Lot # 1 - Liberty Bell 7 Authentic Component – Gus Grissom Flight - 1961

Opening Bid : $ 5.00
Start Date/Time: 24-Apr-2024 7:00:00 AM
End Date/Time: 01-May-2024 7:02:00 PM
Current bid:

$405.00

Highest bidder:

RocketScientist

Auction has ended

Description :

Authentic bolt component from Liberty Bell 7 Mercury spacecraft flown by astronaut Gus Grissom in July 1961.  This component – approximately 1.5" L  - is from the spacecraft recovered in 1999 from the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean.

Encased in clear Lucite with explanation of origin from the Kansas Cosmosphere. Cosmosphere currently has the retrieved spacecraft on exhibit (corrosion on this component did not allow it to be reinstalled the restored spacecraft).

Measures 4.75" H x  7" W x 2.5" D at base.

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Auction History

Highest bidder is RocketScientist

Date Bid User
01-May-2024 6:59:41 PM $405.00 RocketScientist
01-May-2024 6:27:39 PM $330.00 NASAcollector
01-May-2024 6:10:17 PM $305.00 RocketScientist
01-May-2024 6:09:55 PM $300.00 NASAcollector
01-May-2024 6:09:55 PM $300.00 RocketScientist
01-May-2024 6:07:51 PM $280.00 NASAcollector
01-May-2024 6:07:51 PM $275.00 Scott321
29-Apr-2024 12:11:18 AM $256.00 NASAcollector
27-Apr-2024 7:00:51 PM $230.00 Scott321
26-Apr-2024 4:10:33 PM $221.00 RocketScientist
26-Apr-2024 4:10:33 PM $216.00 Tom2T84
25-Apr-2024 10:56:27 AM $205.00 RocketScientist
25-Apr-2024 10:56:13 AM $200.00 Meydey
25-Apr-2024 10:56:13 AM $200.00 RocketScientist
25-Apr-2024 10:55:05 AM $180.00 Meydey
25-Apr-2024 10:55:05 AM $175.00 RocketScientist
24-Apr-2024 8:44:49 PM $155.00 Meydey
24-Apr-2024 8:39:23 PM $106.00 NASAcollector
24-Apr-2024 4:37:48 PM $101.00 Tom2T84
24-Apr-2024 4:27:46 PM $51.00 NASAcollector
24-Apr-2024 9:38:23 AM $26.00 rgtsc
24-Apr-2024 8:08:29 AM $5.00 DRH1701

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