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Vermot de Pas: NASA Photographs - History of Space Conquest

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Auction Name	NASA Photographs - History of Space Conquest	Total Sales (EUR)	10,911.60
Auction Date	October 17, 2025 - October 17, 2025	Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR)	13,000.00
Sale Number	#171095	High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR)	20,200.00
Total Lots	324
Sold Lots	21.0	Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR)	157,200.00
% of Lots Sold	6.48%	High Estimate of All Lots (EUR)	231,250.00
Unsold Lots	303	Total Sales as a % of High Est.	4.72%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
38	NASA. Apollo 11 mission.	Astronaut Buzz Aldrin standing on the lunar surface poses for astronaut Neil Armstrong in a historic shot showing Neil Armstrong's silhouette in the reflection of Buzz Aldrin's visor.	July 20, 1969.	EUR 3,000.00 - 5,000.00	EUR 1,260.00
70	NASA. LARGE FORMAT. Apollo 17 mission.	A superb Earth survey observed from lunar orbit (rotationally cropped).	1972	EUR 600.00 - 900.00	EUR 592.20
21	NASA. LARGE FORMAT.	The 1st photograph of the Earth in its entirety taken by Humans in Space.		EUR 600.00 - 900.00	EUR 579.60
66	NASA. LARGE FORMAT. APOLLO 17 mission.	Perfect view of the lunar rover.	1972	EUR 600.00 - 900.00	EUR 579.60
75	Nasa. LARGE FORMAT.	An impressive and rare view of a solar flare observed from the Skylab 4 spacecraft on December 19, 1973.	1973	EUR 600.00 - 900.00	EUR 579.60
91	NASA. LARGE FORMAT.	Historic photograph of the 1st untethered free-floating man in Space.	1984	EUR 600.00 - 900.00	EUR 579.60
152	NASA.	Superb view of an Image of a solar flare observed by the Coronal Diagnostic Spectrometer (CDS) of loops of elements in the active region at different temperatures and wavelengths.	2001	EUR 600.00 - 900.00	EUR 579.60
153	NASA. LARGE FORMAT.	BLUE MARBBLE.		EUR 600.00 - 900.00	EUR 579.60
155	Nasa. LARGE FORMAT.	Spacewalker Lee M.E. Morin assembles new modules for the International Space Station.	April 13, 2002.	EUR 600.00 - 900.00	EUR 579.60
167	Nasa. LARGE FORMAT.	Magnificent view of the Earth taken by the MESSENGER (Mercury Surface, Space Environment, Geochemistry, and Ranging) spacecraft.	2005	EUR 600.00 - 900.00	EUR 579.60
197	NASA. LARGE FORMAT.	Perfect view of the planet SATURN.	2006	EUR 600.00 - 900.00	EUR 579.60
217	NASA. LARGE FORMAT.	A superb satellite image of the Earth taken by a weather observation satellite.	2010	EUR 600.00 - 900.00	EUR 579.60
221	NASA. LARGE FORMAT.	Superb view of the complete disk of planet Earth, with the largest ocean visible: the Pacific Ocean, bordered on the east by the American continent.	2010	EUR 600.00 - 900.00	EUR 579.60
236	NASA. LARGE FORMAT.	Photographic mosaic of the Arctic Ocean.		EUR 600.00 - 900.00	EUR 579.60
237	NASA. GRAND FORMAT.	Exceptional photograph of the globe showing both the photographic capture of three tropical cyclones rotating in the eastern Pacific Ocean on the same day.	2012	EUR 600.00 - 900.00	EUR 579.60
71	NASA. LARGE FORMAT. APOLLO 17 mission.	View of the lunar module, lunar module pilot, astronaut Harrison H.	1972	EUR 600.00 - 800.00	EUR 567.00
63	NASA.	Magnificent liftoff of the Saturn V rocket carrying the astronauts of the Apollo 16 mission to the Moon on April 16, 1972.	1972	EUR 200.00 - 400.00	EUR 226.80
16	NASA.	Exceptional view of an Earthrise from lunar orbit.		EUR 200.00 - 300.00	EUR 189.00
182	NASA. TITAN, moon of SATURN.	Processing from calibrated red, green and violet filtered images of Titan, taken by Cassini on January 15, 2006. Vintage chromogenic print.	2006	EUR 200.00 - 300.00	EUR 189.00
243	NASA. Cassini Mission.	Venus shines like a bright beacon through Saturn's rings in this unique image taken by the Cassini international space probe on November 10, 2012, when the spacecraft was placed in Saturn's shadow.	2012	EUR 200.00 - 400.00	EUR 189.00
275	NASA.	Ultraviolet photograph of a solar flare.	2016	EUR 200.00 - 400.00	EUR 163.80

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Swann
Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
December 9, 2025

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 156: Cornelis de Jode, Americae pars Borealis, double-page engraved map of North America, Antwerp, 1593.

