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Space Exploration Photography and Ephemera
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Dreweatts
Donnington Priory
Newbury, Berkshire
RG14 2JE
United Kingdom
Space Exploration Photography and Ephemera

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Over 330 lots and 1,200 photographs catalogue mankind's most daring adventure - our voyage beyond Earth's boundaries. From the timeless beauty of the Earthrise witnessed from Apollo 8 (see lot number 113 ) to the mesmerising lunar surface encounters of other Apollo missions, every photograph in this sale tells a story of courage, innovation, and mankind's insatiable desire to explore the unknown.  Find out more....!

VIEWING: Virtual viewing by appointment.  Viewing in person on the dates below. 

Auction dates
29 Jun 2023 12:00 BST
Viewing dates
By appointment only
27 Jun 2023 10:00 - 16:00 BST
28 Jun 2023 10:00 - 16:00 BST
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There are 338 lots within this auction
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Planet Earth rises above the lunar horizon (third Earthrise), Apollo 8, 21-27 December 1968
280 GBP
800 - 1,200 GBP
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Crater Tsiolkovsky, Apollo 8, 21-27 December 1968
100 GBP
300 - 500 GBP
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Unprecedented views of the farside of the Moon (2 views), Apollo 8, 16-27 December 1968
120 GBP
300 - 500 GBP
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Receding Moon photographed during homebound journey, Apollo 8, 21-27 December 1968
150 GBP
400 - 600 GBP
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This island Earth as seen during homebound journey, Apollo 8, December 1968
200 GBP
500 - 700 GBP
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The return to Earth of the first humans to travel to the Moon (2 photos), Apollo 8, 27 December 1968
300 GBP
200 - 300 GBP
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Mars: a collection of 47 orbital surface views taken by the dual mission Mariner 6 & 7 (1969)
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1,000 - 2,000 GBP
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Mars: the North and South Pole of(2 photos), Mariner 6 and 9, 1969-1972
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200 - 400 GBP
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The first LEM crew during pre-launch activities and recovery (4 photos), Apollo 9, 3-13 March 1969
70 GBP
200 - 300 GBP
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Lift-off, Apollo 9, 3 March 1969
90 GBP
200 - 300 GBP
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The launch of the first Lunar Module into space (3 photos), Apollo 9, 3-13 March 1969
90 GBP
200 - 300 GBP
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The maiden flight of the Lunar Module, [3 photos], Apollo 9, 3-13 March 1969
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The maiden space flight of the Lunar Module (2 views), Apollo 9, 3-13 March 1969
70 GBP
300 - 500 GBP
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A rare view of the CSM 'Gumdrop' pointing toward space over the Earth, Apollo 9, 3-13 March 1969
130 GBP
300 - 500 GBP
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Russell Schweickart looking at the Earth during the EVA, Apollo 9, 3-13 March 1969
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Russell Schweickart performs EVA during the Earth-orbital mission, Apollo 9, 3-13 March 1969
180 GBP
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Russell Schweickart operating a Hasselblad camera during EVA, Apollo 9, 3-13 March 1969
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Dave Scott in the hatch of the Command Module during EVA, Apollo 9, 3-13 March 1969
280 GBP
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Russell Schweickart with a Hasselblad camera during EVA; subsequent view, Apollo 9, 3-13 March 1969
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David Scott and Russell Scweickart during the two-man EVA (2 views), Apollo 9, 3-13 March 1969
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Earth from space: Himalayas, Apollo 9, 3-13 March 1969
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Earth from space (4 views), Apollo 9, 3-13 Mar 1969
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Views of the crew and the spacecraft during the launch (4 views), Apollo 10, 18-26 May 1969
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Three-quarter view of the Earth during translunar coast, Apollo 10, 18-26 May 1969
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The whole Earth, Apollo 10, 18-26 May 2069
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Planet Earth, Apollo 10, Apollo 10, 18-26 May 1969
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Earthrise, Apollo 10, 18-26 May 1969
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Triptych: magnificent Earthrise sequence (3 photos), Apollo 10, 18-26 May 1969
750 GBP
1,000 - 1,500 GBP
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Command Module 'Charlie Brown' in lunar orbit, Apollo 10, 18-26 May 1969
110 GBP
300 - 500 GBP
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Spectacular close-up view of CM 'Charlie Brown' in lunar orbit, Apollo 10, 18-26 May 1969
320 GBP
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Low altitude view of the Moon’s surface during LM’s first ever descent, Apollo 10, 18-26 May 1969
70 GBP
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Diptych: the immediate area of the Apollo 11 landing site (2 photos), Apollo 10, 18-26 May 1969
60 GBP
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Farside crater and the nearside terminator (2 photos), Apollo 10, 18-26 May 1969
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Bright craters in lunar highlands (2 views), Apollo 10, 18-26 May 1969
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Orbital moonscapes, Apollo 10, 18-26 May 1969
70 GBP
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Receding full Moon after trans-Earth injection, Apollo 10, 18-26 May 1969
100 GBP
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Official NASA portrait of the first lunar landing mission crew, Apollo 11, July 1969
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Portrait of Neil Armstrong before the historic first lunar landing mission, Apollo 11, 1969
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Neil Armstrong and Deke Slayton at Patrick Air Force Base, June 1969
110 GBP
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Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins arriving to lunar mission training at Patrick Air Force, June 1969
100 GBP
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Rare view of Michael Collins working in a simulator, Apollo 11, 1969
160 GBP
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The Apollo 11 astronauts undergoing lunar surface training (4 photos), Apollo 11, 22 April 1969
100 GBP
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The historic Apollo 11 Saturn V rocket roll out to Pad 39A (2 photos), Apollo 11, 20 May 1969
70 GBP
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Saturn V lift-off to to take the first humans to the surface of the Moon, Apollo 11, 16 July 1969
140 GBP
500 - 700 GBP
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Vice President Agnew celebrates the successful launch at NASA, Apollo 11, 16 July 1969
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Sunrise on Earth before translunar injection, Apollo 11, 16 - 24 July 1969
140 GBP
400 - 600 GBP
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The receding disc of Earth after translunar injection, Apollo 11, 16-24 July 1969
180 GBP
400 - 600 GBP
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Triptych: Apollo 11 leaving Planet Earth (3 photos), Apollo 11, 16-24 July 1969
300 GBP
500 - 700 GBP
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Planet Earth, Apollo 11, 16-24 July 1969
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Planet Earth, Apollo 11, 16-24 July 1969
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Buzz Aldrin working in the Lunar Module 'Eagle' during translunar coast, Apollo 11, 16-24 Jul 1969
500 GBP
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Buzz Aldrin inside the 'Eagle' during the outbound journey, Apollo 11, 16-24 July 1969
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The first and unpublished photograph of the Moon taken in lunar orbit, Apollo 11, 16-24 July 1969
70 GBP
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Moonscapes taken during the first orbit around the Moon (4 views), Apollo 11, 16-24 July 1969
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Moonscapes from first orbit around the Moon (4 photos), Apollo 11, 16-24 July 1969
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Sunrise over Tranquility Base, Apollo 11, 16-24 July 1969
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The Earth emerging over the lunar horizon, rare and unpublished view, Apollo 11, 16-24 July 1969
420 GBP
600 - 800 GBP
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Earthrise, Apollo 11, 16-24 Jul 1969
650 GBP
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'Eagle' after undocking prior to the historic descent to the Moon, Apollo 11, 16-24 Jul 1969
120 GBP
400 - 600 GBP
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