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Topic: Lelands (Lot 174): Apollo 11 crew signed baseball
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fairport4
Member Posts: 42
From: Bethesda, MD
Registered: Apr 2006
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posted 07-19-2015 01:38 PM
   
A baseball signed by Armstrong, Collins and Aldrin cira. 1972 supposedly from a Yankees batboy, and with Apollo 11 notation below all signatures, just sold in Lelands sports auction for $11.7K.Michael Collins does private signings with Novaspace and of course he refuses to sign baseballs at any price and for anyone. He indicated he may have signed a baseball in the past but I have tried without success to get a signed baseball from him. Armstrong also refused to sign anything, let alone baseballs, for several years up to his death. |
JasonIUP
Member Posts: 282
From: PA
Registered: Apr 2004
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posted 07-19-2015 03:15 PM
Do you imply that Armstrong and Collins aren't real because Armstrong didn't sign in his last years and Collins hasn't signed balls through Novaspace? |
Mike_The_First
Member Posts: 436
From: USA
Registered: Jun 2014
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posted 07-19-2015 03:22 PM
The Armstrong comment does seem unnecessary since you acknowledge that the ball is (allegedly) from 1972.But I think the Collins comment goes beyond his Novaspace policies. That said, I can see him making an exception due to the other two signing it and the fact that he was signing it for a bat boy during, what I would assume to be, an appearance at the ballpark. |
Steve Zarelli
Member Posts: 731
From: Upstate New York, USA
Registered: Mar 2001
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posted 07-23-2015 08:32 AM
Collins retired from NASA in 1970, Armstrong in 1971 and Aldrin in March 1972.Can anyone find information on how or why they'd be together at a game in Yankee Stadium in 1972? |
Robert Pearlman
Editor Posts: 42988
From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 07-23-2015 09:45 AM
Aldrin resigned from NASA in July 1971 (he retired from the Air Force in March 1972). But your question is a good one. My quick search didn't turn up any obvious hits to the crew being at Yankee Stadium (but it was quick). |
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