heritage Auctions in their May 2021 Space Auction (Lot 50323 ). The fragments were taken from the outer edge of the patch, as shown in the photos. The full patch cost over $7500, so this is a great way to add a genuine artifact of the mission to your collection at a low price. Each fragment of Beta Cloth measures approximately .5" wide. I've attached each fragment to an 8x10" professionally printed photo, using non-yellowing, archival-grade linen tape to prevent fraying. In an effort to authenticate these as much as possible, I documented every bit of the process. I took photos of the original patch, including Lovell's signature (which can be matched to the one in the Heritage listing). I then took photos of each strip being cut, along with e...