Sotheby's 'Buzz Aldrin: American Icon' auction is the most valuable space exploration sale ever held.
Detail shot of the inflight coverall jacket that astronaut Buzz Aldrin wore on the historic Apollo 11 mission. The jacket now holds the record for the single most expensive space artifact sold at auction, selling for $2.8 million at Sotheby's in New York on July 26, 2022.
A jacket worn to the moon by astronaut Buzz Aldrin set a new record for the most-ever paid at auction for a flown-in-space artifact, while Aldrin's pen credited with saving the Apollo 11 mission failed to sell.opened at $500,000 at Sotheby's in New York on Tuesday . One of 70 lots being offered from the 92-year-old moonwalker's collection, the glass-woven jacket was donned by Aldrin when he wasn't wearing his"This is Buzz Aldrin's jacket from Apollo 11.
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