The Lunar Rover; lunarscapes during sunny traverse from station 7; the exotic boulder and geological investigations; Rover tracks, station 8, December 7-19, 1972, EVA 3
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ID 469374
Lot 661 | The Lunar Rover; lunarscapes during sunny traverse from station 7; the exotic boulder and geological investigations; Rover tracks, station 8, December 7-19, 1972, EVA 3
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£ 1 500 – 2 500
Harrison Schmitt
Lunarscapes seen from the rover during the sunny traverse from station 7 to the Sculptured Hills’ station 8
Apollo 17, December 7-19, 1972, EVA 3, 166:39:00 to 166:42:46 GET
Four unreleased photographs, vintage gelatin silver prints on fiber-based paper, each 20.3 x 25.4cm (8 x 10in), numbered “NASA AS17-142-21688, AS17-142-21690, AS17-142-21692, AS17-142-21694” (NASA MSC) in black in top margin
661 b
Eugene Cernan
The Lunar Rover parked at the Sculptured Hill’s station 8
Apollo 17, December 7-19, 1972, EVA 3, 166:53:35 GET
Vintage chromogenic print on resin coated Kodak paper, 20.3 x 25.4cm (8 x 10in), with NASA Goddard caption and “A Kodak Paper” watermarks on the verso [NASA AS17-146-22367]
661 c
Harrison Schmitt
The geological scoop next to the exotic boulder at station 8
Apollo 17, December 7-19, 1972, EVA 3, 166:54:20 GET
Unreleased photograph, vintage gelatin silver print on fiber-based paper, each 20.3 x 25.4cm (8 x 10in), numbered “NASA AS17-142-21701” (NASA MSC) in black in top margin
661 d
Eugene Cernan
The gnomon and footprints near the “rolled” exotic boulder sampled at station 8
Apollo 17, December 7-19, 1972, EVA 3, 167:04:26 GET
Unreleased photograph, 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 AS17-146-22372” (NASA MSC) in red in top margin
661 e
Harrison Schmitt
Close-ups of the lunar soil documenting geological investigations at station 8
Apollo 17, December 7-19, 1972, EVA 3, 167:09:04 to 167:22:12 GET
Three unreleased photographs, vintage gelatin silver prints on fiber-based paper, each 20.3 x 25.4cm (8 x 10in), numbered “NASA AS17-142-21708, AS17-142-21712, AS17-142-21721” (NASA MSC) in black in top margin
661 f
Harrison Schmitt
Rover tracks leading to station 8
Apollo 17, December 7-19, 1972, EVA 3, 167:26:06 GET
Unreleased photograph, vintage gelatin silver print on fiber-based paper, 19.8 x 21.8cm, with left and bottom margins trimmed to image, numbered “NASA AS17-142-21745” (NASA MSC) in black in top margin
20.3 x 25.4cm (8 x 10in)
| Art style: | Color photo |
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| Auction house category: | Photography |
| Art style: | Color photo |
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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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