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Topic: Shuttle Polystyrene Sphere Plaques
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Paullywoggles New Member Posts: From: Registered:
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posted 12-14-2005 01:18 PM
Does anyone know how many of the limited number of these plaques were made? I own one.Thanks, Paul |
cfreeze79 Member Posts: 455 From: Herndon, VA, USA Registered: Nov 2000
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posted 12-14-2005 02:41 PM
I don't know exactly, but I have one number in the high 3000s, and one numbered just over 5000... So that should have establish the brackets.
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Paullywoggles New Member Posts: From: Registered:
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posted 12-14-2005 03:42 PM
Thanks cfreeze79. Well we can at least maybe guess it is up to 5999.Regards, Paul |
Rochemontagne Member Posts: 187 From: Loveland, CO U.S.A. Registered: Feb 2001
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posted 12-14-2005 08:35 PM
Since I am the originator of these plaques, I can tell you that 5,000 plaques were sold to the Home Shopping Network back in 1989. Approximately another 500 were sold elsewhere. There are two types of plaques, those with the information screened printed on the plastic and those where the information is on stickers applied to the plaque. Roughly 5,100 plaques were screen printed. |
Ben Member Posts: 1896 From: Cape Canaveral, FL Registered: May 2000
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posted 12-14-2005 09:05 PM
And how many of the lose vials exists? |
Rochemontagne Member Posts: 187 From: Loveland, CO U.S.A. Registered: Feb 2001
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posted 12-14-2005 10:25 PM
There are probably 400 of the loose vials out there. |
Ben Member Posts: 1896 From: Cape Canaveral, FL Registered: May 2000
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posted 12-14-2005 10:35 PM
Thanks. I'm surprised, I always thought the wooden plaques were the rarer one since they don't appear often and go for a good fetching.Is there any difference between those vials put behind the plastic or those lose? |
zee_aladdin Member Posts: 781 From: California Registered: Oct 2004
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posted 12-15-2005 12:30 PM
I have one of the 400 loose ones. They came in a small plastic bag and an 8 1/2 x 11 paper titled: 'National Bureau of Standards Certificate' which talks about the process of how they were made. However, there are NO serial numbers at all either on the loose vial or the Certificate. I hope this helps |
Rochemontagne Member Posts: 187 From: Loveland, CO U.S.A. Registered: Feb 2001
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posted 12-15-2005 12:53 PM
There is no difference in the vials I the plaque and the loose vials. The Polystyrene spheres came from the same master vial. |
Paullywoggles New Member Posts: From: Registered:
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posted 12-15-2005 03:05 PM
Thanks everyone. I learned something new from this.Paul |