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Author	Topic: Top 10 most expensive space memorabilia
mmmoo Member Posts: 611 From: London, England Registered: May 2001	posted 06-12-2026 04:27 AM This video presents a list of the top 10 most expensive space memorabilia items ever sold at auction as of June 2026. List include flown artifacts, astronaut owned watches and an actual spacecraft.
Robert Pearlman Editor Posts: 56680 From: Houston, TX Registered: Nov 1999	posted 06-12-2026 08:38 AM It's a good video but it is missing a few items: $2,882,500.00 - Vostok 3KA-2 space capsule (2011, Sotheby's) $2,772,500.00 - Buzz Aldrin's Apollo 11 inflight jacket (2022, Sotheby's) $2,187,500.00 - Neil Armstrong's gold Speedmaster (2025, RR Auction) $2,163,199.00 - Edgar Mitchell's Apollo 14 Rolex (2024, RR Auction) $2,055,000.00 - Neil Armstrong's Apollo 11 gold Robbins (2019, Heritage) $1,906,953.75 - Wally Schirra's gold Speedmaster (2022, RR Auction) $1,820,000.00 - Apollo 11 TV video tapes (2019, Sotheby's) $1,812,500.00 - Apollo 11 moon rock bag (2017, Sotheby's) $1,652,500.00 - Soyuz TM-10 spacecraft (1993, Sotheby's) $1,625,000.00 - Apollo 15 Bulova (2015, RR Auction) No. 11 is $1,400,000.00 - Vozvraschaemyi Apparat vehicle (2014, Lempertz)
mmmoo Member Posts: 611 From: London, England Registered: May 2001	posted 06-12-2026 04:04 PM Thanks Robert, I will update the video.
mmmoo Member Posts: 611 From: London, England Registered: May 2001	posted 06-13-2026 04:06 AM Video updated to include the Soyuz TM-10 Spacecraft at no. 9. However according to RR Auction's own listing, the Armstrong Gold Speedmaster sold at $2,125,000 including buyer's premium, not $2,187,500.
Space Junk Punk Member Posts: 68 From: Atlanta, GA, USA Registered: Jul 2021	posted 06-14-2026 02:57 AM What about Jeff Bezos' seat on New Shephard that he sat in for "suborbital" flight, auctioned off on RR for $28 million? Definitely the most overpriced space item ever sold.
Robert Pearlman Editor Posts: 56680 From: Houston, TX Registered: Nov 1999	posted 06-14-2026 09:35 AM I wouldn't call that space memorabilia. That is a space experience (and it was not Bezos' seat, but rather the first commercial seat available. The winner, Justin Sun, ultimately didn't fly until NS-34 due to scheduling conflicts).
Space Junk Punk Member Posts: 68 From: Atlanta, GA, USA Registered: Jul 2021	posted 06-15-2026 05:16 AM I agree with that. I knew it was on the line and leaning more towards a novelty item. Plus I believe that auction was specifically for a charity, which is no doubt how the majority of that inflated sale price was achieved.

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