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Topic: Antiques Roadshow: Signed NASA SP-45
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Robert Pearlman
Editor Posts: 48443
From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 05-29-2022 11:08 AM
   
Antiques Roadshow Season 26, Episode 16, the second hour filmed at Colonial Williamsburg, included an appraisal of a multi-signed copy of NASA SP-45, "Mercury Project Summary Including the Results of the Fourth Manned Orbital Flight, May 15 and 16, 1963."The book was signed on a blank cover page by: Jim McDivitt (who also inscribed it), Frank Borman (who signed twice), Elliot See, Jim Lovell, Charles Conrad, Neil Armstrong, Thomas Stafford, Edward White, Gene Cernan, David Scott, Michael Collins, Buzz Aldrin and Gordon Cooper. Of note, the book belonged to the late Aaron Cohen, who was manager for the Apollo command and service modules and space shuttle program manager before becoming director of Johnson Space Center and then acting deputy administrator of NASA. Cohen's nephew brought the book on the show. Catherine Williamson with Bonhams appraised the book at $4,000 to $6,000.  |
Jonnyed
Member Posts: 542
From: Dumfries, VA, USA
Registered: Aug 2014
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posted 05-29-2022 01:17 PM
Wow. What a great item to have in the family and such a wealth of signatures. Very cool. |
Blackarrow
Member Posts: 3460
From: Belfast, United Kingdom
Registered: Feb 2002
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posted 05-30-2022 08:32 AM
My gut tells me it might sell for more than $6,000. Incidentally, that looks like a hardback version of SP-45. I am one of many people who owns a softback copy. I don't think they printed too many hardback versions. |
thisismills
Member Posts: 474
From: Michigan
Registered: Mar 2012
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posted 05-30-2022 08:57 AM
During the appraisal I remember hearing that it is a soft cover version that was bound by the owner. May need to rewatch to confirm the exact wording used. |
Blackarrow
Member Posts: 3460
From: Belfast, United Kingdom
Registered: Feb 2002
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posted 05-31-2022 06:07 PM
Aah... that might make a difference! By the way, has there ever been any assessment (I assume by auction or sale prices) of whether a moonwalker's signature is worth less (or more?) if he provided the signature before he flew in space, let alone walked on the moon? |
Rick Mulheirn
Member Posts: 4465
From: England
Registered: Feb 2001
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posted 06-01-2022 02:59 AM
An interesting question Geoffrey that I have mused about myself. Personally, pre or post flight makes little or no difference. Others may think otherwise particularly when it comes to signatures that evolved over time: Armstrong's late 60s and post flight signatures for instance differ significantly from much earlier examples. | |
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