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Buzz Aldrin refutes space sale, states he is keeping his moon memorabilia [i]A New York auction house is set to sell more than 300 space artifacts on Monday (March 25), including original documents that were flown to the moon and used to carry out the first manned lunar landing. But contrary to recent headlines prompted by Bonhams' upcoming "Space History Sale," the Apollo 11 moonwalker whose lunar-traveled checklists and flight plans are being offered is not the one doing the selling. "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."[/i]
[i]"I have not auctioned any Apollo 11-related items owned by me for a number of years," Aldrin told collectSPACE. "I do not plan to do so now even though all Apollo astronauts have been authorized by law to own the items we brought back from the moon." "I have no intention of selling any more of the historical Apollo 11 items in my possession for the remainder of my life," Aldrin added. "I intend to pass a portion of these items on to my children and to loan the most important items for permanent display in suitable museums around the country."[/i]
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