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Topic: Strangest spaceflight souvenirs seen for sale
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One Big Monkey
Member Posts: 169
From: West Yorkshire, UK
Registered: Jul 2012
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posted 02-15-2015 05:02 AM
  
Probably like most people here I spend a lot of time trawling through eBay listings to see what's out there, and you see some pretty weird things. Top marks today goes to this one, which is truly a thing of beauty! Apollo Lunar Lander and Command Module Music Box. Missing the music player, but still a great piece of art, made of metal.  My mind also boggles at the Apollo-Soyuz souvenir cigarettes that regularly appear. What's the oddest example of space memorabilia you've come across? |
MarylandSpace
Member Posts: 1336
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Registered: Aug 2002
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posted 02-15-2015 06:42 AM
I wonder if the missing music box played "Fly Me to the Moon" or another "lunar classic"?I bought one or maybe two Apollo/space whiskey decanters many years ago. They display well but were a frivolous purchase. It is fun to see what comes up for sale. |
Tykeanaut
Member Posts: 2212
From: Worcestershire, England, UK.
Registered: Apr 2008
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posted 02-15-2015 11:14 AM
I've got Lunar Module, Space Shuttle and Astronaut pencil-sharpners! |
p51
Member Posts: 1642
From: Olympia, WA
Registered: Sep 2011
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posted 02-15-2015 01:08 PM
I once saw a Apollo CSM shaped... marital aid, let's just say. My jaw hit the floor. |
Blackarrow
Member Posts: 3118
From: Belfast, United Kingdom
Registered: Feb 2002
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posted 02-15-2015 02:23 PM
Watch out for those RCS quads! (Somebody had to say it!) |
Lou Chinal
Member Posts: 1306
From: Staten Island, NY
Registered: Jun 2007
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posted 02-16-2015 02:20 PM
I have part of the launch tower from Explorer 1 in 1958. |
garymilgrom
Member Posts: 1966
From: Atlanta, GA
Registered: Feb 2007
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posted 02-16-2015 04:45 PM
Lou we all know you're nuts, this thread is for strange souvenirs.  |
David Carey
Member Posts: 782
From:
Registered: Mar 2009
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posted 02-17-2015 10:23 AM
These probably qualify... |
Robert Pearlman
Editor Posts: 42981
From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 02-17-2015 11:19 AM
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Originally posted by David Carey:
These probably qualify...
Strangely enough, I own an example of the first one of those displays. Makes for a great conversation piece when discussing missing moon rocks... |
fredtrav
Member Posts: 1673
From: Birmingham AL
Registered: Aug 2010
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posted 02-17-2015 02:59 PM
Here is one strange item for sale now on eBay: This is an antique folk wooden space shuttle, it comes from a retired NASA astronaut estate.  |
One Big Monkey
Member Posts: 169
From: West Yorkshire, UK
Registered: Jul 2012
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posted 03-03-2015 02:33 PM
An Apollo 11 bicycle bell! (eBay 261798528604) |
Robert Pearlman
Editor Posts: 42981
From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 04-02-2015 05:58 PM
I'd say this qualifies: An Apollo 11 leather boxing speed bag (eBay 111632898897). |
Robert Pearlman
Editor Posts: 42981
From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 04-28-2015 09:54 AM
How about a space shuttle Columbia spittoon (hat tip to Liem via Facebook)? This piece of memorabilia of the disaster of the space shuttle Columbia on January 28, 2003, would be good in any space collectors collection. The incorrect date aside, given the spittoon's shape, I thought there might be some concern that it was made out of recovered debris, but a quick search revealed that there was more than one made (pictured below from eBay no. 261443540170). |
p51
Member Posts: 1642
From: Olympia, WA
Registered: Sep 2011
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posted 04-28-2015 01:42 PM
Man, that spitoon is in horrible taste, being made after the disaster... |
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