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Topic: another collector website
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mensax
Member Posts: 861
From: Virginia
Registered: Apr 2002
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posted 06-05-2005 04:15 PM
   
After a great deal of prodding, I've finaly put together a blog/website to share some of my collection. If you're interested, take a look.Noah http://lunararchive.blogspot.com/ |
Rick Mulheirn
Member Posts: 4167
From: England
Registered: Feb 2001
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posted 06-05-2005 04:46 PM
Congratulations Noah. As I have long suspected you have an outstanding collection of items. Nice to be able to put a face to the name also.Regards, Rick. |
Kirsten
Member Posts: 536
From: Delft, Netherlands
Registered: Apr 2001
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posted 06-05-2005 04:52 PM
Cool website Noah !!! Thanks for sharing ! |
Spacepsycho
Member Posts: 818
From: Huntington Beach, Calif.
Registered: Aug 2004
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posted 06-05-2005 04:54 PM
Excellent website and some beautiful artifacts. I think I'm turning a little green with all the great items in your collection. Thanks for sharing it. Ray [This message has been edited by Spacepsycho (edited June 05, 2005).] |
Robert Pearlman
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From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 06-05-2005 09:51 PM
Very nice Noah! I've added your site to the collectors' website directory.Now I really have to get you the materials I promised...  (I didn't realize you won the Red Bearon. That picture alone was worth the bid!) |
heng44
Member Posts: 3386
From: Netherlands
Registered: Nov 2001
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posted 06-06-2005 03:20 AM
Impressive collection, Noah. Nice artwork, too :-)Ed |
ejectr
Member Posts: 1751
From: Killingly, CT
Registered: Mar 2002
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posted 06-06-2005 06:11 AM
Amazing collection!The stories behind how you obtained the items you have must be equally amazing. [This message has been edited by ejectr (edited June 06, 2005).] |
767FO
Member Posts: 269
From: Boca Raton, FL
Registered: Sep 2002
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posted 06-06-2005 07:34 AM
Very nice Noah! Thanks for sharing. |
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posted 06-06-2005 08:53 AM
Beautiful collection! Noah, you did a fantastic job displaying and describing some great items of our space program! As strictly an autograph collector I enjoyed all your items, not only your autographed pieces. However, your Mercury 7 signed piece would look great in my collection. How did you acquire it, how long ago and if you don't mind telling, how much did it cost you? ( that may be personal so you don't have to answer that). Congratulations on a special collection!!!!
Dave
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tegwilym
Member Posts: 2331
From: Sturgeon Bay, WI
Registered: Jan 2000
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posted 06-06-2005 12:31 PM
Nice stuff you have, thanks for sharing!I'll have to keep looking on Ebay for those Code 3 models you have of the spacecraft. I'm still kicking myself for not buying that Apollo back when they still produced them. Tom
My site in great need up updating: www.geocities.com/tegwilym2/collection
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Bob M
Member Posts: 1744
From: Atlanta-area, GA USA
Registered: Aug 2000
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posted 06-06-2005 02:43 PM
Good work, Noah. Really enjoyed my visit to your new Website and especially so because of the story and information behind each item and artifact. Impressive Apollo 11 crew signed beta cloth patch and documented genuine in-person Yuri Gagarin autograph. Bob Mc. |
Crsh4Csh
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posted 06-06-2005 03:58 PM
Noah , nice job...what a great collection , and presented well. i would love to own some things in your collection..im kinda jealous. Thanks for letting us all take a peek. Eddie |
mensax
Member Posts: 861
From: Virginia
Registered: Apr 2002
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posted 06-06-2005 05:52 PM
Thanks everybody for your kind words… here, and directly by email.I’ve struggled for a long time with the idea of making a website, but the challenge was just too daunting… Which program? Which server? Me?... learn html code? Monthly fees or advertising pop-ups? What about all the gaps in my collection? Most of the existing collector websites are works of art with spectacular graphics, and are organized in such a way that they tell the complete history of the space program. It was just all too much for this country boy to undertake. This blogging technique works great for me. It’s completely free, easy to use, and it offers unlimited storage. I can post any item I choose, in any order I feel like. Freedom!
