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Topic: Neil's signing fees
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Moonpaws
Member Posts: 685
From: Lee's summit, MO
Registered: Jan 2005
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posted 06-05-2006 08:54 AM
   
If Neil were to sign at Novaspace, what's your guess on his fees and what would you have signed?$1000 flat
$1500 3-d
$2000 Apollo completion
$50 word
? That would be an extra $550 for "That's one small....". The bright side is that you wouldn't have to pay the extra $50 for(a)man. I would have a moon globe signed. [This message has been edited by Moonpaws (edited June 05, 2006).] |
mjanovec
Member Posts: 3811
From: Midwest, USA
Registered: Jul 2005
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posted 06-05-2006 11:06 AM
Neil's signing fee has always been $0. It's just he's got a nearly all-inclusive right-of-refusal policy.  If I recall correctly, part of the reason Neil retired from signing was because of the high prices people would buy and sell his signature for. And this was back in the 90s when his signatures ran in the hundreds, not thousands of dollars. As such, if pigs flew and Neil decided to do a paid singing, I seriously doubt he would want the dubious distinction of having the highest signing fee of any astronaut ever. He is too protective of his legacy to allow that kind of publicity. While the media doesn't care if John Young signs for $5 or $500, they would care if Neil signed for a large fee (...which is another reason I doubt he would do a paid signing). I also think he would avoid signing any of his famous quotes too, since he knows just how rare they are. For Neil, it would probably just be a signature and perhaps a mission inscription. If Neil were ever to sign again, my guess is that it would be a run of signed prints or photos for charity (such as the Astronaut Scholarship Fund)...where he didn't get a dime for his efforts and where no money exchanged hands whatsoever for his actions (other than reimbursment for his travel expenses). Having said that, I have a glossy or two lying around I wouldn't mind him signing! [This message has been edited by mjanovec (edited June 05, 2006).] |
Cliff Lentz
Member Posts: 655
From: Philadelphia, PA USA
Registered: Mar 2002
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posted 06-05-2006 11:33 AM
In the recent book "First Man", Neil says that he received one piece of advise from his various meetings with Charles Lindbergh and that was DON'T SIGN AUTOGRAPHS! I doubt now if that will ever change.Cliff |
Rick Mulheirn
Member Posts: 4167
From: England
Registered: Feb 2001
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posted 06-05-2006 01:33 PM
"Pie in the sky" as the saying goes...Regards, Rick |
Moonpaws
Member Posts: 685
From: Lee's summit, MO
Registered: Jan 2005
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posted 06-05-2006 07:37 PM
Gentlemen, This is for fun and conjecture. Goodness,
I'm not looking for a lecture on what we all know is certain fact. |
mjanovec
Member Posts: 3811
From: Midwest, USA
Registered: Jul 2005
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posted 06-05-2006 08:02 PM
It's hard to have conjecture on the impossible (or near impossible). Okay, here's my wild guess should Neil ever agree to do a paid signing, Novaspace-style. He'd ask for a $250 fee, all for charity, with a 1 item per person limit, no inscriptions (other than mission inscriptions), with a limited number of people who could participate...maybe the first 1000 people. That's my crazy, unrealistic, wild off-the-wall guess. Relistically, however, I'm still sticking with my guess of a $0 fee and a limit of zero items per person. |
pokey
Member Posts: 361
From: Houston, TX, USA
Registered: Aug 2000
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posted 06-05-2006 09:21 PM
My two bits:
1. Neil has signed items (posters/prints) for a good cause in the past, Naval Air Museum comes to mind
2. Most of us never thought we'd see John Young sign for a fee | |
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