Lot 135: Ray Bradbury Owned 15.5'' x 19.5'' Photo of Forrest Ackerman & 25.5'' x 19.5'' Photo of Bradbury Giving a Speech in 1973 at The International Colloquium on Mars

Ray Bradbury personally owned large photos. One image is of Bradbury's friend and longtime associate in the sci-fi world, Forrest Ackerman, posing with an unidentified man and a prop gorilla. Large matte photo measures 15.5'' x 19.5''. Accompanied by a slip printed, ''Ray - Happy 90th Birthday from David J. Marchant / Photograph by Forrest J. Ackerman's personal photographer Walt Daugherty. From the Ackerman Estate''. Photo of Bradbury at the International Colloquium on Mars in Pasadena in 1973 shows the author speaking animatedly behind a podium. Photo is printed on heavy paperboard measuring 25.5'' x 19.5''. Staining near left edge and to lower border of Mars photo, and foxing to upper portion of Ackerman photo. Very good. With a COA from the Ray Bradbury estate.