Category Archives: Space Collecting

Spanish farmer unknowingly owned a multimillion dollar meteorite

That big odd looking rock on the front porch might be valuable meteorite: Asteroid used as ham press by Spanish farmer worth $5.3 million – NY Daily News

Space memorabilia auctions in New York and Paris bring in big bucks

The space memorabilia auction at Bonhams yesterday (see earlier posts here, here and here) seems to have done fairly well: Apollo 13 Souvenir Rakes In $84,100 in Space History Auction – Space.com

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An separate memorabilia auction in Paris on Tuesday brought in lots of euros for a Soviet era items including a spacesuit used in the 1980s : Soviet spacesuit auctioned for 112,000 euros – AFP/Phys.org

Bonhams space auction today

Bonhams apace and aviation auction today is getting quite a bit of press. See, for example:

Buzz Aldrin says he is not selling anything at Bonhams space auction

I previously mentioned here and here the Bonhams Auction of space memorabilia that is scheduled for this Monday in New York City. The 300 item lot holds some Apollo 11 related materials from Buzz Aldrin, including some documents taken to the lunar surface. However, he says these items came to the market via his ex-wife and he is not selling any of his remaining Apollo program items: Buzz Aldrin refutes space sale, states he is keeping his moon memorabilia – collectSPACE

“I am not offering any items for sale from my current collection of Apollo 11 articles in the Bonhams auction,” astronaut Buzz Aldrin clarified in a written statement sent to collectSPACE.com on Saturday. “The Apollo 11 items being auctioned on Monday are being resold from auctions that took place in 2007 or earlier at the instigation of my ex-wife and her daughter who acted as my attorney and business manager.”

Bonhams space auction on BBC

The  BBC has this video report on the Bonhams Auction (see earlier post) in New York City on March 25th of space memorabilia: Apollo space memorabilia to be auctioned – BBC

http://youtu.be/wBk6hAqPj6g