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

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Auction Date
July 21, 2025 - July 21, 2025
Page Size: 339 items in 14 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
51

Rare. First recolored Earth survey photographed on December 24,1968 by the crew of the APOLLO 8 Mission

1968. Later print EUR 600.00 - 800.00 EUR 576.00
52

Apollo 11 mission. Nice view of astronaut Buzz Aldrin operating the lunar seismograph.

1969 EUR 600.00 - 800.00 Not Sold
53

Apollo XI. Positioning the Saturn V rocket on its launch pad at the Kennedy Space Center less than two months before launch

EUR 700.00 - 900.00 Not Sold
54

Apollo 11 mission. Astronaut Mickael Collins trains in a centrifuge to pilot the lunar command module.

1969 EUR 800.00 - 1,000.00 Not Sold
55

Apollo 11 mission, July 16, 1969. A rare and magnificent view of the Earth

1969 EUR 600.00 - 800.00 EUR 640.00
56

Rare historic scene. Aboard the USS HORNET, the ship that has just picked up the astronauts of the APOLLO 11 Mission straight from the Moon...

1969 EUR 400.00 - 600.00 Not Sold
57

Vast lunar plains stretching across the Earth-facing surface of the Moon. Apollo 10 mission.

1969 EUR 400.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
58

Apollo 11 mission. Historic photograph of astronaut Buzz Aldrin standing on the lunar module "EAGLE" next to the lunar wind analysis instrument.

1969 EUR 800.00 - 1,200.00 Not Sold
59

Apollo 9 mission. Nice view of the lunar module in its lunar landing configuration photographed from the command module during its orbital training mission around the Earth

1969 EUR 500.00 - 600.00 Not Sold
60

APOLLO 12 mission. This unusual photograph taken during the 2nd extra-vehicular activity (EVA-2) shows two American spacecraft on the Moon's surface.

1969, slightly later print EUR 500.00 - 700.00 Not Sold
61

APOLLO 12. The Saturn 5 rocket and launch complex 39A at Cape Kennedy.

1969 EUR 300.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
62

Apollo 11 mission. Training on Earth for astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin

1969 EUR 600.00 - 800.00 Not Sold
63

Apollo 11 mission. The American flag planted on the Moon became the first human flag to appear on extraterrestrial soil.

1969 EUR 400.00 - 600.00 Not Sold
64

Rare view inside the Apollo capsule of the Apollo 11 crew...From left to right: Neil A. ARMSTRONG, Michael COLLINS and Edwin E. ALDRIN. June

1969 EUR 600.00 - 800.00 Not Sold
65

Buzz Aldrin's boot and its imprint in the lunar soil. This photograph symbolizes man's 1st step on the Moon and is one of the most iconic of the Apollo 11 mission.

1969 EUR 900.00 - 1,200.00 Not Sold
66

Rare. The footprint in the lunar soil. This photograph symbolizes Man's 1st step on the Moon and is one of the most iconic of the Apollo 11 mission..

1969 EUR 900.00 - 1,200.00 Not Sold
67

Vintage (1975) chromogenic print on paper: "THIS PAPER MANUFACTURED BY KODAK". NASA logo and numbering in margin on front. NASA logo and typed caption on back.

EUR 600.00 - 800.00 Not Sold
68

Rare historical scene. Aboard the USS HORNET, the victorious astronauts of the APOLLO 11 mission (from left to right) Edwin E. Aldrin, Jr. Armstrong and Michael Collins salute the military.

1969 EUR 500.00 - 700.00 Not Sold
69

A rare and beautiful view of the first seconds of the public arrival of the APOLLO 11 astronauts.

1969 EUR 500.00 - 600.00 Not Sold
70

Historic Apollo 11 mission. A rare view of a lunar crater near the landing site of astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin.

EUR 300.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
71

Historic photograph of the boarding of the 3 astronauts of the Apollo 11 space mission en route to the Moon.

1969 EUR 300.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
72

Apollo 11. Historic view of the Apollo 11 crew meeting inside their quarantine module, greeting US President Richard Nixon

1969 EUR 600.00 - 700.00 Not Sold
73

APOLLO 11 mission. Photographic portrait of astronaut MICHAEL COLLINS, APOLLO 11 mission command module pilot.

1969 EUR 400.00 - 600.00 Not Sold
74

Historic APOLLO 11 mission. Official portrait of astronaut NEIL A. ARMSTRONG, APOLLO 11 Lunar Module Pilot.

1969 EUR 500.00 - 700.00 Not Sold
75

Apollo 11 mission. Rare. The most famous photograph of the Apollo 11 Mission showing astronaut Buzz Aldrin standing on the lunar surface

1969. Later print EUR 800.00 - 1,200.00 Not Sold
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