First photos from the Moon under the hammer in Denmark
This file photo taken on July 21, 1969 shows the astronaut Edwin E. Aldrin descending the steps of the Apollo XI Lunar Module to walk on the moon. Comprising a total of 74 unique photographs, the collection's estimated value is $205 000.
NASA's first photographs on the Moon, including the first shot of an"Earthrise" and Buzz Aldrin walking on the surface, will be auctioned off in Copenhagen on Wednesday. A total of 74 unique NASA photographs, including 26 taken on the Moon during the Apollo missions in the 1960s and 1970s, are up for sale,
Bruun Rasmussen - who was contacted by a foreign collector who wanted to sell the photos and asked to remain anonymous - has estimated the collection at $205 000.The first"Earthrise" photographed by US astronaut William Anders while orbiting the Moon in December 1968 on Apollo 8, the most valuable item is worth between eight and 12 000 euros.
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