- Lot 1
The first American rocket to reach outer space, May 1946; Wernher von Braun, inventor of the V-2 rocket and future inventor of the Saturn V rocket, at the end of WWII, May 1945
US Army; Louis Weintraub
EstimateGBP 1,500 - 2,500Price realisedGBP 2,750Closed - Lot 2
The first photograph from 100 miles out in space, March 7, 1947
Camera on V2 rocket
EstimateGBP 2,000 - 3,000Price realisedGBP 2,500Closed - Lot 3
Early views of Earth including the largest hitherto photographed from space; scientist Clyde Holliday; the first rocket launched from Cape Canaveral, July 1948-October 1954
Cameras on rockets; other
EstimateGBP 2,000 - 3,000Price realisedGBP 1,250Closed - Lot 4EstimateGBP 1,000 - 1,500Price realisedGBP 875Closed
- Lot 6
Model of Sputnik I, the world’s first artificial satellite
Unidentified Photographer
EstimateGBP 1,000 - 1,500Price realisedGBP 375Closed - Lot 7
The dog Laika, first animal to orbit the Earth, before launch, November 3, 1957
Unidentified Photographer [Sputnik II]
EstimateGBP 1,000 - 1,500Price realisedGBP 4,750Closed - Lot 8EstimateGBP 4,000 - 6,000Price realisedGBP 5,000Closed
- Lot 9
Yuri Gagarin, first human in space and to orbit the Earth, Vostok 1, April 12, 1961; in-flight views of space dogs Belka and Strelka, Sputnik V, August 19, 1960
Unidentified Photographer [Vostok 1]; camera in Sputnik V
EstimateGBP 1,000 - 1,500Price realisedGBP 375Closed - Lot 10
First man-made images from space; Titov taking the first motion pictures from space, August 6, 1961
Gherman Titov; camera in Vostok 2
EstimateGBP 1,500 - 2,500Price realisedGBP 500Closed - Lot 11
First woman-taken photograph from space, Vostok 6, June 1963; in flight views of cosmonaut Popovich and the Earth from space, Vostok 4, August 1962
Valentina Tereshkova [Vostok 6]; camera in Vostok 4
EstimateGBP 1,000 - 1,500Price realisedGBP 625Closed - Lot 13EstimateGBP 1,500 - 2,500Price realisedGBP 6,875Closed
- Lot 14EstimateGBP 1,000 - 1,500Price realisedGBP 1,125Closed
- Lot 15
Near full Earthrise, Zond 7, August 11, 1969; first crude photograph of Earthrise recovered on film, Zond 6, November 14, 1968
Zond 7; Zond 6
EstimateGBP 2,000 - 3,000Price realisedGBP 1,875Closed - Lot 16
Birth of NASA: Wernher von Braun visiting President Eisenhower; the Original Seven Project Mercury astronauts; first TV images from space, January 1959-April 1960
NASA; Bill Taub; Tiros I
EstimateGBP 1,200 - 1,800Price realisedGBP 2,000Closed - Lot 17EstimateGBP 1,000 - 1,500Price realisedGBP 1,500Closed
- Lot 18EstimateGBP 1,500 - 2,500Price realisedGBP 500Closed
- Lot 19EstimateGBP 1,000 - 1,500Price realisedGBP 2,500Closed
- Lot 20EstimateGBP 1,000 - 1,500Price realisedGBP 1,625Closed
- Lot 21
The chimpanzee Ham and his suborbital space mission, including in flight views of Ham and the Earth from space, January 1961
NASA; cameras on Mercury Redstone 2
EstimateGBP 2,000 - 3,000Price realisedGBP 1,375Closed - Lot 22
The Right Stuff: test missions of the Mercury spacecraft [Mercury Atlas 2 and 3]; the Original Mercury Seven astronauts; the first astronauts chosen for spaceflight, February-April 1961
NASA; Ralph Morse; Jim McNearny
EstimateGBP 1,500 - 2,500Price realisedGBP 2,375Closed - Lot 24
Launch of Freedom 7, first spacecraft carrying an American into space; Earth horizon and black sky of space seen by Alan Shepard, May 5, 1961
NASA; camera on Mercury Redstone 3
EstimateGBP 1,500 - 2,500Price realisedGBP 875Closed - Lot 25
Earth from space; drogue parachute during reentry in the Earth’s atmosphere, seen by the first American in space, May 5, 1961
Camera on Mercury Redstone 3
EstimateGBP 1,500 - 2,500Price realisedGBP 375Closed - Lot 26
First picture of a human during spaceflight: Alan Shepard aboard Freedom 7 during America’s first space mission, May 5, 1961
Camera in Mercury Redstone 3
EstimateGBP 1,500 - 2,500Price realisedGBP 875Closed - Lot 27
The dramatic recovery of the first American in space, May 5, 1961
Dean Conger; NASA [Mercury Redstone 3]
EstimateGBP 1,500 - 2,500Price realisedGBP 750Closed - Lot 28
The decision to go to the Moon: President Kennedy watching Freedom 7 spaceflight; Alan Shepard successfully back from space, May 5, 1961
Cecil Stoughton; Dean Conger [Mercury Redstone 3]
EstimateGBP 2,000 - 3,000Price realisedGBP 6,250Closed - Lot 30
Launch of the first American unmanned orbital flight [Large Format]; first photograph of Earth from space from a spacecraft in orbit, Mercury Atlas 4, September 13, 1961
NASA; camera on Mercury Atlas 4
EstimateGBP 1,500 - 2,500Price realisedGBP 500Closed - Lot 33
Portrait of the first American in orbit John Glenn [Large Format]; Glenn training for the first American orbital flight, 1961-February 1962
Ralph Morse; NASA [Mercury Atlas 6]
EstimateGBP 2,000 - 3,000Price realisedGBP 1,250Closed - Lot 34
Photomontage of the launch of the first spacecraft to carry an American to orbit; John Glenn preparing for launch; the Friendship 7 spacecraft, January-February 20, 1962
NASA; Bill Taub [Mercury Atlas 6]
EstimateGBP 1,500 - 2,500Price realisedGBP 625Closed - Lot 35
Mercury Control Center during John Glenn’s first orbit of the Earth, February 20, 1962
NASA [Mercury Atlas 6]
EstimateGBP 1,000 - 1,500Price realisedGBP 2,125Closed - Lot 36
First human-taken photograph from space; Earth horizon over Florida and Cape Canaveral, February 20, 1962
John Glenn [Mercury Atlas 6]
EstimateGBP 3,000 - 5,000Price realisedGBP 15,000Closed - Lot 37
First human-taken photograph from space; orbital sunset, February 20, 1962
John Glenn [Mercury Atlas 6]
EstimateGBP 3,000 - 5,000Price realisedGBP 25,000Closed - Lot 38
Sequential views of John Glenn in weightlessness during the first American orbital flight, February 20, 1962
Camera in Mercury Atlas 6
EstimateGBP 1,000 - 1,500Price realisedGBP 1,375Closed - Lot 39
John Glenn in weightlessness during the first US orbital spaceflight; recovery of Friendship 7; Glenn during his fourth sunset of the day, February 20, 1962
Camera in Mercury Atlas 6; NASA; Dean Conger
EstimateGBP 1,500 - 2,500Price realisedGBP 375Closed - Lot 40
First human-taken photograph [Large Format] of Earth from space: Earth horizon over the Atlantic Ocean, February 20, 1962
John Glenn [Mercury Atlas 6]
EstimateGBP 4,000 - 6,000Price realisedGBP 3,000Closed - Lot 41
[Large Format] President Kennedy honoring John Glenn after the historic first American orbital flight, February 23, 1962
Michael Rougier [Mercury Atlas 6]
EstimateGBP 1,000 - 1,500Price realisedGBP 1,375Closed - Lot 42
Portrait of second US man in orbit Scott Carpenter; prelaunch activities and photographic equipment for Aurora 7 space mission, May 1962
NASA [Mercury Atlas 7]
EstimateGBP 1,200 - 1,800Price realisedGBP 625Closed - Lot 43
Launch and separation of Atlas vehicle from Aurora 7; Scott Carpenter arriving on Pad 14 to board the spacecraft; Mission Control during the orbital flight, May 24, 1962
NASA [Mercury Atlas 7]
EstimateGBP 1,500 - 2,500Price realisedGBP 500Closed - Lot 44
Orbital sunrise; recovery of Scott Carpenter, his Robot camera and the Aurora 7 spacecraft, May 24, 1962
Scott Carpenter; NASA [Mercury Atlas 7]
EstimateGBP 2,000 - 3,000Price realisedGBP 1,250Closed - Lot 45EstimateGBP 1,500 - 2,500Price realisedGBP 375Closed
- Lot 47
