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Topic: SpaceShotsSuccess
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polheiney
Member Posts: 93
From: Hagerstown, MD, US
Registered: Oct 2006
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posted 12-07-2006 06:35 PM
   
I am putting together the Series 3 Spaceshots card set and in the second to last pack I opened was a Jim Lovell signed hologram card. I was pretty excited!Pol |
Novaspace
Member Posts: 434
From: Tucson, AZ USA
Registered: Sep 2004
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posted 12-07-2006 06:46 PM
quote:
Originally posted by polheiney:
I am putting together the Series 3 Spaceshots card set and in the second to last pack I opened was a Jim Lovell signed hologram card. I was pretty excited!Pol
It's a keeper. Jim won't sign SpaceShots cards (long story)
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RMH
Member Posts: 577
From: Ohio
Registered: Mar 2001
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posted 12-07-2006 07:21 PM
Pol- that must have been a very pleasant surprise.Out of curiosity, does any one know how many of these cards Lovell did sign for the company? I would think there would be a good number of them but I have never noticed them being sold. |
polheiney
Member Posts: 93
From: Hagerstown, MD, US
Registered: Oct 2006
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posted 12-07-2006 07:50 PM
He wrote 561/1000 after his signature.Kim - I'm curious - why doesn't he sign SpaceShots cards? Pol |
mjanovec
Member Posts: 3811
From: Midwest, USA
Registered: Jul 2005
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posted 12-07-2006 10:06 PM
It's covered in other threads (search the archives for "spaceshots cards"), but it all has to do with a deal that apparently went sour between the astronauts and the person behind the Spaceshots Cards (Ed White III, son of the astronaut). Remember that while NASA photos are public domain, permission must still be obtained when commercializing a likeness of an astronaut. Most of the astronauts agreed to let White use their image, as they all had great respect for his father.I don't specifically know what went wrong to cause the grievance between the astronauts and White, but most of the astronauts seem unified in their dislike for what happened...and many have since distanced themselves as far as they can from these cards. |
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