Gaston & Sheehan Auctioneers are holding an auction of space memorabilia. It lasts through Thursday, August 07, 2014 and features “Flown Space Collectibles, Autographed Memorabilia, Apollo Film and More!”
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Apollo XVII Beta patch autograph
Category Archives: Space Collecting
ISS astronaut’s Klingon-inspired mission patch
Robert Pearlman reports that astronaut Steve Swanson, currently a crew member on the International Space Station, had a “badass” Star Trek Klingon inspired mission patch designed with the help of his daughter. However, it was eventually watered down into a conventional patch design: Astronaut’s cloaked Klingon space patch: Star Trek-inspired emblem revealed – collectSPACE
Two designs by Steven Swanson and his daughter Caroline.
(Collectspace/Swanson)
In this Instagram image of Swanson on the ISS, he has the Klingon inspired artwork on his T-shirt:
Apollo 15 artifacts set record prices at space collectibles auction
An auction of space collectibles at RR Auction did well especially for Apollo 15 astronaut David Scott : Joystick sets record price for space collectibles – AFP/Phys.Org
The price of space junk inched closer to the moon on Friday after a hand controller from the Apollo 15 mission sold at auction for $610,063—an apparent new record.
The joystick assembly from the fourth US manned lunar landing was snapped up by an online bidder whose identity was not disclosed by RR Auction, a Massachusetts auction house specializing in rare collectibles.
Robert Pearlman at collectSpace writes about the auction: Astronaut’s joystick used for Apollo moon landing tops half a million at auction – collectSPACE.
The Apollo 15 joystick controller and the crewman optical alignment sight (COAS) from the same spacecraft topped the sale’s results. The COAS, which was used by Scott to make star sightings and to align the lunar module with the moon’s horizon, sold for $126,180.
Both artifacts were removed from the lunar module Falcon at end of the lander’s use, prior to its intentional crash into the lunar surface. Scott and his crewmates, Jim Irwin and Al Worden, returned to Earth aboard the command module Endeavour.
Flown lunar module rotational hand controller, used
by Dave Scott and flown to the lunar surface on board
Apollo 15’s Lunar Module Falcon.
Space Auction features Alan Bean items
Heritage Auction in Dallas, Texas is holding a Space Signature Auction today that features many items from Alan Bean, Apollo 12 astronaut and artist:
- Auction #6115
- Astronaut Alan Bean offers space items including pen, scissors at Dallas auction – AP/TribTown.com
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.
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: