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Topic: Antique shop find: Joe Walker signed X-15 cover
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nojnj Member Posts: 503 From: Highland Heights, KY Registered: Feb 2003
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posted 10-12-2013 02:42 PM
Found this at an antique shop. Would appreciate opinions on authenticity and value. |
Steve Zarelli Member Posts: 731 From: Upstate New York, USA Registered: Mar 2001
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posted 10-12-2013 10:38 PM
Can you post a larger closeup if the signature? Feel free to email it to me if you'd like. |
Robert Pearlman Editor Posts: 42988 From: Houston, TX Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 10-12-2013 11:16 PM
Steve, if you click on the cover above, it links to a larger version of the image (the link was initially broken but is now fixed). |
nojnj Member Posts: 503 From: Highland Heights, KY Registered: Feb 2003
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posted 10-13-2013 09:51 AM
When looking at the cachet through a jeweler's magnifier, it seems to be made up of a series of various size dots. The ink of the signature is a slightly different color, and seems to cover up the dots making up the cachet. There is no bleed through from the signature. |
Steve Zarelli Member Posts: 731 From: Upstate New York, USA Registered: Mar 2001
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posted 10-13-2013 05:11 PM
Presuming this is indeed real ink on paper (not some sort of print), it is authentic in my opinion. Very nice find. |
nojnj Member Posts: 503 From: Highland Heights, KY Registered: Feb 2003
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posted 10-13-2013 05:23 PM
What would the value be for this, assuming it is authentic, of course? Sure looks good to me. Not planning on selling it. |
micropooz Member Posts: 1512 From: Washington, DC, USA Registered: Apr 2003
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posted 10-14-2013 03:55 PM
Well, another contributor to cS has recently listed a Joe Walker signed X-15 cover postmarked for Walker's 12/20/62 flight (no cachet, and with a stain) at $200, reduced the price to $150, and just now to $120.I have not bought or sold Walker covers for many years, but remember $200 as the norm for primo covers with his autograph back then. Now, with respect to your cover, the autograph definitely looks good (and it is definitely not Walker's rubber-stamped signature — yes, he had one). The cachet is breathtaking however, Sarzin had these cachets postmarked the day after Rushworth's astronaut-wings X-15 flight, not on the day of one of Walker's flights. So, we have a bit of a quandary on value here. I'd say that $120 for any good Walker autograph, on any piece of paper, would be a bargain. And being on a Sarzin X-15 related cover may help, but not sure about that. Any thoughts from the rest of the forum? |
nojnj Member Posts: 503 From: Highland Heights, KY Registered: Feb 2003
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posted 10-14-2013 09:15 PM
WOW! That's great! $120 is a bargain for Walker's autograph? So $23 was pretty good investment, wouldn't you say? |
micropooz Member Posts: 1512 From: Washington, DC, USA Registered: Apr 2003
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posted 10-15-2013 04:51 AM
An outstanding investment!!! |