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Topic: Discovery's Auction Kings: Space Oddities
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LM1
Member Posts: 667
From: New York, NY
Registered: Oct 2010
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posted 09-09-2011 10:56 AM
   
This week, Auction Kings (Gallery 63) on the Discovery Channel auctioned several space-related items including an expensive Apollo 13 pinball machine autographed by Fred Haise. They also auctioned Soviet spacesuits and a signed litho. Great show! Space OdditiesPaul Brown heads to the U.S. Space & Rocket Center to collect historic items for a special charity auction sale, including a space suit, an astronaut's work of art and an Apollo 13 pinball machine, signed by both the astronaut and the actor who played him. |
LM1
Member Posts: 667
From: New York, NY
Registered: Oct 2010
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posted 09-10-2011 07:19 AM
This auction features framed artwork by astronaut/artist Alan Bean surrounded by signatures of several astronauts. I could not count the signatures and I did not see an Armstrong signature among them. There were spaces and printed names for several astronauts who did not sign the item. The sale price was well below what one Armstrong autograph would bring. |
GACspaceguy
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From: Guyton, GA
Registered: Jan 2006
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posted 09-10-2011 07:32 AM
The show stated there were 25 signatures; this was a canvas reproduction and not the paper one. Typical selling prices is $2500-3$000 it sold for $1400."Soviet space suit" flown went for $500. It did not look like a suit to me and they called it a Hydro Suit. It was orange and looked like some sort of outer suit but I have limited Soviet equipment knowledge. I sent this auction house some info about local collectors in the Atlanta area and the info on this web site; let's see if I get a response.
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thump
Member Posts: 575
From: washington dc usa
Registered: May 2004
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posted 03-15-2012 09:56 PM
This episode re-aired tonight at 8:30 p.m. EDT (and will be reshown at 1:30 a.m. EDT, Friday, March 16).
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LM1
Member Posts: 667
From: New York, NY
Registered: Oct 2010
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posted 03-16-2012 07:27 AM
Gallery 66 apparently did not charge a commission for any of the NASA items. Several of the items would have realized higher prices in a space-dedicated auction. |
fredtrav
Member Posts: 1673
From: Birmingham AL
Registered: Aug 2010
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posted 03-16-2012 09:08 AM
I had seen this episode and had wondered why, with the several auction houses that have dedicated or regularly scheduled space related auctions, the Space and Rocket Center would consign pieces to a non specialized local auction gallery. I wonder if they did not get additional compensation from the makers of the show to include their pieces as well as the waiving of the fees. |
MarylandSpace
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posted 03-16-2012 05:32 PM
The Alan Bean textured print sold was "Reaching for the Stars" which is a great collection of clear MGAS signatures. |
LM1
Member Posts: 667
From: New York, NY
Registered: Oct 2010
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posted 03-16-2012 07:36 PM
Auction Kings is a big success on the Discovery Channel. I am sure that The Discovery Channel asked the S&RC to submit items for the Auction Kings show. Or, the S&RC could have asked the Discovery Channel to be on the show. The S&RC got a great deal of publicity from this auction. Their attendance will increase because of the auction. This also establishes a relationship between The Discovery Channel and NASA. I hope to see more items from other NASA sites in the future. Many of them have museums. |
SpaceAholic
Member Posts: 4437
From: Sierra Vista, Arizona
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 03-16-2012 08:56 PM
USSRC is an institution of the State of Alabama (vice NASA) |
YankeeClipper
Member Posts: 617
From: Dublin, Ireland
Registered: Mar 2011
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posted 06-22-2012 11:02 PM
Watched the Discovery Channel's Auction Kings episode tonight with the Alan Bean LE canvas print "Reaching for the Stars" and Fred Haise and Bill Paxton SEGA Apollo 13 Pinball Machine.The Alan Bean print (522/1500) had 25 signatures including Shepard, Glenn, Carpenter, Cooper, Schirra, McDivitt, Cunningham, Schweickart, Aldrin, Conrad, Bean, Lovell, Haise, Mitchell, Worden, Duke, Garriott, Lousma, Carr, Gibson, and Pogue. It only made $1400. The pinball machine was presented to Bill Paxton at the 1995 World Premiere and featured a specially engraved plaque, signed by Haise and valued at $4000, but only realized $2450. On the subject of Gallery 63 realized prices, I was intrigued by the previous episode where they auctioned a very detailed and faithful reproduction DMC DeLorean "Time Machine" identical to the modified car in the 1985 hit movie "Back To The Future". Kevin Pike, the FX Supervisor responsible for creating the original screen used car said it was the best and most authentic reproduction he had seen and said it should easily make $80,000. It only went for $55,000 which was less than the owner had put into it. |
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