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Apollo 11, Eagle's Return to Dock with Columbia, Large-format Photograph Signed by Armstrong, Aldrin, and Collins, July 21, 1969.

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$4,305$3,500
Auction: Books & Manuscripts - 3103TLocation: MarlboroughDate / Time: May 31, 2018 10:00AM

Description:

Apollo 11, Eagle's Return to Dock with Columbia, Large-format Photograph Signed by Armstrong, Aldrin, and Collins, July 21, 1969. 23 1/2 x 19 1/2 in. color photograph printed on "A Kodak Paper" photograph AS11-44-6642; a view of the Apollo 11 lunar module Eagle as it returned from the surface of the Moon to dock with the command module Columbia, taken by command module pilot Michael Collins just before docking, signed by Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, and Michael Collins in bold black permanent marker, some color shift, surface dust, fly speck, chipping to edges, warping, generally good, very large example.

N.B. The Apollo 11 Crew landed in Amsterdam in October of 1969 as part of their European tour following the Moon landing. Spoor was present at the airport in Amsterdam when the astronauts departed Holland for the next stop on their European tour, at that time, Aldrin signed the two large photographs offered in the sale, and the Apollo 11 astronauts added their signatures to Spoor's NASA helmet.
The Rudolf Spoor Collection of NASA Photographs and Ephemera
Estimate $4,000-6,000


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Keywords

Kodak, Netherlands, Amsterdam, Columbia