Illuminating Space: Images from a Private Virginian Collection

Auction 20830

5 Dec 2012, starting at 13:00 EST.

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Illuminating Space: Images from a Private Virginian Collection, starting with lot 1.

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Russell, John Selenographia, plus gores, plus engraved trade card

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,

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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