Lot 13
13
An fine and rare 10-inch diameter Lunar Globe, Moscow, 1961
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An fine and rare 10-inch diameter Lunar Globe, Moscow, 1961

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An fine and rare 10-inch diameter Lunar Globe, Moscow, 1961
labelled MOCKBA 1961 19.08.61 and made up of twelve green and cream printed gores, two and a half left blank apart from trade label and details in Cyrillic script, the equatorial and meridian graduated in degrees, with named lunar regions, seas, craters and mountains labelled in Cyrillic, raised on a simple ebonised bakelite plinth base - 14¾in. (37.5cm.) high

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No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis.

Lot Essay

This rare Russian moon globe is the precursor to the more famous Räth moon globe, issued with German script around 1963 (cf. Christie's South Kensington Globes and Planetaria, 25 November 1998, Lot 32). The information was gathered from Russian photographs taken largely in 1959.

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