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Auction History Result 7m0319 DESTINATION MOON signed linen 1sh 1950 by 6 astronauts including Neil Armstrong & Buzz Aldrin Date Sold 10/27/2024 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Autographed Original Vintage Theatrical Linenbacked Autographed One-Sheet Movie Poster (1sh; measures 27" x 41" [69 x 104 cm]) (Learn More) Destination Moon, the 1950 Irving Pichel science fiction (sci-fi) thriller ("Two years in the making!"; "See the screen's most heart-breaking farewell! Would you let your man fly to the moon?"; "See the pull of gravity crush them deep into their crash-couches as the space ship takes off as 32000 feet a second!"; "See man's greatest thrill as he finally sets foot on the moon!"; produced by George Pal; based on an original book and screenplay by Robert A. Heinlein, the superlatively talented science fiction writer who gave Hollywood a try and quit when he found they did not care about scientific accuracy, and that, under the Hollywood system at that time, promises were often made to writers, both financially and creatively, that were not kept!) starring John Archer, Warner Anderson, Tom Powers, Dick Wesson, and Erin O'Brien-Moore. Note that Robert Heinlein had become friendly with director Fritz Lang during World War II, and the two had planned to make a "space" movie together! But the project fell apart when Heinlein realized that Lang really wanted to have complete control of the project, which Heinlein would not accept, and he ended up signing a deal with George Pal, and that was still disappointing to him, and he never received all of the money he was promised either. But one wonders what that "Heinlein/Fritz Lang" movie would have been like! Also, Note that this movie was one of the very first of the 1950s science fiction movies (it would have been the first but production delays allowed Rocket Ship X-M to beat it), and it intended to accurately portray the first moon landing; at the time, people considered it wild science fiction, and yet it became science fact within 20 years! NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. If you know who did the art (if any), please let us know. Important Added Info: Note that this poster has been personally autographed (signed) by SIX people: Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, Richard F. Gordon Jr., Edgar Mitchell, Charles Duke, AND Alan Bean! Of the six astronauts, all but Richard F. Gordon Jr. actually walked on the moon! Gordon orbited the moon during Apollo 12 and was slated to walk on the moon as commander of Apollo 18, but sadly the mission was canceled because of budget cuts. The owner of this poster thought it would be cool to have astronauts (most of whom walked on the moon) sign this poster, which of course predated the actual moon landing by 19 years! It was consigned to us from the estate of a very longtime collector, who not only obtained movie star autographs, but also met with astronauts, and we think it is extremely likely that these autographs, which were obtained many years ago, are authentic, but he has no certificate of authenticity. So please do whatever research is necessary BEFORE bidding on this poster. What IS linenbacking? Learn More Overall Condition and Pre-Restoration Defects with Quality of Restoration: good to very good. The poster had two extra vertical folds 3" to the left and right of the regular one. It had tiny paper loss at some crossfolds, and some creases, tiny tears, and tiny bits of paper loss on parts of the folds. Overall, the poster was in good to very good condition prior to linenbacking. The poster was pretty well backed, but you can see signs of the above defects and the restoration of the above defects. Learn More about condition grades 
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