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Topic: FS: Mercury and Beyond signed art print
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ChrisBazil
Member Posts: 35
From: Arvada, CO
Registered: Jun 2012
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posted 01-25-2013 07:52 AM
   
"Mercury and Beyond" limited edition art print. Signed and number by artist Patrick Eby. This print was commissioned to commemorate the 35th anniversary of the final launch of the Mercury program.This limited edition print has been hand signed by Scott Carpenter, Wally Schirra and Gordon Cooper in archival pen. Photos of the astronauts signing the print are included. Print measures 22 by 28 inches, image is 18 by 24 inches. Total edition is 450 s/n, 50 s/n Artist Proofs (Sold Out). Price $450. I accept PayPal, CC/MO or personal check (hold to clear). Stored flat, shipped rolled in tube. Insured shipping within the US $12.  |
garyd2831
Member Posts: 640
From: Syracuse, New York, USA
Registered: Oct 2009
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posted 01-25-2013 09:24 PM
Wow, a good friend gave me this poster last year signed by all four Mercury Atlas astronauts. |
ChrisBazil
Member Posts: 35
From: Arvada, CO
Registered: Jun 2012
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posted 01-28-2013 03:49 PM
Nice gift! Is your print additionally signed by John Glenn? Pat Eby had approx. 100 prints signed by five of the Mercury Astronauts. Alan Shepard, John Glenn, Gordon Cooper, Scott Carpenter and Wally Schirra. (I have one of these I purchased from Pat) |
woodg2
Member Posts: 133
From: Madison AL
Registered: Feb 2010
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posted 01-29-2013 07:50 AM
These are great prints. They were produced in 1998 when we turned the Complex 14 blockhouse into a conference center. Cooper and Carpenter came for the dedication ceremony, along with Slayton and Grissom's wives. (It was on Mother's Day 1998, so I'm still sucking up to my wife!) Schirra, Shepard and Glenn signed later. Prints #1-7 went to the Mercury 7 astronauts or their families. #8 was given to the Astronaut Hall of Fame. #9 is framed and proudly hanging in my basement.  |
woodg2
Member Posts: 133
From: Madison AL
Registered: Feb 2010
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posted 01-29-2013 08:54 AM
I should have added a note about Alan Shepard. He was very ill (signed these about a month before he passed if I remember correctly) and was in Orlando at the time. He was slated to attend the dedication ceremony at the Cape but could not make the trip. He insisted we send somebody over to his hotel with the prints so he could sign them. Sadly I suspect this was his last "public signing". I think that says a lot for the kind of man he was! |
garyd2831
Member Posts: 640
From: Syracuse, New York, USA
Registered: Oct 2009
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posted 01-29-2013 05:04 PM
Yes, my print is signed by Glenn also. It was a very nice gift from a very nice and sadly late friend who was a great contributor to the cS community and to the hobby. |
ChrisBazil
Member Posts: 35
From: Arvada, CO
Registered: Jun 2012
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posted 01-30-2013 06:18 PM
I am sorry to hear about the loss of your friend. Obviously, if he was a contributor to this site and a collector of history, he was a wise man. With the transfer of a piece of history to you, his knowledge lives on for others to learn and understand. A great gift indeed. |
garyd2831
Member Posts: 640
From: Syracuse, New York, USA
Registered: Oct 2009
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posted 01-30-2013 06:29 PM
Yes, he was a great person and a very generous man. |
ChrisBazil
Member Posts: 35
From: Arvada, CO
Registered: Jun 2012
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posted 02-06-2013 04:30 PM
Regarding the "Mercury and Beyond" limited edition prints, I have one limited edition print signed by Scott Carpenter. Photo of the signing is included. $300. plus shipping.I also have three limited edition prints signed and numbered by the artist Pat Eby in pencil. $200 plus shipping. These are the last of the "Mercury and Beyond" limited edition prints. After these are gone, there will be no more available. |
farthestreaches
Member Posts: 1074
From: Redondo Beach, Ca
Registered: Jan 2001
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posted 02-05-2015 01:58 PM
I was recently asked to handle the sale of "Mercury and Beyond" print no. 4 coming directly from the personal collection of Scott Carpenter. This hung on his wall for many years at his Vail, CO home until being given to Farthest Reaches for purposes of its sale.As mentioned it's no. 4 and marked as an AP (Artist's Proof). This is one of the relatively small number that were hand signed by Glenn, Carpenter, Cooper, Schirra and Shepard. It has been professionally framed but could be removed from the frame prior to shipping should you so desire. I am about to add it to the Carpenter Artifacts page on Farthest Reaches website but thought I'd offer it here first. In the meantime, photos are available upon request. I can be contacted at steve@farthestreaches.com. |
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