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Topic: Hot Shots?
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mensax
Member Posts: 861
From: Virginia
Registered: Apr 2002
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posted 05-25-2002 08:00 AM
   
I am curious about Hot Shots autographed cards and am hopeing to get some information. They seem to be a collectable that no one ever talks about, nobody is interested in collecting them, and, from what I've seen, nothing has ever been written about them. Is this an area of collection that is discounted? Was it ever popular? Does anyone collect them? Why do most astronauts refuse to sign them? I do see them come up for sale from time to time... but always from the same few astronauts. Why is that?Noah
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Cindys_1
Member Posts: 192
From: Titusville, FL 32796
Registered: May 2001
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posted 05-25-2002 05:33 PM
Do you mean "Space Shots" cards??------------------
Cindy |
mensax
Member Posts: 861
From: Virginia
Registered: Apr 2002
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posted 05-25-2002 07:32 PM
Yes, Space Shots cards. I guess I should have been more specific. They are the space equivilent of a baseball card. Noah |
Cindys_1
Member Posts: 192
From: Titusville, FL 32796
Registered: May 2001
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posted 05-26-2002 08:23 AM
quote:
Originally posted by mensax:
Yes, Space Shots cards. I guess I should have been more specific. They are the space equivilent of a baseball card. Noah
Ok, we are on the same wave here.....  I really don't know why astros don't sign them, maybe someone with better autograph experience will know. They were the brain child of Ed White III. I think there were 3 editions made. There was supposed to be a 4th edition that never happened. (???) The idea didn't take off, so to speak, as good as they thought it would. So the ones that are out there are few and far between. Sorry the details are sketchy, it's just been so long since I have heard anything about them. ------------------
Cindy |
John K. Rochester
Member Posts: 1292
From: Rochester, NY, USA
Registered: Mar 2002
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posted 05-26-2002 09:48 AM
From what I understand.. there was not any discussion amongst the astronauts about use of their likenesses for the cards, nor any compensation to them for the use of their pictures.. so many do not like to sign them. That is the story I heard, and I'm sticking to it..
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Tom
Member Posts: 1597
From: New York
Registered: Nov 2000
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posted 05-26-2002 10:43 AM
About a year ago, I sent Alan Bean a "Space Shot" card, showing Gemini 10 back-up pilot C.C. Williams training for a space walk.
Bean, who was the back-up command pilot for that flight, kindly signed it for me. |
Werb
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posted 05-26-2002 01:16 PM
If you are going by what you always see on places like Ebay..... yes it would really seem like there are only a few astronauts that are willing to sign Space Shots cards. However a buddy of mine has sent out quite a few, and has never had one returned unsigned. I don't know how others feel, but they do make a great piece to sign ( Especially if you happen to be a sports card collector ) and alot of the shuttle crews are more than willing to sign them.
Enjoy the weekend!From The Last Frontier.......... Mike
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