Events, History, Space Collecting

Auction of Soviet space capsule and space suits

The Kunsthaus Lempertz auction house is having a Spacesale in Brussels of a Soviet era [twice flown] space capsule and two space suits currently owned by the company Excalibur Almaz, based in Isle of Man: About — Spacesale

On 7 May the Space Capsule of the type Vozvrashchayemyi Apparat (VA) will be auctioned at an estimated value of $1-2 million, together with two historic Sokol KV2 spacesuits (estimated value $80,000) at the newly opened Lempertz branch in Brussels. From the 26 April the VA can be viewed at the historic building on Rue du Grand Cerf.

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More about the auction at Used spacecraft for sale: Soviet-era space capsule up for auction in Belgium – collectSPACE.

Here’s a video of a reception at the auction site: