![[Apollo 11] COMMAND MODULE COLUMBIA ABOVE TRANQUILITY BASE [Apollo 11] COMMAND MODULE COLUMBIA ABOVE TRANQUILITY BASE](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/1688/408046/226734652_1_x.jpg?quality=80&sharpen=true&version=1771931933&width=366)
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[Apollo 11] COMMAND MODULE COLUMBIA ABOVE TRANQUILITY BASE, SEEN FROM THE LUNAR MODULE EAGLE BEFORE LANDINGBuzz Aldrin, 16-24 July 1969 Printed 1969.Vintage chromogenic print on fibre-based paper.Numbered NASA AS11-37-5447 in blue in top margin, blank on the verso (issued by NASA / United States Geological Survey, Flagstaff, Arizona).20.3 x 25.4 cm (8 x 10 in)When this image was captured, the Lunar Module Eagle and the Command Module Columbia were flying in formation roughly 195 kilometers above the Moon's Sea of Tranquility. The shot was taken just before Eagle began its legendary journey down to the surface. While Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin prepared to make their groundbreaking landing, Michael Collins remained aboard Columbia, circling the Moon by himself for nearly 22 hours and documenting the stark lunar landscape from orbit.I guess the question that everyone has in the back of his mind is how do I feel about having to leave them on the lunar surface... They know and I know, and Mission Control knows, that there are certain categories of malfunction where I just simply light the motor and come home without them. - Michael Collins (LIFE magazine, July 4, 1969)
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To the Moon: Collecting the Dream
Mar 12, 2026 8:00 AM EDTNewbury, Berkshire, UK
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![[Apollo 11] EARTHRISE: [Apollo 11] EARTHRISE, WITNESSED FROM COMMAND MODULE COLUMBIA DURING THE LUNAR MODULE'S LANDINGMichael Collins, 16-24 July 1969 Printed 1969.Vintage gelatin silver print on fibre-based](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/1688/408046/226734653_1_x.jpg?height=181&quality=70&sharpen=true&version=1771931933&width=181)
![[Apollo 11] RARE FIRST VIEW OF TRANQUILITY BASE FROM THE PILOT’S WINDOW AFTER LANDING: [Apollo 11] RARE FIRST VIEW OF TRANQUILITY BASE FROM THE PILOT'S WINDOW AFTER LANDINGBuzz Aldrin, 16-24 July 1969 Printed 1969.Vintage chromogenic print on fibre-based paper.Numbered NASA](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/1688/408046/226734654_1_x.jpg?height=181&quality=70&sharpen=true&version=1771931933&width=181)
![[Apollo 11] BUZZ ALDRIN CLIMBING DOWN THE LM EAGLE LADDER TO TAKE THE HIS FIRST STEPS ON THE MOON: [Apollo 11] BUZZ ALDRIN CLIMBING DOWN THE LM EAGLE LADDER TO TAKE THE HIS FIRST STEPS ON THE MOONNeil Armstrong, 16-24 July 1969 Printed 1969. Vintage chromogenic print on fibre-based Kodak paper](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/1688/408046/226734655_1_x.jpg?height=181&quality=70&sharpen=true&version=1771931933&width=181)
![[Apollo 11] BUZZ ALDRIN BESIDE THE EAGLE AND THE SOLAR WIND EXPERIMENT: [Apollo 11] BUZZ ALDRIN BESIDE THE EAGLE AND THE SOLAR WIND EXPERIMENT Neil Armstrong, 16-24 July 1969 Printed 1969.Vintage chromogenic print on fibre-based Kodak paper [NASA image](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/1688/408046/226734656_1_x.jpg?height=181&quality=70&sharpen=true&version=1771931933&width=181)
