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Sothebys: Space Exploration

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Auction Name	Space Exploration	Total Sales (USD)	814,680.00
Auction Date	July 18, 2024 - July 18, 2024	Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)	225,500.00
Sale Number	#N11504	High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)	349,500.00
Total Lots	50
Sold Lots	47.0	Low Estimate of All Lots (USD)	259,500.00
% of Lots Sold	94.00%	High Estimate of All Lots (USD)	395,500.00
Unsold Lots	3	Total Sales as a % of High Est.	205.99%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
50	[Apollo 13]	"Houston, We've Had a Problem." Large Color Photograph, Signed and Inscribed by Commander James Lovell		USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00	USD 204,000.00
68	[Moonwalkers]	The Near Side of the Moon. Oversized Black and White Photograph, Signed by 11 Apollo Astronauts Including Eight Moonwalkers		USD 7,000.00 - 10,000.00	USD 78,000.00
58	[Apollo 16]	John Young With the Lunar Rover. Large Color Panoramic Photograph, Signed by Seven Apollo Astronauts Including Five Moonwalkers		USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00	USD 45,600.00
25	[Apollo 11]	LUNAR SURFACE FLOWN Apollo 11 Lunar Surface Checklist Sheet SUR-19/20	1969	USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00	USD 42,000.00
43	[Apollo 11]	White Spacesuit Crew Presentation Triptych. Color Photographs Signed by the Crew, Framed With NASA and Apollo 11 Emblems	1969	USD 6,000.00 - 9,000.00	USD 38,400.00
34	[Apollo 11]	FLOWN to the Moon on Apollo 11 --- Buzz Aldrin's Signed United Nations "Outer Space Treaty"	1967	USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00	USD 36,000.00
45	[Apollo 11]	"Visor Shot" of Buzz Aldrin at Tranquility Base. Large Color Photograph, Signed by Lunar Module Pilot Buzz Aldrin		USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00	USD 36,000.00
35	[Apollo 11]	FLOWN to the Moon on Apollo 11 --- Buzz Aldrin's Apollo 11 Crew-Signed Dow-Unicover	1969	USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00	USD 26,400.00
65	[Apollo 17]	Commander Gene Cernan on the Lunar Roving Vehicle. Large Color Photograph, Signed and Inscribed by Gene Cernan	1972	USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00	USD 26,400.00
29	[Apollo 11]	LUNAR SURFACE FLOWN Apollo 11 Lunar Module Activation Checklist Sheet ACT-58/59	1969	USD 12,000.00 - 18,000.00	USD 14,400.00
30	[Apollo 11]	LUNAR SURFACE FLOWN Apollo 11 Lunar Module Activation Checklist Sheet ACT-60/61	1969	USD 12,000.00 - 18,000.00	USD 14,400.00
10	[Lunar Orbiter I]	The First Image of the Earth from the Moon, 23 August 1966	1966	USD 5,000.00 - 8,000.00	USD 13,200.00
27	[Apollo 11]	LUNAR SURFACE FLOWN Apollo 11 Lunar Module Activation Checklist Sheet ACT 46/47	1969	USD 12,000.00 - 18,000.00	USD 13,200.00
74	[STS-41B]	The First Untethered Spacewalk. Large Color Photograph, Signed and Inscribed by Mission Specialist 1 Bruce McCandless II		USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00	USD 13,200.00
28	[Apollo 11]	LUNAR SURFACE FLOWN Apollo 11 Lunar Module Activation Checklist Sheet ACT-56/57	1969	USD 12,000.00 - 18,000.00	USD 12,000.00
41	[Apollo 11]	Earth as Seen from the Apollo 11 Command Module. Large Color Photograph, Signed by Eight Apollo Astronauts		USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00	USD 12,000.00
40	[Apollo 11]	The Eagle's Ascent. Large Color Photograph, Signed by Command Module Pilot Michael Collins and Lunar Module Pilot Buzz Aldrin, Framed With Signature of Commander Neil Armstrong and NASA and Apollo 11 Emblems		USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00	USD 11,400.00
22	[Apollo 11]	Apollo 11 Translunar/Transearth Trajectory Plotting Chart. Signed and Inscribed by Lunar Module Pilot Buzz Aldrin	1969	USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00	USD 10,200.00
23	[Apollo 11]	"Visor Shot" of Buzz Aldrin at Tranquility Base. Large Color Photograph, Signed by Lunar Module Pilot Buzz Aldrin, Framed With Apollo 11 Emblem		USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00	USD 10,200.00
67	[Apollo 17]	The Last Words Spoken on the Moon. Large Color Photograph, Signed and Inscribed by Commander Eugene Cernan		USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00	USD 10,200.00
2	Wernher von Braun	Wernher von Braun in His Office at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center, CA 1962. Signed by Wernher von Braun	ca 1962	USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00	USD 9,600.00
17	[Apollo 8]	Earthrise. Large Color Photograph, Signed and Inscribed by Commander Frank Borman	1968	USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00	USD 9,600.00
46	[Apollo 11 Giantstep Presidential Goodwill Tour]	World Tour album with Itinerary and Astronaut Inscriptions		USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00	USD 9,600.00
42	[Apollo 11]	Earth as Seen from the Apollo 11 Command Module. Large Color Photograph, Signed by Command Module Pilot Michael Collins and Lunar Module Pilot Buzz Aldrin	1969	USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00	USD 9,000.00
1	[X-15 Hypersonic Research Program]	X-15 Pilots With the Aircraft. Signed by Six X-15 Pilots Including Neil Armstrong		USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00	USD 8,400.00

