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Topic: Buzz's flight suit
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mensax
Member Posts: 861
From: Virginia
Registered: Apr 2002
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posted July 09, 2006 08:45 AM
   
I see that Buzz Aldrin's practice flight suit is up for auction... with an opening bid of 120k I wonder if it will sell?
http://cgi.liveauctions.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=260004105560 Noah
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Robert Pearlman
Editor Posts: 23493
From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted July 09, 2006 08:54 AM
This same suit, sans Aldrin's autograph, was listed as sold in November 2003 by Aurora Auctions. The hammer price then was $1500. |
mensax
Member Posts: 861
From: Virginia
Registered: Apr 2002
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posted July 09, 2006 09:03 AM
That's a bit of a markup isn't it?Noah |
Robert Pearlman
Editor Posts: 23493
From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted July 10, 2006 01:48 PM
I just came across the press release for this auction. In it, Joseph Maddalena and "his internationally-renowned company" claims about the suit: quote:
The Buzz Aldrin flight training suit is the single most important Apollo 11 item to ever come to public auction. Over the years we have seen flight patches and artifacts surface, however, none have been as complete or important as this one, worn by the second man to set foot on the moon. Outside of the air and space museums, this will be the only opportunity a collector will ever have to own a true piece of world history.
Hmmm... I'd be the first to defend the historical importance of such a flight suit, but "the single most important"? More important than say, the hand controller that actually flew on — and was used to fly — the mission? More important than the handrail outside Columbia? More important than Aldrin's own communion kit that he used on the lunar surface? Or the checklist cards he and Neil used during the descent? I wonder...
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