A close-up of the NASA patch on Buzz Aldrin's Inflight Coverall Jacket during the Apollo 11 mission is on display during a press preview at Sotheby's on July 21, 2022, in New York City. (Photo by Alexi Rosenfeld/Getty Images) The Apollo 11 spaceflight jacket worn by Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin, the second man to walk on the moon in 1969 with Neil Armstrong, exceeded expectations when it sold for an astonishing $2.8 million on Tuesday.The $2,772,500 paid for the Apollo 11 Inflight Coverall Jacket is the most valuable American space-flown artifact and the most expensive jack ever sold at auction, according to Sotheby's, the New York auction house that handled the sale.
Sotheby’s presented "Buzz Aldrin: American Icon," as the highlight of Sotheby's Geek Week on July 26. The auction house previously estimated the historic jacket could sell for $2 million.Sotheby's shared that the bidding continued for almost 10 minutes for the highly coveted item until an unidentified bidder won.Apollo 11 - NASA, 1969.
Apollo 11 space mission US astronaut Buzz Aldrin back aboard the lunar module "Eagle" after spending more than 2.5 hours on the lunar surface, wearing his flown in-flight coverall jacket.
Artist NASA. (Photo by Heritage Space/ The jacket features Aldrin’s name tag "E. Aldrin" printed on the left breast above the Apollo 11 mission emblem, and the American flag on the left shoulder.