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The Hasselblad 500C space camera was used by astronaut Wally Schirra, a camera enthusiast, who bought it at a camera shop in Houston, Texas, in 1962, complete with an 80mm Zeiss Planar f\/2.8 lens.<\/p>\n

The Swedish-made camera, the first Hasselblad in space, was snapped up by an unnamed UK collector for $281,250 \u2013 sending its presale auction estimate of $50,000-$100,000 into orbit.<\/p>\n

Its previous owner had paid less than $15,000 for the camera in 1994.<\/p>\n

Schirra (pictured above) is said to have carried the kit into orbit<\/a> aboard the Mercury-Atlas 8 rocket mission in 1962. Until then, cameras had only been used to record on-board flight data, according to Boston-based auction house RR Auction.<\/p>\n

\u2018This really is an important piece of space history. This is the camera that changed the way the Earth was viewed,\u2019 said RR Auction\u2019s vice-president Bobby Livingston.<\/p>\n

\u2018It went for so much money because it comes with letters from astronaut Gordon Cooper which gives clear title to the owner\u2026 after the USA passed a law in 2012 giving ownership of these types of items to the astronauts,\u2019 he explained.<\/p>\n

\u2018We are thrilled, as is the consigner\u2026 and most importantly, it has been sold to a major space artifacts collector based in the UK; a space historian who pledges to properly curate this camera.<\/p>\n

\u2018It is a museum-quality piece and it will be in great hands for future generations.\u2019<\/p>\n

Pre-mission modifications to the 500C included the installation of a 100-exposure film container.<\/p>\n

The camera was also used by astronaut Gordon Cooper on the next Mercury space flight.<\/p>\n\"hasselblad<\/a>\n\"schirra<\/a>\n

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