Saucy Playboy Pictures From Apollo 12 Mission Fetch $400,000 at Auction
Saucy Playboy pictures, reportedly taken to the Moon during the 1969 Apollo 12 mission by astronaut Alan Bean, have been sold for $400,000.
New York, NY, July 30, 2026 —
Photographs, described as “saucy Playboy pictures,” that were allegedly taken to the Moon during the 1969 Apollo 12 mission have been sold for $400,000.
The pictures are reported to have been carried by astronaut Alan Bean, the fourth person to walk on the Moon, during the historic Apollo 12 lunar mission. The details surrounding the sale indicate that these photographs were part of an auction, where they achieved the final price of $400,000.
Information regarding the specific contents of the photographs, the exact provenance beyond their alleged presence on the Moon, or the identity of the buyer and seller in the auction was not immediately available.
Alan Bean was part of the second mission to land humans on the Moon. The Apollo 12 mission launched on November 14, 1969, and landed on the lunar surface on November 19, 1969. Bean, along with mission commander Pete Conrad, spent over seven hours on the Moon’s surface, conducting experiments and collecting lunar samples. Bean retired from NASA in 1981 and passed away in 2018.
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