To the most serious collectors, this historical timepiece could be the ultimate find.
up for sale. Carpenter was not only an astronaut, he was an aquanaut, aeronautical engineer, test pilot, naval officer and aviator and was one of seven astronauts selected for NASA’s Project Mercury, the first human spaceflight program in the United States, in April 1959.
sold at auction for $1,907,954 and that one came from the second owner who had purchased the piece from Schirra’s family.The listing price for Carpenter’s prized gold Speedmaster comes in at $1.5 million, which seems like a bit of a bargain—comparatively speaking, of course. Unlike Schirra’s Speedy, this one is not up for auction, which means that it will be first come, first serve and, as a historically important piece, likely won’t be around for long.
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