An interesting artifact... Photography buffs of a certain age (like me!) will immediately recognize the object in the photo: it's a
Hasselblad 500 EL “system camera”, widely acknowledged as one of the finest SLR film cameras ever made. Every serious photographer of the '60s and '70s lusted for one of these, but very few could actually afford one.
This particular one is rather special: it was modified by NASA for use on the Apollo lunar missions. It's the only one that was actually returned from the moon (the other six are still there!), and it still has some moon dust on it.
It sold at auction recently for $760,000...
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