I chose to describe each item for what it is and what it means to me. I just assume everybody knows the rest of the story. As you can tell I like every category of space collecting, autographs are just part of what brings the space age alive for me. I notice that Robert has listed me as a collector of memorabilia (I’m the only one listed with that distinction … I guess the Bugs Bunny item had him stumped as to what category that belonged in.) Maybe this blogging technique will bring more space items out for everyone to see? It saddens me to look through the old auction catalogs and see so many thousands of tremendous items and not be able to appreciate them, to know who has them, and to find out what they mean to him/her. From what I see, a blog is never a finished project like so many websites seem to become. Blog just keep growing and growing, which is what I hope happens to my collection… and my web site. Robert, I’ll post another Red Baron shot that you’ll like. Yes Ed, the artwork is tremendous… I highly recommend the artist. ;) Ejector, there aren’t many stories about how I got these items (most are just from auctions or eBay), but there are a lot of stories behind them… which is something I highly prize. Dave, the Mercury 7 piece is a gem (Bob and Gerry both gave it a thumbs up) and it’s from the family of a retired, prominent NASA official. Tom, I got my Code 3’s on eBay a couple months ago with a “Buy it Now” option for less than what they cost new, so keep looking, they are well worth the money. Eddie, I’d love to see a website showing your collection one day! Finally, my highest praise came by email from Larry McGlynn and I quote “I saw your blog site and it is pretty good.” Gee, thanks Larry. ;) Noah
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Steve Procter
Member Posts: 1031
From: Leeds, Yorkshire, UK
Registered: Oct 2000
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posted 06-06-2005 06:23 PM
Noah,Great stuff! Incredible job. Amazing when you start doing this you really get the bit between your teeth and try and press on to get as much of your collection on-line as you can. I've uploaded some more items to my pages if anyone fancies a look
www.picturetrail.com ID - steveprocter Cheers Steve |
rjurek349
Member Posts: 1190
From: Northwest Indiana
Registered: Jan 2002
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posted 06-06-2005 07:29 PM
Noah, I hope to do Larry one better: WOW!!!  
(Howz dat?) Really -- fantastic. A great way to get a personal sense of you, your collection, and the whole thing. I'll have to say, I've wanted to do a website for some time...but have been put off by the work of a flashier site....you're blog is an inspiration...and shows how the material itself, and the genuine love for the stuff, can shine right through. Simple, is often better. Me thinks I need to get myself a' bloggin' Way to go, Rich |
rjurek349
Member Posts: 1190
From: Northwest Indiana
Registered: Jan 2002
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posted 06-06-2005 09:51 PM
.[This message has been edited by rjurek349 (edited June 07, 2005).] |
Scott
Member Posts: 3307
From: Houston, TX
Registered: May 2001
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posted 06-06-2005 10:36 PM
Nice website, Noah. Great layout, too. |
mensax
Member Posts: 861
From: Virginia
Registered: Apr 2002
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posted 06-25-2006 07:55 AM
My blog is now a year old and is fast approaching a milestone of having had 10,000 visits (more than I ever imagined). I would like to thank everyone who has visited it, and I'd like to express a big thank you to those who have taken the time to contact me with comments, questions,... and yes, sometimes even corrections. Other than one small incident, I have found that sharing my collection has been a positive experience, and I encourage others to do the same. The blog format has worked well for me. It is very easy to use, it is totaly free, and it allows me to regularly update it, rearrange it, and add new items to it. A blog is never finished. Again, thank you for visiting. Noah |
East-Frisian
Member Posts: 586
From: Germany
Registered: Apr 2005
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posted 06-25-2006 08:12 AM
Very impressive collection. I enjoyed it.The East-Frisian |
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posted 06-25-2006 05:04 PM
Awesome.Well presented. Blog software is the way to go. If I have some time, I'll do the same! Dave Scott
(not the astronaut) ps - I got the other Kranz MOD sign from Steve yesterday. You must have beaten me to the better one by a minute since I called Steve at 12:02. |
Crsh4Csh
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posted 06-25-2006 06:58 PM
Noah ... what can i say , but WOW !!! i just spent the better part of an hour looking through your very impressive collection , im drooling , AND i see many things you ended up with that i tried like heck to get ! im glad that the stuff ended up in such an impressive collection... what a great collection , and way it is presented !!! Eddie |
Ken Havekotte
Member Posts: 2912
From: Merritt Island, Florida, Brevard
Registered: Mar 2001
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posted 06-25-2006 08:18 PM
Noah--Once again, one of the best websites in the industry and/or hobby as I love how you're able to tell an interesting and educational story in piecing everything together by using historical memorabilia from many combined formats. But I must comment on your Mercury 7 signed photo that I don't recall seeing before when I first viewed your wonderful site. I have an "exact same" or similar 8x10 B/W hard-stock Mercury 7 picture, however, mine is a NASA-reprint photograph from Langley Field with all reprint signatures on it! I've checked yours with mine, and sure enough as there is no question about it in my mind, yours is an exact replica of mine. I don't know whom and/are what price you purchased it for, Noah, but I would certainly check it out again. Unless you have the original signed Mercury 7 of this particular piece, hundreds to my understanding were produced by NASA (I think in 1959-60), as you can tell under examination that all the signatures are indeed copies and not hand-signed originals. Yours, Noah, if it is one of the reprints, is the 6th or 7th that I have seen throughout my collecting career in which I have two of them; both exactly the same. I'll be happy to send you, if you want, photo-copies of the ones I have for your own comparison. |
cddfspace
Member Posts: 609
From: Morris County, NJ, USA
Registered: Jan 2006
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posted 06-25-2006 08:53 PM
Noah,AMAZING! Thank you for sharing! Excellent collection and excellent site! CDDFSPACE |
KSCartist
Member Posts: 2896
From: Titusville, FL USA
Registered: Feb 2005
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posted 06-26-2006 07:37 AM
Noah-Beautiful site and fantastic collection! The Alan Shepard photo - is it a page from National Geographic? If so I'm glad it went to a good home. I sold that and a few other pieces a few years ago when my daughter went to college.
