A Piece of History Heads to Auction: Buzz Aldrin's Life-Saving Moon Marker In a remarkable piece of space history, a felt-tip pen used by Buzz Aldrin to repair a critical circuit breaker during the Apollo 11 mission is set to go under the hammer at Sotheby's in New York. The Duro Rocket pen, which helped save the lives of both Aldrin and Neil Armstrong from a potentially disastrous situation, is expected to fetch an astronomical sum, with estimates ranging from $800,000 to $1.2 million. The pen, which has been part of Aldrin's personal collection, will be sold alongside the broken circuit breaker it helped to fix, offering a unique opportunity for collectors to own a piece of the moon's history. The auction is a testament to the ingenuity and bravery of the Apollo 11 astronauts, who risked everything to ensure their safe return to Earth.
Sotheby’s expects second man on moon’s marker, crucial to Apollo 11 return, to reach astronomical sumThe felt-tip pen Buzz Aldrin used to fix a broken circuit breaker and escape from the moon in 1969 is up for auction in New York on Wednesday.The dented silver plastic Duro Rocket pen – used by the second man on the moon to save Neil Armstrong and himself from being “stuck on the moon for ever” – has a sale price estimated by Sotheby’s at between $800,000 and $1.2m. The lucky bidder will get the broken piece of circuit breaker, too. Both come from Aldrin’s personal collection. Continue reading...
