Walter Schirra checking out the first Hasselblad space camera, the pressure spacesuit and the Sigma 7 spacecraft; official portrait of Schirra, 1962 - photo 1

Walter Schirra checking out the first Hasselblad space camera, the pressure spacesuit and the Sigma 7 spacecraft; official portrait of Schirra, 1962

Lot 46
20.11.2020 00:00UTC +00:00
Classic
Starting price
£ 1 200
AuctioneerCHRISTIE'S
Event locationUnited Kingdom, London
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ID 468756
Lot 46 | Walter Schirra checking out the first Hasselblad space camera, the pressure spacesuit and the Sigma 7 spacecraft; official portrait of Schirra, 1962
Estimate value
£ 2 500 – 4 000
46 a
NASA / Unidentified Photographer

Official portrait of astronaut Walter Schirra

Mercury Atlas 8, 1962

Vintage chromogenic print on fiber-based Kodak paper, 20.3 x 25.4cm (8 x 10in), with “EKC” watermarks on the verso

46 b
NASA / Unidentified Photographer

Astronaut Walter Schirra checking out his pressure spacesuit

Mercury Atlas 8, May-September 1962

Three vintage gelatin silver prints on fiber-based paper, the first 21.2 x 25.6cm, the second and third 20.3 x 25.4cm (8 x 10in), the first with NASA HQ caption on the verso, numbered “NASA S-62-1451” in black in top margin, the third with RCA Quality Control stamp and NASA-USAF-Cape Canaveral caption on the verso

46 c
NASA / Unidentified Photographer

Astronaut Walter Schirra during training with the Sigma 7 spacecraft

Mercury Atlas 8, August-September 1962

Three vintage gelatin silver prints on fiber-based paper, each 20.3 x 25.4cm (8 x 10in), the first and third with NASA MSC captions on the versos and numbered “NASA S-62-5151 and S-62-3351” in black in top margin

46 d
NASA / Unidentified Photographer

Walter Schirra checking out the historic first NASA-modified Hasselblad space camera
Mercury Atlas 8, September 20, 1962

Vintage gelatin silver print on fiber-based paper, 20.3 x 25.4cm (8 x 10in), with NASA-USAF-Cape Canaveral caption on the verso
21.2 x 25.6cm (81/2 x 10in)
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