Items from Sotheby's Apollo 11 space auction - in pictures

Sotheby's is holding its inaugural Space Exploration auction on July 20, exactly 48 years to the day after the Apollo 11 lunar landing

A Nasa photograph from the Apollo 11 mission. Ten such photos are up for auction, including four signed by Buzz Aldrin. Estimate: Dh9,182 to Dh12,855

G1C thermal cover layer spacesuit for astronaut Gus Grissom, for the Gemini mission. The suit was made by the David Clark company, circa 1962. Estimate: Dh147,000 to Dh220,000

Kennedy Space Center Apollo Saturn launch viewing badges for the Apollo mission. Estimate: Dh4,408 to Dh6,611

A colour photograph of Buzz Aldrin at Tranquility Base, signed and inscribed by Aldrin. Estimate: Dh11,019 to Dh18,365

Apollo 11 command module skin fragment: this foil material travelled almost 805,000 kilometres. Estimate: Dh5,500 to Dh7,350

Model of the Vostok 1 spacecraft, circa 1987. Estimate: Dh36,730 to Dh44,076

Command module pilot Michael Collins’ crew-signed Apollo 11 emblem, and one of the very few flown artefacts to be signed by Neil Armstrong. Estimate: Dh146,918 to Dh220,378

A Nasa photograph from the Apollo 11 mission. Ten such photos are up for auction, including four signed by Buzz Aldrin. Estimate: Dh9,182 to Dh12,855

The Apollo Lion Brothers' crew mission emblems Estimate: Dh4,408 to Dh6,611

Sotheby's New York has decided to host its first-ever space exploration auction, featuring memorabilia from American-led space missions, 48 years after Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins became the first men to walk on the Moon.