[southern rock]

Good. If I mistakenly sell something valuable for $0.50 at my yard sale, I don’t get to change my mind and get it back. Why should the government?

[Wyrd bið ful aræd]

She should offer to sell it back...At whatever the going rate is for “national treasures.” I’m no expert but I’m thinking the number will be much higher than $995.

[stylin19a]

Judge bailed on ordering NASA to give the bag back.

[Paladin2]

"a rare artifact, if not a national treasure,"

Then why didn't NASA donate it to Mecca as part of muzzie outreach?

[camle]

so i ‘mistakenly’ sell something of yours, it’s too bad for you?

[Ace's Dad]

I know a lot of aviators and fly myself. It’s just a white bag!

[Vendome]

Sell it back for $995,000 plus $29,995 for shipping.

[TigersEye]

The government obtained title to the bag and sold it to a good faith purchaser in a sale according to law, he noted.

The judge made the right call.

[sphinx]

I’ve got a bag NASA can have if they need one.

[Minutemen]

Which genius,in what federal department is responsible for giving away our national treasures? They should be prosecuted.

[broken_arrow1]

If you want an old white bag - Nancy Pelosi is available - cheap!

[i_robot73]

‘National treasure’ that Fedzilla didn’t have/tag/document nor CARE enough about (IE: in a museum let’s say), until AFTER the sale...

...sounds about right.

[Organic Panic]

All your everything re belong to us.

[minnesota_bound]

NASA has really screwed up preserving the space program early years.

[deks]

RE: Space artifact sold for $995 at government auction. To follow up on the subsequent sale of the bag at Sotheby's by the auction winner, "Now we know the rest of the story."

Apollo 11 Moon Rock Bag Sells for $1.8 Million in Controversial Auction

NASA waged an unsuccessful legal battle to retrieve the bag, which contains traces of lunar dust, from a private collection

[photo of bag at link]

Smithsonian article