FREE VALUATION. To auction, buy or sell Apollo 15 flown flags, Apollo 15 flown joystick, Apollo 15 flown Robbins medals or any other Apollo 15 flown items, please call Nate D. Sanders (http://www.NateDSanders.com) at (310) 440-2982 or email [email protected]

Apollo 15 Flown

One of the great space memorabilia auctions that we had featured an Apollo 15 flown joystick with his certificate of authenticity purchased directly from Apollo 15 astronaut, Al Worden.  The Apollo 15 flown joystick’s starting bid was only $1,000 but bidding reached $72,556 at the end.  Here is the description and picture:

The Apollo 15 Hand Controller From Al Worden

As Al Worden, the Apollo 15 Command Module Pilot, puts it in the signed COA included with this hand controller, which is mounted on wood: “…this control stick cover, NASA serial number MSC 991-0001.12, was the hand controller I used during the flight of Apollo 15. The function of the hand controller was to adjust the attitude of the spacecraft during flight. For instance it was critical to the maneuver designed to withdraw the Lunar Module from the S-IVB stage of the launch vehicle once leaving earth orbit. This maneuver involved 180 degree rotation of the Command and Service Module to align with the Lunar Module in storage. It was also essential for the alignment of the spacecraft in the proper direction for any thrusting maneuver. This controller was essential to the success of Apollo 15 and has been in my possession since the flight.” In near fine condition.  Sold for $72,556.

The Apollo 15 Hand Controller From Al Worden

In one of our past November auctions, we auctioned an incredible collection of 100+ Apollo 15 flown flags from various countries commemorating the 1971 Apollo 15 mission, or the 9th manned mission in NASA’s space program, and the fourth to land on the moon.

Each Apollo 15 flown flag is signed and inscribed: “Flown to the Moon on Apollo 15 Al Worden CMP”  and includes a COA by Comnand Module Pilot Worden. Like this Apollo 15 flown flag that Sold for $7,496:

Apollo 15 Flown Flag

Apollo 15 Signed Envelope

Postal cover flown aboard Apollo 15 to the moon, signed by all three astronauts who piloted the mission. The Apollo 15 mission ran from 26 July 1971 to 7 August 1971, and was the fourth NASA mission to land on the moon. Envelope was postmarked one day before the launch, stowed aboard the spacecraft in a sealed fireproof packet, and carried onto the surface of the moon in the lunar module Falcon. It returned to earth inside the command module Endeavour, and was postmarked a second time after splashdown on 7 August 1971 at the U.S. Navy Postal Station aboard the recovery ship U.S.S. Okinawa. Envelope features the red, white and blue seal of the Apollo 15 mission, with the signatures of astronauts Dave Scott, Al Worden and Jim Irwin, as well as three separate commemorative stamps. Also included is a notarized letter from 19 July 1983 signed and initialed by Scott, Worden and Irwin, certifying the cover. Limited edition envelope is numbered 137 out of 300 and measures 6.5″ x 3.5″. Letter measures 8.5″ x 11″. Small pin size ink stains to verso of the envelope, otherwise near fine. Sold for $4,800.

Consign your Apollo 15 Flown item at Nate D. Sanders Auctions. Send a description of your Apollo 15 Flown item and images of your Apollo 15 Flown item to us at [email protected].

We also had Apollo 13 astronaut Jack Swigert’s estate and sold his personally owned Apollo 13 flown Robbins Medal.  All of the original medals taken on the space flight were melted down, and new medals were produced from the flown metal, with only 404 newly-designed medals remaining in existence. Coins depict mission insignia, including the name of the mission, three of Apollo’s chariot horses flying toward the Moon, and the slogan ”Ex Luna, Scientia” (”from the moon, knowledge”). Reverse of coin lists the crew members, space modules, and engraved dates of launch and return, as well as the serial number and the sterling and Robbins hallmarks. Measuring 1.25”, medal is made of sterling silver and housed in its original ”Robbins Company” plastic box with the serial number sticker 153 on the bottom. Near fine condition. With an LOA from Virginia Swigert, Jack Swigert’s sister.  Sold for $3,781.

Jack Swigert’s personally owned Apollo 13 flown Robbins Medal

FREE VALUATION. To auction, buy or sell Apollo 15 flown flags, medals or any other Apollo 15 flown items, please call Nate D. Sanders (http://www.NateDSanders.com) at (310) 440-2982 or email [email protected]

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