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

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.