auction catalogue image

Illuminating Space: Images from a Private Virginian Collection

Auction 20830
5 Dec 2012, starting at 13:00 EST.
Sessions

This auction is now finished. If you are interested in consigning in future auctions, please contact the specialist department. If you have queries about lots purchased in this auction, please contact customer services.

Auction highlights

Sold for US$ 242,500 inc. premium
RUSSELL, JOHN. 1745-1806. A Globe representing the Visible Surface of the Moon, constructed from Triangles Measured with a Micrometer and ...
Sold for US$ 98,500 inc. premium
LUNAR ORBITER IV. Giant mosaic of the near side of the Moon, May 11-25, 1967,
Sold for US$ 98,500 inc. premium
SURVEYOR I. Unique wide-angle hand mosaic of Surveyor I's shadow on the Oceanus Procellarum, June 13, 1966,
Sold for US$ 62,500 inc. premium
SURVEYOR I. Panorama of the Flamsteed region in Oceanus Procellarum, June 2, 1966-July 14, 1966,

Lots

Search this auction's lots
 of 187
1 PASSEMANT, CLAUDE-SIMEON. 1702-1769. A 6-inch reflecting telescope with speculum metal mirror, France, c.1750, US$ 40,000
£26,256
€31,082
2 DIEN, CHARLES. 1809-1870. Planisphère mobile simplifié, donnant immédiatement l'aspect du Ciel. Paris: Alphonse Giroux, [c.1844]. US$ 200
£131
€155
3 WHITALL, HENRY. 1819-1887. A Moveable Planisphere Showing the Position of the Heavens at any given time. Philadelphia: Henry Whitall, 1856. US$ 275
£180
€213
4 MERZ, G. & S. A 2-inch refracting telescope, c.1865, US$ 3,125
£2,051
€2,428
6 YOUNG, CHARLES AUGUSTUS. 1834-1908. 2 carte-de-visite photographs of solar PROMINENCES, Observatory of Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH, September 28, 1870, US$ 1,750
£1,148
€1,359
8 MEYROWITZ, PAUL, retailer. A 4-inch refracting telescope, America, c.1890, US$ 4,375
£2,871
€3,399
9 SCHAEBERLE, JOHN MARTIN. 1853-1924. Contributions from the Lick Observatory No. 4. Report on the Total Eclipse of the Sun, Observed at Mina Bronces, Chile, on April 16, 1893. Sacramento: State Office, 1895. US$ 200
£131
€155
10 LICK OBSERVATORY. The Pleiades, from Lick Observatory, Mount Hamilton, CA, December 28, 1899, US$ 1,187
£779
€922
12 MOGEY, WILLIAM AND DAVID. A 3-inch refracting telescope, Bayonne, NJ, c.1900, US$ 2,500
£1,641
€1,942
13 QUEEN, JAMES W., AND COMPANY, retailer. A 2½-inch refracting telescope, France, c.1900, US$ 1,875
£1,230
€1,456
14 SMITH, ALEXANDER. 3 views of deep space, probably from Yerkes Observatory, March 30 to November 15, 1903, US$ 875
£574
€679
16 KEELER, JAMES EDWARD. 1857-1900. Photographs of Nebulæ and Clusters made with the Crossley Reflector. [In:] University of California Publications. Publications of the Lick Observatory. Sacramento: W.W. Shannon, Superintendent of State Printing, 1908. US$ 600
£393
€466
17 PETITDIDIER, OCTAVE LEON. 1853-1918. A 3½-inch refracting telescope, Chicago, IL, c.1915, US$ 5,000
£3,282
€3,885
18 LOHMANN BROTHERS. A rare 5-inch pneumatic-drive refracting telescope, Greenville, OH, c.1918, US$ 5,000
£3,282
€3,885
19 PEASE, FRANCIS GLADHEIM. 1881–1938. 3 large views of deep space, from Mount Wilson Observatory, near Pasadena, CA, c.1920, US$ 2,500
£1,641
€1,942
20 TELESCOPE—RUSSIAN. A 2¾-inch Maksutov telescope, Leningrad, USSR, 1959, US$ 475
£311
€369
21 GLOBES—REPLOGLE. Set of 4 globes, of Mercury, Earth, the Moon, and Mars. [Chicago, IL: Replogle, c.1981-1982]. US$ 6,875
£4,512
€5,342
22 [CAPUTI, ANTONIO.] Estasi e rapimento sopra la luna di Archerio Filoseleno. Poema diviso in tre parti. Naples: Vincenzo Pauria, 1763. US$ 400
£262
€310
23 RUSSELL, JOHN. 1745-1806. A Globe representing the Visible Surface of the Moon, constructed from Triangles Measured with a Micrometer and accurately drawn & engraved from a long series of Telescopic Observations by J. Russell, R.A. London: John Russell, Newman Street, June 14, 1797. US$ 242,500
