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Lot #6192
Collection of (12) Vintage Apollo NASA Transparency Film Rolls

Thousands of vintage 70mm NASA transparencies—including Apollo 11

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Thousands of vintage 70mm NASA transparencies—including Apollo 11

Impressive collection of twelve rare rolls of 70mm positive and negative transparencies, both black-and-white and color, representing Apollo 8 through Apollo 15 (except for Apollo 14), and the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project. In all, these reels contain well over 6,500 historic images taken on these Apollo missions. Some of the highlights include a black-and-white version of the famous Apollo 8 ‘Earthrise,’ fabulous color images of the Apollo 9 capsule, views of the moon captured during the Apollo 11 mission, and dozens of other memorable examples of Apollo photography. In overall very good to fine condition.

The film rolls included, most of which contain images from multiple magazines, are listed below. Image counts are based on the labeling of the rolls and NASA mission reports, and have not been verified.

Apollo 8 (B/W negatives on spool in canister, 865 images) Magazine “B” - 152 images Magazine “A” - 78 images Magazine “F” - 46 images Magazine “G” - 81 images Magazine “C” - 169 images Magazine “D” - 171 images Magazine “E” - 168 images

Apollo 9 (Color positives on spool, 673 images) Magazine “A” - 144 images Magazine “B” - 146 images Magazine “C” - 151 images Magazine “D” - 144 images Magazine “E” - 125 images Magazine “F” - 63 images

Apollo 9 (Color positives, 140 images) Magazine “AA” - 140 images

Apollo 10 (B/W negatives on spool in canister, 1,319 images) Magazine “N” - 133 images Magazine “M” - 165 images Magazine “T” - 152 images Magazine “S” - 182 images Magazine “Q” - 173 images Magazine “P” - 163 images Magazine “O” - 176 images Magazine “R” - 175 images

Apollo 11 (B/W positives, 181 image) Magazine “O” - 181 images

Apollo 12 (B/W positives on spool, 104 images) Magazine “AA” - 104 images

Apollo 12 (B/W negatives on spool in canister, 1,033 images) Magazine “Z” - 153 images Magazine “EE” - 177 images Magazine “X” - 150 images Magazine “U” - 185 images Magazine ”T” - 173 images Magazine “S” - 175 images

Apollo 12 (B/W negatives on spool in canister, 576 images) Magazine “V” - 153 images Magazine “Y” - 154 images Magazine “R” - 129 images Magazine “Q” - 140 images

Apollo 13 (B/W negatives on spool in canister, 344 images) Magazine “L” - 151 images Magazine “N” - 26 images Magazine “II” - 167 images

Apollo 15 (B/W positives on spool, 1,234 images) Magazine “S” - 133 images Magazine “LL” - 177 images Magazine ”MM” - 118 images Magazine “OO” - 171 images Magazine “PP” - 150 images Magazine “QQ” - 178 images Magazine “RR” - 136 images Magazine “SS” - 171 images

Apollo 15 (Color positives on spool, unknown quantity) Unknown magazines

Apollo-Soyuz Test Project (Color positives on spool, unknown quantity) Magazine “CX-10” - unknown

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Auction Info

  • Auction Title: Space And Aviation Auction
  • Dates: #486 - Ended October 20, 2016