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Forum:	Opinions & Advice
Topic:	140718376949: Apollo 11 Flown Tie Tack

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Your Reply: HTML is ON UBB Code is ON Smilies Legend	[QUOTE]Originally posted by rgarner: [B]Skeptical much? :p[/B][/QUOTE]
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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>SpaceAholic</TD><TD>This one should be fun to watch... <A HREF="http://www.ebay.com/itm/140718376949" TARGET=_blank>looks like</A> it was purportedly flown for "H.W. Adkins"</TD></TR><TR bgcolor="#333333"><TD valign=top>rgarner</TD><TD>Skeptical much? <IMG SRC="http://www.collectspace.com/ubb/tongue.gif"></TD></TR><TR bgcolor="#494949"><TD valign=top>vamanboatin</TD><TD>I could not find any documentation on this pin being flown. Does anybody know any history or details of a tie tack onboard Apollo 11?</TD></TR><TR bgcolor="#333333"><TD valign=top>Tykeanaut</TD><TD>Personally I'd be looking for crew or ground support staff authentication.</TD></TR><TR bgcolor="#494949"><TD valign=top>David Carey</TD><TD>The pin itself seems a legit <A HREF="http://www.ebay.com/itm/320864801212" TARGET=_blank>example</A> but nothing found on the individual or the notion of flown tie pins.</TD></TR><TR bgcolor="#333333"><TD valign=top>spaced out</TD><TD>It's tricky to judge this kind of item, although you have to say that any purchase would be an act of faith in the absence of any supporting evidence that it was actually flown.What strikes me as a little odd is that the card seems to be styled as if it was one of a number of such flown pins yet this is the first such example I've seen.If the card or letter accompanying it was more obviously referring to the item as a one-off it would seem more normal.</TD></TR></TABLE></td></tr></table>

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