Is there a new space race going on between Warner Music owner Len Blavatnik and SpaceX and Tesla founder Elon Musk, the pioneer of private space travel?
We hear Blavatnik was at the Sotheby’s November auction, which aimed to raise money for Bono’s RED charity, and quietly bagged a piece of history.
The global industrialist, who has a Ukrainian heritage, placed the $250,000 winning bid for a cosmonaut’s suit.
The suit wasn’t any old suit, however: It belonged to the legendary Russian Yuri Gagarin, the first human to go into space, in April 1961.
On the Money was wondering who else made bids on the suit; our source thinks Musk was in the orbit of bidders.
According to The Post’s Page Six, the event also featured a “Star Wars” storm trooper helmet signed by George Lucas for $245,000.
OTM thinks Blavatnik got a bargain.