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Neil Armstrong's Moon Bag is for Auction #moonbag

3,043 views · Published 6 July 2017 · 1:37 · Indexed 25 October 2026

Channel: Tamil Bells · 2017 · Science & Technology

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A piece of space memorabilia once bought for less than $1,000 is expected to fetch between $2 million and $4 million at an upcoming auction.
The moon-rock bag, which also contains moon dust, is from the first manned mission to the moon, Apollo 11, and could have belonged to the first man on the moon, Neil Armstrong. Sotheby’s also touts the bag as “the only such artifact in private hands.”
Sotheby’s will auction the bag in New York City on July 20, the 48th anniversary of Armstrong’s “giant leap for mankind.”
"This seemingly modest bag ... played a crucial role in the most important scientific task of the Apollo 11 mission — to bring back the first sample of lunar material ever collected. To be able to see such an object in person is a once in a lifetime opportunity," said Cassandra Hatton, vice president and senior specialist in charge of the space exploration sale at Sotheby's.
"It is one thing to read about going to the moon; it is quite another to hold in one's hands an object that was actually there and still carries traces of that faraway place," Hatton added.
The bag was involved in a lot of drama before ending up at Sotheby’s.

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