£159,182
€188,437
24 GREAT MOON HOAX. 2 lithographs:
1. Scoperte fatte nella luna dal Sigr. Herschell. Naples: Fergola, [c.1836].
2. GALLUZZO, LEOPOLDO. Altre scoverte fatte nella luna dal Sigr. Herschel. Naples: L. Gatti e Dura, 1836.
US$ 2,125
£1,394
€1,651
25 GREAT MOON HOAX. [LOCKE, RICHARD ADAMS.] Pubblicazione completa delle nuove scoperte di Sir John Herschel nel cielo australe e nella luna; traduzione dal francese. Milan: Lorenzo Sonzogno, 1836. US$ 1,062
£697
€825
26 DE LA RUE, WARREN. 1815-1889, attributed. 2 views of the Moon, from south-east England, c.1855, US$ 6,875
£4,512
€5,342
27 WHIPPLE, JOHN ADAMS. 1822-1891. A view of the Moon, from Harvard College Observatory, Cambridge, MA, c.1857, US$ 16,250
£10,666
€12,627
28 BOND, GEORGE PHILLIPS. 1825-1865, attributed. A view of the Moon, probably from Harvard College Observatory, Cambridge, MA, c.1857, US$ 4,750
£3,118
€3,691
30 DE LA RUE, WARREN. 1815-1889. "A Series of Twelve Photographs of the Moon. Photographed by A.A. Turner, from Original Photographs by Warren de la Rue, F.R.S." New York, D. Appleton, [1863]. US$ 2,000
£1,312
€1,554
31 RUTHERFURD, LEWIS MORRIS. 1816-1892. A view of the Moon, from New York, March 6, 1865, US$ 22,500
£14,769
€17,483
32 RUTHERFURD, LEWIS MORRIS. 1816-1892. 9 images of the Moon at different phases, from New York, March 6, 1865-May 19, 1874, US$ 18,750
£12,307
€14,569
33 RUTHERFURD, LEWIS MORRIS. 1816-1892. 3 views of the Moon, from New York, c.1865-1870, US$ 15,000
£9,846
€11,655
34 FREITAS HENRIQUES JUNIOR, JOSE CHRISTIANO DE. 1832-1902. 2 views of the Moon, from the Observatorio Nacional Argentino, Cordoba, Argentina, June, 1873, US$ 3,125
£2,051
€2,428
35 GREAT MELBOURNE TELESCOPE. A view of the Moon at 9 days, from Melbourne, Australia, September 1, 1873, US$ 8,125
£5,333
€6,313
37 CLARK, ALVAN. 1804-1887. A view of the Moon, perhaps from Cincinnati Observatory, June, 1878, US$ 4,750
£3,118
€3,691
38 FLAMMARION, CAMILLE. 1842-1925. Large cabinet portrait of Flammarion at the eyepiece of his 9½-inch Bardou refractor at his Juvisy observatory, mid-1880s, US$ 350
£229
€271
39 BURNHAM, SHERBURNE WESLEY. 1838-1921. 2 views of the Moon, at 5 and 6 days, from the Lick Observatory, San Jose, CA, August 12 and 13, 1888, US$ 4,000
£2,625
€3,108
42 HOLDEN, EDWARD SINGLETON. 1846-1914. The Moon at 23 days and 8 hours, from Lick Observatory, Mount Hamilton, CA, July 28, 1891, US$ 6,875
£4,512
€5,342
43 PUISEUX, PIERRE HENRI, AND MAURICE LOEWY. 4 large-format quadrants of the Moon, from the Paris Observatory, 1899, US$ 55,000
£36,103
€42,738
44 PUISEUX, PIERRE HENRI, AND MAURICE LOEWY. 2 large-format views of the Mare Nectaris, and the Montes Alpes region, from the Paris Observatory, March 4, 1895-February 16, 1899, US$ 9,375
£6,153
€7,284
45 YERKES OBSERVATORY. Group of 5 details of the lunar surface, from Yerkes Observatory, Williams Bay, WI, c.1900, US$ 1,500
£984
€1,165
46 TRIP TO THE MOON. A group of items related to "A Trip to the Moon," the amusement park ride created by Frederic Thompson and Elmer "Skip" Dundy, c.1901-1903, comprising: US$ 687
£451
€534
47 PEASE, FRANCIS GLADHEIM. 1881–1938. 3 large views, comprising the crater Copernicus, and two the southwest part of the Moon centered on the Mare Nubium, from Mount Wilson Observatory, near Pasadena, CA, September 15, 1919, US$ 6,250
£4,102
€4,856
48 PEASE, FRANCIS GLADHEIM. 1881–1938. 2 large wide-angle images of the Moon, from Mount Wilson Observatory, near Pasadena, CA, September, 1919, US$ 6,250
£4,102
€4,856
49 GLOBE—PERGAMON. Pergamon Moon Globe. Oxford, London, New York and Paris: [produced by Paul Räth Verlag, Leipzig for] Pergamon Press, [c.1963]. US$ 1,000
£656
€777
