‘Only surviving’ original videotape of Neil Armstrong’s first steps on moon to be auctioned | World News, The Indian Express

‘Only surviving’ original videotape of Neil Armstrong’s first steps on moon to be auctioned | World News, The Indian Express

By Reuters |Published: June 28, 2019 8:41:02 pm

‘Only surviving’ original videotape of Neil Armstrong’s first steps on moon to be auctioned

In the years after the July 20, 1969 moon landing during the Apollo 11 mission, NASA was recording over its tapes or selling them to cut costs, said Gary George, who was a college student when he bought more than 1,100 reels of NASA videotape for about $218 at a government surplus auction in 1976.

The tapes are expected to sell for as much as million when they hit the New York auction block on July 20, Freer said. She declined to disclose the exact financial terms between Sotheby’s and the seller. (Courtesy: National Aeronautics and Space Administration)

A one-time NASA intern who bought a truckload of videotapes to resell them may end up a millionaire next month when Sotheby’s auctions what it says is the only surviving original recording of man’s first steps on the moon 50 years ago.