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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.