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FROM THE ESTATE OF NASA SENIOR PHOTOGRAPHER BILL TAUB
[PROJECT MERCURY]. VINTAGE BLACK AND WHITE PHOTOGRAPH SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY THE MERCURY SEVEN
Auction Closed
July 20, 09:53 PM GMT
Estimate
4,000 - 6,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
FROM THE ESTATE OF NASA SENIOR PHOTOGRAPHER BILL TAUB
THE MERCURY ASTRONAUTS
Vintage black and white photograph, image taken by Bill Taub, 8 by 10 inches.
SIGNED by ALAN SHEPARD, WALTER SCHIRRA, JOHN A. GLENN JR., VIRGIL "GUS" GRISSOM, M. SCOTT CARPENTER, DONALD "DEKE" K. SLAYTON and LEROY GORDON COOPER, and INSCRIBED: "TO DICKIE WITH BEST | WISHES. | THE MERCURY ASTRONAUTS".
SIGNED BY THE ENTIRE MERCURY 7 CREW
A publicity image of the "Original Seven" handling a rocket model.