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Topic: Recent signed crew portrait lithos: hardest to get?
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BMckay
Member Posts: 3218
From: MA, USA
Registered: Sep 2002
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posted 06-17-2011 05:51 AM
   
I hear that a new STS-133 crew portrait litho will be out this summer, maybe even after STS-135. Just wondering since the shuttle program is ending soon, what crew portrait lithos have been the hardest to find or get since 2000? |
Hart Sastrowardoyo
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From: Toms River, NJ
Registered: Aug 2000
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posted 06-17-2011 09:47 AM
The pre-Columbia STS-114 would be one, let it go years ago when I needed the money. I remember picking it up at the NASA table at the teachers' conference in Philly in April 2003... don't know if any other pre-Columbia crews had their crew pics taken. |
BMckay
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From: MA, USA
Registered: Sep 2002
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posted 06-18-2011 03:05 PM
How about the hardest to find signed? |
Hart Sastrowardoyo
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From: Toms River, NJ
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posted 06-19-2011 09:44 AM
I would think any crew that has a Japanese astronaut, the litho would be hard to complete after the mission. I've seen two instances of Japanese astronauts making appearances but their space agency stated specifically that they would not sign autographs. |
BMckay
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From: MA, USA
Registered: Sep 2002
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posted 08-10-2011 08:03 AM
I wonder what people think about shuttle crew photos now that the program has ended? Will STS-133, 134 and 135 be highly sought after? I think the people in the Houston area are lucky to be able to attend the debriefs and crew returns cause getting them through the mail has been tough these past few years. I found out that STS-131 really liked to use the autopen to save time. I like the silver pen they use but not that it was done by machine. STS-132 was a pretty easy crew to get but that will be hard as well going forward. STS-133 of course had the different pictures and members. The newer picture signed by all is probably going to be a tough one because Steve Lindsey has left and I believe not many were signed before he left. STS-134 might be tough because of Cmdr Kelly's fame and that the crew has been doing separate PR events this summer. I have not heard about 135 yet. Any thoughts? I think it will be really hard just like after Apollo to get fully signed crews since most will be leaving or have already left. Let's read your thoughts! |
Fezman92
Member Posts: 1031
From: New Jersey, USA
Registered: Mar 2010
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posted 08-10-2011 10:46 AM
I've been trying to get a 134 one with authentic signatures for a while. I've also been checking the sightings page for any PR stops in my area. There is going to be something for 135 at the Franklin Institute (All I was told was "stay tuned") because of their item sent up so I will at least get Ferguson's. |
Hart Sastrowardoyo
Member Posts: 3445
From: Toms River, NJ
Registered: Aug 2000
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posted 08-10-2011 10:49 AM
Not sure about 133, but for the 132 crew, most did a Washington, DC appearance. Resiman is of course now in California, Bowen does appear on the East Coast on occasion. Ham is in my opinion the hard one - I keep waiting for him to appear in his home state.For 134 one could get a head start if one went to Washington, DC or Baltimore. The bonus was seeing Vittori, as not many ESA astronauts make appearances in the US. That will be the key signature. For 135, Magnus made an appearance last year at the World Science Festival in NY and was a good signer. Ferguson also appeared in Philly in 2009 or 2010 and undoubtedly will appear there in the near future. I was surprised to see (most of) the 134 crew making the public rounds. My feeling is that with Kelly's popularity, NASA will keep them making the rounds as much as possible until Kelly retires (I already saw an announcement of Kelly as keynote speaker at a post-October event.) Same sentiment with the 135 crew. Since they're the last crew, and there's only four astronauts, it would be in NASA's interest to capture the public by having them make the rounds as long as possible, too. |
Hart Sastrowardoyo
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From: Toms River, NJ
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posted 08-10-2011 10:56 AM
On 131, Mastracchio made a March appearance at the New England Air Museum, and Wilson I heard made an appearance this year in Pittsfield, Mass. Yamazaki may be the key signature here - I tried inquiring about getting another Japanese astronaut's autograph at a non-JAXA, non-NASA event and was told JAXA wouldn't allow it. |
BMckay
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From: MA, USA
Registered: Sep 2002
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posted 08-18-2011 02:48 PM
I guess we know the answer about signed STS-135 crew lithos. They are real hard to get if someone was offering one for $1,000 on eBay. It is great to see the crew out there signing and traveling the country. They will be tired after the NASA PR people get through with them... |
Hart Sastrowardoyo
Member Posts: 3445
From: Toms River, NJ
Registered: Aug 2000
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posted 08-20-2011 08:58 PM
The recent Lunar Legacies auction sold a 135 crew litho for $455. With a crew of four, that's $100 and change per signature. I wasn't the consigner, but geez... that's definitely worth the $40 r/t bus ticket from where I am to NYC, definitely worth paying the $24 or whatever it is admission to the Intrepid.... |
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