AUTOGRAPHS, LETTERS & MANUSCRIPTS AUCTION
Jul 13, 2022
Urbanizacion El Real del Campanario. E-12, Bajo B 29688 Estepona (Malaga). SPAIN, Spain
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Sold for: €300
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300
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€300 - €400
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Auction took place on Jul 13, 2022 at International Autograph Auctions
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MOONWALKERS: An excellent selection of signed colour 8 x 10 photographs by various American astronauts, each of them moonwalkers, comprising Alan Bean (1932-2018, Lunar Module Pilot of Apollo XII, the fourth man to walk on the moon) signed colour 10 x 8 photograph depicting Bean descending the steps of the Apollo XII lunar module as he prepares to step on to the moon, signed by Bean in bold gold ink to the image, adding Apollo 12 in his hand beneath his signature; Edgar Mitchell (1930-2016, Lunar Module Pilot of Apollo XIV, the sixth man to walk on the moon) signed colour 10 x 8 photograph, the image depicting the Saturn V rocket preparing for launch, signed by Mitchell in bold silver ink to the image, adding Apollo 14 in his hand beneath his signature; Dave Scott (1932-     , Commander of Apollo XV, the seventh man to walk on the moon) signed colour 8 x 10 photograph of Scott standing in a three-quarter length pose wearing his white spacesuit and with a model of a Lunar Roving Vehicle before him, signed by Scott in bold black ink to a clear area at the centre of the image, adding Apollo 15 CDR in his hand beneath his signature; Jim Irwin (1930-1991, Lunar Module Pilot of Apollo XV, the eighth man to walk on the moon) signed and inscribed colour 10 x 8 photograph of Irwin standing in a full-length pose wearing his spacesuit, on the surface of the moon, as he salutes the United States flag at the Hadley-Appennine landing site, signed by Irwin in black ink to a clear area of the image, beneath a facsimile sentiment, 'Reach for your dreams, Aim high!'; Charlie Duke (1935-     , Lunar Module Pilot of Apollo XVI, the tenth man to walk on the moon) signed colour 8 x 10 photograph of Duke standing in a three-quarter length pose, wearing his white spacesuit and resting his hands on a globe of the moon before him, signed by Duke in bold black ink to a clear area of the image, adding Apollo 16 in his hand beneath his signature; Gene Cernan (1934-2017, Commander of Apollo XVII, the eleventh man to walk on the moon) signed colour 8 x 10 photograph of the Apollo XVII lunar module Challenger in the ascent stage into lunar orbit, signed by Cernan in bold silver ink to the image, adding Apollo XVII in his hand beneath his signature. The Irwin photograph is neatly mounted to a white board, otherwise VG to EX, 6

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