![[Apollo 11] BUZZ ALDRIN AND THE FIRST U.S. FLAG ON THE MOON: [Apollo 11] BUZZ ALDRIN AND THE FIRST U.S. FLAG ON THE MOONNeil Armstrong, 16-24 July 1969 Printed 1969.Vintage chromogenic print on fibre-based Kodak paper.Numbered NASA AS11-40-5875 in black](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/1688/408046/226734657_1_x.jpg?height=181&quality=70&sharpen=true&version=1771931933&width=181)
![[Apollo 11] A MAN ON THE MOON: THE ICONIC VISOR PORTRAIT OF BUZZ ALDRIN: [Apollo 11] A MAN ON THE MOON: THE ICONIC VISOR PORTRAIT OF BUZZ ALDRINNeil Armstrong, 16-24 July 1969 Printed 1969.Vintage gelatin silver print on fibre-based paper [B&W version of NASA image](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/1688/408046/226734658_1_x.jpg?height=181&quality=70&sharpen=true&version=1771931933&width=181)
![[Apollo 11] HISTORIC FIRST CONTACT: EAGLE’S FOOTPAD AND ASTRONAUT’S FOOTPRINTS: [Apollo 11] HISTORIC FIRST CONTACT: EAGLE'S FOOTPAD AND ASTRONAUT'S FOOTPRINTSBuzz Aldrin, 16-24 July 1969 Printed 1969.Vintage chromogenic print on fibre-based Kodak paper.Numbered NASA](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/1688/408046/226734659_1_x.jpg?height=181&quality=70&sharpen=true&version=1771931933&width=181)
![[Apollo 11] EARTH ABOVE THE LUNAR MODULE EAGLE: FIRST GLIMPSE OF HOME FROM THE MOONBuzz Aldrin: [Apollo 11] EARTH ABOVE THE LUNAR MODULE EAGLE: FIRST GLIMPSE OF HOME FROM THE MOONBuzz Aldrin, 16-24 July 1969 Printed 1969.Vintage chromogenic print on fibre-based Kodak paper.Numbered NASA](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/1688/408046/226734660_1_x.jpg?height=181&quality=70&sharpen=true&version=1771931933&width=181)
![[Apollo 11] BUZZ ALDRIN BESIDE LUNAR MODULE EAGLE: [Apollo 11] BUZZ ALDRIN BESIDE LUNAR MODULE EAGLENeil Armstrong, 16-24 July 1969 Printed 1969.Vintage chromogenic print on early resin coated Kodak paper [NASA image AS11-40-5927].With A Kodak](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/1688/408046/226734661_1_x.jpg?height=181&quality=70&sharpen=true&version=1771931933&width=181)
![[APOLLO 11] BUZZ ALDRIN STRIDING ACROSS THE SEA OF TRANQUILITY WITH SCIENTIFIC EQUIPMENT: [APOLLO 11] BUZZ ALDRIN STRIDING ACROSS THE SEA OF TRANQUILITY WITH SCIENTIFIC EQUIPMENTNeil Armstrong, 16-24 July 1969 Printed 1969.Vintage chromogenic print on fibre-based Kodak paper.Numbered](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/1688/408046/226734662_1_x.jpg?height=181&quality=70&sharpen=true&version=1771931933&width=181)
![[Apollo 11] BUZZ ALDRIN AT TRANQUILITY BASE WITH THE LM EAGLE, U.S. FLAG, AND EXPERIMENTS: [Apollo 11] BUZZ ALDRIN AT TRANQUILITY BASE WITH THE LM EAGLE, U.S. FLAG, AND EXPERIMENTS Neil Armstrong, 16-24 July 1969 Printed 1969.Vintage chromogenic print on fibre-based Kodak paper.With NASA](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/1688/408046/226734663_1_x.jpg?height=181&quality=70&sharpen=true&version=1771931933&width=181)
![[APOLLO 11] EXPLORATION OF LITTLE WEST CRATER AWAY FROM THE EAGLE: [APOLLO 11] EXPLORATION OF LITTLE WEST CRATER AWAY FROM THE EAGLENeil Armstrong, 16-24 July 1969 Printed 1969.Vintage chromogenic print on fibre-based Kodak paper [NASA image AS11-40-5955].With A](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/1688/408046/226734664_1_x.jpg?height=181&quality=70&sharpen=true&version=1771931933&width=181)
