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Auction archive: Lot number 273

CHEWING GUM CARRIED TO THE LUNAR SURFACE ON APOLLO 15.

Estimate
US$0
Price realised:
US$2,500
Auction archive: Lot number 273

CHEWING GUM CARRIED TO THE LUNAR SURFACE ON APOLLO 15.

Estimate
US$0
Price realised:
US$2,500
Beschreibung:

FLOWN packet of chewing gum contained in unopened clear plastic, approximately 1 inch square. With a Typed Letter Signed by MRS. JAMES B. IRWIN. MRS. IRWIN's signed provenance letter reads: "The gum packet displayed below was carried to the lunar surface on the flight of Apollo 15 by my late husband, Astronaut James Irwin Jim and Dave Scott made three lunar surface explorations between July 31 and August 2, 1971. They used a lunar rover to explore some 17 miles of the moon's surface. This unused gum packet spent over 66 hours on the lunar surface. Apollo 15 was launched on 26 July 1971 and returned to earth on 7 August 1971. It was the fourth lunar landing of the Apollo Program."

Auction archive: Lot number 273
Auction:
Datum:
8 Apr 2014
Auction house:
Bonhams London
New York 580 Madison Avenue New York NY 10022 Tel: +1 212 644 9001 Fax : +1 212 644 9009 info.us@bonhams.com
Beschreibung:

FLOWN packet of chewing gum contained in unopened clear plastic, approximately 1 inch square. With a Typed Letter Signed by MRS. JAMES B. IRWIN. MRS. IRWIN's signed provenance letter reads: "The gum packet displayed below was carried to the lunar surface on the flight of Apollo 15 by my late husband, Astronaut James Irwin Jim and Dave Scott made three lunar surface explorations between July 31 and August 2, 1971. They used a lunar rover to explore some 17 miles of the moon's surface. This unused gum packet spent over 66 hours on the lunar surface. Apollo 15 was launched on 26 July 1971 and returned to earth on 7 August 1971. It was the fourth lunar landing of the Apollo Program."

Auction archive: Lot number 273
Auction:
Datum:
8 Apr 2014
Auction house:
Bonhams London
New York 580 Madison Avenue New York NY 10022 Tel: +1 212 644 9001 Fax : +1 212 644 9009 info.us@bonhams.com
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