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July 11, 2011 06:05 am
Original Link: http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/19ODnbcFNZ4/Apollo-11-Flag-Swatch-Goes-Unsold-At-LA-Auction
Apollo 11 Flag Swatch Goes Unsold At L.A. Auction
According to an Associated Press story as run by the Connecticut Post, a "strip of fabric shorn from the flag planted on the moon by the Apollo 11 astronauts pulled in a top bid of $60000 at a Los Angeles auction, but didn't meet a minimum price so it won't be sold." Another $35,000 would have nabbed it, but — caveat emptor — the strip of fabric under discussion is one that never went to the moon itself, but rather was snipped off before the rest of the flag was stuffed into a tube for the mission. 
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