![[Apollo 11] COVER OF LIFE: THE FIRST U.S. FLAG STANDING ON THE MOON: [Apollo 11] COVER OF LIFE: THE FIRST U.S. FLAG STANDING ON THE MOON Buzz Aldrin, 16-24 July 1969Printed 1969.Vintage chromogenic print on fibre-based Kodak paper.With NASA ID stamp AS11-37-5545 and A](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/1688/408046/226734665_1_x.jpg?height=181&quality=70&sharpen=true&version=1771931933&width=181)
![[Apollo 11] THE FIRST SCIENCE OUTPOST ON THE MOON: [Apollo 11] THE FIRST SCIENCE OUTPOST ON THE MOONNeil Armstrong, 16-24 July 1969 Printed 1969.Vintage chromogenic print on fibre-based Kodak paper.Numbered NASA AS11-37-5551 in red in top margin,](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/1688/408046/226734666_1_x.jpg?height=181&quality=70&sharpen=true&version=1771931933&width=181)
![[Apollo 11] FOOTPRINTS SURROUNDING THE U.S. FLAG AT TRANQUILITY BASE: [Apollo 11] FOOTPRINTS SURROUNDING THE U.S. FLAG AT TRANQUILITY BASERare unpublished photograph from magazine 37/R Buzz Aldrin, 16-24 July 1969 Printed 1969.Vintage gelatin silver print on](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/1688/408046/226734667_1_x.jpg?height=181&quality=70&sharpen=true&version=1771931933&width=181)
![[Apollo 11] LUNAR FARSIDE: CRATER DAEDALUS AS SEEN BY MICHAEL COLLINS FROM ORBITTING COMMAND MODULE: [Apollo 11] LUNAR FARSIDE: CRATER DAEDALUS AS SEEN BY MICHAEL COLLINS FROM ORBITTING COMMAND MODULEMichael Collins, 16-24 July 1969Printed 1969.Vintage chromogenic print on fibre-based Kodak](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/1688/408046/226734668_1_x.jpg?height=181&quality=70&sharpen=true&version=1771931933&width=181)
![[Apollo 11] THE LUNAR MODULE EAGLE FRAMED BY A MAJESTIC EARTHRISE: [Apollo 11] THE LUNAR MODULE EAGLE FRAMED BY A MAJESTIC EARTHRISEMichael Collins, 16-24 July 1969 Printed 1969.Vintage chromogenic print on fibre-based Kodak paper.Numbered NASA AS11-44-6642 in](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/1688/408046/226734669_1_x.jpg?height=181&quality=70&sharpen=true&version=1771931933&width=181)
![[Apollo 12] SUN-ILLUMINATED EARTH AFTER TRANSLUNAR INJECTION: [Apollo 12] SUN-ILLUMINATED EARTH AFTER TRANSLUNAR INJECTION WITH THE SPACECRAFT-LM ADAPTER (SLA) DRIFTING NEAR THE HORIZONAlan Bean, Pete Conrad or Richard Gordon, 14-24 November 1969 Printed](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/1688/408046/226734670_1_x.jpg?height=181&quality=70&sharpen=true&version=1771931933&width=181)
![[Apollo 12] THE CRESCENT EARTH: [Apollo 12] THE CRESCENT EARTH Alan Bean, Pete Conrad or Richard Gordon, 14-24 November 1969 Printed 1969.Vintage chromogenic print on fibre-based Kodak paper.With A Kodak Paper watermark on](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/1688/408046/226734671_1_x.jpg?height=181&quality=70&sharpen=true&version=1771931933&width=181)
![[Apollo 12] DRAMATIC LUNAR HORIZON OVER THE FLOOR OF CRATER HUMBOLDT: [Apollo 12] DRAMATIC LUNAR HORIZON OVER THE FLOOR OF CRATER HUMBOLDTRichard Gordon, Pete Conrad or Alan Bean, November 14-24, 1969Printed 1969.Vintage chromogenic print on fibre-based Kodak paper [NAS](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/1688/408046/226734672_1_x.jpg?height=181&quality=70&sharpen=true&version=1771931933&width=181)
![[Apollo 8] THE FIRST HUMAN VIEW OF THE LUNAR FARSIDE TERMINATOR, CAPTURED IN COLOUR: [Apollo 8] THE FIRST HUMAN VIEW OF THE LUNAR FARSIDE TERMINATOR, CAPTURED IN COLOURFrank Borman, 21-27 December 1968 Printed 1968.Vintage chromogenic print on fibre-based Kodak paper [NASA image AS8-1](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/1688/408046/226734601_1_x.jpg?height=181&quality=70&sharpen=true&version=1771931933&width=181)
