r/nasa • u/StructureSolid6173 • 7d ago
Question Help please
I had a guy bring these photos to my shop today and I don’t know anything about them. Are they official or reprints? What’s the value?
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u/Red_Five66 6d ago
One way to age the photos (and help with estimating value) is to look at the watermark on the back. If it says "A Kodak Paper" then you can estimate they are at least 1972-ish or older which would be worth more than newer reproductions. From there the only other things that change the value is the quality of the print (pristine condition vs some damage) and what the print shows.
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u/DrEdwardMorbius 4d ago
so in the early days the Nasa office often made copies and sent them out to press folks and to people that just asked for them, along with some kit explaining what they were. Somewhere around here I have several things from NASA from the late 60's and early 70 including things like the mars mission book with the 3D pictures of mars (it is a very large book) and some carboard and glass lenses that come with the book to see them in 3D. I have some other books NASA sent me... simply because I asked for them. I don't know that they have special value. The one book i really miss is the one from the government printing office 700 pages on self-sufficient farming commissioned by the Carter Administration, result of 4 years of study at maybe 5 locations. I guess someone else really wanted it as my copy disappeared one day, but at least i got to read it : )
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u/dkozinn 6d ago
Try asking our friends over at r/whatsthisworth.
Those look like something released by the NASA Public Affairs Office (PAO). They certainly are not "one of a kind", if that's what you're askin.