^Lot 427 Alan Shepard

A piece of basaltic lava from Shepard’s training in Hawaii, originally acquired by a friend of the Shepards who was in the employ of the Shepard family for more than 35 years. Small black sample has a gold triangular loop through one end of it. Accompanied by a photocopy of the analysis of the rock, as well as an unsigned ‘red-numbered’ NASA 8 x 10 photo of Shepard training in Hawaii, scooping soil, with a Modular Equipment Transporter (MET) ‘Rickshaw’ equipment carrier strapped to his back.