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Vermot de Pas: NASA Photographs - History of Space Conquest

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Auction Name NASA Photographs - History of Space Conquest Total Sales (EUR) 18,048.00
Auction Date December 08, 2025 - December 08, 2025 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) 18,800.00
Sale Number #172873 High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) 26,500.00
Total Lots 300
Sold Lots 32.0 Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR) 212,900.00
% of Lots Sold 10.67% High Estimate of All Lots (EUR) 303,650.00
Unsold Lots 268 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 5.94%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
56 NASA.

Apollo 11 mission. Historic photograph of astronaut Buzz Aldrin standing on the lunar module "EAGLE" next to the lunar wind analysis instrument.

July 20, 1969 EUR 1,000.00 - 1,200.00 EUR 1,408.00
234 NASA.

A magnificent and exceptional high-definition photograph of the lunar globe...

2010 EUR 1,200.00 - 1,500.00 EUR 1,152.00
53 NASA.

Apollo 11 mission. Historic photograph showing astronaut Buzz Aldrin saluting the American flag on

July 20, 1969 EUR 1,200.00 - 1,500.00 EUR 1,139.20
52 NASA.

Apollo 11 mission. Rare view of astronaut Buzz Aldrin halfway up the ladder of the lunar module EAGLE as he prepares to become the 2nd man to set foot on lunar soil.

July 20, 1969 EUR 1,200.00 - 1,500.00 EUR 1,024.00
60 NASA.

Apollo 11 mission. The most famous photograph of the Apollo 11 Mission showing astronaut Buzz Aldrin standing on the lunar surface.

July 1969 EUR 800.00 - 1,200.00 EUR 768.00
276 NASA.

This photograph condenses ultra-high-definition shots taken of the Sun over several weeks.

2016 EUR 600.00 - 900.00 EUR 640.00
25 NASA.

APOLLO 8 mission. Historic photograph depicting the 1st Earthrise observed by man from lunar orbit on

December 24, 1968 EUR 600.00 - 900.00 EUR 588.80
46 NASA.

APOLLO 12 mission. This magnificent photograph, captured during the Apollo 12 mission, shows the Earth rising above the lunar horizon.

1969 EUR 600.00 - 900.00 EUR 588.80
67 NASA.

Apollo 11 mission.

July 20, 1969 EUR 600.00 - 900.00 EUR 588.80
85 NASA.

Apollo 16. Astronaut John W. Young, commander of the Apollo 16 mission, leaps into the air while saluting the American flag.

April 21, 1972 EUR 600.00 - 900.00 EUR 588.80
89 NASA.

APOLLO 17. View from Station 6, of an impressive lunar boulder taken during the third extravehicular activity (EVA).

1972 EUR 600.00 - 900.00 EUR 588.80
90

Planet Earth, 3rd planet of a star called the Sun. The Earth resembles a sphere, essentially composed of rock.

1972 EUR 800.00 - 1,200.00 EUR 588.80
103 NASA.

A false-color photograph produced by the VOYAGER 1 space probe: the mists captured from a distance of 22,000 km from Saturn's moon Titan.

November 1980 EUR 600.00 - 900.00 EUR 588.80
217 NASA.

Superb and historic photograph from the "BLUE MARBLE" series. Western Hemisphere.

2007 EUR 600.00 - 900.00 EUR 588.80
218 NASA.

Superb and historic photograph from the "BLUE MARBLE" series. Indian Ocean.

2007 EUR 600.00 - 900.00 EUR 588.80
230 NASA.

The Sun photographed by the Atmospheric Imaging Assembly (AIA) of NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO).

2010 EUR 600.00 - 900.00 EUR 588.80
232 NASA.

The Eagle Nebula consists of a cluster of stars and numerous emission and dark nebulae in the constellation Snake.

Circa 2010 EUR 600.00 - 900.00 EUR 588.80
246

The mythical Horsehead Nebula, specially photographed by Hubble

November 2012 EUR 600.00 - 900.00 EUR 588.80
253 NASA.

Magnificent mosaic photograph of the extraordinary planet Mars

2013 EUR 600.00 - 900.00 EUR 588.80
262 NASA.

Exceptional capture of a solar flare located on the lower part of the sun

October 27, 2014 EUR 600.00 - 900.00 EUR 588.80
285 NASA.

Superb crescent Moon photographed from the International Space Station (ISS) during an orbital sunset

EUR 600.00 - 900.00 EUR 588.80
54 NASA.

Apollo 11 mission. On July 24, 1969, in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, U.S .Navy frogmen have just picked up astronauts Neil A .Armstrong, Michael Colins and Edwin E .Aldrin, Jr .Armstrong, Michael Colins and Edwin E .Aldrin, Jr .

July 24, 1969 EUR 600.00 - 700.00 EUR 576.00
48 NASA.

The impressive silhouette of the Saturn V rocket rises into the Florida sky.

May 20, 1969 EUR 400.00 - 600.00 EUR 448.00
73 NASA.

Astronaut James Irwin salutes the American flag, with the Falcon lunar module and Rover in the background.

July 1971 EUR 800.00 - 900.00 EUR 448.00
12 NASA.

Misison Gemini 4. Astronaut Ed. White floats alone in space in front of the globe, becoming the first American to perform a spacewalk

June 1965 EUR 300.00 - 500.00 EUR 320.00
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