CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A letter written by Mercury 7 astronautGus Grissom that exposes
resentment over the pick of John Glenn as thefirst American to orbit the Earth has failed to sell at
auction.TheOctober 1961 letter to his mother had a high bid of $13,155 in theonline sale run by RR
Auction of Amherst, N.H. Before the auction endedThursday, company officials estimated it could bring
$80,000.A spokesman said Friday that because the minimum price was not offered, the letter was
withdrawn.Inthe letter, Grissom divulges the flight crew for the first orbitalmission. He writes:
"All of us are mad because Glenn was picked."Grissom died with two other astronauts in a
launch pad fire while preparing for an Apollo mission in 1967.Copyright 2013 The Associated Press. All
rightsreserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten orredistributed.CONCORD, N.H.
(AP) — A letter written by Mercury 7 astronautGus Grissom that exposes resentment over the pick of John
Glenn as thefirst American to orbit the Earth has failed to sell at auction.TheOctober 1961 letter to
his mother had a high bid of $13,155 in theonline sale run by RR Auction of Amherst, N.H. Before the
auction endedThursday, company officials estimated it could bring $80,000.A spokesman said Friday that
because the minimum price was not offered, the letter was withdrawn.Inthe letter, Grissom divulges the
flight crew for the first orbitalmission. He writes: "All of us are mad because Glenn was
picked."Grissom died with two other astronauts in a launch pad fire while preparing for an Apollo
mission in 1967.Copyright 2013 The Associated Press. All rightsreserved. This material may not be
published, broadcast, rewritten orredistributed.