posted 08-15-2024 09:00 AM               

Microsoft co-founder's space art, artifacts to be sold by Christie's

Visions of humanity's future in space and historic spaceflight artifacts are heading for auction from the estate of Paul G. Allen.

Christie's on Thursday (April 15) released the catalogs for three upcoming sales devoted to Allen's sprawling collection of "groundbreaking scientific and artistic achievements throughout history." The "Gen One: Innovations" auctions include a live "Pushing Boundaries: Ingenuity" sale in New York on Sep. 10 and two online auctions themed to the history of computing and the art of the future that are open for bidding through the same date.

posted 09-10-2024 03:00 PM               

• "The Earth is Born" Bonestell painting: $126,000
  
• Ed White Gemini spacesuit cover layer: $50,400
  
• Gemini IV flown EVA checklist: $201,600
  
• Gus Grissom flight suit: $27,720
  
• Buzz Aldrin flight suit: $35,280
  
• Apollo 8 flown crew log: $277,200
  
• Apollo 11 flown descent map segment: $27,720
  
• Apollo 11 flown lunar surface checklist page: $88,200

posted 09-12-2024 04:43 PM               

Chesley Bonestell's "Saturn as Seen from Titan" led Over the Horizon: Art of the Future, achieving $302,400, a world auction record for the artist. Ten further works by Chesley Bonestell — all of which illustrated Collier's "Man Will Conquer Space Soon" series — sold for a total of $1,184,400.

Other standout lots include Robert T. McCall's "Pioneering the Space Frontier No. 8," which realized $277,200, and "Clean Air Park" by Fred Freeman, which sold for $27,720, more than 34 times its low estimate.

posted 09-16-2024 09:39 AM               

Lot 211 "Saturn as Seen From Titan" sold for a whopping $533 per square inch or $240k. R. McCall's "Pioneering the Space Frontier" also received a great price.