$1000 moon landing book comes with moon rocks
Taschen’s upcoming book, Norman Mailer, MoonFire: The Epic Journey of Apollo 11 has a small print run of 1969 copies (get it?), all signed by Buzz. But the last 12, according to Publisher’s Weekly, will also come with fragments of the moon:
Numbers 1 through 1,957 will be priced at $1,000, while the final 12 copies (numbered 1,958 through 1,969) will come with a certified fragment of moon meteorite. Taschen has not yet priced the 12 “Lunar Rock” editions, but will base the price according to the meteorite size. Those volumes will come with cases designed by Australian designer Marc Newson, who recently designed aluminum champagne coolers for Dom Pérignon. Public relations manager Creed Poulson said the meteorite editions “will be the most expensive books we have ever done.”
