An expensive bit of candy

An article in Saturday’s Wall Street Journal (subscription required) about the spike in sales of space memorabilia in the wake of the Lisa Nowak case mentioned in passing one other sale of interest to personal spaceflight enthusiasts:

Demand for memorabilia has spiked ever since billionaires started dabbling in private space travel and the Chinese government became interested in space. Aurora Auctions, of Bell Canyon, Calif., recently sold a brown M&M that left the Earth’s atmosphere in 2004 aboard the Paul Allen-financed SpaceShipOne. It went for $1,500.

“It was flown on the very first mission,” says Victoria Campbell, Aurora’s founder and chief executive. “That’s very important.”

Hmmm… I’ve got a whole bag of specially-branded M&Ms that were distributed at the X Prize flights in Mojave. Think that’s worth $1,500? Probably not. How about $1.50? It is a big bag, you know…

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