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LOT 118:
Neil Armstrong - The First Man on the Moon - a signed photograph
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Sold for: $550
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Buyer's Premium: 22%
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Neil Armstrong - The First Man on the Moon - a signed photograph
A photograph of the first astronaut to walk on the Moon Earth Neil Olden Armstrong [1930-2012] - Signed by Armstrong.
Neil Olden Armstrong [1930-2012] American astronaut, test pilot and one of the crew members on an aircraft carrier, who bought him a world name for being the first man to walk on the moon. On his first flight into space, Neil Armstrong was a pilot on a Gemini 8 mission in 1966. This mission was the first to perform mooring and connecting to another object in space (Agena Target Vehicle) while in orbit around the Earth and he performed it together with co-pilot David Scott. On his second (and last) mission was the commander of the Apollo 11 mission, which landed on the moon on July 20, 1969. Armstrong was the first to step on the moon. At this point he said the well-known phrase "This is a small step for man, a big step for humanity." Together with Buzz Aldrin, he explored the moon in an off-road activity lasting about two and a half hours. The photograph before us was signed by him four days before his second mission. (Top right, an ink stamp from July 16, 1969 and an Apollo 8 stamp)
Size: 24x19 cm. Magnificent wooden frame 38x33 cm. Slight crack in the body of the photograph below. Very good condition.
