{"id":12929,"date":"2016-07-22T13:07:32","date_gmt":"2016-07-22T17:07:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=12929"},"modified":"2016-07-22T13:07:32","modified_gmt":"2016-07-22T17:07:32","slug":"space-history-bonhams-memorabilia-auction-start-space-collecting-smithsonians-apollo-11-collection-3d-model","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=12929","title":{"rendered":"Space history: Bonhams memorabilia auction + Start space collecting + Smithsonian’s Apollo 11 collection & 3D model"},"content":{"rendered":"

Bonhams in New York City held a\u00a0“Space History” auction<\/a>\u00a0on Wednesday:\u00a0The space auction where a Sputnik model goes for $269,000 –\u00a0The Verge<\/a>\u00a0(lots of pictures included)<\/p>\n

More than 280 items were for sale at Bonhams; all told, they racked up a combined total of $1,315,063. Among the most expensive items was a set of 15 gold-colored plaster casts of the right hand of 15 NASA astronauts, including those of Neil Armstrong and the ubiquitous Buzz Aldrin. The casts, which sold for $155,000, were used to make perfectly fitting space suit gloves in 1967. A flown space suit worn in 2003 by Don Pettit aboard the Soyuz TMA-1, following the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster, sold for $62,500.<\/em><\/p>\n

\"Sputnik1Model\"<\/a>
A full scale vintage test model of the Sputnik-1 satellite, serial number “OK\u0431-1\/003\/1957”, with live transmitter (still operational, with a new 12v battery). Polished metal sphere with 4 external antennae, approx 23 inches in diameter on manganese brass stand with anti-static o-ring, stand approx 4 feet 9 inches tall, stand and model together approx 6 feet 6 inches tall, and approx 100 lbs. Produced at the OK\u0431-1[OKB-1], the Experimental Design Bureau-1 factory, also known as the S. P. Korolev Rocket and Space Corporation Energia, in 1957 sometime prior to the launch of the Sputnik-1… Continue<\/a><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>—<\/p>\n

This article\u00a0discusses not just the Bonham auction but space memorabilia collecting in general:\u00a0Buying Space Memorabilia Can Be Cheaper Than You\u2019d Think – WIRED<\/a><\/p>\n

Still, [Robert Pearlman of collectSpace.com<\/a>] says, it doesn\u2019t have to be an expensive hobby. \u201cYou don\u2019t need to be able to afford anything more than a stamp,\u201d he says, to send NASA a request for an astronaut autograph. \u201cBonhams represents a very specific audience. Their bid amounts and their valuations are high\u2014not unheard of and not unwarranted for what they\u2019re auctioning. But for under $100, you could build a very respectable collection.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

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The Smithsonian Air & Space Museum is currently displaying a collection of Apollo 11 related artifacts:\u00a0Smithsonian debuts Neil Armstrong gloves on display, reveals Apollo 11 3D model –\u00a0collectSPACE<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Check out the new interactive 3D model of the Apollo 11 capsule here<\/a>. This video is about the making of the digital model of the capsule:<\/p>\n