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Topic: Astronaut autographs: photo preference?
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marc515
Member Posts: 136
From: Brick, NJ, USA
Registered: Apr 2001
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posted 11-05-2009 07:22 AM
   
Do you prefer autographs on the standard NASA photograph where you can actually tell who it is, or on other pictures like on the moon in a space suit, etc., where you can't tell who they really are? |
Daniel Lazecky
Member Posts: 480
From: Czech Republic-Europe
Registered: Oct 2007
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posted 11-05-2009 12:23 PM
Somebody is priggish also, and only rest in him upon this autographs on litographs. Now behind themselves talk. Mine opinion - that's zest of of each of autograph that the obtain.Joy collector what got, yes quality also. Sometimes have to collector quiet what are they. |
mjanovec
Member Posts: 3811
From: Midwest, USA
Registered: Jul 2005
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posted 11-05-2009 01:23 PM
I suspect the collecting community is fairly split down the middle with what they prefer. Many prefer the professional portraits...especially the white space suit (WSS) portraits. But many others also prefer photos of the astronauts in action, doing what they are famous for...such as walking on the moon. And while the astronauts might seem to be anonymous while fully covered by their spacesuit and helmet, the photos taken on the missions from the 60s and early 70s are so well known among most collectors that many can identify the astronaut without the benefit of seeing their face. Personally, I collect the business suit portraits of the early astronauts, since every astronaut from that era has at least one business suit portrait. Some astronauts never had an official WSS portrait taken (such as the Apollo 1 astronauts, the Apollo 7 astronauts, Frank Borman, and Bill Anders), so one can't technically ever have a "complete" collection of autographs on WSS photos. In the end, collecting what you like is always the best option! |
RMH
Member Posts: 577
From: Ohio
Registered: Mar 2001
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posted 11-05-2009 04:11 PM
I started collecting during the shuttle program as a kid. To write to the astronauts and ask simply for an autographed photo was both cheap and easy in my early collecting days. I have stuck with the collection of shuttle astronaut portraits. Now on occasion I will get an EVA photo made up and have it signed if the photo really strikes me.During this early time, NASA sent out WSS portraits of the Apollo guys and every once in a while I was lucky to get a moon walk litho. I would take these and send them off to astronauts I had an address for and was fortunate enough to get most of the WSS signed. Later on I did get more moon walk photos to add to the collection. I would say my prefernce would be the portraits because that is how my collection got started and got me hooked on autographs. |
cddfspace
Member Posts: 609
From: Morris County, NJ, USA
Registered: Jan 2006
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posted 11-25-2009 11:56 AM
What is your collecting preference - an 8x10 or a 16x20 signed photo... and why!For me, the 8x10's have been great to keep as a collection. When I am looking to display something I shoot for the 16x20. Editor's note: Threads merged |
RMH
Member Posts: 577
From: Ohio
Registered: Mar 2001
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posted 11-27-2009 06:28 PM
I keep all of my autographs in binders so I always go for an 8x10 size.The 16x20 photos are impressive but I don't have any that size autographed. |
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