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Auction Name Online Sale: The Stephen White Space Collection Total Sales (GBP) 25,691.25
Auction Date June 10, 2021 - June 10, 2021 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) 21,760.00
Sale Number #2201 High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) 31,755.00
Total Lots 152
Sold Lots 53 Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP) 75,310.00
% of Lots Sold 34.87% High Estimate of All Lots (GBP) 106,155.00
Unsold Lots 99 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 24.20%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
122

Apollo 17.- The "Blue Marble", c.1992, dye-transfer print, signed and numbered by printer Dennis Joy.

 c.1992 GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 GBP 2,210.00
75 Anders (William)

Apollo 8.- Anders (William) The First photograph of Earth taken by an astronaut, Dec. 1968, vintage chromogenic print.

 1968 GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 GBP 1,820.00
79

Apollo 11.- Neil Armstrong's first steps onto the Moon, 20 July 1969; 3 rare views, vintage gelatin silver press prints (3).

 1969 GBP 1,200.00 - 1,500.00 GBP 1,300.00
20 Baturin (Vasily M., photographer and cinematographer)

Cosmonauts.- Baturin (Vasily M., photographer and cinematographer) Yuri Gagarin, the first man in space, 1960-67, vintage gelatin silver prints, rare. (4).

 1960-67 GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 GBP 1,170.00
140

Voyager 1.- Jupiter's moon Callisto, 1979, vintage oversize chromogenic print.

 1979 GBP 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 GBP 1,040.00
47

Gemini Astronauts.- A varied group including portraits of Thomas Stafford, Eugene Cernan, Russell Schweickart, Gordon Cooper, Buzz Aldrin and James Lovell, 1964-66, vintage gelatin silver prints (12)

 1964-66 GBP 400.00 - 600.00 GBP 975.00
143

Voyager 1.- Earth, the "Pale Blue Dot", 14 February 1990, printed 2010, digital colour print.

 1990, printed 2010 GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 GBP 910.00
53 Karsh (Yousuf)

Karsh (Yousuf) Portrait of Yuri Gagarin, c.1965, printed later, vintage gelatin silver print signed by Karsh.

 c.1965, printed later GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 GBP 845.00
58 Lovell (James)

Gemini 7.- Lovell (James) Full Moon over the Earth, Dec. 1965, 2 consecutively numbered vintage chromogenic prints (2).

 1965 GBP 700.00 - 900.00 GBP 780.00
109

Apollo 15.- David Scott and James Irwin at Hadley Delta, with a view of the Lunar Rover, August 1971, together 3 vintage gelatin silver prints (3)

 1971 GBP 400.00 - 600.00 GBP 715.00
95 Armstrong (Neil)

Apollo 11.- Armstrong (Neil) Three Studies of Buzz Aldrin, July 1969, vintage gelatin silver press prints (3)

 1969 GBP 600.00 - 800.00 GBP 650.00
129

Mercury.- Mariner 10. The first detailed images taken during the first exploration of the planet by a spacecraft, March 1974, vintage gelatin silver prints (14).

 1974 GBP 600.00 - 800.00 GBP 650.00
74

Apollo 8.- Earthrise above the lunar surface, December 1968, vintage gelatin silver press print.

 1968 GBP 400.00 - 600.00 GBP 520.00
105 Mitchell (Edgar)

Apollo 14.- Mitchell (Edgar) Alan Shepard holds the U.S. flag; Double portrait of Alan Shepard and Edgard Mitchell, February 1971; and others similar, vintage gelatin silver prints (4).

 1971 GBP 500.00 - 700.00 GBP 520.00
114

Apollo 16.- The near full Moon photographed by the Fairchild Metric Camera ..., June 1972, vintage gelatin silver print.

 1972 GBP 400.00 - 600.00 GBP 520.00
116 Duke (Charles)

Apollo 16.- Duke (Charles) John Young's Jumping Salute, April 1972; John Young at the Lunar Rover Apollo 16, April 1972, two vintage chromogenic prints (2).

 1972 GBP 500.00 - 700.00 GBP 520.00
90

Apollo 11.- The Lunar Module "Eagle" and the U.S. flag, July 1969, vintage chromogenic print.

 1969 GBP 400.00 - 600.00 GBP 494.00
101

Apollo 13.- Earth, centred on the south-eastern United States, April 1970, vintage large-format gelatin silver print on matt paper.

 1970 GBP 300.00 - 400.00 GBP 468.00
89

Apollo 11.- Buzz Aldrin sets up the Passive Seismic Experiment, July 1969, vintage chromogenic print.

 1969 GBP 400.00 - 600.00 GBP 442.00
17 Morse (Ralph)

Morse (Ralph) The Mercury Seven, 1959-60, vintage gelatin silver prints (4)

 1959-60 GBP 400.00 - 600.00 GBP 416.00
35

John Glenn undergoes pre-flight tests, 1962, 6 vintage gelatin silver prints, (6).

 1962 GBP 400.00 - 600.00 GBP 416.00
69 [Stanley Kubrick]

[Stanley Kubrick] 2001: A Space Odyssey, a window card poster, MGM, 1968, colour photolithograph on thick card.

 1968 GBP 300.00 - 400.00 GBP 416.00
83 Armstrong (Neil)

Apollo 11.- Armstrong (Neil) An uncommon close-up view of Buzz Aldrin's gold-plated visor, reflecting the U.S. flag and Neil Armstrong, the photographer, July 1969, vintage gelatin silver press print.

 1969 GBP 400.00 - 600.00 GBP 416.00
93

Apollo 11.- Buzz Aldrin stands next to the seismic experiment, the Lunar Module in the background, July 1969, vintage chromogenic print.

 1969 GBP 400.00 - 600.00 GBP 416.00
96 Armstrong (Neil)

Apollo 11.- Armstrong (Neil) Buzz Aldrin standing by the Solar Wind Collector in front of the Lunar Module; Buzz Aldrin descending the ladder from the Lunar Module, July 1969, vintage gelatin silver prints (2).

 1969 GBP 400.00 - 600.00 GBP 416.00
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