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Auction Name: NASA Photographs - History of Space Conquest
Auction Date: 12/08/2025 - 12/08/2025
Sale Number: #172873
Total Lots: 300
Sold Lots: 32.0
Lots Sold: 10.67%
Unsold Lots: 268

Total Sales (EUR): 18,048.00
Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR): 18,800.00
High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR): 26,500.00
Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR): 212,900.00
High Estimate of All Lots (EUR): 303,650.00
Total Sales as a % of High Est.: 5.94%

Top twenty five by sale price

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
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
234	NASA.	A magnificent and exceptional high-definition photograph of the lunar globe...	2010	EUR 1,200.00 - 1,500.00	EUR 1,152.00
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
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
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
276	NASA.	This photograph condenses ultra-high-definition shots taken of the Sun over several weeks.	2016	EUR 600.00 - 900.00	EUR 640.00
262	NASA.	Exceptional capture of a solar flare located on the lower part of the sun	October 27, 2014	EUR 600.00 - 900.00	EUR 588.80
25	NASA.	APOLLO 8 mission. Historic photograph depicting the 1st Earthrise observed by man from lunar orbit on	December 24, 1968	EUR 600.00 - 900.00	EUR 588.80
46	NASA.	APOLLO 12 mission. This magnificent photograph, captured during the Apollo 12 mission, shows the Earth rising above the lunar horizon.	1969	EUR 600.00 - 900.00	EUR 588.80
285	NASA.	Superb crescent Moon photographed from the International Space Station (ISS) during an orbital sunset	N/A	EUR 600.00 - 900.00	EUR 588.80
67	NASA.	Apollo 11 mission.	July 20, 1969	EUR 600.00 - 900.00	EUR 588.80
253	NASA.	Magnificent mosaic photograph of the extraordinary planet Mars	2013	EUR 600.00 - 900.00	EUR 588.80
218	NASA.	Superb and historic photograph from the "BLUE MARBLE" series. Indian Ocean.	2007	EUR 600.00 - 900.00	EUR 588.80
85	NASA.	Apollo 16. Astronaut John W. Young, commander of the Apollo 16 mission, leaps into the air while saluting the American flag.	April 21, 1972	EUR 600.00 - 900.00	EUR 588.80
89	NASA.	APOLLO 17. View from Station 6, of an impressive lunar boulder taken during the third extravehicular activity (EVA).	1972	EUR 600.00 - 900.00	EUR 588.80
90		Planet Earth, 3rd planet of a star called the Sun. The Earth resembles a sphere, essentially composed of rock.	1972	EUR 800.00 - 1,200.00	EUR 588.80
103	NASA.	A false-color photograph produced by the VOYAGER 1 space probe: the mists captured from a distance of 22,000 km from Saturn's moon Titan.	November 1980	EUR 600.00 - 900.00	EUR 588.80
230	NASA.	The Sun photographed by the Atmospheric Imaging Assembly (AIA) of NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO).	2010	EUR 600.00 - 900.00	EUR 588.80
246		The mythical Horsehead Nebula, specially photographed by Hubble	November 2012	EUR 600.00 - 900.00	EUR 588.80
217	NASA.	Superb and historic photograph from the "BLUE MARBLE" series. Western Hemisphere.	2007	EUR 600.00 - 900.00	EUR 588.80

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ALDE, Apr. 8: GUEVARA (ANTONIO DE). Histoire de Marc-Aurèle, Empereur Romain, vray miroir et horloge des Princes. Paris, Pierre et Galliot du Pré, frères, 1565. €3,000 to €4,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: HEURES DE LA VIERGE. Horæ in laudem beatissimæ virginis Mariæ ad usum Romanum. Paris, Charles L'Angelier, 1556. €4,000 to €5,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: MONTAIGNE (MICHEL DE). Les Essais. Édition nouvelle, trouvée après le deceds de l'autheur… Paris, Abel L'Angelier, 1595. €6,000 to €8,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: [ROJAS (FERNANDO DE)]. Celestina, tragicomedia di Calisto et Melibea, tradotta de lingua castigliana in italiano idioma… Venise, 1531. €2,000 to €3,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: CAMÕES (LUÍS DE). Os Lusiadas. Lisbonne, Pedro Crasbeeck, 1613. €2,000 to €3,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: CERVANTES (MIGUEL DE). El Ingenioso hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha. Bruxelles, Roger Velpius & Huberto Antonio, 1611. €6,000 to €8,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: LA FONTAINE (JEAN DE). Fables choisies, mises en vers. Paris, Denys Thierry et Claude Barbin, 1678-1694. €6,000 to €8,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: CERVANTES (MIGUEL DE). El Ingenioso hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha. Madrid, Joaquin Ibarra, 1780. €3,000 to €4,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: DIDEROT (DENIS) ET JEAN LE ROND D'ALEMBERT. Encyclopédie, ou dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers. Paris, 1751-1765. €15,000 to €20,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: [LIVRE TISSÉ]. LAMARTINE (Alphonse de). Les Laboureurs. Poème tiré de Jocelyn… Lyon, J. A. Henry, 1883. €8,000 to €10,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: [LIVRE TISSÉ]. Livre de prières tissé d'après les enluminures des manuscrits du XIVe au XVIe siècle. Lyon, [A. Roux], 1886. €5,000 to €6,000.
Sotheby’s
Books, Manuscripts & Objects from Three Important Collections
Open for Bidding 2-17 April

Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: [Guillaume de Lorris and Jean de Meun]. Le Roman de la Rose, [Geneva or Lyons, c.1481], first printed edition of the most important medieval French vernacular poem. £200,000 to £300,000.

Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: Castiglione. Il libro del cortegiano. [Venice], April 1528, first edition, in a magnificent binding by Jean Picard for Jean Grolier. £100,000 to £150,000.

Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: Jacobus de Cessolis. Schachzabelbuch, Strasbourg, 1483, von der Lasa copy. £50,000 to £70,000.

Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: World Championship, 1972. A collection of 84 press photographs of the famed match between Spassky and Fischer. £2,000 to £3,000.

Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: Ben Franklin. Autograph letter signed, to Lord Shelburne, British Prime Minister, during peace negotiations, November 1782. £15,000 to £20,000.