Extraterrestrial items, including one in the shape of the Jewish state, will be auctioned in New York.
Bonham’s Natural History Auction in New York will offer the pieces Tuesday, including a slice of the 15.5-ton Willamette meteorite in the shape of the State of Israel, which is housed at the American Museum of Natural History’s Rose Center for Earth and Space.
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