![[Apollo 11] SUNRISE OVER TRANQUILITY BASE: [Apollo 11] SUNRISE OVER TRANQUILITY BASEBuzz Aldrin, 16-24 July 1969 Printed 1969.Vintage chromogenic print on fibre-based Kodak paperNumbered NASA AS11-37-5437 in red in top margin, with A](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/1688/408046/226734651_1_x.jpg?height=181&quality=70&sharpen=true&version=1771931933&width=181)
![[Apollo 16] LUNAR MODULE ORION ASCENDING FROM THE MOON: [Apollo 16] LUNAR MODULE ORION ASCENDING FROM THE MOONKen Mattingly, 16-27 April 1972 Printed 1972.Vintage chromogenic print on fibre-based paper.With A Kodak Paper watermark on the verso, numbered NA](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/1688/408046/226734723_1_x.jpg?height=181&quality=70&sharpen=true&version=1771931933&width=181)
![[Apollo 12] “3D-LIKE?? LUNAR HORIZON OVER THE OCEAN OF STORMS: [Apollo 12] 3D-LIKE LUNAR HORIZON OVER THE OCEAN OF STORMSRichard Gordon, 14-24 November 1969 Printed 1969.Vintage chromogenic print on fibre-based Kodak paper.With A Kodak Paper watermark on the vers](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/1688/408046/226734685_1_x.jpg?height=181&quality=70&sharpen=true&version=1771931933&width=181)
![[Apollo 10] UNPRECEDENTED CLEAR VIEW OF A LUNAR FARSIDE CRATER: [Apollo 10] UNPRECEDENTED CLEAR VIEW OF A LUNAR FARSIDE CRATERJohn Young, Eugene Cernan, or Thomas Stafford, May 18-26, 1969 Printed 1969.Vintage chromogenic print on fibre-based Kodak paper [NASA ima](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/1688/408046/226734635_1_x.jpg?height=181&quality=70&sharpen=true&version=1771931933&width=181)
![[Apollo 8] FIRST ENCOUNTER WITH LUNAR FARSIDE: KRATER KEELER: [Apollo 8] FIRST ENCOUNTER WITH LUNAR FARSIDE: KRATER KEELERFrank Borman, 21-27 December 1968 Printed 1968.Vintage chromogenic print on fibre-based Kodak paper [NASA image AS8-14-2431].With A Kodak Pa](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/1688/408046/226734602_1_x.jpg?height=181&quality=70&sharpen=true&version=1771931933&width=181)
![[Apollo 17] THE TAURUS LITTROW LANDING SITE FROM ORBIT: [Apollo 17] THE TAURUS LITTROW LANDING SITE FROM ORBITPhotographed with the high-resolution metric camera Ronald Evans, 7-19 December 1972Printed 1972. Vintage gelatin silver print on glossy fibre-bas](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/1688/408046/226734743_1_x.jpg?height=181&quality=70&sharpen=true&version=1771931933&width=181)
![[Apollo 13] A GLIMPSE OF LUNAR SURFACE AS THE CRIPPLED SPACECRAFT SLINGSHOTS AROUND THE MOON: [Apollo 13] THE HAUNTING LUNAR SURFACE LOOMS BELOW AS THE CRIPPLED SPACECRAFT SLINGSHOTS AROUND THE MOONJack Swigert or Fred Haise, 11-17 April 1970Printed 1970.Vintage chromogenic print on fibre-base](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/1688/408046/226734690_1_x.jpg?height=181&quality=70&sharpen=true&version=1771931933&width=181)
![[Lunar Orbiter II] LARGE FORMAT: MOON'S NEARSIDE - POTENTIAL LANDING SITE FOR APOLLO: [Lunar Orbiter II] LARGE FORMAT: MOON'S NEARSIDE - POTENTIAL LANDING SITE FOR APOLLONASA, November 1966 Printed 1967.Large-format vintage gelatin silver print on fibre-based paper.Numbered NASA LRC II](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/1688/408046/226734559_1_x.jpg?height=181&quality=70&sharpen=true&version=1771931933&width=181)