A label to this 21 x 16½in (53 x 42cm) print right reads Photograph of the Moon, taken by Prof Henry Draper, MD, with a silvered glass Telescope, Fifteen and a Half Inches Aperture, Hastings NY September 3rd 1863.
The image has some tears and shows a centre crease where it had been folded but it took €5600 (£5000) in a Fonsie Mealy (plus 20% buyer’s premium) house sale on March 5 in Castelcomer, Co Kilkenny, Ireland.