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Topic: 4/18: Jerry Ross Autographica event (Heathrow)
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Robert Pearlman
Editor Posts: 42986
From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 12-25-2014 08:06 PM
   
Autographica will host astronaut Jerry Ross for a special event in April 2015 at the Radisson Edwardian Blu Hotel at Heathrow (London, England). This will be a great chance to get up close and personal with Jerry. (The event takes the place of Autographica 22, which will now be in October 2015.) |
Autographica 2
Member Posts: 46
From: Biggin Hill Kent England
Registered: Aug 2004
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posted 03-08-2015 05:54 AM
Seven-time shuttle astronaut Jerry Ross will giving a lecture and signing at the Radisson Edwardian Hotel Heathrow on April 18, 2015. 9.30 a.m - 5.30 p.m.Admission to the event is free. Jerry will be giving a lecture at 2 p.m. and tickets are available at £20 per person. Signatures are available on our own 10x8 photos or bring along your own items for signing. Signature price is £30 per item. Full details available on the website. |
albatron
Member Posts: 2732
From: Stuart, Florida
Registered: Jun 2000
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posted 03-08-2015 09:42 PM
Go even if it's just to meet him. You won't be sorry, heckuva nice guy. |
18blue78
Member Posts: 126
From: UK
Registered: Aug 2013
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posted 04-28-2015 08:06 AM
Meant to post a review earlier but only just got around to it after a hectic couple of weeks.With only Jerry to meet this event had a much more intimate feel about it. No one was rushed through the signing and Jerry was very patient and accommodating to everyone's requests for autographs, mission inscriptions and photos. His wife Karen manned a table full of personal items Jerry had brought to sell. They were amazing to inspect and I only wish some of the space flown items had fallen into my price bracket. Jerry's talk lasted well over an hour and was full of information and stories from NASA. If you have read "Spacewalker" then a lot of what was said would have been familiar but it was still very interesting to hear it from the man himself. Jerry also gave a commentary on videos of his missions STS-27 and STS-110 then finished off with an extended Q&A. This was the first time Autographica had done a one guest event and the setup worked really well. I'm hoping the flexibility of this type of set up will allow Autographica to attract more astronauts over to the UK in the future. But they will have to go along way to beat the impression Jerry and Karen left on everyone who met them. |
Rick Mulheirn
Member Posts: 4167
From: England
Registered: Feb 2001
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posted 04-28-2015 03:22 PM
What kind of flown items was Jerry selling and what were the asking prices (ballpark)? |
18blue78
Member Posts: 126
From: UK
Registered: Aug 2013
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posted 04-29-2015 05:29 AM
I was told a lot of the space flown stuff had gone by the time I got there. But I did see flown patches (if my memory is right around £450 each with a COA from Jerry) and two pieces of hardware that were being put aside for a buyer (£2000 each I think). They looked to be some sort of rubber tubing but I didn't get the chance to ask what equipment they were from. I was also told there had been a flown shirt that sold for over £2000.There were also some flown patches, passes and signed photos from Jerry's personal collection. Prices ranged from £15-£200 for these. |
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