Apollo XI lunar landing checklist on auction

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pdxleaf

·Feb 21, 2024·"I cut it TWICE and it's still short!"

Don't see this everyday:

https://www.rrauction.com/auctions/...he-private-collection-of-buzz-aldrin/?cat=218

 

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Cenzo

·Feb 22, 2024

Looks like it went for around 62K. An interesting, unique piece for sure - but I think I'd rather have several Speedmasters than the piece of paper 😀

 

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pdxleaf

·Feb 22, 2024·"I cut it TWICE and it's still short!"

Cenzo

Looks like it went for around 62K. An interesting, unique piece for sure - but I think I'd rather have several Speedmasters than the piece of paper 😀

Hard to top anything that has been on the moon, especially Apollo XI.

 

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hansaboy

·Feb 23, 2024

This one must be the coolest??

https://www.rrauction.com/auctions/lot-detail/336316804866240

 

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pdxleaf

·Feb 23, 2024·"I cut it TWICE and it's still short!"

hansaboy

This one must be the coolest??

https://www.rrauction.com/auctions/lot-detail/336316804866240

First time I have ever seen an Armstrong signature with "Tranquility base", not to mention the size. Still, that is very strong money for that. An undedicated Armstrong signature on a white spacesuit official lithograph is usually 3500 and the most sought after. This is a surprising result.


Here's mine. Nothing like the others but pretty cool. From the world tour in Yugoslavia. (Michael Collins mentioned this dinner in Yugoslavia in his obituary for Neil Armstrong.) Would be worth a lot more if Aldrin had signed.

 

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Ron_W

·Feb 23, 2024

Cool enough, those are some great items 👍

 

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hansaboy

·Feb 25, 2024

pdxleaf

First time I have ever seen an Armstrong signature with "Tranquility base", not to mention the size. Still, that is very strong money for that. An undedicated Armstrong signature on a white spacesuit official lithograph is usually 3500 and the most sought after. This is a surprising result.


Here's mine. Nothing like the others but pretty cool. From the world tour in Yugoslavia. (Michael Collins mentioned this dinner in Yugoslavia in his obituary for Neil Armstrong.) Would be worth a lot more if Aldrin had signed.

Really nice memorabilia Dave!
And a bummer with the missing autograph...

I wonder what watch Neil was wearing...??

 

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pdxleaf

·Feb 25, 2024·"I cut it TWICE and it's still short!"

hansaboy

Really nice memorabilia Dave!
And a bummer with the missing autograph...

I wonder what watch Neil was wearing...??

Pretty sure it was a Speedmaster per these other photos. Buzz has a perfectly clear shot. This was before his watch was lost in the mail.

Here's Michael Collins' remembrance of Armstrong where he mentions this dinner:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opin...f7556c-fb7c-11e1-8adc-499661afe377_story.html

Ps These all came from the Armstrong estate so that's extra special. Gives me goose bumps sometimes.

Armstrong's watch can be viewed in Washington DC at the Air and Space Museum:

 

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hansaboy

·Feb 26, 2024

Amazing footage, and to think that these have been handled by Neil (hopefully)!

And Washington is on my bucket list, maybe next year...
😀

 

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SpeedyPhill

·Feb 26, 2024

@pdxleaf
Well in that photo, we really don't know if Edwin Buzz Aldrin wore the NASA-issued n° 43 during the Apollo 11 Goodwill tour (38 days visiting 24 countries: 29 September 1969 to 6 November 1969).
I have spoken to several Apollo astronauts and they all mentioned that by 1969 most astronauts were given 2 Omega Speedmaster chronographs, one to wear in daily life while another one was reserved for the actual mission!
The Apollo 11 crew visited Canada in December 1969 with Neil Armstrong wearing his Gold Apollo 11 tribute Speedmaster BA145.022-69 # 17
(MoonwatchUniverse)
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