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Author	Topic: Jerry Czubinski's flown acrylic displays
Rick Mulheirn Member Posts: 4167 From: England Registered: Feb 2001	posted 04-14-2008 06:27 PM Anybody wanting to acquire a nice Apollo 11 Command Module kapton display may wish to check out the work of one Jerry Czubinski. Using Kapton acquired from Ken Havekotte, Jerry produces displays that are in my opinion, as impressive as they are good value for money. Below is one such acrylic that Jerry very kindly custom made to my own design, that comes with a wealth of supporting provenance. Look him up at threehook@pirate4x4.com.
GACspaceguy Member Posts: 2475 From: Guyton, GA Registered: Jan 2006	posted 04-14-2008 07:16 PM I agree, I have a number of his pieces and they are GREAT!
Mercury7 Member Posts: 360 From: Greenville, SC, USA Registered: Aug 2006	posted 04-15-2008 02:56 AM I agree too, Jerry is a great guy to buy from and has also helped with some science center displays.
cddfspace Member Posts: 609 From: Morris County, NJ, USA Registered: Jan 2006	posted 04-15-2008 09:18 AM Could not agree more. They look great. I also have several.
David Bryant Member Posts: 986 From: Norfolk UK Registered: Feb 2005	posted 04-15-2008 01:24 PM Jerry is just the best! I've worked with him for two years and can't recommend him too highly!
Russ Still Member Posts: 535 From: Atlanta, GA USA Registered: Nov 1999	posted 04-15-2008 02:40 PM Great looking! Does he have a website?
Rick Mulheirn Member Posts: 4167 From: England Registered: Feb 2001	posted 04-15-2008 02:43 PM I don't think he has a site right now; he usually sells through ebay. I'm sure he'd be happy to send you pictures of his work if you drop him a line.
paulus humungus Member Posts: 400 From: Burton, Derbyshire, England Registered: Oct 2005	posted 04-15-2008 02:46 PM Same here - I have a number of his displays and he is one of the loveliest people you will ever deal with. Very Very helpful.
poofacio Member Posts: 268 From: United Kingdom Registered: Oct 2006	posted 04-15-2008 03:09 PM Here here!!
blueangels1 Member Posts: 35 From: Houston, Texas Registered: Aug 2006	posted 04-17-2008 09:48 AM Thank you so much for all your kind words and support. It has been a pleasure and a honor to bring something a little different to this Great Hobby with my displays. Most of all working with incredible folks such as yourselves in designing them. All my best to all of you and thank you Rick for posting this thread, your a true gentleman with a eye for detail. — Jerry
Michael Clemente Member Posts: 186 From: Atco, New Jersey, USA Registered: Mar 2002	posted 04-17-2008 04:34 PM I have to agree with what everybody has said. Jerry is a great guy. He has done a number of presentations for me. They are simply outstanding to say the least. He takes great pride in his work and it definitely shows in his lucite displays. Keep up the great work.
andrewcli Member Posts: 328 From: La Jolla, CA, USA Registered: Jul 2007	posted 06-28-2008 07:05 PM I recently had Jerry Czubinski do a custom Apollo 13 display for me. This is an outstanding piece of work! I'm going to have it signed by Lovell and Haise in November at ASF. Then a light bulb went on in my head. As you all know, Jerry sells his work mainly on eBay and he does do custom displays. Anyways, he and I have been going back on forth with emails and I was wondering if people would be interested if Jerry would sell his displays at SpaceFest? He can have several options: sell sealed displays sell unsealed displays so that you can have the astronauts sign them and then he can seal them in lucite and mail it back to you. do custom/pre-orders, tell him what you want, or provide your own flown item and he will have them ready for you at SpaceFest for signing. What do you guys think?
mikeh Member Posts: 147 From: Registered: Feb 2008	posted 06-28-2008 08:24 PM Jerry's work is indeed terrific! How about one more option for those unable to be at SpaceFest... [4] Pre-order displays that Jerry will have signed, and then mail to you. Just a thought.
