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GUEST: Well, this is... I 
believe it's called an A7-L 
Apollo suit, the model for

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all the Apollo missions and even 
for later space suits, as well.

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I.L.C., the makers of these 
space suits, they were in 
the same town as I was, and

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they had a lot of material 
they just didn't need anymore. 
But they did need money.

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APPRAISER: Mm-hmm.

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GUEST: So, they had 
a parking-lot sale.

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And, lo and behold, this was 
there for $100, and we got it.

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APPRAISER: Well, so, 
International Latex Corporation

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was a subsidiary of Playtex, 
you know, the women's 
undergarment company?

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GUEST: Yeah.

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APPRAISER: And in 1962, they 
got the contract to develop 
the space suits for NASA. But,

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this isn't the actual entire 
space suit. The space suit is 
made up of several layers. This

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is the outer layer and 
the most iconic layer. 
And what's fascinating to 
me about this, it's not a

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mock-up. If you look inside, 
you can see everything they 
used to construct the suit.

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GUEST: I bought it just because 
I love the space program.

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APPRAISER: Mm-hmm.

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GUEST: And I was also an 
earth-science teacher. So, I 
would take this school whenever

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we were studying space. 
Then, as I got closer to 
retirement, I started going 
to these Super Science

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Days for elementary-school kids. 
This collar would be looped over 
the heads of the children. Yeah.

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And we'd take Polaroid shots of 
them. So there should be a lot 
of young people out there that

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have these old, faded Polaroids 
of that suit and their, their 
heads sticking through it.

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APPRAISER: I mean, I 
could only imagine, as a 
little kid, getting the 
opportunity to wear...

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GUEST: Yeah.

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APPRAISER: ...an authentic NASA 
space suit. The nice thing about 
this is, it is legally bought

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and legally sold. There 
is, it was sold you at 
this sale. There's no 
question of ownership.

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We would put an auction estimate 
of $15,000 to $20,000 on this.

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GUEST: (inhales sharply): 
Oh, my, goodness. 
$15,000 to $20,000.

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APPRAISER: Yeah. GUEST: Well, I 
didn't buy it for that, but...

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APPRAISER: (laughing): No.

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GUEST: (laughing): That's a lot.