Launch, prelaunch activities and recovery of the Sigma 7 orbital mission carrying Walter Schirra into space, August-October 3, 1962
NASA [Mercury Atlas 8]
EstimateGBP 1,200 - 1,800Price realisedGBP 500Closed - Lot 49EstimateGBP 1,000 - 1,500Price realisedGBP 1,750Closed
- Lot 52
Launch, prelaunch activities of the Faith 7 mission carrying Gordon Cooper on his 22-orbit ride through space; Mission Control surveying the flight, May 1963
NASA [Mercury Atlas 9]
EstimateGBP 1,500 - 2,500Price realisedGBP 375Closed - Lot 53
Views of Earth from space taken with the first Hasselblad space camera: ocean and clouds; Burma; Himalayas; Pakistan and Iran, May 15-16, 1963
Gordon Cooper [Mercury Atlas 9]
EstimateGBP 4,000 - 6,000Price realisedGBP 2,500Closed - Lot 55
First US TV pictures from space; recovery of Faith 7 and Cooper’s parade with Vice-President Johnson, Mercury Atlas 9, May 1963; the Mercury Seven monument, December 1964
Camera in Mercury Atlas 9; NASA; Ed Thomas
EstimateGBP 1,500 - 2,500Price realisedGBP 625Closed - Lot 56EstimateGBP 2,000 - 3,000Price realisedGBP 1,375Closed
- Lot 58EstimateGBP 2,500 - 4,000Price realisedGBP 4,375Closed
- Lot 60EstimateGBP 2,000 - 3,000Price realisedGBP 1,250Closed
- Lot 61EstimateGBP 1,500 - 2,500Price realisedGBP 1,625Closed
- Lot 62
The Earth during atmospheric reentry; recovery of the unmanned spacecraft, January 19, 1965
Camera on Gemini II; Thomas Parret
EstimateGBP 800 - 1,200Price realisedGBP 875Closed - Lot 63
Moment of impact in the Sea of Tranquillity; close-up of future Apollo 11 landing site, Ranger VIII; major lunar craters; last photograph before impact, Ranger IX, February 20-March 24, 1965
Ranger VIII; Ranger IX
EstimateGBP 1,200 - 1,800Price realisedGBP 500Closed - Lot 64EstimateGBP 1,200 - 1,800Price realisedGBP 375Closed
- Lot 65
Photomontage of the launch; launch of the Titan rocket; Gus Grissom and John Young before liftoff, March 23, 1965
NASA; Ralph Morse [Gemini III]
EstimateGBP 1,500 - 2,500Price realisedGBP 500Closed - Lot 66
First photograph from space taken during the Gemini program; Earth seen through the spacecraft’s window, March 23, 1965
John Young [Gemini III]
EstimateGBP 1,500 - 2,500Price realisedGBP 875Closed - Lot 67
Orbital photographic sequence from space; John Young and Gus Grissom following recovery, March 23, 1965
John Young; NASA [Gemini III]
EstimateGBP 1,500 - 2,500Price realisedGBP 625Closed - Lot 68EstimateGBP 800 - 1,200Price realisedGBP 250Closed
- Lot 71
The historic first photograph of man in space: Ed White spacewalking over Hawaii during the first American EVA, June 3-7, 1965
James McDivitt [Gemini IV]
EstimateGBP 1,200 - 1,800Price realisedGBP 25,000Closed - Lot 72
First US spacewalk; Ed White’s EVA over the cloud-covered Pacific Ocean, June 3-7, 1965
James McDivitt [Gemini IV]
EstimateGBP 1,200 - 1,800Price realisedGBP 2,250Closed - Lot 73
First US spacewalk: views of Ed White’s EVA over New Mexico and southern California, June 3-7, 1965
James McDivitt [Gemini IV]
EstimateGBP 2,500 - 3,500Price realisedGBP 6,250Closed - Lot 74
First US spacewalk, Ed White’s EVA over New Mexico, June 3-7, 1965
James McDivitt [Gemini IV]
EstimateGBP 2,000 - 3,000Price realisedGBP 2,250Closed - Lot 75
First US Spacewalk, Ed White’s EVA over Texas, June 3-7, 1965
James McDivitt [Gemini IV]
EstimateGBP 1,200 - 1,800Price realisedGBP 8,125Closed - Lot 76
First US spacewalk: Ed White photographing the spacecraft during his EVA over the Gulf of Mexico; Ed White’s EVA over the Gulf of Mexico, June 3-7, 1965
James McDivitt [Gemini IV]
EstimateGBP 2,500 - 3,500Price realisedGBP 5,625Closed - Lot 77EstimateGBP 1,500 - 2,500Price realisedGBP 4,375Closed