50 ALTER, DINSMORE, editor. Lunar Atlas. [Downey, CA]: Space Sciences Laboratory, North American Aviation, 1964. US$ 187
£123
€145
51 RANGER VII. Ranger VII Photographs of the Moon. Part I: Camera "A" Series. Photographic Edition. [Pasadena, CA]: JPL, August 27, 1964. US$ 5,250
£3,446
€4,079
52 RANGER VIII. Binder containing 82 photographs of details of the lunar surface, February 20, 1965, US$ 2,500
£1,641
€1,942
53 RANGER IX. Alphonsus crater, March 24, 1965, US$ 2,000
£1,312
€1,554
54 RANGER IX. Binder containing 64 photographs of details of the lunar surface, March 24, 1965, US$ 4,000
£2,625
€3,108
55 ZOND-3. 9 photographs taken by Zond-3 of the far side of the Moon, July 20, 1965, US$ 3,500
£2,297
€2,719
58 RANGER. Collection of approximately 60 volumes, documents, or dossiers related to Ranger missions, many being rare internally-circulated items from JPL or contractors, including: US$ 937
£615
€728
62 SURVEYOR I. Unique wide-angle hand mosaic of Surveyor I's shadow on the Oceanus Procellarum, June 13, 1966, US$ 98,500
£64,657
€76,540
63 SURVEYOR I. Panorama of the Flamsteed region in Oceanus Procellarum, June 2, 1966-July 14, 1966, US$ 62,500
£41,026
€48,566
64 SURVEYOR I. View of the lunar surface, east south-east, June 14, 1966, US$ 1,000
£656
€777
65 SURVEYOR I. Catalog of Surveyor I Television Pictures. Washington, DC: USGS for NASA, April, 1968. US$ 125
£82
€97
66 SURVEYOR III. Group of 10 images taken by Surveyor III, around April 21-22, 1967, US$ 312
£205
€242
68 SURVEYOR III. The number 2 footpad of Surveyor III, photographed by Alan Bean, November 20, 1969, gelatin silver print, 19¼ x 19¼ inches sight (490 x 490 mm), window-mounted. US$ 5,250
£3,446
€4,079
69 SURVEYOR. Substantial collection of approximately 100 volumes, documents, or dossiers related to Surveyor missions, many being rare internally-circulated items from JPL or contractors, including: US$ 1,875
£1,230
€1,456
70 LUNA-9. An archive of letters, documents and photographs relating to the interception by British astronomers of photographs transmitted from the lunar surface by the Soviet lander Luna-9, comprising: US$ 2,375
£1,559
€1,845
71 ZOND, LUNA AND LUNOKHOD. 1. [In Cyrillic:] Atlas obratnoj storony Luny. [Atlas of the Far Side of the Moon.] 1960-67-75. US$ 1,500
£984
€1,165
72 LUNAR ORBITER I. Telephoto panorama, being the first photograph of Earth from lunar orbit, with the craters Hilbert, Khvolson and Meitner in the foreground, August 23, 1966, US$ 17,500
£11,487
€13,598
75 LUNAR ORBITER II. Panorama of the crater Copernicus, November 24, 1966, US$ 21,250
£13,948
€16,512
76 LUNAR ORBITER III. The far side of the Moon from Orbiter III's apolune, February 19, 1967, US$ 4,750
£3,118
€3,691
77 LUNAR ORBITER III. Telephoto panorama of the Hortensius domes, February 20, 1967, US$ 21,250
£13,948
€16,512
78 LUNAR ORBITER III. View of Kepler crater and vicinity, February 21, 1967, US$ 2,750
£1,805
€2,136
80 LUNAR ORBITER IV. Giant mosaic of the near side of the Moon, May 11-25, 1967, US$ 98,500
£64,657
€76,540
82 LUNAR ORBITER IV. Telephoto panorama centered on the crater Alphonsus, May 18, 1967, US$ 6,250
£4,102
€4,856
83 LUNAR ORBITER IV. View of the crater Aristarchus, and Schröter's Valley, May 22, 1967, US$ 18,750
£12,307
€14,569
84 LUNAR ORBITER IV. Telephoto panorama centered on the crater Gauss, May 23, 1967, US$ 8,125
£5,333
€6,313
87 LUNAR ORBITER IV. Telephoto panorama of the Mare Crisium, May 25, 1967, US$ 18,750
£12,307
€14,569
89 LUNAR ORBITER V. Telephoto panorama from Censorinus to Littrow, August 6, 1967, US$ 37,500
£24,615
€29,139
90 LUNAR ORBITER V. Earth from lunar orbit, with diagram of the geographical features, August 8, 1967, US$ 2,250
£1,476
€1,748
94 LUNAR ORBITER V. View of the Mare Moscoviense and the crater Campbell, August 14, 1967, US$ 5,000
