73 original photos of the American space agency (NASA) were sold for a total amount of more than 171,000 dollars, in an auction that took place, last weekend, in Copenhagen, including the first photos taken on the moon, in July 1969. “Agence France-Presse”, that it “sold specifically 73 out of 74 photos, for a total amount of 1,155,050 Danish kroner.”

The series of photos were put up for sale by a foreign collector who asked not to be identified, and Bron Rasmussen estimated their value at 1.4 million Danish kroner ($205,000)..

One of the rare photos of the moon’s surface

The first pictures of the moon’s surface

The 74 images up for auction are from the multiple versions of the Apollo missions carried out by NASA, in orbit and on the surface of the Moon during the 1960s and 1970s, including 26 images from the Moon.

“Of course the most important (in the auction) is the arrival of the Apollo 11 mission to the moon for the first time on July 20, 1969, and the series of images has been put up for sale by a foreign collector who requested Anonymity was not disclosed, and the house “Bron Rasmussen” estimated its value at 1.4 million Danish crowns (205,000 dollars), and each picture will be sold separately during the auction.

Moon surface photos up for auction