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Space Exploration

20 July 2017 | 11:00 AM EDT | New York

SALE TOTAL

3,806,063USD
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  • 102
    FLOWN TO THE MOON ON APOLLO 11 
    FLOWN APOLLO 11 CONTINGENCY LUNAR SAMPLE RETURN OUTER DECONTAMINATION BAG, 1969
    LOT SOLD.1,812,500USD
  • 140
    "HOUSTON, WE'VE HAD A PROBLEM HERE." THE FLOWN APOLLO 13 FLIGHT PLAN
    Apollo 13. Flight Plan. Part No. SKB32100082-350. S/N: 1001. [Houston: Manned Spacecraft Center, March 16, 1970]
    LOT SOLD.275,000USD
  • 25
    BONESTELL, CHESLEY
    "Stone Architecture on Mars, Demonstrating Mars' two-thirds less gravity than Earth's." 
    LOT SOLD.125,000USD
  • 95
    COLLINS' FLOWN CREW-SIGNED APOLLO 11 EMBLEM
    ONE OF THE VERY FEW FLOWN NEIL ARMSTRONG SIGNED MISSION ARTIFACTS
    LOT SOLD.68,750USD
  • 106
    Flown Apollo 11 flight plan sheet
    With extensive mission notes made by moon walkers armstrong and aldrin
    LOT SOLD.50,000USD
  • 39
    SPACE SHUTTLE ORBITER COMPUTER PROCESSOR
    ONE OF THE EARLIEST PRODUCTION MODELS WITH SERIAL NUMBER 04
    LOT SOLD.50,000USD
  • 41
    WIND TUNNEL TEST MODEL
    LOT SOLD.50,000USD
  • 170
    LUNAR GLOBE SIGNED BY THE FIRST SPACEWALKER COSMONAUT ALEXEI LEONOV, AND 8 ASTRONAUTS, INCLUDING ONE MOONWALKER FROM EACH MISSION
    Replogle Lunar Globe, USA, ca. 1969
    LOT SOLD.47,500USD
  • 44
    Gagarin, Yuri
    "Records File on the First Flight by the USSR citizen Cosmonaut Yuri Alexeyevich Gagarin Made on April 12, 1961 on Spaceship-Sputnik 'Vostok.'” Moscow: Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics, The USSR Central Aero Club, 1961
    LOT SOLD.47,500USD
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Sale Number: N09759 Lots : 173

SALE TOTAL

3,806,063USD DOWNLOAD RESULTS

Sessions

  • Session 1: 20 Jul 2017 | 11:00 AM | Lots 1 - 78
  • Session 2: 20 Jul 2017 | 02:00 PM | Lots 79 - 173
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Overview

We are thrilled to be holding Sotheby’s first Space Exploration-themed auction since our two groundbreaking Russian Space History sales in the 1990s. In the intervening decades, the enthusiasm for space exploration has greatly increased, and the collecting field has grown dramatically.

Timed to coincide with the 48th anniversary of the Apollo 11 lunar landing on July 20th, there will be a wide variety of material from both the American & Soviet space programs suited for both new and seasoned collectors - from lunar & space photography, flown mission artefacts and hardware, items from the personal collections of astronauts, autographed items, maps & charts, signed books, models, spacesuits, and much more.

The star lot in the sale is the Apollo 11 Contingency Lunar Sample Return bag (lot 102), used by Neil Armstrong on the Apollo 11 mission to bring back the very first samples of the moon ever collected. Still containing remnants of lunar dust, this seemingly modest bag has undergone an incredible journey from the Earth to the moon and back, and to us here 48 years later. Due to an error very early on, the bag was misidentified and nearly thrown in the trash, and its true identity remained hidden up until just two years ago when it found its way into a seized assets auction held on behalf of the US Marshall's Service. The current owner purchased the bag along with a box full of other space-related odds and ends, and on a hunch, decided to send the bag to NASA for testing. It was determined that not only did the bag contain lunar dust, but it was in fact the very bag used by Neil Armstrong to bring back the contingency lunar sample. A legal battle to determine the rightful ownership of the bag ensued, with the current owner being awarded full ownership and clear title by a Federal judge — making this the only such artifact available for private ownership. We are very pleased to be able to say that it will be on view to the public for the very first time during our exhibition in July.

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Cassandra Hatton
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Books & Manuscripts
Science & Technology
+1 212-894-2342
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Ella Hall
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Books & Manuscripts
+1 212 894 1193
Ella.Hall@sothebys.com
   
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