The Neil Armstrong Astronaut Collection will be auctioned this year

Exactly the day that marks the 49th anniversary of the arrival of the man on the moon, it is announced that the personal collection of Neil Armstrong, the first astronaut to touch the lunar ground, is on sale . He died in Ohio in 2012 and his property is calculated and auctioned in early November, until May of next year.

The astronaut has stored many things of what is considered the greatest human being, with objects of the most varied types. Among them are artifacts landing on the Moon, souvenirs including the wing and propeller of a replica of the aircraft of the Wright brothers, that Armstrong took with him to the natural satellite of the Earth. They are considered by the Americans as the inventors of the plane, although Santos Dumont is named creator of the vehicle

The collection also includes flags of the United States, United Nations, other flags and medals. that he would have also taken on the trip. There is a medal that he has earned for services rendered to the Apollo mission, only possible to be received by NASA astronauts. The set also has several gold medals received by Armstrong after their return to Earth.

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Who puts all items on sale is Mark Armstrong, son of the astronaut. At APNews, he reports that his father had not told him what he wanted to do with the articles. However, the family believes that it is a very valuable set of history, and they would not know how to keep the objects.

So, the idea is to provide the collection to someone who has the ability to restore objects without losing their essence. "We realized that the number of people who could help us identify and give us a historical context was diminishing, and that the problem of understanding this context would only worsen over time," he said. explains the son

. an audit and an authentication company to ensure that everything can be properly auctioned; so the expectation is that the items will only be available for purchase in the month of November. According to them, the objects will be auctioned on the Internet as well as on the phone.

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