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stsmithva
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From: Fairfax, VA, USA
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posted 03-30-2007 08:45 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for stsmithva   Click Here to Email stsmithva     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
I am going to offer my opinion and give some advice: buy an Association of Space Explorers poster. These have been produced at their Congresses almost every year since 1985, and they are extraordinary collections of astronaut and cosmonaut autographs, with excellent provenance, at what in today's market are bargain prices. Almost all of them have the autographs of astronauts who charge more than the poster prices to sign today- and then there are another couple dozen more signatures besides theirs!

I know from doing a messages search that these posters get a mention every couple of years, but I am posting this now because a) they are almost out of a few of the best ones; and b) while I was trying to decide which ones were best I wrote up some details I thought you might find interesting.

So here are the last names of some of the more notable astronauts and cosmonauts on four of the posters, along with very brief notes on their places in space history. I've put them in order of which ones in my opinion have the best collections. The names with asterisks are those who are no longer with us. If you want the mission names of every single person who signed each poster, just click on "Signature Key" on that poster's page. I think my notes are self-explanatory - i.e. "MW" for moonwalker, "A-S" for Apollo-Soyuz.

I bought a IX and a VII while they were still on sale. Many of the more recent ones will get their prices raised as they get down to the last few.

If you think I missed an especially noteworthy achievement, or heaven forbid made an error, please post that. I don't have a stake in ASE; I just want my fellow collectors to know about them. You can expect great customer service from Andy.

  • IX ($200) A nice "Space for Life" DNA logo

    (This one is my favorite. Although I wish it had Collins like V does, just LOOK at the missions and landmark achievements represented on this one attractive poster.)

    Aldrin (G12, A11 MW), Bobko (1st Challenger), Carpenter (Mercury), Carr (CAPCOM A8 and 12; Skylab 4), Coats (1st Discovery), Fabian (1st crew of 5), Garriott (Skylab 3, Spacelab), Gibson (Skylab 4), Lousma (CAPCOM A13; Skylab 3, STS-3), Lovell (G7, G10, A8, A13), McBride (chase plane on 1st Columbia, 1st crew of 7), McCandless (1st untethered spacewalk), Overmyer* (shuttle), Roosa* (A14 CM), Scully-Power (1st crew of 7), Beregovoi (Soyuz 3 failed docking), Bykovsky (Vostok 5- 1st 5 days solo, still a record), Filipchenko (Soyuz 7- 1st time 3 spacecraft up), Leonov (1st spacewalk, A-S), Makarov* (emergency abort), Popovich (1st time 2 spacecraft up, 1st rendezvous, 1st ship-to-ship communications- w/Nikolaev), Tereshkova (1st woman), Titov* (2nd to orbit, 1st 25-year-old, still youngest), Akiyama (1st paying passenger, collectSPACE: one of the 15 rarest astronaut autographs), Ulf Merbold (1st non-American in a US spacecraft- shuttle, also Mir)

  • V ($200) A man on a camel looking at the stars

    (The selling point is having both Aldrin and Collins, although there are certainly other good points too.)

    Aldrin (G12, A11 MW), Allen (STS-5), Collins (G10, A11 CM), Cunningham (A7), Fabian (1st crew of 5), Henize* (shuttle, died on Everest), Lind (waited 19 years to fly), McBride (chase plane on 1st Columbia, 1st crew of 7), McCandless (1st untethered spacewalk), Overmyer* (shuttle), Peterson (1st Challenger), Roosa* (A14 CM), Schweickart (A9), Wang (1st ethnic Chinese), Krikalev (last Soviet- USSR dissolved while he was in orbit, 1st US-Russian shuttle), Leonov (1st spacewalk, A-S), Makarov* (emergency abort), Shatalov (1st docking of 2 manned), Volkov (last Soviet), Ulf Merbold (1st non-American in a US spacecraft- shuttle, also Mir)

