Apollo 11 Astronaut Michael Collins’s Speedmaster Up For Auction

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Astronaut Michael Collins, one of the three men on the Apollo 11 mission in 1969, passed away just over a year ago at the age of 90. When I was in Italy for the Speedy Tuesday event in Milan in 2019, I spoke at length with our special guest astronaut Nicole Stott about Collins. She […]

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We already discussed the fact this 1969 Gold Omega BA 145.022-69 "Apollo 11 tribute" Speedmaster n° 19 comes with a handwritten note of the late Michael Collins himself stating he wore it seldom if even...
Thus far, we have only found pictures of 18 astronauts out of 32 awarded a Gold Speedmaster, actually wearing their Gold "Apollo 11 tribute" Speedmaster chronograph:
3 Shepard, 5 Glenn, 6 Carpenter, 7 Cooper, 8 Schirra, 12 Conrad, 13 Stafford, 14 Lovell, 15 Borman, 16 Scott, 17 Armstrong, 18 Cernan, 21 Aldrin, 26 Bean, 27 Slayton, 1001 Roosa, 1002 Mitchell and 1003 Irwin.
In fact 4 NASA astronauts wore their Gold BA145.022-69 during NASA training:
12 Conrad, 13 Stafford, 18 Cernan and 26 Bean
(Photos: AP/NASA - scans MWU archive)
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That is a beautiful Speedys - with a great history!
 
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This will be an interesting auction.
 
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Great. Now I really won't be able to afford it...

RIP Michael Collins.
 
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And a few example of another NASA astronaut wearing his Gold Speedy... this time Alan Bean (Apollo 12 and Skylab-3) n°26
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Am I missing the estimate here?

Must be $500+k
 
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Am I missing the estimate here?

Must be $500+k
Bid is at $82.5k now, but 21 days left in the auction.