David Bryant Member Posts: 986 From: Norfolk UK Registered: Feb 2005	posted 06-29-2008 02:27 AM I had several of Jerry's designs signed for customers at Autographica 11: Dave Scott and Jim McDivitt were both very fulsome in their praise, and charged just the base fee!
contra Member Posts: 318 From: Kiel, Germany Registered: Mar 2005	posted 07-15-2008 08:17 AM Received my Apollo 11 Kapton Foil and Apollo 15 Moon Dust displays today. I'm absolutely pleased with the displays and the service of Jerry.
lm5eagle Member Posts: 429 From: Registered: Jul 2007	posted 07-15-2008 08:33 AM quote: Originally posted by mikeh: Pre-order displays that Jerry will have signed, and then mail to you. This is a great suggestion. If it could be done, I would be interested in having some of these. I would be particularly interested in something relating to Apollo XIII which could be signed at ASF Show perhaps?
Spoon Member Posts: 143 From: Cumbria, UK Registered: May 2006	posted 07-18-2008 11:22 PM These A15 moondust presentations are marvellous! I was lucky enough to pick up no. 2 of 10. Cannot recommend them highly enough!!
Madon_space Member Posts: 667 From: uk Registered: Sep 2002	posted 07-19-2008 06:23 AM Does anyone know if you get charged Import Duty on these with them being small items and if so how much roughly?
Rick Mulheirn Member Posts: 4167 From: England Registered: Feb 2001	posted 07-19-2008 01:48 PM The size seems to matter not one bit. Anything over $50... I think, will result in about £30 worth of duty and fees; the dearer the item the higher the fees.
andrewcli Member Posts: 328 From: La Jolla, CA, USA Registered: Jul 2007	posted 07-27-2008 10:38 PM I had Jerry do another custom display for me, this time with the Apollo 8 heatshield fragment I purchased from Florian. Jerry still has enough of the heatshield fragment to make another 2 displays. Contact him if you are interested. Get it signed at ASF or SpaceFest.
David Bryant Member Posts: 986 From: Norfolk UK Registered: Feb 2005	posted 07-28-2008 01:30 AM quote: Originally posted by Rick Mulheirn: The size seems to matter not one bit. Anything over $50... I think, will result in about £30 worth of duty and fees; the dearer the item the higher the fees. It's worse than that, Rick: you often get caned twice: once for import duty and again by the Post Office for random 'expenses'. And the threshhold is £18 ($36).
andrewcli Member Posts: 328 From: La Jolla, CA, USA Registered: Jul 2007	posted 08-23-2008 10:49 PM Jerry recently got some new stuff and I've been helping him with the designs. Here are some displays for Apollo 15 and 17. If interested, contact him directly. You can also have them unsealed and have the astronauts sign them. Send them back to Jerry so that he can seal them for you. Great for the upcoming Autographica, ASF, and SpaceFest!
David Bryant Member Posts: 986 From: Norfolk UK Registered: Feb 2005	posted 08-26-2008 02:06 AM If anyone in the UK / EU wants to avoid the £30+ import fees, I have a good selection of acrylics here. Negotiated discounts for cS-ers!
MrSpace86 Member Posts: 1618 From: Gardner, KS, USA Registered: Feb 2003	posted 08-26-2008 09:59 AM Would astronauts agree to sign flown items? I am not saying Jerry sells fake items, but if I were an astronaut, I would try to only sign flown items that NASA has issued and such. They may not know about Jerry's pieces (except for Edgar Mitchell which I think has signed these before).
andrewcli Member Posts: 328 From: La Jolla, CA, USA Registered: Jul 2007	posted 08-26-2008 10:33 AM I have seen displays signed by Mitchell, Scott, and Duke. You can always ask. Jerry sends you a lot of information on the flown item. Bring along the information and show it to them. I'm sure they will become suspicious when you ask them to sign a bunch of them. With or without their autographs, the displays are really nice and affordable.
gliderpilotuk Member Posts: 3398 From: London, UK Registered: Feb 2002	posted 08-26-2008 12:29 PM I've posted this several times before, but you CAN appeal the VAT levied on import. You need to get a "commodity code" from HMRC after describing the item to them. If it's classified as a "historical collectible" you can get the VAT reduced to 5%. I've recovered VAT on signed items from Novaspace as well as flown items. Make sure you keep all packaging and docs. This does NOT apply if the goods are for resale (sorry, David!). Sadly the post office charges are not recoverable. A little effort goes a long way...
contra Member Posts: 318 From: Kiel, Germany Registered: Mar 2005	posted 09-11-2008 09:04 AM I just would like to share some pics of my Apollo Flown Relics custom made display. Jerry did a good job as you can see. It's really a nice piece in my collection.
