LOT 1051:
APOLLO XI: A good set of three signed colour 8 x 10 photographs (all official NASA images with ...
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Sold for: €2,400
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2,500
Estimated price :
€2,500 - €3,500
Buyer's Premium: 28%
VAT: 17%
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APOLLO XI: A good set of three signed colour 8 x 10 photographs (all official NASA images with brief printed biographical details to the versos) by each of the crew members of Apollo XI (1969), comprising Neil Armstrong (1930-2012) American astronaut, Commander of Apollo XI, the first man to walk on the moon, signed and inscribed colour 8 x 10 photograph of Armstrong standing in a three-quarter length pose wearing his white spacesuit and with a large image of the moon in the immediate background, signed in blue ink to a light area of the image. Accompanied by a T.L.S. by Elaine Moore, Armstrong´s secretary, one page, 4to, n.p., 30th May 1978, to Adolf Ezsol, stating, in part, ´Professor Armstrong has asked that I return your first day cover unsigned. For some years he has maintained a policy of declining to autograph those items which are comercially negotiable. He has asked that you accept the enclosed autograped (sic) picture as an acceptable substitute´ , and also including the cover referred to, issued to commemorate Man´s First Landing on the Moon, and postmarked at Washington DC, 9th September 1969; Buzz Aldrin (1930- ) American astronaut, Lunar Module Pilot of Apollo XI, the second man to walk on the moon, signed and inscribed colour 8 x 10 photograph of Aldrin standing in a three-quarter length pose wearing his white spacesuit and with a large image of the moon in the immediate background. Signed in bold black ink to a light area of the image; and Michael Collins (1930-2021) American astronaut, Command Module Pilot of Apollo XI, signed colour 8 x 10 photograph of Collins standing in a three-quarter length pose wearing his white spacesuit and with a large image of the moon in the background. Signed in black ink with his name alone to a light area at the centre of the image. A few very light, minimal surface creases to each of the photographs and with slight paperclip indentations to the upper edges, and the letter by Armstrong´s secrtary slightly irregularly trimmed to the upper edge. Generally VG, 3 + 2
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