Mar 27, 2004 - Sale 2001

Sale 2001 - Lot 44

Unsold
Estimate: $ 8,000 - $ 12,000
Mercury Spacecraft Blueprint Archive. A 23-reel microfilm archive containing thousands of blueprints and other associated material related to the design and manufacture of the Mercury spacecraft. With a printed index; approximately 200 pages in a 3-ring binder. There are 19 reels that have positive images and 4 reels that are stamped "Original Camera Negative." The reels are 4 inches in diameter and 1.5 inches wide. Each reel is in an individual storage box. Vp, vd
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It is doubtful that a complete set of original Mercury blueprints on paper exists today. In fact, one of the main reasons to create this microfilm set was to reduce the storage space that thousands of paper blueprints would require. Most paper blueprints have long been destroyed. Over the years, even microfilm sets of these blueprints have become increasingly difficult to locate. This is perhaps the most complete set of microfilm blueprints ever to come to public auction. Blueprints recorded on these microfilms include major structural components, windows, antenna, hatches, heat shield, and space suit equipment.