Lot 576
Apollo 11, 1969, "Moon Mission" Wire-copy Collection. This is the complete set of original teletype sections, as received by the morning news anchor of CKWX Radio, Vancouver, B.C., Canada on July 16 (launch), July 20 (Moon orbit and landing), July 21 (Departure from the Moon) and July 24th (Splashdown).
The set consists of 132 news items (bulletins, flashes, stories, backgrounders, sidebars, etc.) with a total length of wire copy, end to end, of about 87 feet. The copy is broken down into 77 seperate sections as received. Although printed on the usual, flimsy, wire service paper, these have been kept out of the light over the years and are in excellent overall condition with only original variance of the ribbon ink fluctuating. All pages are the standard 8.5" wide as printed.
A detailed, page by page, index is included based on paper length, the B/N date number system, the initials of the writer and a brief content description.
High quality examples of this wire service copy are next to impossible to find today due to the fungible nature of the paper and just the ravages of time. Even in museum collections this copy has deteriorated over the years. An important addition to any Apollo collection.
Estimated Value $1,500 - 2,500.
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| Realized $4,830 |
