Sotheby's

The master tape copies of the Golden Record

Astronomy

Carl Sagan's personal Golden Record tapes go on the block

A truly historic Space Age recording is up for auction as the personal copy of the master tapes belonging to Carl Sagan and Ann Druyan for the crafting of the Golden Record that flew on Voyager 1 and 2 goes on the block at Sotheby's.

A 77-million-year-old Gorgosaurus skeleton is going under the hammer this month

Science

Huge carnivorous dinosaur skeleton goes up for auction in New York

It’s hard to find a cooler collectible than the skeleton of a long-dead predator. The latest to hit the auction block is a Gorgosaurus, a distant relative of T-rex, which will be offered for sale by Sotheby’s New York in its Natural History sale.

Three small Moon rocks returned by the Soviet Luna 16 mission have been sold at Sotheby's for $855,000

Astronomy

Tiny shards of Moon rock fetch $855,000 at auction

The only bits of the Moon available for private sale sold at auction at Sotheby's in New York today for US$855,000. The three small shards of lunar rock were a gift to the widow of Sergei Pavlovich Korolev, the “Chief Designer” and director of the Soviet space program.