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Topic: [Sotheby's] Space Exploration (Jul 2025)
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Robert Pearlman Editor Posts: 54868 From: Houston, TX Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 06-17-2025 01:36 PM
Sotheby's next Space Exploration sale is scheduled for July 2, 2025 in New York: This year’s Space Exploration sale coincides with the 50th anniversary of the final crewed flight of an Apollo spacecraft and the sale includes an incredible collection of Space Flown and Lunar Surface Flown artifacts from each of the Apollo missions, original artwork by space art pioneer Chesley Bonestell, rare large format space photographs, hardware and prototypes. |
Robert Pearlman Editor Posts: 54868 From: Houston, TX Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 07-02-2025 12:22 PM
The sale is now scheduled to begin at 12:00 p.m. EDT on Thursday (July 3). |
Robert Pearlman Editor Posts: 54868 From: Houston, TX Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 07-03-2025 12:04 PM
The 109 lot auction catalog is now online and open for bids through 10 a.m. EDT (1400 GMT) on July 15, 2025. |
SpaceAholic Member Posts: 5483 From: Sierra Vista, Arizona Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 07-03-2025 02:52 PM
The Soyuz panel (indicated on the lot description as Soyuz TM) has a Soyuz-T Globus INK installed. Soyuz TM flew with a different variant thus likely components combined together (T + TM) to complete this assembly. |
Andy Anderson Member Posts: 134 From: Perth, Australia Registered: Dec 2009
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posted 07-04-2025 03:22 AM
Does anybody know what is the story behind Lot. No. 99 - Apollo 18 TLI Procedures Check List? It appears to have pages from Apollo 8 checklists and I saw it somewhere online with a poor recreation of an Apollo FCOH back in 2016. As far as I can tell the SKB checklist number appears to be out of sequence with the Apollo 17 sequence being up to SKB32100123-***. I thought it might be a movie prop for the film Apollo 18 but that was released in 2011 later than the date it was withdrawn from Intrepid's library. This image shows Bill Anders' Apollo 8 LMP checklist at the National Air and Space Museum and the checklist dates correspond:  And this one of the other Apollo 18 manual and just from the size of the binding rings you can see how non NASA it is:  |
SpaceAholic Member Posts: 5483 From: Sierra Vista, Arizona Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 07-04-2025 07:45 AM
If I recall correctly it was a prop intended for the mini-series (Earth to the Moon). |
Andy Anderson Member Posts: 134 From: Perth, Australia Registered: Dec 2009
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posted 07-04-2025 08:18 PM
I should have remembered this. The item when it came up for sale on eBay, was discussed on cS in 2016: Opinions & Advice — 381874659646: Apollo 18 (?!) Handbook.Although not a NASA publication, given that a model of the original Star Trek Enterprise-D sold for $576,000 back in 2006, it isn't surprising that unique movie props can result in competitive bidding. |
stsmithva Member Posts: 2126 From: Fairfax, VA Registered: Feb 2007
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posted 07-05-2025 07:19 PM
I found one lot to be particularly interesting: the Gemini Program On-Board Computer Training Attendance Sheet Signed by 24 Astronauts.Besides the fact that it is an amazing collection of signatures, it was the very first "prime" item I ever got for my space collection, back in 2007. Here is a collectSPACE post I wrote about it the next year, after bringing it to an Astronaut Scholarship Foundation event and talking with some of the signers about it. I sold it more than ten years ago towards a down payment on our house; otherwise I definitely would have held onto it. I wish the consignor good luck. I might try to get it back! |
SpaceAholic Member Posts: 5483 From: Sierra Vista, Arizona Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 07-10-2025 09:17 PM
Lot 52 (Apollo 11 flown flag) is slightly exceeding its pre-auction estimate. |
randyc Member Posts: 938 From: Highlands Ranch, CO USA Registered: May 2003
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posted 07-10-2025 11:04 PM
According to the COA the flag was flown "...to the Moon aboard the Command Module Columbia" in Aldrin's PPK and was not in Eagle, so it is not a lunar surface flown flag. |
SpaceAholic Member Posts: 5483 From: Sierra Vista, Arizona Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 07-11-2025 06:27 AM
Correct. Fixed - thanks. |