Three choice lots from upcoming Heritage auctions Space Exploration This oversized photograph brings together all three voices at the heart of Apollo 13’s most harrowing moments: Commander Jim Lovell, Lunar Module Pilot Fred “Freddo” Haise, and CAPCOM Jack Lousma, each adding mission-context inscriptions. The dramatic view of the spacecraft over the cratered lunar surface underscores […]
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Three choice lots from upcoming Heritage auctions Action Figures & Toys Active from the 1950s through the 1970s, Japanese toy manufacturer Masudaya (MT) was one of the more prolific makers of tin toys from the period. Toys marked with the MT logo encompass robots, vehicles, and novelty items across clockwork, friction, and battery operation. One such example […]
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Three choice lots from upcoming Heritage auctions Modern & Contemporary Art Enlarge In the mid-1990s, Louisiana native George Rodrigue soared to worldwide fame with his series of Blue Dog paintings based on a photograph of his late dog, Tiffany. With Blue Dog at the forefront of these images, Rodrigue often inserted absurd backgrounds, surrealism, and […]
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Three choice lots from upcoming Heritage auctions Photographs Enlarge With his invention of strobe photography in the early 1930s, MIT professor and electrical engineer Harold Eugene Edgerton revolutionized not just photography, but also military surveillance and moviemaking. His experiments with using strobes to freeze objects in motion so they could be captured on film resulted […]
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