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Auction archive: Lot number 151

[APOLLO 11]. ARCHIVE OF 94 VINTAGE GELATIN SILVER PRINTS RELATING TO THE APOLLO 11 MISSION, 1969

Space Exploration
20 Jul 2019
Estimate
US$4,000 - US$6,000
Price realised:
US$32,500
Auction archive: Lot number 151

[APOLLO 11]. ARCHIVE OF 94 VINTAGE GELATIN SILVER PRINTS RELATING TO THE APOLLO 11 MISSION, 1969

Space Exploration
20 Jul 2019
Estimate
US$4,000 - US$6,000
Price realised:
US$32,500
Beschreibung:

APOLLO 11ARCHIVE OF 94 VINTAGE GELATIN SILVER PRINTS RELATING TO THE APOLLO 11 MISSION, 1969 An archive of 94 vintage gelatin silver prints, 1969, each 10 by 8 inch or the reverse, in very good condition, the great majority with blue NASA captions on versos, several with the neat label of a photo agency on versos. By subject, the archive comprises: Training and pre-launch preparations (30 photographs); 16 July: suiting up, launch preparations and liftoff (14 photographs); Lunar orbit, landing, moonwalk, Earth and Moon (34 photographs); Recovery, quarantine, moon rocks (16 photographs). A COMPREHENSIVE ARCHIVE OF VINTAGE GELATIN SILVER PRINTS WHICH TOGETHER TELL THE STORY OF THE APOLLO 11 MISSION, FROM TRAINING, TO LAUNCH, TO LANDING, TO RETURN HOME. Notable for many classic images including the famous "Visor Shot" of Buzz Aldrin standing in the Sea of Tranquility, the Bootprint, Aldrin descending the ladder of the LM, Aldrin next to the American Flag on the lunar surface, the deployment of the lunar surface experiments, the shadow of the LM on the lunar surface, portraits of Armstrong and Aldrin in the LM after their moonwalk, the LM Eagle with the moon in the background, the splashdown of Command Module Columbia in the Pacific Ocean, the astronauts in quarantine, and more.

Auction archive: Lot number 151
Auction:
Datum:
20 Jul 2019
Auction house:
Sotheby's
New York
Beschreibung:

APOLLO 11ARCHIVE OF 94 VINTAGE GELATIN SILVER PRINTS RELATING TO THE APOLLO 11 MISSION, 1969 An archive of 94 vintage gelatin silver prints, 1969, each 10 by 8 inch or the reverse, in very good condition, the great majority with blue NASA captions on versos, several with the neat label of a photo agency on versos. By subject, the archive comprises: Training and pre-launch preparations (30 photographs); 16 July: suiting up, launch preparations and liftoff (14 photographs); Lunar orbit, landing, moonwalk, Earth and Moon (34 photographs); Recovery, quarantine, moon rocks (16 photographs). A COMPREHENSIVE ARCHIVE OF VINTAGE GELATIN SILVER PRINTS WHICH TOGETHER TELL THE STORY OF THE APOLLO 11 MISSION, FROM TRAINING, TO LAUNCH, TO LANDING, TO RETURN HOME. Notable for many classic images including the famous "Visor Shot" of Buzz Aldrin standing in the Sea of Tranquility, the Bootprint, Aldrin descending the ladder of the LM, Aldrin next to the American Flag on the lunar surface, the deployment of the lunar surface experiments, the shadow of the LM on the lunar surface, portraits of Armstrong and Aldrin in the LM after their moonwalk, the LM Eagle with the moon in the background, the splashdown of Command Module Columbia in the Pacific Ocean, the astronauts in quarantine, and more.

Auction archive: Lot number 151
Auction:
Datum:
20 Jul 2019
Auction house:
Sotheby's
New York
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