The auction moon boon

A small white zip-up bag used by Neil Armstrong to bring samples of lunar material back to earth following the historic Apollo 11 moon landing of 1969 was the star lot in a Space Exploration sale held by Sotheby’s New York (25/20/12.5% buyer’s premium) on July 20.

Estimated at $2m-4m, the bag – previewed in News Digest, ATG No 2294 – sold to an American collect…

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