$3,840
A small U. S. flag flown, mounted and sharing a common frame with a typed letter on National Aeronautics and Space Administration/Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center letterhead, reading "Mr. Bob Hope/ Dear Bob:/ This flag of our nation flew to the moon aboard the spaceships 'AMERICA' and 'CHALLENGER,' Apollo XVII, December 6-19, 1972. Let it be to you as it is to me, a symbol of the ambition, effort, and self-sacrifice of a people dedicated to the greatest nation in the history of the world. Please accept this flag with the pride the heritage of our country so righteously deserves. Sincerely, Eugene A. Cernan/ Captain, USN/ NASA Astronaut," and signed "Gene Cernan." Together with a painting of an American flag in a winter landscape, oil on artist's board, signed "Locher" lower right, dated 1976 on verso. 17 3/4 by 11 inches, framed Categories: Bob Hope
Auctioneer:
Juliens Auctions
Date:
2013-09-21
