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
51	NASA.	Rare photographic print of the Apollo 11 mission emblem.	July 1969	EUR 400.00 - 500.00	Not Sold
52	NASA.	Apollo 11 mission. Rare view of astronaut Buzz Aldrin halfway up the ladder of the lunar module EAGLE as he prepares to become the 2nd man to set foot on lunar soil.	July 20, 1969	EUR 1,200.00 - 1,500.00	EUR 1,024.00
53	NASA.	Apollo 11 mission. Historic photograph showing astronaut Buzz Aldrin saluting the American flag on	July 20, 1969	EUR 1,200.00 - 1,500.00	EUR 1,139.20
54	NASA.	Apollo 11 mission. On July 24, 1969, in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, U.S .Navy frogmen have just picked up astronauts Neil A .Armstrong, Michael Colins and Edwin E .Aldrin, Jr .Armstrong, Michael Colins and Edwin E .Aldrin, Jr .	July 24, 1969	EUR 600.00 - 700.00	EUR 576.00
55	NASA.	APOLLO 11. RARE. Astronaut Buzz Aldrin deploys the solar wind instrument while astronaut Neil Armstrong takes his picture (back in foreground).		EUR 6,000.00 - 8,000.00	Not Sold
56	NASA.	Apollo 11 mission. Historic photograph of astronaut Buzz Aldrin standing on the lunar module "EAGLE" next to the lunar wind analysis instrument.	July 20, 1969	EUR 1,000.00 - 1,200.00	EUR 1,408.00
57	NASA.	APOLLO 11 mission. Iconic photograph of astronaut Buzz ALDRIN installing the lunar sysmograph.	July 20, 1969	EUR 600.00 - 800.00	Not Sold
58	NASA.	Aboard the USS HORNET, staff and guests watch President Richard N. NIXON speak to the heroes of Space and History.	July 24, 1969	EUR 400.00 - 600.00	Not Sold
59	NASA.	APOLLO 11 mission. Astronaut BUZZ ALDRIN standing in front of the American flag.	July 20, 1969	EUR 800.00 - 1,000.00	Not Sold
60	NASA.	Apollo 11 mission. The most famous photograph of the Apollo 11 Mission showing astronaut Buzz Aldrin standing on the lunar surface.	July 1969	EUR 800.00 - 1,200.00	EUR 768.00
61	NASA.	Historic APOLLO 11 mission. Historic photograph showing the foot of astronaut BUZZ ALDRIN making a historic mark on the lunar surface	July 1969	EUR 3,000.00 - 4,000.00	Not Sold
62		Apollo 11. RARE VINTAGE EXHIBITION PRINT. Earth as seen from the APOLLO 11 command module.	1969	EUR 35,000.00 - 50,000.00	Not Sold
63		Apollo 11. Astronaut Buzz Aldrin descends from the EAGLE lunar module	July 20, 1969	EUR 8,000.00 - 10,000.00	Not Sold
64	NASA.	Apollo 11 mission. The famous photograph of astronaut Buzz Aldrin standing in front of the lunar module "EAGLE".	July 20, 1969	EUR 600.00 - 900.00	Not Sold
65	NASA.	APOLLO 11 mission. Astronaut Buzz Aldrin poses in front of the American flag.		EUR 3,000.00 - 5,000.00	Not Sold
66	NASA.	APOLLO 11 mission. Astronaut Buzz Aldrin poses in front of the American flag.		EUR 6,000.00 - 8,000.00	Not Sold
67	NASA.	Apollo 11 mission.	July 20, 1969	EUR 600.00 - 900.00	EUR 588.80
68	NASA.	Official insignia for the Apollo 12 mission, the second in the Apollo program.	1969	EUR 300.00 - 400.00	Not Sold
69	NASA.	Scientific artist's rendering of the Space Shuttle in Earth orbit and the laboratory in its cargo bay.	Circa 1970	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
70	NASA.	This superb and rare photograph of the Earth was taken from the Apollo 13 spacecraft on its return trip.	April 1970	EUR 600.00 - 900.00	Not Sold
71	NASA.	APOLLO 14 mission. Superb and rare view of the SATURNE V rocket on its transport cart from its assembly hall to its launch pad 39A at Cape Kennedy.	November 9, 1970	EUR 500.00 - 700.00	Not Sold
72	NASA.	Apollo 15. James Irvin and the Rover in front of Mount Hadley.	July 1971	EUR 500.00 - 600.00	Not Sold
73	NASA.	Astronaut James Irwin salutes the American flag, with the Falcon lunar module and Rover in the background.	July 1971	EUR 800.00 - 900.00	EUR 448.00
74	NASA.	Apollo 15 mission. Observation of the lunar landscape from the "MADLEY APENNINE" landing site of the Apollo 15 Mission	July 30, 1971	EUR 500.00 - 600.00	Not Sold
75	NASA.	Apollo 15, 1971. View of the Apollo 15 mission command module from the lunar module about to land on the moon, with Commander David R. Scott and Lunar Module Pilot James B. Irwin on board.		EUR 500.00 - 600.00	Not Sold

Dominic Winter
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28th January 2026

Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 26. Company School. An album of 85 Indian mica paintings, Madras, c. 1852. £700-1,000

Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 28. Ross & Hooker. Notes on the Botany of the Antarctic Voyage, 1st edition, 1843. £4,000-6,000

Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 44. Gould (John). The Birds of Great Britain, 5 volumes, 1st edition, 1862-73. £30,000-40,000

Dominic Winter
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28th January 2026

Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 72. Edwards (George). A Natural History of Uncommon Birds… [and] Gleanings of Natural History, 7 volumes, 1st edition, 1743-64. £7,000-10,000

Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 87. Walcott (Charles D. et al.). Geologic Atlas of the United States, 227-volume set, U.S. Geological Survey, 1894-1945. £500-800

Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 236. A New Dictionary of the Terms Ancient and Modern of the Canting Crew…, By B. E. Gent., 1st edition, [1699]. £3,000-4,000

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Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 245. Frost Fair Broadside. Upon the Frost in the Year 1739-40, Printed on the Ice upon the Thames at Queen-Hithe, 1739/40. £1,500-2,000

Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 270. Micheli (Antonino di). La Nuova Chitarra di Regole…, 1st edition, Palermo, 1680. £10,000-15,000

Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 280. Elgar (Edward). Concerto for Violin and Orchestra, [1910], signed presentation copy. £500-800

Dominic Winter
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28th January 2026

Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 282 - Griffes (Charles). Autograph Manuscript Score for Overture to Hänsel und Gretel, c. 1910. £2,000-3,000

Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 304. Churchill (Winston). A terracotta maquette of Churchill by Oscar Nemon, c. 1955. £1,500-2,000

Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 364 - Russian Imperial Archaeological Commission. Mecheti Samarkanda..., Fascicule I Gour-Emir, St. Petersburg, 1905. £2,000-3,000
Sotheby’s
Fine Manuscript and Printed Americana
27 January 2026

Sotheby’s, Jan. 27: An extraordinary pair of books from George Washington’s field library, marking the conjunction of Robert Rogers, George Washington, and Henry Knox. $1,200,000 to $1,800,000.

Sotheby’s, Jan. 27: An extraordinary letter marking the conjunction of George Washington, the Marquis de Lafayette, and Benjamin Franklin. $1,000,000 to $1,500,000.

Sotheby’s, Jan. 27: Virginia House of Delegates. The genesis of the Declaration of Independence and the Bill of Rights. $350,000 to $500,000.

Sotheby’s
Fine Manuscript and Printed Americana
27 January 2026

Sotheby’s, Jan. 27: (Gettysburg). “Genl. Doubleday has taken charge of the battle”: Autograph witness to the first day of the Battle of Gettysburg, illustrated by fourteen maps and plans. $200,000 to $300,000.

Sotheby’s, Jan. 27: President Lincoln thanks a schoolboy on behalf of "all the children of the nation for his efforts to ensure "that this war shall be successful, and the Union be maintained and perpetuated." $200,000 to $300,000.

Sotheby’s, Jan. 27: [World War II]. An archive of maps and files documenting the allied campaign in Europe, from the early stages of planning for D-Day and Operation Overlord, to Germany’s surrender. $200,000 to $300,000.
Forum Auctions
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29th January 2026

Forum, Jan. 29: Plato. [Apanta ta tou Platonos. Omnia Platonis opera], 2 parts in 2 vol., editio princeps of Plato's works in the original Greek, Venice, House of Aldus, 1513. £8,000-12,000

Forum, Jan. 29: Book of Hours, Use of Rome, In Latin, illuminated manuscript on vellum, [Southern Netherlands (probably Bruges), c.1460]. £6,000-8,000

Forum, Jan. 29: Correspondence and documents by or addressed to the first four Viscounts Molesworth and members of their families, letters and manuscripts, 1690-1783. £10,000-15,000

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29th January 2026

Forum, Jan. 29: Shakespeare (William). The Dramatic Works, 9 vol., John and Josiah Boydell, 1802. £5,000-7,000

Forum, Jan. 29: Joyce (James). Ulysses, first edition, one of 750 copies on handmade paper, Paris, Shakespeare and Company, 1922 £8,000-12,000

Forum, Jan. 29: Powell (Anthony). [A Dance to the Music of Time], 12 vol., first editions, each with a signed presentation inscription from the author to Osbert Lancaster, 1951-75. £6,000-8,000

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29th January 2026

Forum, Jan. 29: Chaucer (Geoffrey). Troilus and Criseyde, one of 225 copies on handmade paper, wood-engravings by Eric Gill, Waltham St.Lawrence, 1927. £3,000-4,000

Forum, Jan. 29: Borges (Jorge Luis). Luna de Enfrente, first edition, one of 300 copies, presentation copy signed by the author to Leopoldo Marechal, Buenos Aires, Editorial Proa, 1925. £3,000-4,000

Forum, Jan. 29: Nolli (Giovanni Battista). Nuova Pianta di Roma, Rome, 1748. £6,000-8,000

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Forum, Jan. 29: Roberts (David). The Holy Land, Syria, Idumea, Arabia, Egypt, & Nubia, 3 vol., first edition, 1842-49. £15,000-20,000

Forum, Jan. 29: Blacker (William). Catechism of Fly Making, Angling and Dyeing, Published by the author, 1843. £3,000-4,000

Forum, Jan. 29: Herschel (Sir John F. W.) Collection of 69 offprints, extracts and separate publications by Herschel, bound for his son, William James Herschel, 3 vol., [1813-50]. £15,000-20,000