Apollo 8, preparing to launch: eight photographs including pre-launch activities; candid crew portraits; and liftoff, Cape Canaveral, Florida, September 20, 1968 to December 27, 1968
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| Auctioneer | CHRISTIE'S |
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ID 519449
Lot 158 | Apollo 8, preparing to launch: eight photographs including pre-launch activities; candid crew portraits; and liftoff, Cape Canaveral, Florida, September 20, 1968 to December 27, 1968
Estimate value
£ 2 000 – 3 000
Vintage gelatin silver print on fiber-based paper, 20.3 x 25.4cm (8 x 10in), with NASA caption on verso
ii. Saturn V transported from the Vehicle Assembly Building to launch complex 39 pad A, Cape Canaveral, Florida, October 9, 1968
Vintage gelatin silver print on fiber-based paper, 20.3 x 25.4cm (8 x 10in), with NASA caption on verso
iii. Saturn V transported from the Vehicle Assembly Building to launch complex 39 pad A, Cape Canaveral, Florida, October 9, 1968
Vintage gelatin silver print on fiber-based paper, 20.3 x 25.4cm (8 x 10in), with NASA caption on verso
iv. Saturn V lifting off from launch complex 39 pad A, Cape Canaveral, Florida, December 21, 1968
Vintage gelatin silver print on fiber-based paper, 20.3 x 25.4cm (8 x 10in), with NASA JFK Space Center caption on verso
v. Astronaut James Lovell Jr. waves to well-wishes at pre-dawn on launch day, December 21, 1968
Vintage gelatin silver print on fiber-based paper, 20.3 x 25.4cm (8 x 10in), with NASA JFK Space Center caption on verso
vi. Astronaut William Anders suited for a simulated flight in preparation for the Apollo 8 mission, September 20, 1968
Vintage gelatin silver print on fiber-based paper, 20.3 x 25.4cm (8 x 10in), with NASA caption on verso
vii. The prime crew of Apollo 8 (L to R), William Anders, James Lovell Jr., and Frank Borman, before December 21, 1968
Vintage gelatin silver print on fiber-based paper, 20.3 x 25.4cm (8 x 10in), with NASA caption on verso
viii. Onboard Apollo 8 recovery ship U.S.S. Yorktown on the day of splashdown, December 27, 1968
Vintage gelatin silver print on fiber-based paper, 20.3 x 25.4cm (8 x 10in), with NASA caption on verso
| Genre: | Portrait |
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| Auction house category: | Photography |
| Genre: | Portrait |
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| Auction house category: | Photography |
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CHRISTIE'S 8 King Street, St. James's SW1Y 6QT London United Kingdom | |
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