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Auction Name NASA Photographs - A Collection Total Sales (EUR) 19,487.50
Auction Date April 28, 2026 - April 28, 2026 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) 20,000.00
Sale Number #177069 High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) 28,900.00
Total Lots 238
Sold Lots 25.0 Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR) 124,700.00
% of Lots Sold 10.50% High Estimate of All Lots (EUR) 178,500.00
Unsold Lots 213 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 10.92%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Top Sale Price Lots
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
67

Apollo 8, December 24, 1968. Earthrise observed from lunar orbit.

1968 EUR 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 EUR 3,375.00
197

Apollo 17, December 7-19, 1972. The Blue Marble. The Earth (Southern Hemisphere and Antarctica)

1972 EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 EUR 1,812.50
68 William Anders

William Anders Apollo 8, December 24, 1968. The first Earthrise observed by man.

1968 EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 EUR 1,750.00
69 William Anders

William Anders Apollo 8, December 24, 1968. The first Earthrise observed by man.

1968 EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 EUR 950.00
118

Apollo 11, July 20, 1969. Buzz Aldrin's boot and footprint on the lunar surface

1969 EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 EUR 950.00
122 Neil Armstrong

Apollo 11, July 20, 1969. Buzz Aldrin salutes the first American flag erected on the Moon

1969 EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 EUR 950.00
131 Neil Armstrong

Neil Armstrong Apollo 11, July 20, 1969. Buzz Aldrin next to the lunar module (LM Eagle)

1969 EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 EUR 950.00
15 James McDivitt

James McDivitt Gemini 4, June 3, 1965. Edward White on the first American spacewalk

1965 EUR 800.00 - 1,200.00 EUR 900.00
108 Buzz Aldrin

Neil Armstrong Apollo 11, July 20, 1969. Buzz Aldrin descending from the LM Eagle

1969 EUR 800.00 - 1,200.00 EUR 787.50
115

Neil Armstrong Apollo 11, July 16-24, 1969. Buzz Aldrin installing the Solar Wind Composition Experiment

1969 EUR 800.00 - 1,200.00 EUR 787.50
135 Neil Armstrong

Neil Armstrong Apollo 11, July 20, 1969. Lunar Module (LM Eagle)

1969 EUR 800.00 - 1,200.00 EUR 775.00
130 Neil Armstrong

Neil Armstrong Apollo 11, July 20, 1969. Buzz Aldrin on the lunar surface, with Neil Armstrong and the LM Eagle in the reflection of his visor

1969 EUR 700.00 - 900.00 EUR 650.00
58 NASA

Lunar surface, c. 1965-1969

c. 1965-1969 EUR 600.00 - 800.00 EUR 537.50
119

Apollo 11, July 20, 1969. Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin with the American flag

1969 EUR 600.00 - 800.00 EUR 537.50
138 Buzz Aldrin

Buzz Aldrin Apollo 11, July 20, 1969. The first American flag from the LM Eagle

1969 EUR 600.00 - 800.00 EUR 537.50
102 NASA

Apollo 11. Kennedy Space Center, July 16, 1969. Liftoff of the Saturn V launch vehicle

1969 EUR 500.00 - 700.00 EUR 475.00
9

Mercury Project, 1961. Capsule. Launch site. MR-4 takeoff

1961 EUR 400.00 - 600.00 EUR 356.25
162 NASA

Apollo 14, February 4-5, 1971. Antares lunar module and American flag on lunar surface

1971 EUR 400.00 - 600.00 EUR 356.25
199

Apollo 17, December 14, 1972. Television broadcast of the LM Challenger

1972 EUR 400.00 - 600.00 EUR 356.25
202

Apollo 17, December 10-12, 1972. Challenger lunar module and American flag

1972 EUR 400.00 - 600.00 EUR 356.25
230 NASA

STS-70. Kennedy Space Center, July 1995. Discovery shuttle lifts off

1995 EUR 200.00 - 300.00 EUR 350.00
178 NASA

Apollo 16, April 16, 1972. Liftoff of Saturn V

1972 EUR 300.00 - 400.00 EUR 337.50
34 NASA

Gemini 7, December 4-18, 1965. The Moon above the Earth's limb

1965 EUR 300.00 - 400.00 EUR 300.00
79

Apollo 10. Cape Kennedy, May 18, 1969. Saturn V liftoff.

