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Auction Name
FOR ALL MANKIND THE ARTISTIC LEGACY OF EARLY SPACE EXPLORATION: Victor Martin-Malburet Collection
Auction Date
04/28/2025 - 04/28/2025
Sale Number
#30739
Total Lots
449
Sold Lots
359
Lots Sold
79.96%
Unsold Lots
90
Total Sales (EUR)
416,627.00
Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR)
362,600.00
High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR)
522,500.00
Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR)
512,700.00
High Estimate of All Lots (EUR)
740,500.00
Total Sales as a % of High Est.
56.26%

Top twenty five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
17 Neil Armstrong

[Apollo 11] A MAN ON THE MOON: portrait of Buzz Aldrin with the photographer, LM Eagle and Earth reflected in his gold-plated sun visor

1969 EUR 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 EUR 28,160.00
25 US Army

THE OPENING OF THE FINAL FRONTIER: First U.S. rocket, V2 No. 3, reaches outer space

1946 EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 EUR 24,320.00
170 William Anders

[Apollo 8] FIRST EARTHRISE: the iconic first color photograph of the first Earthrise witnessed by humans

1968 EUR 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 EUR 12,800.00
3 William Anders

[Apollo 8] THE FIRST PHOTOGRAPH (large format) OF THE WHOLE PLANET EARTH TAKEN BY HUMANS

1968 EUR 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 EUR 9,600.00
1 Buzz Aldrin

[Apollo 11] THE FOOTPRINT ON THE MOON

1969 EUR 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 EUR 8,960.00
10 William Anders

[Apollo 8] FIRST EARTHRISE: the iconic first color photograph of Earthrise taken by humans

1968 EUR 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 EUR 8,320.00
73 James McDivitt

[Gemini IV] COVER OF LIFE: the first U.S. space walk by Ed White

1965 EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 EUR 7,040.00
2 James McDivitt

[Gemini IV] FIRST U.S. SPACE WALK: Ed White floating in space over New Mexico

1965 EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 EUR 5,376.00
234 Neil Armstrong

[Apollo 11] PLANET EARTH FLOATING IN THE VASTNESS OF SPACE HALFWAY TO THE MOON (large format)

1969 EUR 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 EUR 5,376.00
21 James Irwin

[Apollo 15] LUNAR SURFACE PANORAMA: the majestic Hadley-Apennine valley, station 6a

1971 EUR 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 EUR 4,864.00
69 James McDivitt

[Gemini IV] THE FIRST-EVER PHOTOGRAPH OF A HUMAN IN SPACE: Ed White floating over Hawaii during the first U.S. spacewalk

1965 EUR 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 EUR 4,864.00
449 NASA

[Viking 1] THE HISTORIC FIRST COLOUR PHOTOGRAPH EVER CAPTURED ON THE SURFACE OF MARS, THE RED PLANET: first published version

1976 EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 EUR 4,864.00
330 Fred Haise

[Apollo 13] JACK SWIGERT AND JAMES LOVELL BATTLE FOR SURVIVAL: a critical last-minute fix in LM Aquarius

1970 EUR 2,600.00 - 3,600.00 EUR 4,864.00
19 Pete Conrad

[Apollo 12] ALAN BEAN STRIDES ACROSS THE SUNLIT SEA OF STORMS (large format)

1969 EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 EUR 4,608.00
277 Michael Collins

[Apollo 11] GLORIOUS EARTHRISE: the first Earthrise captured after trans-Earth injection

1969 EUR 3,600.00 - 4,600.00 EUR 4,352.00
24 NASA

[Apollo 14] THE CSM KITTY HAWK TRIUMPHANTLY PARACHUTING BACK TO EARTH

1971 EUR 800.00 - 1,200.00 EUR 4,096.00
249 Neil Armstrong

[Apollo 11] THE FIRST PHOTOGRAPH OF A HUMAN ON THE SURFACE OF ANOTHER WORLD

1969 EUR 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 EUR 3,840.00
313 Alan Bean

[Apollo 12] THE FIRST SPACE SUN ECLIPSE WITNESSED BY HUMANS

1969 EUR 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 EUR 3,840.00
142 NASA

[ATS III] THE FIRST SELFIE OF HUMANITY: historic color photograph of Planet Earth's full disk

1967 EUR 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 EUR 3,840.00
274 Buzz Aldrin

[Apollo 11] THE FIRST PORTRAIT ON ANOTHER WORLD: Neil Armstrong inside LM Eagle after the historic moonwalk

1969 EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 EUR 3,840.00

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