- Lot 78EstimateGBP 4,000 - 6,000Price realisedGBP 3,000Closed
- Lot 79
First US Spacewalk: views of Ed White returning to the spacecraft at the end of the EVA, June 3-7, 1965
Camera on Gemini IV
EstimateGBP 1,500 - 2,500Price realisedGBP 2,750Closed - Lot 82
Views of Earth from space: Gulf of California, mouth of the Colorado River; desert and sand dunes, Saudi Arabia, June 3-7, 1965
J. McDivitt; E. White [Gemini IV]
EstimateGBP 1,200 - 1,800Price realisedGBP 750Closed - Lot 83
The limb of the Earth at Sunrise, June 3-7, 1965
J. McDivitt or E. White [Gemini IV]
EstimateGBP 1,500 - 2,500Price realisedGBP 750Closed - Lot 84
Ed White in weightlessness in the pilot’s seat of the capsule, the first in-flight portrait of an astronaut, June 3-7, 1965
James McDivitt [Gemini IV]
EstimateGBP 1,500 - 2,500Price realisedGBP 10,625Closed - Lot 85EstimateGBP 1,200 - 1,800Price realisedGBP 500Closed
- Lot 86
The first photograph of man in space [Large Format], Ed White’s first American EVA over Hawaii, June 3-7, 1965
James McDivitt [Gemini IV]
EstimateGBP 6,000 - 8,000Price realisedGBP 10,625Closed - Lot 87
First US Spacewalk [Large Format]; Ed White floating in space over south California, June 3-7, 1965
James McDivitt [Gemini IV]
EstimateGBP 3,000 - 5,000Price realisedGBP 4,000Closed - Lot 88
First US Spacewalk [Large Format]; Ed White’s EVA over the Gulf of Mexico, June 3-7, 1965
James McDivitt [Gemini IV]
EstimateGBP 3,000 - 5,000Price realisedGBP 2,750Closed - Lot 90EstimateGBP 1,000 - 1,500Price realisedGBP 1,250Closed
- Lot 91
The historic first close-up photograph of Mars, July 15, 1965; the historic first Martian spacecraft Mariner IV, October 1964
Mariner IV; NASA
EstimateGBP 1,000 - 1,500Price realisedGBP 3,750Closed - Lot 92EstimateGBP 3,000 - 5,000Price realisedGBP 2,500Closed
- Lot 93
Liftoff; the crew during prelaunch activities; launch of the Titan rocket; the Rendezvous Evaluation Pod in space, July-August 21, 1965
NASA; Bill Taub; G. Cooper or P. Conrad [Gemini V]
EstimateGBP 2,000 - 3,000Price realisedGBP 1,250Closed - Lot 94
In-flight portrait of Pete Conrad in weightlessness, August 21-29, 1965
Gordon Cooper [Gemini V]
EstimateGBP 1,500 - 2,500Price realisedGBP 1,125Closed - Lot 96
Views of Earth from space: horizon over China and Yangtze River; Baja California; light-struck shot over India; Japan; Tibet; Africa, August 21-29, 1965
P. Conrad; G. Cooper [Gemini V]
EstimateGBP 1,500 - 2,500Price realisedGBP 1,000Closed - Lot 97EstimateGBP 1,000 - 1,500Price realisedGBP 1,375Closed
- Lot 98
Frank Borman and James Lovell during countdown; the crew fully suited during tests; photomontage of the liftoff, December 1965
NASA [Gemini VII]
EstimateGBP 1,500 - 2,500Price realisedGBP 500Closed - Lot 102
Views of Earth from space: infrared photograph over Brazil; Mexico; cloud-covered Ocean; Socotra Island; Cuba; Haïti, December 4-18, 1965
F. Borman or J. Lovell [Gemini VII]
EstimateGBP 1,500 - 2,500Price realisedGBP 625Closed - Lot 103
Gemini VI-A over the Blue Earth; “Beat Army” sign on Gemini VI-A window; the crew back to Earth after a record-breaking 14-day mission in space, December 4-18, 1965
F. Borman or J. Lovell; NASA [Gemini VII]
EstimateGBP 2,000 - 3,000Price realisedGBP 1,250Closed - Lot 104
Sunset over the Earth [Large Format], December 4-18, 1965
James Lovell [Gemini VII]
EstimateGBP 2,500 - 4,000Price realisedGBP 2,250Closed - Lot 105
Thomas Stafford and Walter Schirra during countdown; the crew checking out the spacecraft; launch of the Titan rocket, December 8-15, 1965
Bill Taub; NASA [Gemini VI-A]
EstimateGBP 1,500 - 2,500Price realisedGBP 375Closed