21st Nov, 2025 17:00

OstLicht Photo Auction Autumn 2025

 
Lot 153
 

NEIL ARMSTRONG (1930–2012)
Apollo 11: Buzz Aldrin on the moon (with visor reflection), July 1969

Sold for €1,800


Lot details

Start price: € 1,800

Estimate: € 3,000–3,600

English:

Chromogenic vintage print on Kodak paper 19.9 x 25 cm, in very good condition. "Space Photos" studio stamp with address at Sunset Blvd. in Houston, Texas, handwritten entered image number "AS11-40-5903" in blue ink on the reverse.

NASA number AS11-40-5903 was taken on 20 July 1969 with the Hasselblad moon camera, which both astronauts used. At first, prints of this type were distributed, only later were they printed on photographic paper with the NASA logo. No other Apollo photograph has been reproduced as often as this portrait of Buzz, where Neil is visible in the reflection on Buzz's visor. https://www.nasa.gov/history/alsj/a11/images11.html

Deutsch:

Chromogener Vintage-Abzug auf Kodak Papier 19,9 x 25 cm, in sehr gutem Zustand. Rückseitig "Space Photos" Atelierstempel mit Adresse am Sunset Blvd. in Houston, Texas, und handschriftlichem Eintrag der Bildnummer "AS11-40-5903" mit blauer Tinte.

NASA-Nummer AS11-40-5903 wurde am 20. Juli 1969 mit der Hasselblad-Mondkamera aufgenommen, die beide Astronauten nutzten. Kein anderes Apollo-Foto wurde so oft reproduziert wie dieses Porträt von Buzz, auf dem Neil in der Reflexion auf Buzz' Visier zu sehen ist. https://www.nasa.gov/history/alsj/a11/images11.html

Image Size: 19.4 x 24.4 cm