Koller - Out of This World Tuesday, 28 June 2022, 4pm

1875 GIANT CRAB OR DEEP-SEA CRAB Tumidocarcinus giganteus Origin: New Zealand, North Canterbury, Waipara Basin Miocene, around 20 million years 25 x 16 x 12 cm Provenance: Swiss private collection The giant crab or deep-sea crab, Tumidocarcinus giganteus, is five times the size of the modern purple crab and lived in the Miocene seas of New Zealand, on the coastal stretch of Glen Afric Beach, near Waipara. A special feature of this species is the different size of the two claws. The right pincer was much bigger than the left one. In males it could even be twice as large and was probably used for fighting, feeding and also to attract female crabs. This large fossil, originally embedded in a spherical boulder and thus preserved perfectly, seems to be frozen in motion with its pincers raised and its feet shuffling, as if it would continue on its way at any moment. CHF 3 000 / 5 000 (€ 2 910 / 4 850) 1876* EARTHRISE Apollo 8 „Earthrise“ Color Photo on Kodak paper 50 x 41 cm (52 x 42 cmwith border) Signed in black felt tip: „In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth... Frank Borman Apollo 8 Commander Dec1968.“ Provenance: German private collection No one told them to look for the Earth. It was Christmas Eve 1968 and the first manned mission to the moon had reached its destination. As Apollo 8 slipped into lunar orbit the crew prepared to read passages of Genesis for a TV broadcast to the world. But as the command module came around on its fourth lap, there it was visible through the window – a bright blue and white bauble suspended in the black above the relentless grey of the moon. What he captured became one of the most influential images in history. A driving force of the environmental movement, the picture, which became known as Earthrise, showed the world as a singular, fragile, oasis. CHF 2 500 / 5 000 (€ 2 430 / 4 850) | 76 Out of This World | Natural History, Space Exploration & Entertainment Memorabilia