Tuesday / 25 March 2014

Apollo Moon Camera Sells For Nearly US$1M

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Purchase Of Camera Used By Jim Irwin On Apollo 15 Demonstrates Demand For Moon Mission Artifacts, May Add Incentive To Investors Of Commercial Human & Sample Return Moon Missions; Japanese Businessman Terukazu Fujisawa Secured The Hasselblad Electronic Data Camera For US$910,400 After Close Bidding War At Auction In Vienna; Camera Opened For Sale At US$110,000, Was Expected To Sell For About US$250,000

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