Sotebis sells spaceship Vostok

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buy you who stirs? Or what ? Lack of money ?

I voiced my opinion on this topic and you Cyril did not find anything better than go to the person .. 2 times 1 ) stating that I was supposed to do 2) looking with a smile in my pocket. Yes, who you think you are on this forum - you live here permanently - ( mirror answer ) What do you want to do nothing in life like hanging around here for days and instruct ! ? Man, get a life!))

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operator, and to whom I still treated as any to you ?
You're sad about " buying our curiosities . " Here's to you and appeal : " You buy , save ' our raretety .
Personally addressed ? Well, yes , not for eternity , not in the atmosphere , and the participants of the forum with the nick operator.
You , too, personally for me , please contact:

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Thanks Kirill

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You Kirill

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Sold at auction in the U.S. landing capsule Vostok 3KA-2 "will return to Russia
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Sold at auction in the U.S. landing capsule Vostok 3KA-2, sent into space two weeks before Gagarin's flight, will return to Russia. ITAR-TASS quoted the deputy chairman of auction house Sotheby's David Redden.

"Capsule bought a Russian businessman - Chapter Investment Fund Popov Evgeny Yurchenko," - he said. "He acquired the spacecraft to return him to Russia," - said Redden.

"I hope the" East "will take its rightful place in a national museum on the history of the Russian space program," - quoted a representative of Sotheby's statement Yurchenko.

The lot was sold for 2.88 million dollars, 440,000 of which was fee auction.

The spherical capsule is made of aluminum alloy, has a diameter of 2,2 meters. Earlier in the capsule are navigation and communication equipment. Much of the equipment was removed before the capsule fell into private hands.

"This is so historically valuable commodity that it deserves separate trades. If something with this capsule has gone wrong, the launch of" Vostok-1 "with Gagarin on board could be derailed," - said David Redden in an interview with the same news agency in the Friday.

"East 3KA-2" was the second ship, adapted for human flight. On board March 25, 1961 went into space dog Star and mannequin Ivan Ivanovich. " The ship made a successful flight, but the landing capsule was visible damage.

It is known that after landing, she was transferred to a secret space-based institutions of the USSR.

In 1996, the capsule appeared among the lots of the auction Sotheby's, the experts who evaluated the device in an amount from 800 thousand to 1 million dollars. But then she found a buyer, and by some accounts, was later purchased directly from the Russian side, an anonymous American businessman.

Representatives of the trading houses more than a year to persuade the current owner of the spacecraft to put it on sale, but he agreed to do it more than a decade later, the anniversary.

At Sotheby's underline that holding an auction of 50-year anniversary of the first manned flight into space - a tribute to the exploits of Yuri Gagarin.

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In short , I was at Sotheby's auction where it sold .

Trading was curious - as soon as auction of Russian art have 20 minutes break , which gave the tea bag and a super small cakes . Then come back to the room . The auctioneer said a few words like " historic day " 50 years " and so on. After that started trading - well that is no bargain and the two were beaten on the phone - one agent Eugene Yurchenko , respectively, and the second most likely of the Sotheby's agent who egged him . All finished in 12 minutes - Yurchenko was hit up to $ 2 and a half lemons , after which he won the auction and the auctioneer immediately (! ) read out a piece of paper circulation of the Yurchenko, in which he was glad that the East back home and will be transferred to one from Russian museums , etc. etc.

It looked very comical , Sotheby's of course all played in the theater , I think they are a quarter of a lemon in this comedy earned boldly .

Hello from New York - questions Welkom

If someone were interested in how auctions of Russian art , tell me - I will describe

Kid Loco

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Chief of Staff of the Putin blamed the loss of space relics :

Samara blogosphere has exploded after message Users Oldman, who in his post, has accused the president of Gray, which according to our information is the head of staff for the support of presidential candidate Vladimir Putin , Sales capsule spaceship Vostok 3KA -2 . "