ROYAL GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY AND ALPINE CLUB OF GREAT BRITAIN AND PHOTOGRAPH BY ALFRED GREGORY (1913-2010)

Edmund Hillary & Tenzing Norgay, Mount Everest, 1953

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$6,875 (Set Currency)

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$2,000 - $3,000

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Sale 2603 —
The National Geographic Collection: The Art of Exploration
6 December 2012
New York, Rockefeller Plaza

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ROYAL GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY AND ALPINE CLUB OF GREAT BRITAIN AND PHOTOGRAPH BY ALFRED GREGORY (1913-2010)
Edmund Hillary & Tenzing Norgay, Mount Everest, 1953
gelatin silver print
various notations in pencil (on the mount); various annotations in pencil/ink, date stamps, typed credit 'The Times (London)' and caption on collection label affixed (on the reverse of the mount)
image: 5¼ x 7¾in. (13.8 x 20.2cm.)
mount: 7 x 9in. (18.5 x 23.2cm.)