Posted 4 years ago
Rogueroman
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My father passed away over 5 years ago and I just recently went through some old boxes and albums of photos. My father was in the photo developing business during those years. I found these 5 vintage color photographs of the 1969 Moonwalk. The photos measure 3 1/2" x 4 1/4" and have Aug 69 stamped on the border which is when they were developed. I know the actual Moonwalk took place July 20 of 1969. The images are the same as the Nasa Photos. I'm not sure how he ended up with these and I certainly don't remember seeing them when I was young. They are in very good condition though the color has faded some. Were they sold to the public? Any recommendations where I could go to find out more info about these? I've tried a few sites that deal with the Apollo landing and moonwalk, but alas no response. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you in advance.
Years ago I was at a garage sale in a barn and they found a manila folder with a bunch of moon pictures. Also letters from NASA. Apparently the persons relative had worked there. They didn't even know pictures were there in the sale. They gave me a price of $20 but I passed it up and I kick myself everyday I should have bought them.
I have some Apollo memorabilia and I had some questions about value recently. So I contacted an appraiser. He specializes in space memorabilia. He was very helpful. I emailed them and explained what I had and asked if it was worth paying to have appraised. He was nice enough to look at them for free. You could try contacting him here's his website..
https://zarellispaceauthentication.com/
They appear to be stock NASA photos here's some very interesting information...
https://www.hq.nasa.gov/alsj/a11/a11-5903history.html
Thank you for the information. I will contact the appraiser and see what information he may be able to share. And thank you for the link - I will look closely at the pics I have.
It took me a while but finally discovered these were copies from a set of 27 that was made by DEXTER PRESS, INC., WEST NYACK, NEW YORK, 1969 from actual NASA phots.