Vermot de Pas: NASA Photographs - History of Space Conquest, 172873, Paris

Auction Details

Auction Date: December 08, 2025 - December 08, 2025

Page Size: 300 items in 12 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
26	NASA.	Photograph of the first human observation of an Earth survey from lunar orbit.	December 1968	EUR 600.00 - 900.00	Not Sold
27	NASA.	APOLLO 8 mission. Historic photograph of the first Earth survey observed from lunar orbit on	December 24, 1968	EUR 10,000.00 - 15,000.00	Not Sold
28	NASA.	APOLLO 7 mission. The SATURNE IV B rocket stage photographed from the APOLLO 7 mission command module	November 10, 1968	EUR 700.00 - 900.00	Not Sold
29	NASA.	APOLLO 7 mission. Historic lift-off of the first manned flight of the SATURNE V rocket	November 10, 1968	EUR 600.00 - 800.00	Not Sold
30	NASA.	Apollo 11 mission. View of the lunar surface from the command module of the Apollo 11 mission		EUR 400.00 - 600.00	Not Sold
31	NASA.	Historic liftoff of the Apollo 11 mission from Cape Canaveral	July 16, 1969	EUR 300.00 - 400.00	Not Sold
32	NASA.	Apollo 11 mission. Apollo 11 crew view of Earth.	July 1969	EUR 400.00 - 600.00	Not Sold
33	NASA.	APOLLO 12 mission. Astronaut Charles Conrad Jr, commander of the Apollo 12 lunar landing mission	November 1969	EUR 600.00 - 900.00	Not Sold
34	NASA.	APOLLO 11 mission. This view of the Earth... photographed from the Apollo 11 spacecraft	July 1969	EUR 600.00 - 900.00	Not Sold
35	NASA.	APOLLO 12 mission. One of the Apollo 12 crew members is photographed with the Apollo lunar hand tools	November 1969	EUR 600.00 - 900.00	Not Sold
36	NASA.	APOLLO 12 mission: a bird's-eye view from lunar orbit of the Copernicus crater, southern floor, wall and rim.	November 1969	EUR 600.00 - 900.00	Not Sold
37	NASA.	APOLLO 12 mission. Astronaut Alan L. Bean, lunar module pilot for the Apollo 12 mission, descends the lunar module ladder to join astronaut Charles Conrad Jr.	November 1969	EUR 600.00 - 900.00	Not Sold
38	NASA.	APOLLO 12 mission. Distant view of the LM lunar module near the rim of Surveyor crater.	November 1969	EUR 600.00 - 900.00	Not Sold
39	NASA.	APOLLO 12 mission. Commander John Young of the APOLLO 12 mission standing on the lunar surface.	November 1969	EUR 600.00 - 900.00	Not Sold
40	NASA.	Apollo 11 mission. Historic photograph of the first human footprint on extraterrestrial soil.	July 20, 1969	EUR 600.00 - 900.00	Not Sold
41	NASA.	Apollo 11 mission. Historic photograph. In front of the American flag, the silhouette of astronaut Neil Armstrong on lunar soil.	July 20, 1969	EUR 600.00 - 900.00	Not Sold
42	NASA.	Apollo 11 mission. Rare. Historic photograph. This photograph is the first that Neil Armstrong took of Buzz Aldrin.	July 20, 1969	EUR 600.00 - 900.00	Not Sold
43	NASA.	Apollo 11 mission. Astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin have just returned to the Columbia command module they had left a few hours earlier to walk on the Moon.	July 1969	EUR 600.00 - 900.00	Not Sold
44	NASA.	APOLLO 12. Astronaut Alan L. Bean, lunar module pilot, attaches the Apollo Lunar Surface Experiment Package (ALSEP) radioisotope thermoelectric generator (RTG) to the carrying bar.	December 1969	EUR 600.00 - 900.00	Not Sold
45	NASA.	APOLLO 12 mission. Astronaut Alan L. Bean, lunar module pilot, and two American spacecraft are photographed on the lunar surface.	December 1969	EUR 600.00 - 900.00	Not Sold
46	NASA.	APOLLO 12 mission. This magnificent photograph, captured during the Apollo 12 mission, shows the Earth rising above the lunar horizon.	1969	EUR 600.00 - 900.00	EUR 588.80
47	NASA.	Historic APOLLO 11 mission. Impressive view of the SATURNE V rocket on its launch pad,	May 20, 1969	EUR 400.00 - 600.00	Not Sold
48	NASA.	The impressive silhouette of the Saturn V rocket rises into the Florida sky.	May 20, 1969	EUR 400.00 - 600.00	EUR 448.00
49		Vintage chromogenic print on paper: "THIS PAPER MANUFACTURED BY KODAK". NASA logo and typed caption on back.		EUR 800.00 - 1,000.00	Not Sold
50	NASA.	Apollo 11 mission. A superb oblique view of the far side of the Moon and its crater recorded as #308.	July 1969	EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	Not Sold

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