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Topic: How to acquire inexpensive flown items
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Fezman92
Member Posts: 1031
From: New Jersey, USA
Registered: Mar 2010
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posted 04-06-2010 09:20 PM
   
I have wanted to get something that has been flown, but I do not know where to look really. I know that NASA has stuff for sale through government surplus auctions and some of the items have been flown (as it says so in the description) but I can't buy anything from them until I'm 18. Other stuff I have seen usually goes for hundreds or thousands of dollars. I'm a teenager and I don't have that kind of money. Where can I go to get ligament flown in space stuff for a price that won't break the bank? |
ilbasso
Member Posts: 1522
From: Greensboro, NC USA
Registered: Feb 2006
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posted 04-06-2010 09:51 PM
You can do a search on "space flown" on eBay and find a wide variety of items. Probably the most common and affordable are commemorative coins that have a small bit of flown metal in them. Dealers such as Florian Noller sell some presentation items that contain pieces of flown items for relatively reasonable prices. There are also plenty of Topps Heritage items available on eBay with pieces of flown hardware on them. Start small and you can gradually work your way up! |
j0s9
Member Posts: 140
From: Clinton, MA, USA
Registered: Oct 2009
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posted 04-06-2010 10:22 PM
The way how I started my collection was with flown coins. I got my first flown coin (an Apollo launch pad coin) from a NASA ex-worker who was an Aerospace Educational Specialist from Oklahoma. I think collecting flown coins is one of the most reasonable ways to start a flown items collection because the variety is almost endless. Each time new flown coins appear on the web (most of the time not listed as flown coins) and find the old ones is getting most difficult. |
davidcwagner
Member Posts: 798
From: Albuquerque, New Mexico
Registered: Jan 2003
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posted 04-06-2010 11:43 PM
Email me your mailing address and I will send you a starter piece as a welcome to collectSPACE gift. |
spaced out
Member Posts: 3110
From: Paris, France
Registered: Aug 2003
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posted 04-07-2010 01:44 AM
The covers flown on Challenger STS-8 make nice affordable flown souvenirs. You should be able to find examples on eBay and elsewhere for $20-30. |
Tykeanaut
Member Posts: 2212
From: Worcestershire, England, UK.
Registered: Apr 2008
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posted 04-07-2010 08:12 AM
May I also suggest David Bryant at the Space Station in the U.K. Always some nice pieces at fairly affordable prices. |
Fezman92
Member Posts: 1031
From: New Jersey, USA
Registered: Mar 2010
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posted 04-07-2010 01:50 PM
Thanks for all the advice. I plan on getting the Apollo 11 40th coin soon, which I know has flown metal. I was also wondering if is possible to 'request' to have something like a flag flown on a mission? |
Robert Pearlman
Editor Posts: 42981
From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 04-07-2010 01:58 PM
The only means of requesting an item to be flown is if you share a personal relationship with a member of the crew, and even then, most wait for the astronaut to ask them. |
andrewcli
Member Posts: 328
From: La Jolla, CA, USA
Registered: Jul 2007
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posted 04-07-2010 02:03 PM
Flown flags from STS missions will be in the range of a couple hundred dollars. These can be found on ebay and astro-auction.comFlown flags from the Apollo program will be in the thousands of dollars, depending if it circled the earth, circled the moon or landed on the moon. You might want to check on ebay for threhook items. Jerry does a great job on these displays and the price is very reasonable. Here is the thread.
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SpaceAholic
Member Posts: 4437
From: Sierra Vista, Arizona
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 04-09-2010 08:29 AM
Can you forward your email/address please and will coordinate getting something to you to help initialize your collection.Scott (email spaceaholic@gmail.com) |
Rochemontagne
Member Posts: 187
From: Loveland, CO U.S.A.
Registered: Feb 2001
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posted 04-15-2010 12:06 PM
Send me your email and I'll contact you so I can send you a couple of items that were flown in Space. Dennis
Rochemontagne@hotmail.com |
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