LOT #41287 |
Sold on Jun 3, 2011 for: Sign-in
or Join (free & quick)
Yuri Gagarin Launch Photo Album Book....
Click the image to load the highest resolution version.
Sold on Jun 3, 2011 for:
$11,950.00
Bid Source: Mail/Fax bidder
Get one of these:
Explore Available Items
Description
Yuri Gagarin Launch Photo Album Book. This 12 "x 9" album consists of 116 images, mostly color photos, taken by the official Soviet Government photographer of Gagarin and the launch party. The images were taken before the launch in Baikonur between April 8 and 12. This photo album could not be exposed to the public for over thirty-five years since it named the location, events, and people involved in one of the most secret events of the millennium, man's first space flight. Most photos have never been published.This unprecedented photo album contains mostly unpublished secret Soviet photographs of the selection of the first cosmonauts, their training, and the walk in Red Square of the final three (Gagarin, Titov, and Nebulov) before going to Baikonur. The album includes forty-three color pictures of secret pre-launch activities, launch preparations, the cosmonauts in uniform, and Gagarin in the capsule wearing his spacesuit. Also included are public post government photos of Vnukova's red carpet walk to meet Khrushchev, Kruschev, and Brezhsnev at an airport ceremony; a parade in Moscow; Lenin's tomb in Red Square; ceremonies featuring Gagarin receiving the first cosmonaut medal award decoration by Marshal Vershinin; and Gagarin signing the visitors book in Lenin's office in the Kremlin. Six photos are included of Star City after the flight. The images of Gagarin during his secret selection and training are especially significant, as are the never-before-published color photos (42) of the history of the Vostok program. Also of note is a B&W recovery photograph from the collection of Ivan Borisenko, the F.A.I. authenticator of U.S.S.R. flights. Fine condition.
Auction Info
2011 June Dallas Signature Space Exploration Auction #6052 (go to Auction Home page)
Auction Dates
June, 2011
3rd
Friday
Bids + Registered Phone Bidders: 9
Lot Tracking Activity: N/A
Page Views: 1,907
Buyer's Premium per Lot:
19.5% of the successful bid per lot.
Shipping, Taxes, Terms and Bidding
Terms and Conditions | Bidding Guidelines and Bid Increments | Glossary of Terms
Important information concerning Sales Tax and Resale Certificates. Learn More
Terms and Conditions | Bidding Guidelines and Bid Increments | Glossary of Terms