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Space Exploration Memorabilia, including Neil Armstrong
Collection, Brings $4.57 Million at Heritage Auctions DELAND

DALLAS, TX— Objects flown to the moon and kept for 50 years in the private ANTIQUE SHOPS & MORE
collection of “First Man” Mission Commander Neil Armstrong sold for more than $4.57
million during Heritage Auctions $4.47 million Space Exploration auction May 9-11.
The sale featured the second presentation of 620 lots of mementos and NASA-
related items saved by the first man who walked on the moon, July 20, 1969. ANGEVINE’S
Special keepsakes owned by Armstrong brought top dollar, particularly the
moonwalker’s collection of pieces of the Wright Flyer, which was flown on Apollo 11 FINE SILVER, INC.
Over 30,000 Pieces of Sterling
to commemorate mankind’s first successful airplane flight made by Orville and Wilbur
Wright in 1903. A group of nine pieces sold for a combined $888,750, the most expensive DeLand’s Oldest Antiques Shop
piece being a rare swatch from the wing fabric from Flyer, which sold for $175,000, as Asparagus Servers to Sardine Forks
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• A single Apollo 11 flown crew-signed and stamped “Type One” Quarantine Cover 4 4
sold for $93,750. Signed by Armstrong and crew astronauts Michael Collins and Buzz DeLand, FL 32720
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• One of six Apollo 11 Flown Mission Insignias, 6” x 6” swatches made from fire-safe angevinesfinesilver.com
fiberglass Beta cloth used in the space suits worn by the Apollo astronauts, sold for 1
$25,000.
• A module flown spacesuit comfort glove originally from the personal collection of
Mission Lunar Module Pilot Buzz Aldrin, sold for $68,750. ANGEVINE’S JEWELRY, INC.
• A complete set of 135 commemorative sterling silver medals, referred to as a Graduate Gemologist, GIA
Robbins Medallions, one for each Mission and assembled by former NASA astronaut Fine selection of Antique, Estate
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Colonel Jerry Ross, sold for $55,000. Authorized Moorcroft Retailer
• A one-of-a-kind NASA color lunar planning chart signed by one moonwalker from
each landing mission ended at $55,000. Jewelry Appraisals while you wait
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Heritage Auctions’ next presentation of Armstrong’s collection is July 16, the 50th 1/2 Family Owned & Operated
anniversary of the Apollo 11 space launch and just four days before Armstrong’s historic Since 1959
moonwalk. Hours M-F 10-5, Sat. 10-1
Heritage Auctions is the largest fine art and collectibles auction house founded in the United States, and the 2899 S. Woodland Blvd.
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