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Topic: Tracking Robbins medals' chain of ownership
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Gus Man B
Member Posts: 73
From: Winter Garden, FL, USA
Registered: Jul 2007
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posted 07-17-2011 03:39 PM
   
I have an STS-107 Robbins medal, #286, that I picked up years ago and can't remember the collectSPACE member I purchased it from. Is there any way to find out whose collection it came from? I do not think I received a LOA for it.I am planing on sending it to NGC and would like to find this info. |
Rizz
Member Posts: 1208
From: Upcountry, Maui, Hawaii
Registered: Mar 2002
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posted 07-17-2011 04:19 PM
I acquired #280 from cS member James Brown. Perhaps you did the same. |
Gus Man B
Member Posts: 73
From: Winter Garden, FL, USA
Registered: Jul 2007
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posted 07-17-2011 07:07 PM
What I am trying to find out is who the original owner was, who got it from the company.
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James Brown
Member Posts: 1287
From: Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Registered: Jun 2000
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posted 07-17-2011 08:02 PM
I did have several at one time, but have no way of knowing, or remembering, which numbered medallions I had. |
Gus Man B
Member Posts: 73
From: Winter Garden, FL, USA
Registered: Jul 2007
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posted 07-17-2011 08:28 PM
I found the guy who sold it to me, but unfortunately he does not know who the astronaut was who bought it. I am wondering if NGC are able to figure this out? I am going to send it in anyway. |
Robert Pearlman
Editor Posts: 42981
From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 07-17-2011 08:52 PM
quote:
Originally posted by Gus Man B:
...he does not know who the astronaut was who bought it.
Most of the STS-107 Robbins medals in collectors' hands today were never the property of an astronaut. |
Rizz
Member Posts: 1208
From: Upcountry, Maui, Hawaii
Registered: Mar 2002
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posted 07-17-2011 10:21 PM
Of the 472 revised restrikes, where and how were they generally acquired? |
Robert Pearlman
Editor Posts: 42981
From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 07-18-2011 03:22 AM
Most were acquired by the families of the fallen astronauts and the other astronauts in the program, but my understanding that the handful that have been sold/traded since were mostly from the small group of non-astronaut individuals (collectors) that the Robbins Company was selling directly to at the time. |
Rizz
Member Posts: 1208
From: Upcountry, Maui, Hawaii
Registered: Mar 2002
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posted 07-20-2011 03:01 PM
Got it, thanks Robert. |
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