posted 11-25-2024 12:26 PM               

The 46th Lunar Legacies Space Memorabilia Auction is tentatively scheduled for Saturday and Sunday, Jan. 25 and 26, 2025.

Many of the auction lots (for preview purposes only) will be appearing on the Lunar Legacies website soon.

If you would like to consign, contact lunarlegacies@gmail.com by Jan. 5.

posted 01-15-2025 09:01 PM               

The uploading of the Lunar Legacies Space Memorabilia Auction 46 to Invaluable and Auction Zip has been completed, and it is ready for viewing and pre-bidding.

Due to the number of lots in this timed auction, it will be split into two sessions each starting at 8 a.m. PST on Saturday and Sunday, January 25 and 26, 2025.

Miscellaneous lots will appear at the beginning of both sessions, due to the fact that Session 1 would have been too long and Session 2 too short.

• Session 1 - Timed Auction
  Saturday, January 25 starting at 8 a.m. PST
  Lots 1 through 564
  Miscellaneous, Mercury, Gemini, Apollo

  Invaluable | Auction Zip

• Session 2 - Timed Auction
  Sunday, January 26 starting at 8 a.m. PST
  Lots 565 through 1040
  Miscellaneous, Apollo-Soyuz, Skylab, Space Shuttle, Russian

  Invaluable | Auction Zip

You must register at Invaluable or AuctionZip to bid, if you are not already.

There are many descriptions yet to write (and a couple of photos to added), but all should be completed in a week. The photos and bidding numbers are correct and you may pre-bid now if you so choose, once you are registered.

Mail-in bids cannot be accepted because it is a timed auction.

posted 01-17-2025 11:52 AM               

When bidding in this auction, I suggest that you do not use Invaluable, but instead only use AuctionZip.

There is a good reason for this which I only learned yesterday. It seems that in early December, Invaluable sent emails out to all their buyers, but not their auctioneers, outlining the coming changes which were implemented on Dec. 12 of last year. This change has not yet been implemented at AuctionZip, so please bid on that platform. Many of you already know this.

The change was that any lot that sells for $200 or less will be subject to an automatic fee from Invaluable of $10. If you buy a lot for $10, then you will pay $20 for it before the buyer's fee. If something sells for $150, once again, a $10 fee will be slapped on it by Invaluable. Anything over $200 is unaffected by this change.

Invaluable will add this $10 to all of your winning lots that are under $200. This does not affect me, because I come out even — they charge you and then they invoice me to pay them that money. I am writing this letter to warn you of what is coming.

Please use AuctionZip for this auction — it's easy to sign up with them. If you already have a bid on something in Invaluable, you can either delete it and rebid at AuctionZip, or you can simply go to AuctionZip and bid one increment higher.

I am also in the process of finding a new platform to host my auctions, and am mostly looking at HiBid.