VIKING 1 BECAME THE FIRST SUCCESSFUL OPERATIONAL SPACECRAFT TO LAND ON MARS 40 YEARS AGO. A LOOK AT RELATED LOTS FROM THE HERITAGE AUCTIONS ARCHIVE
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TRADING CARD NUMBER of Topps’ 1962 “Mars Attacks!” series featuring this image (top).
This original illustration by Norman Saunders, Wally Wood and Bob Powell realized $31,070 at a November 2012 auction.
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APOLLO MISSION THAT used this page from the flight’s navigation dictionary – showing the “half-unit vectors” for Mars – referenced by Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin while on the lunar surface. The lot realized $8,962.50 at an April 2013 auction.
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NUMBER OF KNOWN examples of this ancient Roman gold coin of Emperor Gallienus featuring god of war Mars on its reverse. It sold for $20,700 at an April 2011 Heritage auction.
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NUMBER OF PAGES in this 1918 first edition of Edgar Rice Burroughs’ The Gods of Mars, with publisher’s red cloth and dust jacket. It realized $14,340 at a September 2011 auction.
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NUMBER OF MARTIAN spaceships visible in this half sheet poster for Paramount’s 1953 classic The War of the Worlds. It sold for $39,435 at a November 2006 auction.
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YEAR THIS MARTIAN meteorite was found in Morocco. It realized $125,000 at a June 2013 Heritage auction.