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Topic: WTB: Goodyear Tire on the Moon lucite
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Ianhetho
Member Posts: 252
From: Bogangar NSW Australia
Registered: May 2018
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posted 02-27-2021 12:44 AM
   
Looking for a Goodyear First Tire on the Moon lucite (example pictured below). Please email me or comment here. |
phivosh
Member Posts: 48
From: Nicosia, Cyprus
Registered: Sep 2015
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posted 02-27-2021 12:34 PM
There is one currently listed on Facebook.
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vamanboatin
Member Posts: 254
From: Vienna, VA
Registered: Mar 2004
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posted 03-10-2021 04:04 PM
One just became available on eBay. |
Ianhetho
Member Posts: 252
From: Bogangar NSW Australia
Registered: May 2018
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posted 03-11-2021 01:00 AM
Damn, missed it. You gotta be quick. I'll be pissed off if it reappears in a weeks time at double the price. |
Ianhetho
Member Posts: 252
From: Bogangar NSW Australia
Registered: May 2018
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posted 03-30-2021 04:15 PM
Still looking. |
spacehiker
Member Posts: 465
From: London, UK
Registered: Aug 2009
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posted 05-14-2021 01:15 AM
One has just been listed on eBay with a starting price of $299. |
Ianhetho
Member Posts: 252
From: Bogangar NSW Australia
Registered: May 2018
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posted 05-14-2021 02:30 AM
Thanks friend, I have messaged him. |
Ianhetho
Member Posts: 252
From: Bogangar NSW Australia
Registered: May 2018
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posted 05-16-2021 03:33 PM
I can’t even bid on this one. International shipping will not be considered, oh well. That’s one less bidder in me. Still looking. |
Ken Havekotte
Member Posts: 3411
From: Merritt Island, Florida, Brevard
Registered: Mar 2001
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posted 07-16-2021 05:07 AM
There's a "Goodyear First Tire on the Moon 1971" acrylic display in the upcoming July 24th American Space Museum auction in Titusville, FL. The LRV-miniature tire lucite lot, #392, already has three bids on it. |
Ianhetho
Member Posts: 252
From: Bogangar NSW Australia
Registered: May 2018
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posted 07-16-2021 06:39 AM
Thanks Ken. |
MOL
Member Posts: 159
From: Los Angeles, CA
Registered: Oct 2004
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posted 07-16-2021 10:30 AM
Just a note of clarification. This paperweight has nothing to do with the LRV. The first tire on the moon that this commemorates was in fact an actual pair of Goodyear rubber tires on the Apollo 14 MET - modular equipment transporter or “rickshaw”. Obviously the LRVs used on Apollo 15 through Apollo 17 did not use rubber tires but had wire mesh wheels. |
Ken Havekotte
Member Posts: 3411
From: Merritt Island, Florida, Brevard
Registered: Mar 2001
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posted 07-16-2021 10:55 AM
Of course, you are correct, the LRV had nothing to do with the "first tire on the moon" slogan that the acrylic referred to. That was a bad oversight on my part and
thanks for the correction. The "first tires on the moon" were indeed from Apollo 14 in Feb. 1971. |
CMD_OVRD
Member Posts: 57
From: Dallas, TX
Registered: Jul 2009
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posted 07-17-2021 02:42 PM
There is one up for bid today in the American Space Museum auction. Lot #392. Current bid $300. Sorry for the late notice. I just saw this! |
CMD_OVRD
Member Posts: 57
From: Dallas, TX
Registered: Jul 2009
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posted 03-31-2022 09:39 PM
One of these acrylics just popped up on eBay. |
Ianhetho
Member Posts: 252
From: Bogangar NSW Australia
Registered: May 2018
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posted 04-01-2022 04:48 AM
Thank you. I am now trying to get it shipped. |
Ianhetho
Member Posts: 252
From: Bogangar NSW Australia
Registered: May 2018
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posted 04-01-2022 10:28 AM
Missed out again. Story of my life. The seller not responding to my request for international shipping, is it such a haste? I had it in my shopping cart also.Still looking. |
CMD_OVRD
Member Posts: 57
From: Dallas, TX
Registered: Jul 2009
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posted 04-02-2022 12:56 PM
Did you have any luck getting that piece shipped? I saw that the listing ended. |
Ianhetho
Member Posts: 252
From: Bogangar NSW Australia
Registered: May 2018
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posted 04-02-2022 02:19 PM
No luck getting it shipped. I put it in my eBay basket and contacted the seller begging him to consider shipping it to me. Then about an hour and a half later I when I checked on it it was gone. No reply from the seller at all.It was going at a fair price too. That's three I've missed out on due to shipping issues. I'm giving up. |
Ianhetho
Member Posts: 252
From: Bogangar NSW Australia
Registered: May 2018
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posted 04-03-2022 04:17 PM
Update: I now have on its way from a private sale with a collectSPACE member. I got it at a fair price and it's in near mint condition. A very pleasant exchange indeed.My week's getting better. Thank you collectSPACE and its members. |
CMD_OVRD
Member Posts: 57
From: Dallas, TX
Registered: Jul 2009
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posted 04-03-2022 11:41 PM
Great news! |
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