11-02-201711-02-2017
Skinner Auctions
Skinner AuctionsMarlborough MA
November 2, 2017 10:00 AMCalender
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Thomas Stafford (American, b. 1930)

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$1,107$900
Auction: American & European Works of Art - 3048MLocation: MarlboroughDate / Time: November 02, 2017 10:00AM

Description:

Thomas Stafford (American, b. 1930)
The Gemini 7 spacecraft maneuvers over the Earth at dawn, Gemini 6, December 1965. Numbered 'NASA S-65-63111' (NASA MSC) in red on the recto u.l. margin. Vintage chromogenic print on fiber-based Kodak paper with 'A Kodak Paper' watermark on the verso, image size 7 1/4 x 7 1/2 in. (18.3 x 18.9 cm),unmatted.
Condition: Good.

N.B. The Gemini 6 crew of Walter Schirra and Thomas Stafford approached the orbiting Gemini 7 with Frank Borman and James Lovell less than six hours after launch. "There seems to be a lot of traffic up here,' Schirra radioed to Mission Control. 'Call a policeman,' Borman replied (https://www.nasa.gov/50th/50th_magazine/humanFactor.html). Below Gemini 7, dawn in space touches the Earth, a scene repeated every 96 minutes throughout the rendezvous.
Estimate $400-600


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Keywords

Kodak, James Lovell, Thomas Stafford, Walter Schirra