Neil Armstrong
Apollo 11 Mission, Aldrin on Moon Surface, 1969
Found at
Christies,
New York
The National Geographic Collection: The Art of Exploration, Lot 7
6. Dec - 6. Dec 2012
The National Geographic Collection: The Art of Exploration, Lot 7
6. Dec - 6. Dec 2012
Estimate: 1.000 - 1.500 USD
Price realised: 6.000 USD
Price realised: 6.000 USD
Description
NEIL ARMSTRONG (1930-2012)
Apollo 11 Mission, Aldrin on Moon Surface, 1969
gelatin silver print
stamped credit and notation (in the margin); date in ink, stamped 'Space Coll. Apollo 11', caption and NASA credit reproduction limitation (on the verso)
image: 7¼ x 9½in. (18.5 x 24.2cm.)
sheet: 8 x 10in. (20.5 x 25.7cm.)
Apollo 11 Mission, Aldrin on Moon Surface, 1969
gelatin silver print
stamped credit and notation (in the margin); date in ink, stamped 'Space Coll. Apollo 11', caption and NASA credit reproduction limitation (on the verso)
image: 7¼ x 9½in. (18.5 x 24.2cm.)
sheet: 8 x 10in. (20.5 x 25.7cm.)
Artwork auctioned at four times the upper estimate price
The work Apollo 11 Mission, Aldrin on Moon Surface, 1969 by Neil Armstrong was worth USD 6,000.00 (€ 4,550.28) to a buyer in December 2012. This price was achieved in the auction The National Geographic Collection: The Art of Exploration at Christies in New York and exceeded the previously set upper estimate of USD 1,500.00 many times over. Despite this good result, it is not the highest hammer price for an artwork by Neil Armstrong; that achieved among the auctions we observed the lot Apollo 11: Edwin Aldrin – Man on the Moon. sold at auction in June 2016 with the realized price of EUR 8,125.00.
Kunstwerk zum Vierfachen des oberen Schätzpreises versteigert
Die Arbeit Apollo 11 Mission, Aldrin on Moon Surface, 1969 von Neil Armstrong war einem Käufer im Dezember 2012 USD 6.000,00 (€ 4.550,28) wert. Dieser Preise wurde in der Auktion The National Geographic Collection: The Art of Exploration bei Christies in New York erzielt und übertraf den zuvor angesetzten oberen Schätzpreis von USD 1.500,00 um ein Vielfaches. Trotz des guten Ergebnisses ist dies nicht der höchste Zuschlag für ein Kunstwerk von Neil Armstrong; den erzielte unter den von uns beobachteten Auktionen die Arbeit Apollo 11: Edwin Aldrin – Man on the Moon. im Juni 2016 mit dem Hammerpreis von EUR 8.125,00.
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