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The latest space history auction in New York has raised tens of thousands of dollars selling off spacesuits, spacecraft models and Apollo 11 memorabilia. Mercury-era spacesuit Bonhams held its annual space auction yesterday in the US where a Lunokhod 2 Lunar Rover model went for $15,000, a Mercury-era spacesuit went under …

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  1. MrT

    Missed the auction details...

    ...but I hope that Mercury spacesuit wasn't the one worn by Alan Shepard on Freedom 7...

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    1. Anonymous Coward
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      Re: Missed the auction details...

      …with a recorded message from mother nature to call back later?

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  2. Alister

    Have they raised enough to fund a ticket on Elon Musk's space bus yet?

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  3. Nick Ryan Silver badge

    Is it me or does the sale price of some of these items feel a bit low considering their significance in the achievements of mankind? Incidental stuff used by film stars often sells for considerably more.

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    1. NoneSuch Silver badge
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      @Nick Ryan

      I'm with you. I bet the organizers would make 200% more if Kim Kardashian wore the space suit. Of course, I wouldn't be buying it then...

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    2. Martin Budden Silver badge
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      Makes one wonder what Sandra Bullock's "space suit" would fetch. Assuming it's been recovered from the bottom of the lake film studio tank.

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      1. druck Silver badge
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        No tank involved, it was all CGI with a physics model of pure bollocks.

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  4. JeffyPoooh
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    "$130k..." "...raised tens of thousands of dollars..."

    $15,000 + just over $43,000 + $37,500 + $62,500 + $68,750 + $150,000 + $240,000 = ...

    Just the prices explicitly mentioned sum to over $600k.

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    1. SteveK
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      Re: "$130k..." "...raised tens of thousands of dollars..."

      The $150k and $240k were listed as being taken on *previous* auctions, not this one.

      That said, adding up the rest of the items listed still comes to just short of $230k rather than $130k. Maybe the extra $100k is auction fees (did they use eBay+paypal or something??)

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  5. FartingHippo
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    Mistaken priorities

    One Mercury spacesuit: $43,000

    One small china teacup: $36,000,000

    I mean, WTF is wrong with people?

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    1. southpacificpom
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      Re: Mistaken priorities

      Some of them have too much money.

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  6. Stevie

    Bah!

    Well at least we know why NASA was so hot to grab Jim Lovell's checklist so he couldn't sell it himself.

    What a bunch of two-faced chiselers.

    Hey, NASA, if anyone is going to profit from the sale of Taxpayer-Bought Space Memorabilia, I for one would rather it be the heroic guys who actually made it worth owning rather than a bunch of suits who can't move fast enough to sell it at bargain basement prices to the rich and privileged once it has been restored to the "proper owners".

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  7. southpacificpom
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    A, what?

    "The biggest ticket items to sell in previous auctions included a "One Small Step for a Man" quote signed by Neil Armstrong for $150,000 "

    Did he really say "a"?

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    1. JeffyPoooh
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      Re: A, what?

      "Did he really say 'a'?"

      One careful audio analysis found evidence of a few milliseconds of an 'a'.

      Perhaps he was a bit nervous and partially - mostly - misspoke, what with being the first human about to set foot on the Moon and all.

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  8. Anonymous Coward
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    Ideally all of these items should be displayed in a museum as a group and not sold to individuals.

    This was the most significant event in human history (in my opinion) and in the centuries to come people will be staggered that a proper record wasn't assembled.

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  9. Jugernautilus
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    Hollywood memorabilia

    Well a lot of people would argue that seeing as the moonlandings were faked, these are items used by actors.

    ;)

    Flees the flames....

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