5
weird, and
very expensive, space artifacts sold at auction
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From a flight computer to a toy S**opy, a space-themed
auction on Thursday did **t disappoint when it comes to strange outer
space paraphernalia.*
The Sotheby’s
auction had everything a
space nerd could want, including the chance to bid online live through eBay.*
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But perhaps the best things about the
auction were some of the truly strange items put up for bid.*
Here are five of our favorites:
An Apollo 11 bag stained with moon dust
Image: Sotheby's/EBAY
Sold for: $1.5 million
What is it? This bag was probably the most controversial item up for auction. The bag — used by Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin to collect samples on the moon — has a long and storied history, which includes being effectively lost by NASA and
sold at
auction for only $995 in 2015, according to the
space history website
collectSPACE.com.*
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