The only documented moon rocks still in private hands sold on Thursday at Sotheby's New York auction house for $850,000. The sale - including all sorts of objects and items pertaining to outer space - took place a month before the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 8 mission to send men around the Moon for the first time, and Sotheby's took advantage of the anniversary to offer about 300 collectors' items related to assorted space missions.

Moon rocks sell for $855,000 at Sotheby's New York auction house

The painting dating back to 1882 was brought by an American collector after a "hot bidding battle".

Vincent Van Gogh's landscape sells for over $7 million at Paris auction

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Moon rocks sell for $855,000 at Sotheby's New York auction house

Vincent Van Gogh's landscape sells for over $7 million at Paris auction