Neil Armstrong flag and medallions brought to the moon during the Apollo 11 mission – Brinkwire

The personal collection of Neil Armstrong, Apollo 11 astronaut, the first person to walk on the moon, will be auctioned off

Armstrong Family Collection

Neil Armstrong died in Ohio in 2012 at the 82 years old. his family turned to Dallas' Heritage Auction to sell items from the astronaut's estate.

Baptized Armstrong Family Collection, the collection contains more than 2,000 items and will be under the thrust of a series of three auctions. The first will take place in November, and the other two will take place in May and November 2019.

Items for auction include artifacts and memorabilia that range from the cap that Armstrong wore as a scout to materials from 1903 Wright Flyer, the world's first motorized plane that the astronaut brought with him to the moon in July 1969.

The collection also includes other artifacts that Armstrong took away on the moon, like a United States flag, a United Nations flag, various state flags, as well as Robbins medallions and a rare gold medallion.

"There will be stolen items, autographed objects and objects of historical significance," commented Armstrong's son. "There will be objects that will make you think, objects that will make you laugh and objects that will make you scratch your head."

Valuables

Objects brought from the moon, especially those used by Neil Armstrong, proved their value A lunar dust bag used by Armstrong to collect samples during the Apollo 11 mission is sold for $ 1.8 million in 2017. The canvas wallet has been subjected to a legal battle because she had been sold by mistake by the US government. In 2015, a judge ruled that collector Nancy Carlson is the legal owner of a Apollo 11 moonstone bag. The bag eventually cost 1,821 times the original price of $ 995 that Carlson paid.

Another article with links to the Apollo 11 and Armstrong mission is currently the subject of a lawsuit.

Laura Murray Cicco, of Tennessee, filed a complaint. Chasing against NASA to keep a flask of moon dust, which she claims, was an Armstrong gift. The US Space Agency has not attempted to acquire the moon dust bottle, but Cicco has brought a preemptive action, NASA's position being that all materials from the Moon belong to the United States.

under the Act of the declaratory judgment of the United States Code.