Vostok 1 - Yuri Gagarin flown artifact
Item #: VOSTOK1-ACRYLIC
Vostok 1 - Yuri Gagarin flown artifact
Flown in Space - Half slice of hollow bolt
May ship separately - please allow 10 to 14 days. No discounts accepted for this item.
There are a few holy grails of space flown artifacts which never seem to be available : John Glenn Mercury MA-6 and Yuri Gagarin Vostok 1
Unfortunately (for collectors) these represent the first orbital flights of a Russian and an American astronaut in history. For the first time ever, this is an opportunity for the passionate collector to own a FLOWN artifact perfectly certified from the world's first manned spaceflight when Yuri Gagain became the first man in space.
Since then very few flown artifacts from Vostok 1 have surfaced the market, some legal, some more illegal, some with weak provenance, some with better provenance but still nothing serious. We were glad to obtain a flown hollow bolt from the Vostok 1 capsule with provenance and certification by Oleg Ivanovsky (already in charge of the first Sputnik and Lunar flights) who was made director of the first manned spaceflight by Sergey Korolev and became the last person to wish Gagarin a safe flight before he tightened one of these screws/bolts on the capsule's hatch. This bolt held the capsule together that carried Yuri Gagarin into space on April 12, 1961.
Comes with a Certificate of Authenticity
Flown in Space - Half slice of hollow bolt
May ship separately - please allow 10 to 14 days. No discounts accepted for this item.
There are a few holy grails of space flown artifacts which never seem to be available : John Glenn Mercury MA-6 and Yuri Gagarin Vostok 1
Unfortunately (for collectors) these represent the first orbital flights of a Russian and an American astronaut in history. For the first time ever, this is an opportunity for the passionate collector to own a FLOWN artifact perfectly certified from the world's first manned spaceflight when Yuri Gagain became the first man in space.
Since then very few flown artifacts from Vostok 1 have surfaced the market, some legal, some more illegal, some with weak provenance, some with better provenance but still nothing serious. We were glad to obtain a flown hollow bolt from the Vostok 1 capsule with provenance and certification by Oleg Ivanovsky (already in charge of the first Sputnik and Lunar flights) who was made director of the first manned spaceflight by Sergey Korolev and became the last person to wish Gagarin a safe flight before he tightened one of these screws/bolts on the capsule's hatch. This bolt held the capsule together that carried Yuri Gagarin into space on April 12, 1961.
Comes with a Certificate of Authenticity
