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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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Command Module 'Columbia' in orbit, from the Lunar Module 'Eagle' (2 photos), Apollo 11, July 1969
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The view outside the 'Eagle' after landing, Apollo 11, 16-24 July 1969
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Shadow of 'Eagle' from the Lunar Module after touchdown, Apollo 11, 16-24 July 1969
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Lunar horizon captured by Neil Armstrong’s after exiting Lunar Module, Apollo 11, 16-24 July 1969
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Buzz Aldrin descends the steps of the lunar ladder, Apollo 11, 16-24 July 1969
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Buzz Aldrin on the footpad of the Lunar Module 'Eagle', Apollo 11, 16-24 July 1969.
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The pristine surface of another world, Apollo 11, 16-24 July 1969
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Buzz Aldrin walking on the Moon; “One giant Leap for Mankind”, Apollo 11, 16-24 July 1969
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Buzz Aldrin walking on the Moon, Apollo 11, 16-24 July 1969
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Diptych: Buzz Aldrin climbing down the LM ladder to walk on the Moon, Apollo 11, 16-24 July 1969
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Celebrated portrait of Buzz Aldrin with visor reflection of Neil Armstrong, Apollo 11, July 1969
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Celebrated portrait of Buzz Aldrin with visor reflection of Neil Armstrong, Apollo 11, July 1969
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The 'visor' image of Buzz Aldrin standing on the Moon (signed), Apollo 11, 16-24 July 1969
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'Eagle's' golden footpad on the lunar surface, Apollo 11, 16-24 Jul 1969
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First TV transmission from the Moon, Apollo 11, 16-29 July 1969
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Astronaut's boot makes an impression in the lunar soil, Apollo 11, 16-24 July 1969
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Astronaut's boot impressions in lunar soil (2 transparencies), Apollo 11, 14-24 July 1969
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Neil Armstrong on the Moon, Apollo 11, 16-24 July 1969
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Planet Earth above the Lunar Module 'Eagle', Apollo 11, 16-24 July 1969
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Earth photographed by the first humans to walk on the moon, Apollo 11, 16-24 July 1969
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Diptych: lunar surface at Tranquility Base looking north (2 photos), Apollo 11, 16-24 July 1969
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Diptych: 'Double Crater' at Tranquility Base (2 photos), Apollo 11, 16-24 July 1969
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Diptych: Buzz Aldrin setting up experiments (2 photos), Apollo 11, 16-24 July 1969
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Buzz Aldrin walking toward the horizon of the Sea of Tranquility, Apollo 11, 16-24 July 1969
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Buzz Aldrin deploying the Passive Seismic Experiment Package, Apollo 11, 16-24 July 1969
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Buzz Aldrin taking lunar soil samples, Apollo 11, 16-24 Jul 1969
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The last moments of Apollo 11 on the lunar surface (4 photos), Apollo 11, 16-24 July 1969
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The first US flag on the Moon, cover of LIFE, Apollo 11, 16-24 July 1969
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Diptych: Tranquility Base from the Lunar Module before liftoff, Apollo 11, 16-24 July 1969
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Panorama of Tranquility Base from 'Eagle' before liftoff (4 photos), Apollo 11, 16-24 July 1969
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The Moon through the LM window before lift-off (2 photos), Apollo 11, 16-24 July 1969
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A view of the 'Eagle' and the Earthrise (a transparency), Apollo 11, 16-24 July 1969
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The forbidding farside of the Moon (2 photos), Apollo 11, 16-24 July 1969
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Crater Daedalus on the farside of the moon (2 photos), Apollo 11, 16-24 July 1969
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Orbital views of lunar surface (4 photos) Apollo 11, 16-24 July 1969
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The Earth emerging over the lunar horizon, Apollo 11, 16-24 July 1969
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Earthrise after translunar injection, Apollo 11, 16-24 July 1969
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Earthrise after transearth injection, Apollo 11, 16-24 July 1969
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Lunar horizon across Sea of Fertility and Sea of Tranquility (4 views), Apollo 11,16-24 July 1969
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Triptych: Apollo 11 leaving the Moon (3 photos), Apollo 11, 16-24 July 1969
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Full Moon, Apollo 11, 16-24 July 1969
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Crescent Earth during homebound journey, Apollo 11, 16-24 July 1969
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President Nixon visiting the crew in quarantine, Apollo 11, 24 July 1969
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Saturn V rocket on the mobile launcher platform, Apollo 12, November 1969
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Launch and recovery (3 photos), Apollo 12, 14-24 November 1969
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Pete Conrad egressing the LM to walk on the Moon, Apollo 12, 14-24 November 1969, EVA 1
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LM 4 o’clock 3-photo panoramic sequence showing Alan Bean at Ocean of Storms Base, Apollo 12
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LM 8 o’clock 3-photo panoramic sequence showing Alan Bean at Ocean of Storms Base, Apollo 12
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LM Intrepid at the Ocean of Storms Base (2 photos), Apollo 12, 14-24 November 1969, EVA 1
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Unusual lunar mound; image featured in LIFE magazine, Apollo 12, 14-24 November 1969, EVA 1
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'Glowing' Alan Bean deploying scientific experiments, Apollo 12, 14-24 November 1969
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Alan Bean and Pete Conrad at the Ocean of Storms (two photos), Apollo 12, 14-24 November 1969, EVA 1
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Alan Bean deploying scientific experiments (ALSEP), Apollo 12, 14-24 November 1969
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Alan Bean unloading scientific experiments at the Lunary Module, Apollo 12, 14-24 November 1969
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Unusual geological formations on the lunar surface (4 views), Apollo 12, 14-24 Nov 1969
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Human shadows on the rim of Middle Crescent Crater (3 photos), Apollo 12, 14-24 November 1969, EVA 1
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Pete Conrad near the LM Intrepid at the Ocean of Storms base, Apollo 12, 14-24 November 1969
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A view of Surveyor III, Apollo 12, Alan Bean, 14-24 November 1969, EVA 2
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