Rosa Parks Personal Items To Be Auctioned
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The Associated Press
Published: Mon, March 24, 2008 - 1:35 pm
Last Updated: Mon, March 24, 2008 - 1:37 pm
Last Updated: Mon, March 24, 2008 - 1:37 pm
12 space suit are estimated to sell for as much as $75,000 at a
public auction tomorrow.
Aldrin presented the patches to his parents as a Christmas gift
in 1966. They're among the more expensive items available at the
Heritage Auction Galleries sale of air and space artifacts in
Dallas.
The priciest item looks like a dustpan with a foot-long aluminum
handle. It's actually a scoop used by astronauts Alan Shepard and
Edgar Mitchell to pick up moon dust on the 1971 Apollo 14 mission.
Its estimated worth is up to $300,000.
Other items being auctioned include an American flag that went
to the moon's surface on the Apollo 14 mission, a pair of
needle-nose pliers from Apollo 16 and a lunar chart used during
Apollo 17.
(Copyright 2008 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
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