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

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

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

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

APPRAISER: Mm-hmm.

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

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

APPRAISER: Well, so,
International Latex Corporation

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

GUEST: Yeah.

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

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

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

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

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

APPRAISER: Mm-hmm.

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

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

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

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

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

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

GUEST: Yeah.

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

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

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

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

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

APPRAISER: (laughing): No.

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