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Topic:	Withdrawn: Moon watch and rock

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<table border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 width="600"><TR><td bgcolor="#000000"><TABLE BORDER=0 cellpadding=4 border=0 cellspacing=1 WIDTH="100%"><TR bgcolor="#660000"><TD COLSPAN=2><CENTER>T O P I C     R E V I E W</CENTER></TD></TR><TR bgcolor="#494949"><TD valign=top>Robert Pearlman</TD><TD>Though not yet noted on their website, the following lot was withdrawn from the June 11 Christies (Rockefeller Center, NY) auction of "Important Pocket Watches and Wristwatches": <BLOCKQUOTE>Omega. A fine and historically significant stainless steel water-resistant chronograph wristwatch worn by Lieutenant General Thomas P. Stafford, astronaut on Gemini VI and IX-A, Apollo X and the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project (ASTP), with NASA presentation box containing political and space memorabilia</BLOCKQUOTE> Of particular interest, are these two passages in the <A HREF="http://www.christies.com/LotFinder/search/lotdetail.asp?intObjectID=4304937" TARGET=_blank>catalog description</A> of the lot: <BLOCKQUOTE>This watch is offered in a large steel and leather NASA presentation box containing ten metal trays. On the trays are: <UL TYPE=SQUARE><LI>Envelopes bearing first day of issue Moon landing stamps <LI>Invitations to the White House for reception of Chancellor Helmut Kohl, October 21, 1986 to Mr. Uwe Schimpf <LI>Apollo XI and American eagle patches <LI>Spare stainless steel Omega bracelet and spare nylon strap <LI>Portrait of Vice President George Bush, circa 1981; Secretary of Defense Casper Weinberger; and candid picture of General Stafford with Secretary Weinberger <LI>Seven NASA press photos showing different parts of the space program <LI>A moon rock (30 x 30 x 45 mm.) <LI>The watch <LI>Four press pamphlets detailing Apollo XI and XII and Skylab missions <LI>Two presentation licence plates, one of Florida's 1989 commemoration of the Space Shuttle Challenger, and one of the 1989 <LI>Presidential Innauguration autographed by Vice President Dan Quale <LI>A small U.S. Presidential flag <LI>A copy of Life magazine from July 25, 1969, 'Leaving for the Moon' The Moon Watch, a booklet by Omega about the Speedmaster Professional model <LI>A signed portrait of Gen. Stafford from the Apollo X mission <LI>An American flag with gold tassle border</UL> The present example was worn in space by Lieutenant General Thomas P. Stafford on his historic ASTP mission in July 1975.</BLOCKQUOTE></TD></TR><TR bgcolor="#333333"><TD valign=top>Scott</TD><TD>Goodness, is this a real Moon rock? I like how the rock wasn't even mentioned in the title. Haha.</TD></TR><TR bgcolor="#494949"><TD valign=top>FFrench</TD><TD>There is something also deliciously ironic in them spelling Dan Quayle's name wrong in the catalog, as he was famous for his misspellings...</TD></TR><TR bgcolor="#333333"><TD valign=top>FFrench</TD><TD>The "moon rock" also seems to be pictured in the lot online - the photo can be enlarged by clicking on it.</TD></TR><TR bgcolor="#494949"><TD valign=top>kucharek</TD><TD>The "moon rock" can at best be a replica like <A HREF="http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/programs/exhibits/html/s81-33961.html" TARGET=_blank>these</A>.The parts of moon rocks given to countries very very small ones, never heard that such a large chunk was given away.</TD></TR></TABLE></td></tr></table>

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