1969 EUR 200.00 - 300.00 EUR 175.00
231 NASA

STS-81. Kennedy Space Center, January 12, 1997. Liftoff of shuttle Atlantis

1997 EUR 200.00 - 300.00 EUR 175.00
  • Sotheby’s
    Shelf Life: Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper from the Library of Stanley J. Seeger and Christopher Cone
    25 June – July 7
    Sotheby’s, July 7: Ludwig van Beethoven. Autograph sketches for the overture "Die Weihe des Hauses", op.124, [1822], UNPUBLISHED. £150,000 to £200,000.
    Sotheby’s, July 7: Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice, 1813, first edition, 3 volumes, contemporary half calf. £50,000 to £70,000.
    Sotheby’s, July 7: Walt Whitman. Leaves of Grass, Brooklyn, 1855, first edition, first issue, original green cloth, the Doheny copy. £50,000 to £70,000.
    Sotheby’s, July 7: Binding—Sangorski & Sutcliffe—Omar Khayyam. Rubaiyat, London, 1872, third edition, in a magnificent jewelled Peacock binding. £15,000 to £20,000.
    Sotheby’s, July 7: George Eliot. Middlemarch, Edinburgh and London, 1871, first edition in the original parts. £20,000 to £30,000.
  • Forum Auctions
    The Private Library:
    Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
    July 9, 2026
    Forum, July 9: Hassall (Joan) A large collection of over 300 original woodblocks of engravings for various books, v.d., with Hassall's engraver's glass water-globe (Qty) - Est. £10,000-15,000
    Forum, July 9: Eragny Press.- [Bradley (Katherine Harris) & Edith Emma Cooper], "Michael Field." Whym Chow, Flame of Love, one of only 27 copies, inscribed by Bradley, the rarest book from the press, 1914. - Est. £3,000-4,000
    Forum, July 9: [Moore (Thomas Sturge)] [Wood Engravings], 71 wood-engravings printed by David Chambers from the original blocks, the only set on Japanese Hosho paper, from an edition of 5 sets, [1970]. - Est. £3,000-4,000
    Forum Auctions
    The Private Library:
    Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
    July 9, 2026
    Forum, July 9: La Fontaine (Jean de) Contes et Nouvelles en vers, 2 vol., engraved plates after Eisen, fine early 19th century blue morocco, gilt, by Bradel l'ainé, Amsterdam [Paris], 1762. - Est. £2,000-3,000
    Forum, July 9: Erotica.- Prostitution.- Pretty Women of Paris (The); Their Names and Addresses, Qualities and Faults..., [Paris], privately printed at the Press of the Prefecture de Police, 1883. - Est. £3,000-4,000
    Forum, July 9: Vale Press.- Ricketts (Charles) & Lucien Pissarro. De la Typographie et de l'Harmonie de la Page Imprimée…, [one of 216 copies], bound in dark blue morocco tooled in gilt, by Sarah T.Prideaux, 1898. - Est. £1,000-1,500
    Forum Auctions
    The Private Library:
    Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
    July 9, 2026
    Forum, July 9: Martin (John) Illustrations of the Bible, complete set of 20 mezzotints, good impressions, rarely found in early states, [c.1831-1835]. - Est. £1,000-1,500
    Forum, July 9: Golden Cockerel Press.- Four Gospels of the Lord Jesus Christ (The), one of 500 copies, Mary Gill's copy, Waltham St. Lawrence, 1931 with a signed proof of engraving on japon numbered 10/10 (2) - Est. £5,000-7,000
    Forum, July 9: Boccaccio (Giovanni) The Decameron, 3 vol., vol.1 extra-illustrated by John Buckland Wright with c.150 erotic original drawings in pen & ink and pencil, 1886 [extra-illustrated c.1940]. - Est. £10,000-15,000
    Forum Auctions
    The Private Library:
    Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
    July 9, 2026
    Forum, July 9: Cox (Morris) Collection of Gogmagog Press Books, 35 vol., rare complete collection of printed books issued by the press, limited editions, most signed by Cox, 1957-83. - Est. £10,000-15,000
    Forum, July 9: Wynkyn de Worde.- [Terentius Afer (Publius)] [Comedie...], [Paris, Josse Badius: sold in London by Wynkyn de Worde, & others], [15 July 1504]. - Est. £4,000-6,000
    Forum, July 9: Mosley (James) Ornamented Types. Twenty-Three Alphabets from the Foundry of Louis John Pouchée, 2 vol., one of 10 copies for presentation, from an edition of 210, 1992-93. - Est. £1,000-2,000
  • Forum Auctions
    The 10th Anniversary Sale
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    July 16, 2026
    Forum, July 16: Inundation papyrus. P.Michael 4, the ‘Inundation papyrus’, a geographical account of the Nile near Canopus, in Greek, remains of two columns from a manuscript scroll on papyrus, Egypt, second century CE. £12,000-18,000
    Forum, July 16: Book of Hours, use of Sarum, manuscript on vellum, 6 full-page miniatures, with famous Middle English inscriptions, Southern Netherlands for the English market, [c.1430]. £30,000-50,000
    Forum, July 16: Qu'ran, Arabic manuscript on burnished, stencilled, and gold-flecked paper, 447ff., Sultanate Gujarat, Ahmadabad, [after 1411 but no later than 1442]. £15,000-20,000
    Forum Auctions
    The 10th Anniversary Sale
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    July 16, 2026
    Forum, July 16: Turner (William). A New boke of the natures and properties of all wines that are commonly vsed here in England, rare first edition of the first English book on wine, By William Seres, 1568. £20,000-£30,000
    Forum, July 16: Spenser (Edmund). The Faerie Queene. first edition, Printed [by John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, 1590. £30,000-40,000
    Forum, July 16: Shakespeare (William). The Comedie of Errors, extracted from the first folio, Isaac Jaggard and Edward Blount, 1623. £15,000-20,000
    Forum Auctions
    The 10th Anniversary Sale
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    July 16, 2026
    Forum, July 16: Fleming (Ian). Casino Royale, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author, 1953. £40,000-60,000
    Forum, July 16: d'Agoty (Jacques-Fabien Gautier). Anatomie de la Tête, first edition, Paris, chez le Sieur Gautier, 1748. £10,000-15,000
    Forum, July 16: Martial Arts.- Lee (Bruce). 'Praying Mantis style' Kung Fu book, containing numerous annotations, diagrams and graphs in Bruce Lee's hand, c. 1960. £50,000-70,000
    Forum Auctions
    The 10th Anniversary Sale
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    July 16, 2026
    Forum, July 16: Warre (Capt. Henry James). Sketches in North America and the Oregon Territory, first edition, rare hand-coloured issue, 1848. £30,000-40,000
    Forum, July 16: Norie (John William). The Marine Atlas, or Seaman's Complete Pilot for all the principal places in the known world..., 1826. £30,000-50,000
    Forum, July 16: Mao Tse-tung.- Kim Il-sung.-[Note book for visitors from China to Korea], signed by Mao and Kim, [Beijing, 1954]. £10,000-15,000