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FROM THE ESTATE OF NASA SENIOR PHOTOGRAPHER BILL TAUB
[PROJECT MERCURY]. LIFE MAGAZINE COVER SIGNED BY THE MERCURY SEVEN CREW, INSCRIBED TO BILL TAUB
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July 20, 09:53 PM GMT
Estimate
1,500 - 2,500 USD
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FROM THE ESTATE OF NASA SENIOR PHOTOGRAPHER BILL TAUB
LIFE MAGAZINE COVER SIGNED BY ALL 7 MERCURY ASTRONAUTS
LIFE MAGAZINE. 14 SEPTEMBER 1959
Single sheet, 10 1/2 by 13 1/4 inches; matted and framed to 17 3/4 by 21 3/4 inches. Some toning to mat, not examined out of frame.
"ONE OF SEVEN: FIRST AMERICAN IN SPACE"
SIGNED BY JOHN GLENN, WALLY SCHIRRA, GORDON COOPER, SCOTT CARPENTER, ALAN SHEPARD, GUS GRISSOM and DEKE SLAYTON, and INSCRIBED "TO OUR GOOD FRIEND AND ASSOCIATE, BILL "TWO MORE" TAUB, FROM THE ASTRONAUTS | 1/26/60".