  • VII ($200) Roman numerals VII

    Carr (CAPCOM A8 and A12; Skylab 4), Conrad* (G5, G11, A12 MW, Skylab 2), Engle (original 19, STS-2), Hauck (1st crew of 5), Lind (waited 19 years), Lovell (A8, A13), McBride (chase plane on 1st Columbia, 1st crew of 7), McCandless (1st untethered spacewalk), Peterson (1st Challenger), Roosa* (A14 CM), Schweickart (A9), Stafford (G6, G9, A10 CM, A-S), Wang (1st ethnic Chinese), Leonov (1st spacewalk, A-S), Makarov* (emergency abort), Strekalov* (5 flights), Tereshkova (1st woman), Yegorov* (1st crew more than 1), Chretien (1st Frenchman and W. European)

  • XV ($59) Moon, sun, and stars

    Andrian Nikolaev* (1st TV broadcast from space, 1st time 2 spacecraft up, 1st rendezvous, 1st ship-to-ship communications- w/Popovich), Leonov (1st spacewalk, A-S), Manarov (1st year), Shatalov (1st docking of 2 manned spacecraft), Soloviev (3 flights, then Mir and ISS), Strekalov* (5 flights, 1st launchpad abort)

polheiney
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posted 03-31-2007 05:31 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for polheiney   Click Here to Email polheiney     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
I agree with you about the posters. They look great and are a great way to get a lot of tough signatures at a great price. They come with signature guides which helps a lot. You're right about Andy, too. He's always been great to deal with and he responds very quickly to questions. I have III and IX. I don't know if this is the case for every ASE IX poster or not, but mine does not have Bobko.

leslie
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posted 04-02-2007 08:29 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for leslie   Click Here to Email leslie     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
These posters have been the best value for money for a very long time.

The size may have been the only negative factor but, framed, they are excellent pieces...

DChudwin
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posted 06-05-2009 09:28 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for DChudwin   Click Here to Email DChudwin     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
The Association of Space Explorers (ASE) has an annual meeting where astronauts from around the world congregate. For each meeting, the organization has printed an artistic poster and the attendees all autograph them. For most meetings about 150 posters are signed.

The ASE sells these posters for fund-raising. Currently they have a sale on a number of the posters. The autographs have a great provenance, and a key is sent to identify the signatures.

To obtain some Russian autographs, I have ordered the poster for the XIV Congress which was held in Belgium in 1998.

For $149 the poster has the signatures of 72 astronauts and cosmonauts, including the following Russians:

Oleg Atkov, Yuri Baturin, Anatoli Berezovoi, Nikolai Budarin, Valeri Bykovsky, Anatoli Filipchenko, Viktor Gorbatko, Georgi Grechko, Alexei Gubarev, Alexander Ivanchenkov, Alexander Kaleri, Valeri Korzun, Valeri Kubasov, Alexander Lazutkin, Alexei Leonov, Vladimir Lyakhov, Oleg Makarov, Musa Manarov, Andrian Nikolaev, Alexander Poleshchuk, Pavel Popovich, Gennadi Sarafanov, Viktor Savinykh, Alexander Serebrov, Vitali Sevastyonov, Vladimir Shatalov, Vladimir Soloviov, Gennadi Strekalov, Gherman Titov, Vladimir Titov, Vladimir Vasyutin, Pavel Vinogradov, Igor Volk, Alexander Volkov, Alexei Yelesiev.

Sadly, some of the above are no longers alive. There are also autographs from some U.S. and other international astronauts.

While not on sale, the III Congress poster from 1987 includes autographs of Aldrin, Collins, Conrad, Eisele, Schweickart and Stafford, among others, for $300.

If you don't mind your autographs on a poster, ASE is a source for genuine autographs at a reasonable price. (I am not associated with the group.)

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PerryM
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posted 11-20-2009 12:24 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for PerryM   Click Here to Email PerryM     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
You guy have all the information on things I had to ask the question about something I found online.

Surfing the net I found a place called Space-Explorers.org. They have collectables that are autographed from their meetings each year. What I can not believe is the price, so low.

What is the deal it sounds like a steal to me, what's the catch? On one poster alone you have Aldrin, Stafford, Roosa, Leonov, Tereshkova, and Gherman Titov. With many other autographs for under $300. They say they are the actual signature. Is this a steal?

