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Categories: CULTURE · TECHNOLOGY

Apollo 12 memorabilia auction

Entities: Apollo 12 · Playboy · Heritage Auctions · Alan L. Bean · NASA

Overview

Heritage Auctions opened a sale for rare Apollo‑12 artifacts on July 22, featuring a wrist‑mounted checklist that had hidden Playboy Playmate photos. The auction began with a $100,000 opening bid and was scheduled to close on July 24.

By July 30 the auction had concluded. The checklist containing the Playboy photographs sold for $400,000, while astronaut Alan Bean’s moon‑used geological hammer fetched $812,500. Combined with other Apollo‑12 items, the total proceeds from the sale reached roughly $3.1 million, underscoring strong collector demand for items that actually flew to the Moon.

Timeline

  1. about 18 hours ago

    [CULTURE] 2 sources
    Apollo 12 astronaut Alan Bean's Playboy photos sell for $400,000

    Apollo 12 astronaut Alan Bean’s checklist, secretly holding Playboy photos, sold for $400,000 at Heritage Auctions, alongside a lunar hammer that fetched $812,500.

  2. 9 days ago

    [TECHNOLOGY] 2 sources
    Apollo 12 Wrist Checklist With Playboy Photos Set for $100,000 Auction

    The Apollo 12 wrist checklist containing hidden Playboy Playmate photos, linked to Montana alum Reagan Wilson, is being auctioned by Heritage Auctions starting at $100,000, closing July 24.

Sources

nawanzamana.in · nypost.com · tiff.org.tw · trashmoon.com