[APOLLO 11]. VINTAGE NASA "RED NUMBER" APOLLO 11 MOON WALK PHOTOGRAPH

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4,000 - 6,000 USD

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Description

WITH THE WATERMARK OF “A KODAK PAPER” ON VERSO PRINTED JUST AFTER THE 1969 FLIGHT

Vintage color photograph, 8 by 10 inches with “A Kodak Paper” watermark on verso. A full frame Hasselblad photograph 7 inches square in size illustrated below the identification number of “NASA AS11-40-5902” which is printed in red near the upper left corner.

Catalogue Note

BOLDLY SIGNED by BUZZ ALDRIN. Buzz Aldrin is familiarizing himself with the 1/6 gravity on the Moon as he steps toward a landing leg of Lunar Module Eagle. Neil Armstrong records his movements. This image happens to be the film frame just before Armstrong made the iconic image of Aldrin on the Moon – being frame number AS11-40-5903.