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posted 06-23-2012 07:26 PM               

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I have one of these map plates that I obtained from Mike at Moonpans a couple of years ago. The page sizes are around 8x10 inches and are on a heavier card stock. Gene Cernan added a "declaration sticker" which is signed on each of these pages.

These are not the same pages that Florian had on his site a couple of months ago.

The white area where the declaration sticker is located is probably used for notes and mine has the word "Tsilokovsky" for the crater and "N" direction arrow.

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posted 06-25-2012 06:25 PM               

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I assume both style of autographed maps came from Gene Cernan's personal collection but were signed differently? Also any idea who put together the display with the Cernan photo mount.

Also, I noticed the Florian maps sold at a higher cost. I am curious as to why the price difference.

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posted 12-12-2012 04:44 PM               

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The lunar map displays were created by David Frohman of Peachstate Historical Consulting. He bought the book directly from Gene (that is why there is only one photo of Gene). Then Peachstate broke up the book and sold the maps page by page. He also sold to dealers like Florian. I think Mike at Moonpans bought his from various collectors who were selling their maps.

I heard that the maps and pages from the lunar surface checklist were completely sold out, but I am probably wrong.

The question is, "Does the COA stuck right to the front of the map plate detract from it?" Personally, I think it does, but it is flown and that is something for the collector. I have one, but the COA sticker is on the back and out of sight.

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posted 12-12-2016 01:34 PM               

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I'm of the same opinion as Larry on the stickers. I don't think it's a good way of marking the item as coming from Cernan's collection, as I also feel about the handstamp and signature type declaration on some of his items.

I think handwritten will always win out over stamps or stickers but sadly these guys are all getting older and with age comes joint problems so we cant expect them to continue writing lengthy quotes and inscriptions for much longer.

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