Moon-Pen That Got Apollo 11 Home Heads to Auction
TL;DR
Apollo 11 crew member Buzz Aldrin’s personal felt-tip pen—used to fix a crucial circuit breaker and enable the lunar ascent—has been put up for auction at Sotheby’s in New York, with an estimated price of $800,000 to $1.2 million; the lot also includes the damaged circuit-breaker and comes from Aldrin’s own collection.
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