First mission to another world: official portraits of the first lunar voyagers; early LM test; views of the first manned lunar space vehicles, 1962 - November 1968 - photo 1

First mission to another world: official portraits of the first lunar voyagers; early LM test; views of the first manned lunar space vehicles, 1962 - November 1968

Lot 204
20.11.2020 00:00UTC +00:00
Classic
Starting price
£ 1 200
AuctioneerCHRISTIE'S
Event locationUnited Kingdom, London
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Lot 204 | First mission to another world: official portraits of the first lunar voyagers; early LM test; views of the first manned lunar space vehicles, 1962 - November 1968
Estimate value
£ 2 500 – 4 000
204 a
NASA / Unidentified Photographer

Official portrait of the crew in front of the Apollo lunar mission simulator

Apollo 8, November 13, 1968

Vintage chromogenic print on fiber-based Kodak paper, 20.3 x 25.4cm (8 x 10in), with “A Kodak Paper” watermarks on the verso, numbered “NASA S-68-50265” (NASA MSC) in red in top margin

204 b
NASA / Unidentified Photographer

Early official portraits of the first voyagers to another world: test pilots and astronauts James Lovell, Frank Borman and William Anders

1962-1964

Set of one vintage chromogenic on fiber-based Kodak paper, 20.3 x 25.4cm (8 x 10in), with NASA MSC caption and “A Kodak Paper” watermarks on the verso,
numbered “NASA S-64-31555” (NASA MSC) in red in top margin and two vintage gelatin silver prints on fiber-based paper, each 20.3 x 25.4cm (8 x 10in), one with NASA HQ caption numbered “M-337” on the verso, the other with NASA MSC caption on the verso and numbered “NASA S-62-5227” in black in top margin

204 c
NASA / Unidentified Photographer

William Anders and Frank Borman during a test of the Lunar Module System

Apollo 8, March 1968

Vintage chromogenic print on fiber-based Kodak paper, 20.3 x 25.4cm (8 x 10in), with NASA MSC caption and “A Kodak Paper” watermarks on the verso, numbered “NASA S-68-29201” in red in top margin

204 d
NASA / Unidentified Photographer

The second stage of the giant Saturn 503 rocket, first space vehicle to send humans to another world

Apollo 8, July 1968

Vintage chromogenic print on fiber-based Kodak paper, 20.3 x 25.4cm (8 x 10in), with NASA MSC caption and “A Kodak Paper” watermarks on the verso, numbered “NASA S-68-40903” in black in top margin

204 e
NASA / Unidentified Photographer

Apollo Spacecraft 103 Command Module, the first spacecraft to carry humans to another world

Apollo 8, July 1968

Vintage chromogenic print on fiber-based Kodak paper, 20.3 x 25.4cm (8 x 10in), with NASA MSC caption numbered “NASA S-68-42486” and “A Kodak Paper” watermarks on the verso; “C 7008-55-299B/22 JUL 68 / NR / NAS” at the bottom of image (NASA MSC / North American Rockwell)
20.3 x 25.4cm (8 x 10in)
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