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Vermot de Pas: Back to the Moon 2 - NASA Photographs

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Auction Name	Back to the Moon 2 - NASA Photographs	Total Sales (EUR)	21,849.60
Auction Date	April 23, 2026 - April 23, 2026	Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR)	22,000.00
Sale Number	#178998	High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR)	30,220.00
Total Lots	301
Sold Lots	44.0	Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR)	161,000.00
% of Lots Sold	14.62%	High Estimate of All Lots (EUR)	208,470.00
Unsold Lots	257	Total Sales as a % of High Est.	10.48%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Top Sale Price Lots
Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
127	NASA	Mission Apollo 17. Un superbe leve de Terre observe depuis l'orbite lunaire	1972	EUR 600.00 - 800.00	EUR 1,472.00
152	NASA	Mission VOYAGER. Rare image des anneaux de la planete Saturne	1980	EUR 1,200.00 - 1,500.00	EUR 1,152.00
3	NASA	Mission Gemini 4. Sortie historique du 1er americain Ed. White dans l'Espace le 5 juin 1965	1965	EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	EUR 960.00
269	NASA	Magnifique et rare observation d’une exceptionnelle eruption solaire	2012	EUR 600.00 - 800.00	EUR 896.00
296	NASA	Superbe croissant de Lune photographie depuis la Station spatiale internationale (ISS) lors d'un coucher de soleil orbital	N/A	EUR 600.00 - 800.00	EUR 780.80
266	NASA	Cette vue composite du telescope spatial HUBBLE est une des plus grande jamais realisee a partir d'une galaxie complete	2012	EUR 600.00 - 800.00	EUR 652.80
286	NASA	Fabuleux et rare leve de Terre observe par la sonde spatiale LUNAR RECONNAISSANCE ORBITER depuis l'orbite lunaire	2015	EUR 600.00 - 800.00	EUR 640.00
290	NASA	L'observation de notre soleil a fait de formidable progres qui revele des images spectaculaire de la realite de son hyper activite	2016	EUR 600.00 - 900.00	EUR 640.00
243	NASA	Une des plus belle vue de la Lune de Saturne : ENCELADE	2005	EUR 600.00 - 800.00	EUR 601.60
16	NASA	GRAND FORMAT. L'astronaute Edwin E. Aldrin Jr., pilote du vaisseau spatial GEMINI 12 est photographie avec l'ecoutille du pilote du vaisseau spatial ouverte	1966	EUR 600.00 - 800.00	EUR 588.80
19	NASA	GRAND FORMAT. Apollo 4. Rare photographie d'un croissant de Terre depuis l'espace	1967	EUR 600.00 - 800.00	EUR 588.80
27	NASA	GRAND FORMAT. Vue historique du 1er leve de Terre observe par l'Homme depuis l'orbite lunaire par la mission APOLLO 8 le 24 decembre 1968	1968	EUR 600.00 - 800.00	EUR 588.80
28	NASA	GRAND FORMAT. Rare. La 1ere photographie de la Terre dans son entierete realisee par l'Humain dans l'Espace	1968	EUR 600.00 - 800.00	EUR 588.80
62	NASA	Mission APOLLO 12	1969	EUR 600.00 - 800.00	EUR 588.80
128	NASA	Mission Apollo 17. Rare. Un superbe leve de Terre observe depuis l'orbite lunaire (recadre en rotation)	1972	EUR 600.00 - 800.00	EUR 588.80
140	NASA	Impressionnante et rare vue d'une eruption solaire observee depuis le vaisseau Skylab 4	1973	EUR 600.00 - 800.00	EUR 588.80
169	NASA	Magnifique et rare point de vue de l'astronaute Robert L. Stewart manoeuvrant le premier vehicle autome spatial MMU (Manned Maneuvering Unit)	1984	EUR 600.00 - 800.00	EUR 588.80
170	NASA	Photographie historique. Extraordinaire vue de l'astronaute Bruce McCandless, II lors d'une activite extravehiculaire (EVA)	1984	EUR 600.00 - 800.00	EUR 588.80
171	NASA	Photographie historique. Extraordinaire vue de l'astronaute Bruce McCandless, II lors d'une activite extravehiculaire (EVA)	1984	EUR 600.00 - 800.00	EUR 588.80
193	NASA	NASA. GRAND FORMAT. Un superbe et rare tableau photographique montrant une vue particulierement exceptionnelle des limbes terrestres saisies par l'equipage de la navette spatiale ENDEAVOUR (Mission STS-047)	1992	EUR 600.00 - 800.00	EUR 588.80
203	NASA	NASA. Grand Format. Rare. Planete Venus observee grace aux images radar de la sonde spatiale Magellan colorisee a l'aide des donnees fournies par les sondes sovietiques Venera 13 et 14	c. 1994	EUR 600.00 - 800.00	EUR 588.80
213	NASA	Une superbe vue du globe terrestre derriere la silhouette de l'astronaute de la NASA James S. Voss	1995	EUR 600.00 - 800.00	EUR 588.80
233	NASA	Planete MARS. Apres douze orbites quotidiennes, les cameras grand angle de MARS GLOBAL SURVEYOR	1999	EUR 600.00 - 800.00	EUR 588.80
250	NASA	Superbe et historique photographie de la serie "BLUE MARBLE"	2007	EUR 600.00 - 800.00	EUR 588.80
253	NASA	Exceptionnelle vue du Soleil	2007	EUR 600.00 - 800.00	EUR 588.80

