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Topic: Regency-Superior's October 2011 auction
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Penney Kols
Member Posts: 38
From: saint louis mo usa
Registered: Sep 2008
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posted 09-01-2011 06:55 PM
  
Regency-Superior presents its Space and Aviation Auction, October 14th at the Hilton Los Angeles Airport Hotel, Los Angeles, California beginning at 11am (PT).This sale features over 400 auction lots including an amazing bit of history found in the official photo identification badges of Virgil Grissom, Edward White II, and Roger Chaffee who perished in the Apollo 1 fire on January 27, 1967. Each of these badges is personally signed on the back by the respective astronaut.  Another highlight of the sale is an amazing color photo signed by ALL 12 MOONWALKERS. This one-of-a-kind color 8"x10" photo of Earth above Moon is clearly signed in black by Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, Charles Conrad, Alan Bean, Alan Shepard, Ed Mitchell, Dave Scott, Jim Irwin, John Young, Charlie Duke, Gene Cernan and Harrison Schmitt.  Other highlights include: - A photograph and cover both signed by all seven original Mercury Astronauts.
- A solid gold $20 United States Gold Eagle coin flown in space by Neil Armstrong on his Gemini 8 Mission.
- A complete crew-signed Apollo 1 photograph.
- Flown Robbins Medallions for nearly all of the Apollo Missions.
- Flown to the Moon flags and Beta Cloth insignias.
- An Apollo 11 flown flag and insurance cover.
- Flown to the Moon cover from Apollo 15.
- Flown to the Moon’s surface Apollo 16 flag and Lunar Surface Navigational chart.
All lots are available for viewing in our Beverly Hills gallery beginning on Tuesday the week of the sale. You can bid LIVE online 24/7 on Regency-Superior's website before the auction, as well as live during the auction.For specific questions regarding this auction, please contact Alan Lipkin at alipkin@RegencySuperior.com. Good luck with your bidding!
Alan Lipkin
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onesmallstep
Member Posts: 1310
From: Staten Island, New York USA
Registered: Nov 2007
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posted 09-15-2011 04:39 PM
I noticed for Lot# 258, the STS-111 flown mail, it mentions the only other mass produced mail to be flown on a shuttle, on STS-9. Of course, it should be STS-8/Challenger, in 1983... |
Alan Lipkin
Member Posts: 78
From: Beverly Hills, CA USA
Registered: Mar 2006
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posted 09-16-2011 04:47 PM
Yes, you caught a typo. STS-8 not STS-9. |
Tykeanaut
Member Posts: 2212
From: Worcestershire, England, UK.
Registered: Apr 2008
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posted 09-16-2011 07:53 PM
quote:
Originally posted by Penney Kols:
Another highlight of the sale is an amazing color photo signed by ALL 12 MOONWALKERS.
I don't like the "Neil Armstrong", am I being paranoid? |
capoetc
Member Posts: 2169
From: McKinney TX (USA)
Registered: Aug 2005
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posted 09-16-2011 09:58 PM
quote:
Originally posted by Tykeanaut:
I don't like the "Neil Armstrong", am I being paranoid?
In my opinion, yes. |
Tykeanaut
Member Posts: 2212
From: Worcestershire, England, UK.
Registered: Apr 2008
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posted 09-17-2011 05:13 AM
Fair enough. It was only the "fish-hook" style of the "A" that got me wondering. |
413 is in
Member Posts: 628
From: Alexandria, VA USA
Registered: May 2006
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posted 10-11-2011 09:35 AM
It appears that the Apollo 1 crew ID badges have been withdrawn from this auction. |
SpaceAholic
Member Posts: 4437
From: Sierra Vista, Arizona
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 10-11-2011 10:18 AM
Richard Stonely had a set of these... perhaps he is the consignor? |
Tykeanaut
Member Posts: 2212
From: Worcestershire, England, UK.
Registered: Apr 2008
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posted 10-16-2011 11:25 AM
I was surprised to see so many of the Apollo flown material presentations unsold? |
SpaceAholic
Member Posts: 4437
From: Sierra Vista, Arizona
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 10-16-2011 11:33 AM
Not I... chop shops are in overdrive producing the glut of micro-trinkets shredded from formally intact artifacts (ablator plugs, kapton, soap bars, bungee cords, etc.) ...many listed on eBay. |
GACspaceguy
Member Posts: 2476
From: Guyton, GA
Registered: Jan 2006
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posted 10-16-2011 02:19 PM
I must say that none of my prebids won and I could not figure out how to bid on line. Searched all over the site and could not find where to join the live bidding. Took the day off and I had to walk away from this auction with money to burn. |
MikeSpace
unregistered
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posted 10-18-2011 08:37 PM
I forgot about the Apollo 11 flown beta patch on this auction. Went for $1800. If someone here got that, congrats. |
DChudwin
Member Posts: 1096
From: Lincolnshire IL USA
Registered: Aug 2000
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posted 10-18-2011 08:53 PM
The provenance on that "flown" patch was in my opinion questionable and it was not signed. |
spaced out
Member Posts: 3110
From: Paris, France
Registered: Aug 2003
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posted 10-19-2011 01:22 AM
The Apollo 11 flag and the beta patch that were stated as flown on the mission both suffered from weak provenance.Each was accompanied by a LOA from Aldrin's stepson stating they were flown but neither were signed or inscribed as flown, nor were they mounted on something signed by an astronaut. They probably were flown as claimed but without stronger provenance they will never be worth anything like as much as flown items with solid provenance. |
SpaceAholic
Member Posts: 4437
From: Sierra Vista, Arizona
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 10-19-2011 05:47 AM
A good point... individuals who accept questionable or ambiguous provenance presented by the auction house assume the risk that any future resale attempts will be impeded by questions regarding authenticity. Verbal confirmation of provenance conferred by an original consignor is a non-enduring/perishable attribute (regardless of the consigners assumed credibility). |
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