Vermot de Pas: Conquering Space, NASA's Photographic Icons, 168560, Paris

Auction Details

Auction Date: July 21, 2025 - July 21, 2025

Page Size: 339 items in 14 pages

Lot Number	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
26	Historic spacewalk by astronaut ED. WHITE.	1965. Later print	EUR 600.00 - 800.00	Not Sold
27	Ed. White, first American spacewalk during the flight over New Mexico. Gemini IV mission	1965. Later print	EUR 600.00 - 800.00	Not Sold
28	Successful historic spacewalk for American astronaut Ed White,	1965. Later print	EUR 600.00 - 800.00	EUR 1,036.80
29	View of the lunar surface taken by the LUNAR ORBITER space probe.	Circa 1965	EUR 300.00 - 500.00	Not Sold
30	This photograph of the Gemini-Titan 7 spacecraft was taken from the Gemini-Titan 6 (GT-6) spacecraft during the historic rendezvous of the two spacecraft on December 15, 1965	Circa 1975	EUR 500.00 - 600.00	Not Sold
31	Beautiful portrait of veteran astronauts John W. YOUNG (left) and Michael COLLINS (right), pilots of the GEMINI 10 mission	1966	EUR 300.00 - 500.00	Not Sold
32	Rendezvous with AGENA, the landing target for the GEMINI VIII capsule/ Astronaut David Scott took this photograph from a distance of approximately 15 meters	1966	EUR 400.00 - 600.00	Not Sold
33	LUNAR ORBITER I mission. Each photograph taken by the LUNAR ORBITER space probes consists of a "Banding": a succession of strips juxtaposed to form the main image.	1966	EUR 400.00 - 600.00	Not Sold
34	One of the first views of the lunar surface as collected by the LUNAR ORBITER 1 probe.	1966	EUR 400.00 - 600.00	Not Sold
35	View of the lunar surface from the LUNAR ORBITER 1 probe.	1966	EUR 400.00 - 600.00	Not Sold
36	LUNAR ORBITER II mission. Beautiful view of the lunar surface, with the famous Copernicu crater at the edge of the lunar horizon.	Circa 1966	EUR 400.00 - 600.00	Not Sold
37	Earth-orbiting rendezvous of the Gemini 11 mission.	1966	EUR 500.00 - 600.00	Not Sold
38	GEMINI 12 mission. Astronaut EDWIN A. ALDRIN performs a spacewalk around the Gemini 12 capsule.	1966	EUR 300.00 - 600.00	Not Sold
39	RARE. LUNAR ORBITER. PLATE V-96H2. Photograph of the lunar surface.	1966-1968	EUR 1,000.00 - 1,200.00	Not Sold
40	RARE. LUNAR ORBITER. PLATE III-123H1. Photograph of the lunar surface.	Circa 1966-1968	EUR 1,000.00 - 1,200.00	Not Sold
41	Oblique view of the lunar surface taken in April 1967 by the LUNAR ORBITER III space probe in search of potential lunar landing sites for future Apollo missions	1967	EUR 500.00 - 700.00	Not Sold
42	LUNAR ORBITER III mission. View of the 6.5-mile diameter Hyginus crater.	1966	EUR 400.00 - 600.00	Not Sold
43	Historic launch of the APOLLO 4 rocket	1967	EUR 300.00 - 500.00	Not Sold
44	Superb view of the Moon. LUNAR ORBITER 3.	1967	EUR 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
45	Apollo 4. Rare photograph of a crescent of the Earth from space.	1967	EUR 600.00 - 800.00	Not Sold
46	Apollo 7 mission. Liftoff of the Apollo 7 rocket from Cape Canaveral spaceport in Florida.	1968. Later print (70s-80s)	EUR 300.00 - 400.00	Not Sold
47	Beautiful view of the far side of the Moon by the crew of the APOLLO 8 mission.	1968	EUR 500.00 - 600.00	Not Sold
48	Apollo 16 mission. Astronaut John W. Young, commander of the Apollo 16 lunar landing mission, stands on the rim of Plum Crater while collecting lunar samples	1972	EUR 400.00 - 600.00	Not Sold
49	Apollo 8 mission. 1st Earth survey observed from lunar orbit	1968	EUR 900.00 - 1,200.00	Not Sold
50	Rare. The 1st photograph of the Earth in its entirety taken by Humans in Space.	1968. Later print	EUR 600.00 - 800.00	EUR 576.00

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