Jul. 15, 2026
One small pen for one giant fee: Buzz Aldrin’s mission-saving felt-tip sells for over $850,000
The felt-tip pen Buzz Aldrin used to fix a broken circuit-breaker and escape from the moon in 1969 has sold at auction in New York for more than $850,000 (£630,000). The dented silver plastic Duro Rocket pen – used by the second man on the moon to... Read more.
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