Hello Everyone, Long before meteorites, I collected space program memorabilia. Still have a few astronaut signed items. Interestingly, one can get an actual (albeit small) swatch of moondust from Apollo 11:
http://www.spaceflori.com/dust.htm This dealer is completely legit. -Walter ------------------------------------------ www.branchmeteorites.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ron Baalke" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Meteorite Mailing List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, June 03, 2003 5:31 PM Subject: [meteorite-list] Re: Russian samples- Loss Of NASA Work Surfaces At Moon Rock Trial > > > > >In 1993, three flecks of moon rocks from a Russian > > lunar probe sold at a Sotheby's auction for $442,500. > > I had sent this out in June 1994 (before this meteorite mailing list > had existed). > > > MOON ROCK FOR SALE > > A Moon rock will be auctioned off by Superior Galleries in > Beverly Hills, California on June 25, 1994. The Moon rock was returned > to Earth from an unspecified Apollo mission. The following is the > exact text from Superior Galleries' catalog on the space auction: > > "Lot 318. Moon Rock. An actual black basaltic moon rock > (.65 carat) mounted on a moonstone pendant surrounded by > diamonds. The moon rock comes with a provenance provided > by the consignor tracing it back to a motel owner in the > Cape who received the moonstone as a friendship gift from > an astronaut. The consignor has offered this rock to NASA > with the proviso that they pay him for it if it proved to > be genuine and/or if it was destroyed in testing. They > refused, but didn't confiscate the stone. We are selling > the rock moon (pendant) as is, based on the owner's > certificate of authenticity." > > The estimated value of the Moon rock ranges from $25,000 to $35,000. > > This will be the third time that lunar material has been available > at an auction. The first time was in January 1993 when Moon dust was > auctioned by Superior Galleries. The Moon dust was collected by a NASA > technician onto a 2 inch piece of transparent tape from the spacesuit of > astronaut Dave Scott after his Apollo 15 trip to the Moon in July, 1971. > This Moon dust sold for $46,750. The second time occurred at the Sotheby's > auction house in New York in December 1993. Three small fragments scooped > up by the Soviet's Luna 16 spacecraft in 1970 sold for a whopping $442,500. > > Ron Baalke > > ______________________________________________ > Meteorite-list mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list ______________________________________________ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
