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#4 Apollo 11 navigational chart - $218,000

This piece is a historically important as it is unique, having been used by Apollo 11 astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin to determine their exact position on the lunar surface, just after their historic 1969 moonlanding.

It appeared at Bonhams’ Space Sale in New York in 2009 and, as one of the few flight devices returned from the lunar surface to be available on the market, was a major highlight in the sale. In the end, it sold for $218,000.

“This star chart was the single most critical navigational device we used while on the Moon,” wrote Aldrin in an accompanying letter. You can’t beat provenance like that.

Submitted by Alex Manford