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Space History Auction

Artifacts relating to the early years of space exploration will be sold this week by Bonham’s auction house in New York. The sale includes both American and Soviet memorabilia. Many of the items are from the personal collections of astronauts and others associated with the space programs.Above, full-scale model of a Saturn V F-1 engine, approximately 19’ tall x 12’ diameter. (Would look amazing in a backyard--so much more original than a gnome!)
Below, neck tag worn by Ham the Space Chimp on his 1961 flight.

Ham, after his flight. Check out his LIFE photo gallery.

Photo of the Mercury Seven, 20 x 16 inches, c.1959, printed later. Signed by Scott Carpenter, Wally Schirra, and Gordon Cooper.

Space suit parts with photos taken during testing.

"Skyward," by Commander Richard E. Byrd.
Endpapers are signed by over 20 aviators in the 1920s and 1930s, including R.E. Byrd, Charles Lindbergh, Amelia Earhart, Frank Whittle, J.H. Doolittle, and Eddie Rickenbacker.

"International Turtle Club (Outershell Division)" official membership card signed by Scott Carpenter, Gordon Cooper, and Wally Schirra. The traditions of this club, started by pilots from World War II, were embraced by the Mercury astronaut corps. The card has the "Turtle Creed" and the membership requirements.

90-page book describing the Defense Department's role during the Apollo 11 flight including details on the tracking network, support aircraft, and recovery ships, 1969. Signed by Buzz Aldrin.

Internal publication about Apollo 11 produced by North American Rockwell, builder of the Command Module. Signed by Buzz Aldrin.

Signed orbital flight reports from May and October of 1962.

Lunar surface photo-mosaics created by U.S. Geological Survey, 1966-68. This was before the Hockneyizer photo-collage generator was invented. It was even before David Hockney started making his famous Polaroid composites.

POSTERS
It’s a really good thing aeronautic success and poster design are in no way related. In these pieces, the Soviets are literally reaching for the stars, while U.S. poster-design talent was clearly focused elsewhere (movies? rock concerts?).

Bravely to the Stars; No Obstacles for Heroism
Moscow, 1968

Tenth Planet—A Symbol of the Victory of the Communists!
Moscow, 1959

To the Stars!
Moscow, 1965

Left: To the Conquest of the Universe—Glory! Moscow, 1961
Right: Glory to the Cosmonaut U.A. Gagarin! Moscow,1961

Let Our Constellation Shine
Moscow, 1966

Apollo 8 Poster: Quality Work Assures Success

Poster of Astronaut Rusty Schweickart with a spiral galaxy backdrop. Text: "In our business only the EXCEPTIONAL is satisfying. THANKS FOR YOUR SHARE"

Poster features portraits of the Apollo Astronauts and Russian Cosmonauts of the Apollo Soyuz flight during 1975. A symbolic chain links the together around the Apollo Soyuz Program emblem. Text: “Linked in Trust, In the Excellence of Your Work”

The sale includes a number of sketches of high-altitude manned ballooning capsules from the 1950s. (Lots 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)

Anatoly Levchenko 's jumpsuit from Soyuz TM-4. It was the fourth manned spacecraft to dock with Mir, in December 1987.

Cool Collage: Vintage Refrigerator

Reading a refrigerator is usually a semiotic/archeological affair that involves decoding brands of gourmet mustard and carbon dating takeout containers. Well, here’s a fridge you can read without even opening it.

Up for auction next month is a circa 1960 classic GE model, plastered with some 50 years of bumper stickers. Daniel Donnelly, the Alexandria, Virginia furniture dealer and architectural salvager, admits that its intrinsic value might not measure up to its size, but he just couldn’t resist the "liberal-minded" monolith. He described its original home just as you would imagine it—mid-century Knoll, Eames, and Danish furniture, and packed with accumulated artifacts from the family's years of foreign travel.

Up with People!

And yes, it works! Also in this auction is a great assortment of Steve Frykholm posters for Herman Miller.

Bejeweled Hats and the extravagant work of Louis Mariette

The "Deep Blue Sea" is the name of one of the most expensive hats to be brought to auction. Created by Australian milliner Ann Maree Willett, this very elaborate hat is crafted in hand-blocked felt, embellished with bright feathers and carrying 26 opals weighting around 1,447 carats. The Deep Blue Sea is estimated at between $150.000 and $200.000.
The record for the most expensive hat in the world is currently held by the "Chapeau d'Amour - Hat of Love,"created by designer Louis Mariette. Crafted in woven platinum and studded with diamonds, the hat is valued at $2.7 million.
The auction "The Nature of Opals" will take place at Bonhams&Butterfields in San Francisco on November 10.

Deep Blue Sea

A look at the designer milliner Louis Mariette' exotic world, his extravagant couture hats, bejeweled headpieces and more....

Chapeau d'Amour

Source Luxist

'Lost' Auction

Over 1,000 items from the ABC series ‘Lost’ will be auctioned by Profiles in History on August 21-22. Included will be costumes and props from all six seasons. I never saw the show, but they sure had some great props.

Section of Oceanic Flight 815 wreckage.

Jack’s burgundy medical case

Hurley’s shirt-turned-fishing-net.

Four scorched model Oceanic airplanes from Claire’s dream.

Geronimo Jackson LP.

Sawyer’s improvised reading glasses.

Sun’s broken glass ballerina.

DHARMA-branded peanuts.

Desmond’s Portuguese version Catch-22.

22 Ways to Say Black Dresses

A Little Black Dress Auction Event

Swarovski Elements has commissioned 22 of fashion's most notable known names and talented newcomers to design one-of-a-kind little black dresses for the event. Names like Diane Von Furstenberg, Fendi, Jean Paul Gaultier are among the chosen designers. On September 20, at the gallery Phillips de Pury and Company in New York City, under the hight-patronage of Carla Bruni-Sarkozi, the one-of-a-kind dresses will be auctioned off by Simon de Pury, with 100% of the proceeds going to benefit the American Cancer Society and La Ligue nationale contre le cancer in France.

Throughout New York Fashion Week, beginning September 7 until September 20, visitors to the NY Meatpacking District outpost of Phillips de Pury, can admire these fabulous dresses which will be on display prior to the auction.

Diane Von Furstenberg