Apollo 11 tapes bought for $218 may sell for millions after nearly being lost
by Miranda Bryant in New York and agency from Science | The Guardian on (#4J4P9)
Tapes identified in 2008 as the only surviving original recording of the first moon landing in 1969 are to go up for auction in July
When Gary George bought a truckload of videotapes for $218 from a US government surplus auction more than 40 years ago, he planned to sell them to television stations - to record over.
Fortunately, he decided to hold on to the three tapes labelled "Apollo 11 EVA", which have since been identified as the only surviving original recording of the first moon landing, in 1969.
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