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Auction Closed
July 20, 09:53 PM GMT
Estimate
3,000 - 5,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
APOLLO 17
Panoramic photograph of the Lunar Landscape taken during the Apollo 17 mission, image AS17-P-2871, taken December 7-19, 1972
Vintage panoramic silver gelatin print on fiber-based paper with "A Kodak Paper" watermark on verso (7 foot 7 inches long by 9 1/4 inches tall). Verso signed: "TO KEITH. FROM NEIL ARMSTRONG." Some silvering, mostly to edges, 3-inch tear repaired on verso with tape, some scattered creasing, scattered chips to edges, two small puncture holes. remnants of scotch tape to verso.
A BREATHTAKING VIEW OF THE EASTERN LIMB OF THE MOON TAKEN DURING THE LAST LUNAR LANDING MISSION, SIGNED ON THE BACK BY NEIL ARMSTRONG. Taken by a camera in the SIM bay of the service module during revolution 62, the with the entire area of Mare Smythii, and Crater Hirayama visible.
REFERENCE
See https://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/frame/?AS17-P-2871