Posts: 51217 From: Houston, TX Registered: Nov 1999
posted 09-19-2023 03:07 PM
Countdown to RR Auction's Oct. 19, 2023 space sale:
cosmos-walter Member
Posts: 819 From: Salzburg, Austria Registered: Jun 2003
posted 09-26-2023 02:47 AM
Lot 7325 is a special memorial 20-multi-page RS0ISS SPACE QSL-card with all ISS missions in honor of the 165th birthday K.E. Tsiolkovsky. More information is given here.
Such QSL-cards confirm the radiocommunication between an amateur radio station and the ISS.
Robert Pearlman Editor
Posts: 51217 From: Houston, TX Registered: Nov 1999
posted 09-26-2023 09:53 AM
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Moon rock scoop used extensively during the Apollo 16 mission's lunar surface operations, directly from the collection of LMP Charlie Duke. This scoop played an essential role in the success of the mission, as they collected 95.8 kilograms (211 lbs) of lunar samples for return to Earth. It's among over 400 remarkable items in RR Auction's Fall Space Sale. Don't miss this opportunity to own a piece of space history!
Rick Mulheirn Member
Posts: 4538 From: England Registered: Feb 2001
posted 09-27-2023 07:47 AM
The scoop is an incredible piece.
NJSPACEFAN Member
Posts: 130 From: Ocala, FL USA Registered: Dec 2000
posted 09-30-2023 08:33 AM
For the Apollo 13 collector, Lot 7229 the Bus B Battery cable with its dramatic writeup signed with quotes by Lovell and Haise says it all.
Now, if I mortgage my house in full, sell my collection and cash in my pension, can I afford that Charlie Duke scoop....
gareth89 Member
Posts: 584 From: Ireland Registered: May 2014
posted 09-30-2023 09:36 AM
If only we were born rich instead of handsome 😂
cosmos-walter Member
Posts: 819 From: Salzburg, Austria Registered: Jun 2003
posted 10-08-2023 03:34 AM
Lot 727 is a Gemini Computer Training Session Sign-In Sheet signed by 24 NASA Astronauts. They include six moonwalkers, four Mercury astronauts, the crews of Gemini 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, and Apollo 7, 8, 10, 11 as well as Charles Bassett and Clifton Williams who were to fly Gemini 9, Apollo 1 astronauts Gus Grissom and Roger Chaffee and Theodore Freeman.
Ed White is the only missing Gemini astronaut, James McDivitt the only missing astronaut of the Apollo missions up to Apollo 11.
Ken Havekotte Member
Posts: 3711 From: Merritt Island, Florida, Brevard Registered: Mar 2001
posted 10-08-2023 04:53 AM
The Gemini computer training session sign-in sheet by 24 early astronauts in 1964 that Walter indicated is indeed an incredible piece. Even though most of the sign-in astronauts printed their names on the sheet, there were a few like Shepard, Chaffee, and Gordon that signed almost in full.
But it wasn't Clifton Williams that had been slated to command Gemini 9 with chosen pilot Charles Bassett, but rather Elliot See, whose name is also on the list.
cosmos-walter Member
Posts: 819 From: Salzburg, Austria Registered: Jun 2003
posted 10-08-2023 05:16 AM
Ken, I fully agree with you.
stsmithva Member
Posts: 2088 From: Fairfax, VA Registered: Feb 2007
posted 10-10-2023 08:02 PM
Ah, that Gemini computer training sign-in sheet... it was the first major item I bought for my space collection, back when I really got into the hobby 15 years ago. I was the one who typed up the questionnaire in the RR listing. In fact, here is a 2008 cS post I wrote about it.
Then about four years later, I had to sell it and other items to make possible the down payment on the house in which we now live. I think I'll bid to try to get it back!
Axman Member
Posts: 216 From: Derbyshire UK Registered: Mar 2023
posted 10-11-2023 04:20 AM
Fascinating 2008 post. Thanks for the link I very much enjoyed reading that. I hope you do bid, and win.
Robert Pearlman Editor
Posts: 51217 From: Houston, TX Registered: Nov 1999
posted 10-19-2023 07:45 PM
Some impressive results!
Scott Carpenter's Aurora 7 satellite clock closed at $194,880 (with buyer's premium: $231,100).
Charlie Duke's Apollo 16 lunar soil scoop closed at $699,998 (with buyer's premium: $874,997.50).
davidcwagner Member
Posts: 1011 From: Albuquerque, New Mexico Registered: Jan 2003
posted 10-19-2023 08:16 PM
Won the LRV HGA counterweight. Was this ground support or a flight item? Anyone find a photo of a similar item on a lunar rover?
Jurvetson Member
Posts: 165 From: Los Altos an SF, CA, United States Registered: Sep 2011
posted 10-19-2023 10:58 PM
quote:Originally posted by Robert Pearlman: Some impressive results!
Robert - gulp. I won those two items. After all these years, it still blows my mind that such things can be bought. I will be talking with Charlie Duke about that scoop and more of his memories. Gotta think of some good questions to ask. To help curate the heroic stories surrounding the artifacts.
SpaceAholic Member
Posts: 5281 From: Sierra Vista, Arizona Registered: Nov 1999
posted 10-19-2023 11:37 PM
The LCRU counterweight was GSE (believed to be crew / ground training affiliated).
chet Member
Posts: 1547 From: Beverly Hills, Calif. Registered: Nov 2000
posted 10-20-2023 01:09 AM
Congrats, Steve, on those two scores... a couple of halfway decent items.
posted 09-19-2023 03:07 PM
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