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2:07:23 PM 07.20.09
Neil Armstrong Check Sells for $27,350
A personal check endorsed by Neil Armstrong on July 16th, 1969, the day Apollo 11 lifted off, was sold at a New Hampshire auction for 27-thousand-350 dollars.
The sale was completed on Thursday.
The ten-dollar-50-cent check was made out to NASA manager Harold Collins to pay back a loan. Allegedly, Armstrong told Collins not to cash it, since he planned to return to earth after his moon walk.
An engineer in California bought the memento.
Signed items by Armstrong are very rare. He stopped signing paraphernalia 15 years ago because forgers and opportunists were peddling his signature on the Internet for money.
The check's previous owner was a space memorabilia collector who got the check from Collins' son.
Reported by: RNS Newsroom Solutions
Monday, Jul 20, 2009 @08:45am CST
The sale was completed on Thursday.
The ten-dollar-50-cent check was made out to NASA manager Harold Collins to pay back a loan. Allegedly, Armstrong told Collins not to cash it, since he planned to return to earth after his moon walk.
An engineer in California bought the memento.
Signed items by Armstrong are very rare. He stopped signing paraphernalia 15 years ago because forgers and opportunists were peddling his signature on the Internet for money.
The check's previous owner was a space memorabilia collector who got the check from Collins' son.
Reported by: RNS Newsroom Solutions
Monday, Jul 20, 2009 @08:45am CST
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