Lunar rock nut Member Posts: 911 From: Oklahoma city, Oklahoma U.S.A. Registered: Feb 2007	posted 01-13-2009 06:58 AM I recently received my two Apollo 8 kapton displays from Jerry. I liked them so much I snagged Apollo 11, 15 and 17 lucites. Should receive those any day now and looking forward to receiving them. Jerry has some really neat items listed on eBay right now.
liebeek Member Posts: 247 From: the netherlands Registered: Jan 2008	posted 01-25-2009 05:34 AM I would like to add to this post by stating that I have a lot of Jerry's displays and they are an absolute delight. Besides that he is a very nice person. He made a significant contribution to a school in Oeganda I support with my school kids here in Holland. It helped to save many kids from the harsh life on the streets and elsewhere. I hope you don't mind me telling this Jerry. I recently bought an Apollo 15 and 17 display he made for me and Jerry probably still has more of them available for anyone interested. I now have the following displays from him: Apollo 8, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15 and 17. Apollo 16 is missing but I will fill that void in the near future and am certain Jerry will do a great job again.
MrSpace86 Member Posts: 1618 From: Gardner, KS, USA Registered: Feb 2003	posted 02-06-2009 11:52 PM Seems like other people are also producing items similar to Jerry's and using Ken's items. Take a look. Any thoughts on these? From France!
andrewcli Member Posts: 328 From: La Jolla, CA, USA Registered: Jul 2007	posted 02-07-2009 12:45 AM In the past, Jerry told me that he was supplying some displays to spacetimeexplorer. By the way, didn't Armstrong and Aldrin walked on the moon on July 20, not July 24th? I've actually have been helping Jerry on a 40th anniversary display this past month. Hopefully he will have it ready for SpaceFest plus another surprise.
Lunar rock nut Member Posts: 911 From: Oklahoma city, Oklahoma U.S.A. Registered: Feb 2007	posted 02-07-2009 07:39 AM I received my 11, 15, 17 lucites from Jerry and am elated. As a matter of fact he just reloaded on eBay.
Sam Que Member Posts: 180 From: Chicago, IL, United States Registered: Feb 2009	posted 02-27-2009 12:41 PM I received my Apollo 8, 11, 12 and 17 displays yesterday. I was extremely impressed with the quality of the displays and equally impressed with the level of service provided by Jerry. I look forward to adding to my collection in the future.
Robert Pearlman Editor Posts: 42988 From: Houston, TX Registered: Nov 1999	posted 04-07-2009 10:07 AM quote: Originally posted by andrewcli: In the past, Jerry told me that he was supplying some displays to spacetimeexplorer. Just to clarify, the acrylics being offered by 'spacetimeexplorer' are not produced by Jerry, nor are they affiliated with his own line of artifact displays. Jerry recalls selling a few of his acrylics to 'spacetimeexplorer', which in turn may have been re-sold, but from that point forward, the France-based seller decided to go into production for him/herself.
Philip Member Posts: 5952 From: Brussels, Belgium Registered: Jan 2001	posted 12-07-2009 06:05 AM Interesting displays, I contacted Jerry to check if he has still a few available. Did you guys send him flown kapton foil pieces purchased elsewhere of did he supply the whole thing. Searching with Google revealed that a few years back a large piece was sold from Buzz Aldrin's personal collection so I guess that has been cut in pieces so we can all enjoy a great flown item?
Lunar rock nut Member Posts: 911 From: Oklahoma city, Oklahoma U.S.A. Registered: Feb 2007	posted 12-07-2009 07:37 AM In October 2008 I bid on and won a seven inch piece of Apollo 8 kapton that came with excellent provenance and traded with him. He is outstanding to deal with. I believe he has many sources and contacts. Jerry is very vigilant, attentive and strict about accompanying provenance with his items.
Philip Member Posts: 5952 From: Brussels, Belgium Registered: Jan 2001	posted 12-11-2009 09:35 AM Received mine via thespace-station.com and I'm super pleased with it and the service and packing and handling was superb! Thank You David!