One Giant Leap for Mankind: Vintage Photographs from the Victor Martin-Malburet Collection 
28 October 2022
One Giant Leap for Mankind: Vintage Photographs from the Victor Martin-Malburet Collection 
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The iconic portrait of the first explorers of another world: astronauts Neil Armstrong, Michael Collins and Buzz Aldrin, NASA [Apollo 11], May 1969

printed 1969
vintage chromogenic print on fiber-based Kodak paper 10 h × 8 w in (25 × 20 cm)
estimate: $1,500–2,500
result: $1,125
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The first explorers of another world (left to right): Neil A. Armstrong, Commander; Michael Collins, Command Module Pilot; and Edwin E. 'Buzz' Aldrin, Jr., Lunar Module Pilot.
'A Kodak Paper' watermarks to verso. [NASA image S-69-31740]
literature: Moon: Man’s Greatest Adventure, Thomas, ed.,

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“Aldrin was a life given over to good physical condition, a form of grace... Armstrong was a high priest of the forces of society and scientific history... Collins was cool... The living spirit of good and graceful manners... The man everybody was glad to see at a party.”

—Norman Mailer, covering the Apollo 11 flight for LIFE Magazine (Mailer, pg.82)

“It’s human nature to stretch, to go, to see, to understand. Exploration is not a choice really, it’s an imperative.”

—Michael Collins

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