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FROM THE ESTATE OF NASA SENIOR PHOTOGRAPHER BILL TAUB
[PROJECT MERCURY]. VINTAGE COLOR PHOTOGRAPH INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY THE MERCURY SEVEN TO BILL TAUB
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 ORIGINAL SEVEN
Vintage color photograph, image taken by Bill Taub, 8 1/4 by 10 3/4 inches, McDonnell Aircraft Corporation stamp to verso, with number D4C-1856. Minor toning.
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 "TWO MORE" TAUB | WITH BEST REGARDS | FROM THE "MERCURY | ASTRONAUTS"'
SIGNED BY THE ENTIRE MERCURY CREW TO BILL TAUB
An image of the Mercury Seven, dressed in their finest, posing in front of the McDonnell Aircraft offices.