posted 06-22-2014 06:38 PM               

The von Braun collection is in the archives of the U.S. Space & Rocket Center in Huntsville, where the German rocket scientist came following World War II and later developed the Saturn V launch vehicle that sent America to the moon.

Appraisal expert James Supp of Tucson, Ariz., who said he always had an intense interest in the space program, said it is almost impossible to put a price on the value of the von Braun collection.

"There is no way to be sure because it never comes up for auction," Supp said. "This kind of stuff, it is part of history. It is very difficult to value because there are no real comparables for any of it.

Of the pieces shared with Supp, the following values were "guestimates":

• "First On the Moon" signed and personalized to von Braun by all three Apollo 11 astronauts: $12,000 to $20,000
  
• von Braun's personal pocket slide rule: around $2,000
  
• two desk calendars, one from the Apollo 11 mission in 1969 and the other from the aborted Apollo 13 flight a year later, with von Braun's handwritten notes: $30,000 each

posted 06-23-2014 12:54 AM               

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Originally posted by Robert Pearlman:
Of the pieces shared with Supp, the following values were "guestimates"

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