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 206: John and Alexander Walker, Map of the United States, London and Liverpool, 1827.

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 223: Abraham Ortelius, Typus Orbis Terrarum, hand-colored double-page engraved world map, Antwerp, 1575.

Swann
Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
December 9, 2025

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 233: Aaron Arrowsmith, Chart of the World, oversize engraved map on 8 sheets, London, 1790 (circa 1800).

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 239: Fielding Lucas, A General Atlas, 81 engraved maps and diagrams, Baltimore, 1823.

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 240: Anthony Finley, A New American Atlas, 15 maps engraved by james hamilton young on 14 double-page sheets, Philadelphia, 1826.

Swann
Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
December 9, 2025

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 263: John Bachmann, Panorama of the Seat of War, portfolio of 4 double-page chromolithographed panoramic maps, New York, 1861.

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 265: Sebastian Münster, Cosmographei, Basel: Sebastian Henricpetri, 1558.

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 271: Abraham Ortelius, Epitome Theatri Orteliani, Antwerp: Johann Baptist Vrients, 1601.

Swann
Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
December 9, 2025

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 283: Joris van Spilbergen, Speculum Orientalis Occidentalisque Indiae, Leiden: Nicolaus van Geelkercken for Jodocus Hondius, 1619.

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 285: Levinus Hulsius, Achtzehender Theil der Newen Welt, 14 engraved folding maps, Frankfurt: Johann Frederick Weiss, 1623.

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 341: John James Audubon, Carolina Parrot, Plate 26, London, 1827.
SD Scandinavian Art & Rare Book Auctions
The Odfjell Collection
Polar – History – Ornithology – Colour Plate Books
Ending December 4th

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ROALD AMUNDSEN: «Sydpolen» [ The South Pole] 1912. First edition in jackets and publisher's slip case.

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: AMUNDSEN & NANSEN: «Fram over Polhavet» [Farthest North] 1897. AMUNDSEN's COPY!

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ERNEST SHACKLETON [ed.]: «Aurora Australis» 1908. First edition. The NORWAY COPY.

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ERNEST SHACKLETON: «The heart of the Antarctic» + SUPPLEMENT «The Antarctic Book», 1909.

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: SHACKLETON, BERNACCHI, CHERRY-GARRARD [ed.]: «The South Polar Times» I-III, 1902-1911.

SD Scandinavian Art & Rare Book Auctions
The Odfjell Collection
Polar – History – Ornithology – Colour Plate Books
Ending December 4th

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: [WILLEM BARENTSZ & HENRY HUDSON] - SAEGHMAN: «Verhael van de vier eerste schip-vaerden […]», 1663.

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: TERRA NOVA EXPEDITION | LIEUTENANT HENRY ROBERTSON BOWERS: «At the South Pole.», Gelatin Silver Print. [10¾ x 15in. (27.2 x 38.1cm.) ].

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ELEAZAR ALBIN: «A natural History of Birds.» + «A Supplement», 1738-40. Wonderful coloured plates.

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: PAUL GAIMARD: «Voyage de la Commision scientific du Nord, en Scandinavie, […]», c. 1842-46. ONLY HAND COLOURED COPY KNOWN WITH TWO ORIGINAL PAINTINGS BY BIARD.

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: JAMES JOYCE: «Ulysses», 1922. FIRST EDITION IN ORIGINAL WRAPPERS.
Sotheby’s
Book Week
December 9-17, 2025

Sotheby’s, Dec. 11: Darwin and Wallace. On the Tendency of Species to form Varieties..., [in:] Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society, Vol. III, No. 9., 1858, Darwin announces the theory of natural selection. £100,000 to £150,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 11: J.K. Rowling. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, 1997, first edition, hardback issue, inscribed by the author pre-publication. £100,000 to £150,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 11: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Autograph sketchleaf including a probable draft for the E flat Piano Quartet, K.493, 1786. £150,000 to £200,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 12: Hooke, Robert. Micrographia: or some Physiological Descriptions of Minute Bodies made by Magnifying Glasses. London: James Allestry for the Royal Society, 1667. $12,000 to $15,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 12: Chappuzeau, Samuel. The history of jewels, first edition in English. London: T.N. for Hobart Kemp, 1671. $12,000 to $18,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 12: Sowerby, James. Exotic Mineralogy, containing his most realistic mineral depictions, London: Benjamin Meredith, 1811, Arding and Merrett, 1817. $5,000 to $7,000.