Apollo 11 Flag Swatch Goes Unsold At L.A. Auction

According to an Associated Press report, 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.

Who cares?

[utkonos]

If it didn't go to the moon, who cares that it even went to auction?

Just like the 1000's of flags...

[NtwoO]

that came off the same roll of fabric. This little bit is also just a bit of that roll that stayed behind. Sure, it has a sig, but it could just as well be another flag that was signed. Guess it is worth what a fool will pay for it.

Re:Who cares?

[SuricouRaven]

It's practical value is nothing. It's economic value is what someone will pay for it. Thus it's worth $60,000.

Re:Really?

[quenda]

Yay for consistency in the media. NPR reports [npr.org]

Ah, NPR, the intellectual arm of American media that reports such gems as

to hold the banner out straight on the gravity-free moon.