Space artifacts up for grabs at Sotheby’s first space-exploration themed auction – KTVA.com – Anchorage, Alaska

By CBS News 4:26 PM July 16, 2017

Sothebys is holding their first space-exploration themed auction on the 48th anniversary of the Apollo 11 lunar landing on June 20.

On June 13, Sothebys previewed the items up for auction, which includes a bag used to collect the first lunar samples, space photography, equipment used on Apollo missions and memorabilia.

The items are from both the American and Russian space programs and are expected to fetch between $3-5 million, with the lunar expected to fetch the most.

I think that its something that transcends culture, race, religion, age, economic background, educational background, said Cassandra Hatton, Sothebys Vice President and Senior Specialist in Books and Manuscripts Department. Anybody can get excited about it and understand it. You talk to a 4-year-old, you can talk to a 90-year-old, theyre both going to get excited about looking up at the sky and the starts and exploring space. So its, its something that kind of unites us across humanity.

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