Mar 02, 2023 - Sale 2628

Sale 2628 - Lot 25

Price Realized: $ 2,375
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 800 - $ 1,200
INCLUDES ED WHITE, WHO DIED IN APOLLO I FIRE (ASTRONAUTS--GEMINI--APOLLO.) Group of three color Photographs Signed, or Signed and Inscribed. The first, Edward Higgins White II. "To Linda, / with best wishes / for a bright / future. / Edward H. White II / Gemini 4, 3 June '65," half-length portrait showing him in his space suit holding a model of the Gemini-Titan II rocket. Inscribed in the image, lower right. 10x8 inches; uncommonly good condition. The second, Gene Cernan, John Young, and Tom Stafford. Additionally inscribed by Stafford, "To Dave Miller / With our Best Regards--The Apollo X Crew." Full-length portrait, showing the crew in their space suits with a Saturn V rocket on the launchpad in the background. Inscribed on the mount above and below the image. 9 1/2x7 inches; moderate fading to photograph (but inscriptions relatively bold), faint dampstaining at lower edge (not affecting signature). The third, John Glenn. Full-length group portrait by NASA, showing the Mercury Seven standing in front of an F-106 aircraft. Signed diagonally in the image, upper center. 8x10 inches; biographical information printed on verso. Np, 3 June 1965; nd

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With--Sticker showing the "Meatball" NASA logo, designed in 1959 by James Modarelli.