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spacehiker
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posted 04-20-2021 03:59 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for spacehiker   Click Here to Email spacehiker     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
A seller on eBay has over the past few weeks being selling a large number of claimed Apollo and Gemini items including multiples of alleged Apollo checklist beta cloth pockets.

He has now listed a couple more of these pockets. Do these look genuine?

spacehiker
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posted 04-21-2021 12:44 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for spacehiker   Click Here to Email spacehiker     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Does anyone have any views on whether these are genuine vintage Apollo Beta cloth checklist pockets?

I should point out that these are outside my collecting sphere and felt that it was strange that someone had such a large stash of these items.

Robert Pearlman
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posted 04-21-2021 01:06 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Robert Pearlman   Click Here to Email Robert Pearlman     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Given the other items the seller has offered and sold, including items with original Manned Spacecraft Center spacecraft parts tags, it would appear these pockets are authentic.

spaced out
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posted 04-21-2021 03:10 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for spaced out   Click Here to Email spaced out     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
I believe these are all genuine Apollo-era beta cloth pockets. It's worth noting however that most are early models or even prototype versions.

For example, pockets with metal snap fasteners were used extensively by the Apollo crews in training, and can be seen in many photos of the astronauts, but as far as I know only velcro versions were used on the missions themselves.

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