50 years after man landed on moon, items from mission to sell at auction
The auction is scheduled for July 18.
NEW YORK (Reuters) - It was "one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind". As the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing approaches, items from the historic landing will sell at auction.
Christie’s in New York will sell about 200 items in its auction titled ‘One Giant Leap: Celebrating Space Exploration 50 Years After Apollo 11’.
The star of the sale is the Apollo 11 LM Timeline Book. Flown aboard the Lunar Module Eagle and annotated by astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin, the pages in the manual detail the world’s first moon landing. It has a presale estimate of $7-9 million (USD).
Autographed photographs from the mission will also go under the hammer as well as other items from the mission - some containing moon dust.
The Apollo 11 mission delivered Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin to the moon on July 20th, 1969.
The auction is scheduled for July 18.