Email me offline and I'll tell you the story of how I obtained it. Tim |
Rick Boos
Member Posts: 851
From: Celina, Ohio
Registered: Feb 2000
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posted 06-26-2006 09:12 AM
Outstanding web site Noah!!!!! One mistake...the Mercury spacecrafts launched from pad 5 were Freedom 7 and Liberty Bell 7 not Frienship 7. |
David Stephenson
Member Posts: 294
From: England
Registered: Mar 2003
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posted 06-26-2006 10:37 AM
Hi Noah,
what a fantstic collection.Thanks for taking the time to share it with us all on CollectSpace.
Do you have a favourite item in your collection?
Some of the signed photos i really liked.
All the best,
David. |
mensax
Member Posts: 861
From: Virginia
Registered: Apr 2002
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posted 06-26-2006 05:31 PM
thank you all for your kind words. David, folks ask me all the time "what is your favorite?" I've heard it said that the proper answer for a collector is "the next one I get!" It is really tough, impossible for me to pick just one. I did go through my collection and picked out about 20 items that I would have a very hard time ever letting go. I made a little blog of them if you're interested in viewing them. (I tell you the truth, these blogs are so easy to make ... I put this one together in about an hour)
http://spaceraceartifacts.blogspot.com/
Noah
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David Stephenson
Member Posts: 294
From: England
Registered: Mar 2003
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posted 06-27-2006 10:56 AM
Hi Noah,
im not suprised you cant pick a favourite,you have some real space history in your collection.
Thanks for showing your many favourites :-)
David. |
mjanovec
Member Posts: 3811
From: Midwest, USA
Registered: Jul 2005
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posted 06-27-2006 12:38 PM
Great collection, but I would have to pick the Neil Armstrong check as being probably the most interesting item. It's not some small component of the spacecraft that flew along with a mission...it is instead part of the mission history of Apollo 11. The check has more significance than being an Armstrong signature (and a really good signature at that)...it is a document of a notable moment before the launch. I have to imagine there were some laughs exchanged when Neil handed over the check and told him not to cash it. And it might be the only instance where Neil exhibited any superstition in his flying career. |
John K. Rochester
Member Posts: 1292
From: Rochester, NY, USA
Registered: Mar 2002
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posted 06-27-2006 01:33 PM
Those are some absolutely fabulous pieces of history!!I noticed though, in Dekes book with the Prime and Backup crews for Gemini.. Stafford and Cernan were the prime crew for Gemini 9.
CC Williams and Bill Anders were also listed as crew members, either Prime or Backup as was Elliott See.......but no Charles Bassett in the original mix?? |
zee_aladdin
Member Posts: 781
From: California
Registered: Oct 2004
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posted 06-28-2006 01:24 PM
Hey Noah:Good Collection! ... by the way, how did you obtain all Ten Fliteline Medallions?? - Zee |
Cliff Lentz
Member Posts: 655
From: Philadelphia, PA USA
Registered: Mar 2002
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posted 06-29-2006 09:12 AM
Noah,
Terrific collection! I can't tell you how jealous I was scrolling through it.! I like that you have collectibles that tell more than the usual space collectibles such as the canceled checks and the artists proofs of the Apollo Mission patches. This is how I try to plan my collection so that each piece is representative of a certain aspect of a flight. When I was planning on getting some Lucite pieces with flown objects I wanted some historical significance for each piece. For the Liberty Bell 7 Lucite, I thought the flown film clip was perfect since, if it had been recovered unexposed, it may have solved the mystery of the blown hatch once and for all.At the last UACC show in New Jersey, Buzz Aldrin said, in his speech at the Saturday night dinner, that today's collectors were the people who keep and preserve space history now. That's really how I feel about collecting and how I'd like to persue it. |
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