Sothebys: Space Exploration, N11837, New York

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
July 15, 2025 - July 15, 2025
Page Size: 62 items in 3 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
92 [Apollo 17]

The Blue Marble -- Earth as seen from the Command Module "America"

USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 1,778.00
93 [Apollo 17]

Cernan/Schmitt -- Split Rock

USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 USD 3,048.00
96 [Moonwalkers]

A collection of large lunar charts with flight details inscribed by a member of every Apollo landing crew

1971 USD 25,000.00 - 40,000.00 USD 57,150.00
97 [Moonwalkers]

NASA Lunar Chart Signed by a Member of Every Lunar Flight Crew, Including Six Moonwalkers

Washington, March 1970 USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 USD 12,065.00
98 Jules Verne.

"From The Earth to the Moon." Signed by 10 Apollo Astronauts

New York: 1922 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 16,510.00
99 [Apollo 18]

TLI Procedures Manual

Houston, Texas: December, 1968 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 Not Sold
101 Air Force Satellite Control Facility

Hand-painted sign from the historic base of Satellite Reconnaissance Operations

1970s USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 USD 5,080.00
104 [Apollo, Skylab]

Extensive Chronology of Spacecraft From Apollo to Skylab, Signed by a Member of Every Crewed Apollo Flight and the Commanders of Each Skylab Mission

1969-1978 USD 5,000.00 - 8,000.00 Not Sold
106 Viking Project

Large Photo Archive Including First Photographs Taken on Martian Surface

1970s USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 8,890.00
107 [Viking Orbiter]

Hand Mosaic of Mars, ca. 1979

ca. 1979 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 2,286.00
108 [Viking Orbiter]

Hand Mosaic of Mars, ca. 1979

ca. 1979 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 2,159.00
109 [STS-41B]

The First Untethered Spacewalk

USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 15,240.00
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