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("Martinus Luther") to His Friend the Theologian Gerhard Wiskamp ("Gerardo Xantho Lampadario"). $100,000 - $150,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: An Exceptionally Fine Copy of Austenís Emma: A Novel in Three Volumes. $40,000 - $60,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Presentation Copy of Ernest Hemmingwayís A Farewell to Arms for Edward Titus of the Black Mankin Press. $30,000 - $50,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Manuscript Signed Integrally for "The Songs of Pooh," by Alan Alexander. $30,000 - $50,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Manuscript of "Three Fragments from Gˆtterd‰mmerung" by Richard Wagner. $30,000 - $50,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Original Preliminary Artwork, for the First Edition of Snow Crash. $20,000 - $30,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("T.R. Malthus") to Economist Nassau Senior on Wealth, Labor and Adam Smith. $20,000 - $30,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides Finely Bound by Michael Wilcox. $20,000 - $30,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: First Edition of Lewis and Clark: Travels to the Source of the Missouri River and Across the American Continent to the Pacific Ocean. $8,000 - $12,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Original Artwork for the First Edition of Neal Stephenson's Groundbreaking Novel Snow Crash. $100,000 - $150,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: A Complete Set Signed Deluxe Editions of King's The Dark Tower Series by Stephen King. $8,000 - $12,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("John Adams") to James Le Ray de Chaumont During the Crucial Years of the Revolutionary War. $8,000 - $12,000.
Sotheby’s
Book Week
December 9-17, 2025

Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Francesco Colonna. Hypnerotomachie, Paris, 1546, Parisian calf by Wotton Binder C for Marcus Fugger. €200,000 to €300,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Nausea. De principiis dialectices Gorgias, and other works, Venice, 1523, morocco gilt for Cardinal Campeggio. €3,000 to €4,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Billon. Le fort inexpugnable de l'honneur, Paris, 1555, Parisian calf gilt for Peter Ernst, Graf von Mansfeld. €120,000 to €180,000.

Sotheby’s
Book Week
December 9-17, 2025

Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: Salinger, J.D. The Graham Family archive, including autographed letters, an inscribed Catcher, a rare studio photograph of the author, and more. $120,000 to $180,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: [Austen, Jane]. A handsome first edition of Sense and Sensibility, the author's first novel. $60,000 to $80,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: Massachusetts General Court. A powerful precursor to the Declaration of Independence: "every Act of Government … without the Consent of the People, is … Tyranny." $40,000 to $60,000.
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