£3,282
€3,885
96 LUNAR ORBITER V. Oversize view of peaks at the center of the crater Copernicus, August 16, 1967, US$ 35,000
£22,974
€27,197
100 LUNAR ORBITER. Collection of approximately 32 volumes, documents, or dossiers related to Lunar Orbiter missions, several being rare internally-circulated items from NASA Langley or contractors, including: US$ 1,375
£902
€1,068
101 LIPSKY, Y.N. [In Cyrillic:] Globus Luny sostavlen po fotografijam. [Globe made ​​from photographs of the Moon. Moscow:] Sternberg State Astronomical Institute and USSR Topographical Service, [1967]. US$ 1,187
£779
€922
102 KUIPER, GERARD P., AND OTHERS. 1. Orthographic Atlas of the Moon. St. Louis, MO: Aeronautical Chart and Information Center, USAF, June, 1961. US$ 2,500
£1,641
€1,942
104 ZOND-8. Group of 23 photographs of the Moon, October 24, 1970, US$ 3,750
£2,461
€2,913
105 APOLLO 9 & 11. Group of 32 short strips of duplicate positives from the astronauts' Hasselblad cameras, March 3-July 24, 1969, US$ 9,750
£6,400
€7,576
106 APOLLO 15. 10 stereo photographs taken by Dave Scott on the lunar surface, July 31-August 2, 1971, US$ 1,500
£984
€1,165
107 WEIGERT, FRANZ. Bas relief reproduction of moon rock no 15536 obtained during the Apollo 15 mission, manufactured by Franz Weigert, Neuberg, Germany, 1972, US$ 562
£369
€437
108 DENOYER-GEPPERT. Denoyer-Geppert Lunar Globe. [Chicago, IL]: Denoyer-Geppert, [c.1971]. US$ 4,000
£2,625
€3,108
109 APOLLO 16. Group of 41 photographs of the lunar surface taken by the Apollo 16 Fairchild Metric/Mapping camera, April 19-24, 1967, US$ 4,000
£2,625
€3,108
110 APOLLO. Collection of approximately 41 volumes related to photography and mapping involved in Apollo missions, including: US$ 10,000
£6,564
€7,770
111 HAINES, E.L., editor. Lunar Scientific Model. [Pasadena, CA]: JPL, August 27, 1969-December 7, 1971. US$ 3,125
£2,051
€2,428
113 TURNER, RALPH. B.1935. Contour diagram of Schröter's Valley, probably Tucson, AZ, 1974, US$ 2,375
£1,559
€1,845
116 COSMIC RAYS. Cosmic rays, photographed through the opening of a magnetic "cloud chamber" aboard a B-29 "flying laboratory" and processed by the US Naval Ordnance Test Station near Inyokern, CA, December, 1946, US$ 187
£123
€145
117 V-2 ROCKET. 2 strips of positive film reproducing photographs taken by a V-2 rocket, launched from White Sands, NM, April 5, 1950, US$ 2,000
£1,312
€1,554
118 SPUTNIK. A small archive of photographs and documents relating to US observations of Sputnik satellites, 1957, comprising: US$ 1,125
£738
€874
120 TAUB, WILLIAM PAUL. 1923-2010. A large group of photographs and contact sheets of Mercury-era NASA astronauts, c.1961, US$ 3,500
£2,297
€2,719
121 COSMONAUTS. View upwards inside a Soviet radio antenna, signed by 30 cosmonauts and astronauts, 1962-1975, US$ 2,750
£1,805
€2,136
122 US ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS. Multisensor Imagery Collection. [Fort Belvoir, VA]: US Army Corps of Engineers for the Earth Resources Survey Program, Space Applications Programs, NASA, December, 1965. US$ 2,000
£1,312
€1,554
123 WHITE, RICHARD A., editor. Earth Resource Surveys from Spacecraft. Fort Belvoir, VA, and Houston, TX: US Army Corps of Engineers, and Earth Resources Group, NASA, February 15, 1967. US$ 812
£533
€631
Show  90 | All

How to sell

A simple step by step guide on how to sell your goods at auction with Bonhams

More information

Lot symbols

¤ Without reserve
Y CITES

Contacts

Customer Services & Bids (New York) Bonhams
Work
Work +1 212 644 9001
FaxFax: +1 212 644 9009
Customer Services
Space (US) Bonhams
Work
Work +1 212 461 6531
FaxFax: +1 212 644 9007
General Enquiries
Cassandra Hatton Bonhams
Work
580 Madison Avenue
New York, 10022
United States
Work +1 212 461 6531
FaxFax: +1 212 644 9007
Specialist - Space History