Sotheby’s
Shelf Life: Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper from the Library of Stanley J. Seeger and Christopher Cone
25 June – July 7

Sotheby’s, July 7: Ludwig van Beethoven. Autograph sketches for the overture "Die Weihe des Hauses", op.124, [1822], UNPUBLISHED. £150,000 to £200,000.

Sotheby’s, July 7: Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice, 1813, first edition, 3 volumes, contemporary half calf. £50,000 to £70,000.

Sotheby’s, July 7: Walt Whitman. Leaves of Grass, Brooklyn, 1855, first edition, first issue, original green cloth, the Doheny copy. £50,000 to £70,000.

Sotheby’s, July 7: Binding—Sangorski & Sutcliffe—Omar Khayyam. Rubaiyat, London, 1872, third edition, in a magnificent jewelled Peacock binding. £15,000 to £20,000.

Sotheby’s, July 7: George Eliot. Middlemarch, Edinburgh and London, 1871, first edition in the original parts. £20,000 to £30,000.
Forum Auctions
The Private Library:
Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
July 9, 2026

Forum, July 9: Hassall (Joan) A large collection of over 300 original woodblocks of engravings for various books, v.d., with Hassall's engraver's glass water-globe (Qty) - Est. £10,000-15,000

Forum, July 9: Eragny Press.- [Bradley (Katherine Harris) & Edith Emma Cooper], "Michael Field." Whym Chow, Flame of Love, one of only 27 copies, inscribed by Bradley, the rarest book from the press, 1914. - Est. £3,000-4,000

Forum, July 9: [Moore (Thomas Sturge)] [Wood Engravings], 71 wood-engravings printed by David Chambers from the original blocks, the only set on Japanese Hosho paper, from an edition of 5 sets, [1970]. - Est. £3,000-4,000

Forum Auctions
The Private Library:
Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
July 9, 2026

Forum, July 9: La Fontaine (Jean de) Contes et Nouvelles en vers, 2 vol., engraved plates after Eisen, fine early 19th century blue morocco, gilt, by Bradel l'ainé, Amsterdam [Paris], 1762. - Est. £2,000-3,000

Forum, July 9: Erotica.- Prostitution.- Pretty Women of Paris (The); Their Names and Addresses, Qualities and Faults..., [Paris], privately printed at the Press of the Prefecture de Police, 1883. - Est. £3,000-4,000

