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One Giant Leap for Mankind: Vintage Photographs
from Project Apollo, the NASA program responsible
for placing the first humans on the Moon

In October 2022, marking the 50th anniversary of the last human voyage to the moon, Wright and LAMA Auction Houses presented One Giant Leap for Mankind: Vintage Photographs from the Victor Martin-Malburet Collection, Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of Project Apollo (1961–1972).

This stunning collection comprised more than 300 original historic photographs from Project Apollo, the NASA program responsible for placing the first humans on the surface of the moon. Meticulously researched and collected over the course of 25 years, each image represents extraordinary feats of human exploration, imagination, and collaboration.

We are thrilled to have acquired 9 of these amazing photographs including 'The Blue Marble,' the first human-taken photograph of the Earth. Each work has been been beautifully finished in a modern black gallery frame with ivory mat and OP-3 acrylic. 
The Blue Marble: First human-taken photograph of the full earth. 7-19 December 1972.

NASA

The Blue Marble: First human-taken photograph of the full earth. 7-19 December 1972.

$25,000
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First US spacewalk. 3-7 June 1965.

NASA

First US spacewalk. 3-7 June 1965.

$8,000
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First Earthrise. 21-27 December 1968.

NASA

First Earthrise. 21-27 December 1968.

$12,000
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The first photograph of a human being in outer space. 3-7 June 1965.

NASA

The first photograph of a human being in outer space. 3-7 June 1965.

$7,000
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The footprint on the Moon. July 16-24, 1969.

NASA

The footprint on the Moon. July 16-24, 1969.

$8,000
$8,000
The first Earthrise in the history of humankind. 23 August 1966.

NASA

The first Earthrise in the history of humankind. 23 August 1966.

$8,000
$8,000
Richard Gordon returning to the hatch. 12-15 September 1966.

NASA

Richard Gordon returning to the hatch. 12-15 September 1966.

$2,000
$2,000
Richard Gordon’s Space Cowboy. 12-15 September 1966.

NASA

Richard Gordon’s Space Cowboy. 12-15 September 1966.

$3,000
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First human-taken photograph from space. 20 February 1962.

NASA

First human-taken photograph from space. 20 February 1962.

$7,000
$7,000