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Jurg Bolli
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posted 11-20-2009 12:24 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Jurg Bolli   Click Here to Email Jurg Bolli     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
While I don't have any of their prints there doesn't seem to be a catch.

SVaughan
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posted 11-20-2009 03:08 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for SVaughan     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
quote:
Originally posted by PerryM:
Is this a steal?
It really is a steal... for the buyer!

It's a fantastic bargain, a wonderful opportunity to obtain some unquestionably authentic items...and the proceeds go to a great cause: The Association of Space Explorers.

The only way to be a member of the ASE is to travel into space, but through the purchase of these items it is possible to support the organisation and its great projects and add a fantastic selection of absolutely genuine signatures to your collection. It doesn't get much better than that.

liftoff1
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posted 12-20-2009 11:42 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for liftoff1   Click Here to Email liftoff1     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
I just received the two that I ordered... they are superb.

Sam Que
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posted 02-20-2011 04:09 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Sam Que   Click Here to Email Sam Que     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
I purchased a III Congress poster last year. It looks great. I wonder why these signed posters have not sold out. They are a great value and includes the signatures of some well sought after astronauts, including Buzz Aldrin, Michael Collins, Pete Conrad, Donn Eisele, Rusty Schweickart, Tom Stafford. Although this III Congress poster is no longer available, there appears to be several other posters with similar signatures at great prices still available. Am I missing something? Just my curiosity.

Astrobilia
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posted 09-11-2011 04:03 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Astrobilia   Click Here to Email Astrobilia     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
I know that these were available as separate items, but may fit into this conversation.

I have a number of the ASE 36-37 astronaut signed large "plates" that were sold along with or included with "Home Planet" tabletop book. (I also have some of the books.)

I also have a number of the six-signature ones that were also available separately or included with another table-top book (whose name I forget and they are new and stored in a local dry storage area area).

The plates (both) are in my safety deposit box, so don't have pics right handy. Three to four years ago, I sold a few for a very high price on eBay, but wonder what interest exists for these items currently.

MrSpace86
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posted 09-11-2011 11:34 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for MrSpace86   Click Here to Email MrSpace86     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
In your guys' opinion, which poster that is still available would be the best to own? A lot of them have the same signers. However, it is rather difficult choosing just ONE poster!!

DChudwin
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posted 09-12-2011 07:39 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for DChudwin   Click Here to Email DChudwin     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
I am a big fan of these posters. I have the one from the III Congress framed in my study (unfortunately this one is sold out).

If I were to buy one now and price not an issue, I would get the VIII Congress poster signed by 82 astronauts and cosmonauts. It includes Pete Conrad, Stu Roosa, Jim Lovell, Jim McDivitt, Charlie Duke, Tom Stafford, and Rusty Schweickart among others.It also has Alexei Leonov, Valentina Tereshkova, Andrian Nikolayev and Svetalana Savitskaya among other cosmonauts. This poster goes for $525 but you are getting 82 genuine signatures.

The best value in my opinion is the V Congress poster which features Apollo 11 astronauts Buzz Aldrin and Mike Collins as well as Stu Roosa, Walt Cunningham and Rusty Schweickart -- all for just $200. I bought this one but haven't framed it yet.

AirKing
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posted 01-25-2016 09:22 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for AirKing   Click Here to Email AirKing     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
I was able to buy the 2015 ASE 28 poster, with 72 signatures, just before Christmas and they are great pieces that offer numerous signatures for a very low price.

What made me immediately buy the poster was that it had been signed by Bill Anders. From what I have read he does not do any sort of signings so it is quite a rare signature to get hold of.

The seller said that only around 100 posters were signed and from what I have read elsewhere the astronauts sign the posters for each other as the posters are then given to the astronauts. This would explain why Bill Anders signed on this occassion.

I found a list of attending astronauts and by a major coincidence one of the Russian cosmonauts had the same surname as the seller and when a googled this cosmonaut he has a son with the same first name as the seller who lives in Moscow. That's quite good provenance.

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