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Auction archive: Lot number 133

Apollo Mission Emblem Design Archive

Space Exploration
29 Nov 2018
Estimate
US$3,000 - US$5,000
Price realised:
US$5,000
Auction archive: Lot number 133

Apollo Mission Emblem Design Archive

Space Exploration
29 Nov 2018
Estimate
US$3,000 - US$5,000
Price realised:
US$5,000
Beschreibung:

Apollo Mission Emblem Design Archive AN ARCHIVE OF DOCUMENTS PERTAINING TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE NASA APOLLO MISSION EMBLEMS, WITH SEVERAL SAMPLE EMBLEMS INCLUDED The present lot includes material pertaining to the design and distribution of emblems for Apollo's manned missions. A series of manila folders, with the corresponding mission marked in pencil, contain: invoices from various companies (to include TRW and RCA) requesting emblems — newspaper clippings pertaining to the design of the Apollo 15 emblem, which was executed by Emilio Pucci — dozens of invoices on Grumman Aerospace Corporation letterhead — various emblem stickers and font samples — letters from various embroidery manufactures, to include A-B Emblem and Lion Brothers Company Inc., specifically regarding the debate over whom would be the "official" emblem supplier — copy of a letter from ALAN BEAN on NASA letterhead giving design specifications — various NASA photographic emblem images — 5 sample Apollo 12 emblems (three versions of Apollo 12 emblem manufactured by the Penn Emblem Company, Apollo 14 Roadrunner and Wile E. Coyote "Beep Beep", Apollo 14 Roadrunner and Wile E. Coyote "Beep Beep You Ass!").

Auction archive: Lot number 133
Auction:
Datum:
29 Nov 2018
Auction house:
Sotheby's
New York
Beschreibung:

Apollo Mission Emblem Design Archive AN ARCHIVE OF DOCUMENTS PERTAINING TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE NASA APOLLO MISSION EMBLEMS, WITH SEVERAL SAMPLE EMBLEMS INCLUDED The present lot includes material pertaining to the design and distribution of emblems for Apollo's manned missions. A series of manila folders, with the corresponding mission marked in pencil, contain: invoices from various companies (to include TRW and RCA) requesting emblems — newspaper clippings pertaining to the design of the Apollo 15 emblem, which was executed by Emilio Pucci — dozens of invoices on Grumman Aerospace Corporation letterhead — various emblem stickers and font samples — letters from various embroidery manufactures, to include A-B Emblem and Lion Brothers Company Inc., specifically regarding the debate over whom would be the "official" emblem supplier — copy of a letter from ALAN BEAN on NASA letterhead giving design specifications — various NASA photographic emblem images — 5 sample Apollo 12 emblems (three versions of Apollo 12 emblem manufactured by the Penn Emblem Company, Apollo 14 Roadrunner and Wile E. Coyote "Beep Beep", Apollo 14 Roadrunner and Wile E. Coyote "Beep Beep You Ass!").

Auction archive: Lot number 133
Auction:
Datum:
29 Nov 2018
Auction house:
Sotheby's
New York
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