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DSeuss5490 Member Posts: 299 From: Columbus, Ohio USA Registered: Jan 2003	posted 06-01-2009 12:49 PM It looks like this check may have been used to pay for the Grissom's stay in Florida during the Liberty Bell mission? Didn't the astros frequent the Cocoa Beach Holiday Inn "back in the day?" Neat item.
stsmithva Member Posts: 1933 From: Fairfax, VA, USA Registered: Feb 2007	posted 06-02-2009 02:58 PM As long as that is genuine (certainly looks good, but I don't want to assume) that is a really cool item that someone got for a bargain price. Standard Grissom checks have sold for around $400. This one sold for just over $200 and was signed RIGHT after the flight. Maybe Grissom picked up the tab for some friends or family who had come to see the launch. Steve
4allmankind Member Posts: 1043 From: Dallas Registered: Jan 2004	posted 06-02-2009 04:07 PM DSeuss5490, you bring up a great topic here and now I am left to wonder what Grissom might have been doing the day/week the check I own was filled out. Great observation there, and thanks for bringing up the topic. I had not previously thought of this.

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