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Topic: [WestLicht] Jim Irwin's Hasselblad camera

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Message to Edit: HTML is ON UBB Code is ON Smilies Legend	Originally posted by Robert Pearlman on 03-21-2014 09:31 AM According to [URL=http://www.auction2000.se/auk/w.Object?inC=WLPA&inA=20130909_1514&inO=494]WestLicht's website[/URL], the HEDC will come up for auction tomorrow, March 22. The high bid is currently at €80,000 (approximately $110,000 US). Unfortunately, some of the authenticity concerns were never fully addressed. The consignor did contact collectSPACE, but took offense to my questions and refused comment. WestLicht did back away from the claim that it was the only HEDC returned to Earth, instead acknowledging in the final lot description that it was "one of 14-15 cameras used on the moon surface" and that "about 12 cameras were left on the moon." WestLicht also confirmed that the camera was the same sold by RR Auction, and that the lens and magazine have been replaced: <BLOCKQUOTE>[i]The camera was purchased by the vendor at RR Auction in November 2012 with attached film magazine no. P/N 33101018-301, S/N 1039, as well as a Carl Zeiss 80 mm lens.[/i]</BLOCKQUOTE> No explanation was provided for the Velcro square that is attached to the camera now but wasn't (apparently) present when sold at RR Auction. There were additional, unanswered concerns expressed about the nature and placement of the '38' on the Resseau plate, and the etched '301' serial number on the camera's body. To my knowledge, there have been no statements by NASA regarding the auction.
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