Forum, July 9: Vale Press.- Ricketts (Charles) & Lucien Pissarro. De la Typographie et de l'Harmonie de la Page Imprimée…, [one of 216 copies], bound in dark blue morocco tooled in gilt, by Sarah T.Prideaux, 1898. - Est. £1,000-1,500

Forum Auctions
The Private Library:
Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
July 9, 2026

Forum, July 9: Martin (John) Illustrations of the Bible, complete set of 20 mezzotints, good impressions, rarely found in early states, [c.1831-1835]. - Est. £1,000-1,500

Forum, July 9: Golden Cockerel Press.- Four Gospels of the Lord Jesus Christ (The), one of 500 copies, Mary Gill's copy, Waltham St. Lawrence, 1931 with a signed proof of engraving on japon numbered 10/10 (2) - Est. £5,000-7,000

Forum, July 9: Boccaccio (Giovanni) The Decameron, 3 vol., vol.1 extra-illustrated by John Buckland Wright with c.150 erotic original drawings in pen & ink and pencil, 1886 [extra-illustrated c.1940]. - Est. £10,000-15,000

Forum Auctions
The Private Library:
Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
July 9, 2026

Forum, July 9: Cox (Morris) Collection of Gogmagog Press Books, 35 vol., rare complete collection of printed books issued by the press, limited editions, most signed by Cox, 1957-83. - Est. £10,000-15,000

Forum, July 9: Wynkyn de Worde.- [Terentius Afer (Publius)] [Comedie...], [Paris, Josse Badius: sold in London by Wynkyn de Worde, & others], [15 July 1504]. - Est. £4,000-6,000

Forum, July 9: Mosley (James) Ornamented Types. Twenty-Three Alphabets from the Foundry of Louis John Pouchée, 2 vol., one of 10 copies for presentation, from an edition of 210, 1992-93. - Est. £1,000-2,000
Freeman’s, June 30. Thomas Jefferson’s “Birth of the New Nation” letter, carried to Paris with the Treaty of Peace, by a Jewish patriot. $100,000-200,000.

Freeman’s, June 30. “The rockets’ red glare.” A British midshipman’s log recording the bombardment of Fort McHenry. $60,000-80,000.

Freeman’s, June 30. The Critical Promotion of a Naval Hero, Oliver Hazard Perry Commission signed by James Madison, 1812. $40,000-60,000.

Freeman’s, June 30. Born in the USA: First Day of Printing in the United States, July 4, 1776. $15,000-25,000.

Freeman’s, June 30. One of the Earliest Printed Announcements of American Independence, in the Exceedingly Rare Original Wrappers, 1776. $10,000-15,000.

Freeman’s, June 30. "The Two Big Guns of the N.Y. Yanks": A Striking Type 1 Press Photograph of Lou Gehrig's Hands. $8,000-12,000.

Freeman’s, June 30. A Unique Contemporary Manuscript Account of Joseph Smith's Final Words to His Followers, the Day Before his Violent Death. $8,000-12,000.

Freeman’s, June 30. The State of Minnesota Officially Certifies the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution Of the United States. $8,000-12,000.

Freeman’s, June 30. Extraordinarily Large Manuscript Petition Signed by a Who's Who of Colonial New York to Queen Anne from the Colony of New York. $8,000-12,000.

Freeman’s, June 30. Mickey Mantle's First Cover: The Earliest Front-Page Newspaper Image of Mickey Mantle, "Something Good from Joplin". $8,000-12,000.

Freeman’s, June 30. A Call to Arms in the Months Following the Declaration of Independence: An Early Continental Army Recruitment Poster. $6,000-9,000.

Freeman’s, June 30. Samuel Jones, the Statesman Behind the Newly Discovered "Jones Declaration": His Annotated Set Used in His Working Law Library. $6,000-9,000.