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Topic: 141306398929: Apollo 11 Patch
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Besixdouze
Member Posts: 235
From: Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Registered: Jan 2011
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posted 06-02-2014 02:45 AM
   
Some eBay auctions (like this Apollo 11 patch) never cease to amaze (and amuse). |
BlueHalo
Member Posts: 21
From: Boynton Beach, FL
Registered: Oct 2013
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posted 06-02-2014 03:47 AM
Maybe the guy who screwed Chris out that Apollo 11 BIG patch and keeps relisting it for $1499.99 can trade with this guy? I saw he was trying to push that patch on Craigslist too. |
David C
Member Posts: 1015
From: Lausanne
Registered: Apr 2012
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posted 06-02-2014 05:16 AM
Don't do that again, I nearly spilt my coffee! |
Lunar rock nut
Member Posts: 911
From: Oklahoma city, Oklahoma U.S.A.
Registered: Feb 2007
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posted 06-02-2014 06:27 AM
Love the description. Short and to the point! |
Panther494
Member Posts: 402
From: London UK
Registered: Jan 2013
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posted 06-02-2014 06:47 AM
I have two of those in my collection. If only I'd known they were that valuable, I would have bought five more!!!!  This is shocking... Just hope no-one gets caught. |
Beau08
Member Posts: 159
From: Peoria, AZ United States
Registered: Aug 2011
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posted 06-02-2014 09:35 PM
At least it has free shipping...  |
mode1charlie
Member Posts: 1169
From: Honolulu, HI
Registered: Sep 2010
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posted 06-03-2014 12:05 AM
Wow, what a deal! |
One Big Monkey
Member Posts: 169
From: West Yorkshire, UK
Registered: Jul 2012
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posted 06-03-2014 12:29 AM
Aww - he won't ship to the UK  On the subject of dubious eBay sales this one offends me. I had one of those little badges that they've scraped off (until my wife 'tidied' it along with a lot of Christmas rubbish), was cheaper than the cheesy certificate thing they're selling and nowhere was it claimed to be from Apollo 11 and it was not a golden colour. And this Apollo 11 crew patch came up in today's search results! The description is cleverly worded. |
David C
Member Posts: 1015
From: Lausanne
Registered: Apr 2012
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posted 06-03-2014 01:20 AM
I believe that's the patch referred to in the second post of this thread. |
spaced out
Member Posts: 3110
From: Paris, France
Registered: Aug 2003
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posted 06-03-2014 06:36 AM
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Originally posted by One Big Monkey:
On the subject of dubious eBay sales this one offends me.
'Shavings' of a badge that was from an edition of over 20,000 examples produced containing CM-flown metal (maybe a tiny scrap of Kapton foil).That's approaching homeopathic levels of dilution! |
Go4Launch
Member Posts: 542
From: Seminole, Fla.
Registered: Jul 2003
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posted 06-05-2014 09:02 PM
The original source material was an LM pulley clamp and a CM heatshield bolt. |
Robert Pearlman
Editor Posts: 42988
From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 06-05-2014 09:42 PM
It was neither kapton foil or the clamp and bolt combo (as used in the Manned Flight Awareness medals). Nor, for that matter, is the metal necessarily from Apollo 11.The auction in question uses one of the First Footprint pins made by Winco. The flown material in Winco's Apollo products is from an internal command module component, but the mission has never been made public (per NASA's desires). |
Go4Launch
Member Posts: 542
From: Seminole, Fla.
Registered: Jul 2003
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posted 06-06-2014 06:59 AM
Winco may have melted an MFA medallion for this project; in any event, it is all fairly preposterous as others here have noted... |
Gonzo
Member Posts: 596
From: Lansing, MI, USA
Registered: Mar 2012
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posted 06-17-2014 05:51 AM
And it closed with no bids. Go figure... |
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