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Lot #3402
Al Worden's Lot of (3) Photograph Albums

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Three photo albums from Al Worden's personal collection, documenting segments of the Apollo 15 crew's post-flight international goodwill tour: a 16.5″ x 12.5″ leatherbound album from the Apollo 15 crew's visit to Yugoslavia in late November 1972, with printed presentation card from Wallace W. Littell, Counselor for Press and Cultural Affairs, inside the front cover, containing 26 large photographs with captions chronicling the trip, including meetings, tours, and recreational activities; a 10″ x 12″ album of their journey to Belgrade, containing 34 images from the stop, with a printed Cyrillic presentation inscription inside the front cover; and a 7.5″ x 10″ folder from Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, Poland, containing seven photographs from the Apollo 15 crew's visit, including photos of astronauts Worden and Scott at the Copernicus House and in front of a statue of the great astronomer. In overall very good to fine condition, with crazing to the emulsion of the Polish photographs.

From the collection of Apollo 15 CMP Al Worden, and accompanied by a letter of provenance from his daughter Alison (Worden) Penczak.

Auction Info

  • Auction Title: Space
  • Dates: #607 - Ended April 22, 2021