Bag of Neil Armstrong with the lunar dust, sold at auction for $ 1.8 million
NEW YORK, July 20 — RIA Novosti. Bag of Neil Armstrong, in which the astronaut put samples of lunar soil, was sold for $ 1.8 million at Sotheby’s auction in 48-th anniversary of the first landing of man on the Earth.
In 1969, the bag was on Board the ship “Apollo 11”, but the artifact was not immediately. Great value thing didn’t care, and sold on a government online auction.
Inside, as it turned out, preserved samples of the lunar surface — small stones and dust. NASA then began to fight for the exhibit.
His last owner was a resident of Chicago, purchased the bag for $ 995 in 2015.
In December last year, the Federal court found no violations during the purchase.
This time on the bag with lunar dust put another price tag. The auction house estimated the lot at least 2 million dollars, but sold in the end for a little less money.