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Auction archive: Lot number 40

GEMINI COLOR PHOTOGRAPH COLLECTION – 14 Photographs, variously signed by astronauts.

Estimate
US$1,500 - US$2,000
Price realised:
US$1,500
Auction archive: Lot number 40

GEMINI COLOR PHOTOGRAPH COLLECTION – 14 Photographs, variously signed by astronauts.

Estimate
US$1,500 - US$2,000
Price realised:
US$1,500
Beschreibung:

GEMINI COLOR PHOTOGRAPH COLLECTION – 14 Photographs, variously signed by astronauts. Fourteen Gemini program photographs with twenty-four astronaut signatures. Gemini astronauts who have INSCRIBED and/or SIGNED are: Charles CONRAD, Gordon COOPER, Wally SCHIRRA, Tom STAFFORD, and Richard GORDON 14 color photographs, 8 by 10 inches each. Contents of this lot: A) Three Gemini 5 photographs, each 8 by 10 inches. 1 - Space suited Gemini 5 astronauts Charles Conrad and Gordon Cooper pose in front of the gantry at Cape Kennedy’s Launch Pad 19. SIGNED and INSCRIBED: “CHARLES CONRAD, PLT and GORDON COOPER, Gemini 5 CDR.” 2 - Cooper and Conrad wearing space suit helmets. SIGNED and INSCRIBED: “GORDON COOPER, GT 5 CDR and CHARLES CONRAD, GT-5 PLT." 3 - Cooper and Conrad walk to the launch pad. SIGNED and INSCRIBED: “GORDON COOPER, GT 5 CDR and CHARLES CONRAD, GT-5 PLT.” B) Eight photographs, each 10 by 8 inches. 1 - The Gemini Titan 5 rocket lift-off from Pad 19 on August 21, 1965. INSCRIBED and SIGNED : “GT-5 Launch, GORDON COOPER, Aug 65 and CHARLES CONRAD, GT-5 PLT.” 2 - Conrad and Cooper on the recovery ship. SIGNED and INSCRIBED: “CHARLES CONRAD, PLT and GORDON COOPER, GT 5 CDR.” 3 - Gemini 6 crew portrait SIGNED by TOM STAFFORD and WALLY SCHIRRA. 4 - Schirra inside his Gemini spacecraft. SIGNED and INSCRIBED: “WALLY SCHIRRA, GT-6.” 5 - Stafford and Schirra exit an aircraft after their Gemini 6 flight. SIGNED by STAFFORD and SCHIRRA with GT-6 added. 6 - Charles Conrad poses in his space suit during training. SIGNED and INSCRIBED: “CHARLES CONRAD, Gemini XI Cdr.” 7 - Richard Gordon in his space suite before the Gemini XI launch. SIGNED and INSCRIBED: “RICHARD GORDON, Gemini XI, Plt.” 8 - Richard Gordon portrait in his business suit. SIGNED and INSCRIBED: “RICHARD GORDON, Group 3 Astronaut, 1963.” C) Three photographs, each 8 by 10 inches. 1 – The Gemini 6 crew pose in the space suits. SIGNED by TOM STAFFORD and WALLY SCHIRRA. 2 – Gemini 6 astronauts shake hands after exiting their spacecraft on the recovery ship deck. SIGNED and INSCRIBED: “TOM STAFFORD, Gemini 6 Recovery.” SIGNED by WALLY SCHIRRA. 3 – The Gemini XI crew on the recovery deck. SIGNED and INSCRIBED: “RICHARD GORDON, Gemini XI Plt” and “Gemini XI Cdr, CHARLES CONRAD.”

Auction archive: Lot number 40
Auction:
Datum:
18 Jul 2019
Auction house:
Christie's
New York
Beschreibung:

GEMINI COLOR PHOTOGRAPH COLLECTION – 14 Photographs, variously signed by astronauts. Fourteen Gemini program photographs with twenty-four astronaut signatures. Gemini astronauts who have INSCRIBED and/or SIGNED are: Charles CONRAD, Gordon COOPER, Wally SCHIRRA, Tom STAFFORD, and Richard GORDON 14 color photographs, 8 by 10 inches each. Contents of this lot: A) Three Gemini 5 photographs, each 8 by 10 inches. 1 - Space suited Gemini 5 astronauts Charles Conrad and Gordon Cooper pose in front of the gantry at Cape Kennedy’s Launch Pad 19. SIGNED and INSCRIBED: “CHARLES CONRAD, PLT and GORDON COOPER, Gemini 5 CDR.” 2 - Cooper and Conrad wearing space suit helmets. SIGNED and INSCRIBED: “GORDON COOPER, GT 5 CDR and CHARLES CONRAD, GT-5 PLT." 3 - Cooper and Conrad walk to the launch pad. SIGNED and INSCRIBED: “GORDON COOPER, GT 5 CDR and CHARLES CONRAD, GT-5 PLT.” B) Eight photographs, each 10 by 8 inches. 1 - The Gemini Titan 5 rocket lift-off from Pad 19 on August 21, 1965. INSCRIBED and SIGNED : “GT-5 Launch, GORDON COOPER, Aug 65 and CHARLES CONRAD, GT-5 PLT.” 2 - Conrad and Cooper on the recovery ship. SIGNED and INSCRIBED: “CHARLES CONRAD, PLT and GORDON COOPER, GT 5 CDR.” 3 - Gemini 6 crew portrait SIGNED by TOM STAFFORD and WALLY SCHIRRA. 4 - Schirra inside his Gemini spacecraft. SIGNED and INSCRIBED: “WALLY SCHIRRA, GT-6.” 5 - Stafford and Schirra exit an aircraft after their Gemini 6 flight. SIGNED by STAFFORD and SCHIRRA with GT-6 added. 6 - Charles Conrad poses in his space suit during training. SIGNED and INSCRIBED: “CHARLES CONRAD, Gemini XI Cdr.” 7 - Richard Gordon in his space suite before the Gemini XI launch. SIGNED and INSCRIBED: “RICHARD GORDON, Gemini XI, Plt.” 8 - Richard Gordon portrait in his business suit. SIGNED and INSCRIBED: “RICHARD GORDON, Group 3 Astronaut, 1963.” C) Three photographs, each 8 by 10 inches. 1 – The Gemini 6 crew pose in the space suits. SIGNED by TOM STAFFORD and WALLY SCHIRRA. 2 – Gemini 6 astronauts shake hands after exiting their spacecraft on the recovery ship deck. SIGNED and INSCRIBED: “TOM STAFFORD, Gemini 6 Recovery.” SIGNED by WALLY SCHIRRA. 3 – The Gemini XI crew on the recovery deck. SIGNED and INSCRIBED: “RICHARD GORDON, Gemini XI Plt” and “Gemini XI Cdr, CHARLES CONRAD.”

Auction archive: Lot number 40
Auction:
Datum:
18 Jul 2019
Auction house:
Christie's
New York
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