Found: Astronaut Neil Armstrong’s Omega Speedmaster To Be Auctioned On April 17 At RR Auctions (Exclusive)

Nevertheless, the market rapidly fell off because of numerous elements. One was the authorized drama and uncertainty surrounding the classic Omega market. One other was the truth that the market rapidly flooded. RR Public sale introduced three extra astronauts’ Speedmasters to market quickly after, fetching from round $300,000 to $375,000. 

Across the identical time, Eric Wind provided Astronaut Scott Carpenter’s look ahead to a whopping $1.5 million (although the watch was quietly faraway from the positioning after a short while). The watch later offered for $150,000 at Heritage Auctions – one-tenth of the unique asking value. Phillips additionally offered an astronaut Speedmaster for simply shy of $180,000.