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From: U.K.
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Posts: 3445
From: Toms River, NJ
Registered: Aug 2000

posted 03-28-2012 05:39 AM               

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As the saying goes, it's like asking which child you love the most. Tongue-in-check, but with some truism, it's always the next autograph I get in person during a personal meeting that I value, because it usually means I've been trying (and planning) to get that autograph for some time, whether that person is Jim Lovell after five years or Ron Garan after a month.

But that doesn't mean I treasure my auction finds as much, such as the Charles Brady presentation to a Navy squadron I picked up for $25. Or the autographed notes from Greg Linteris and George Zamka on their recollections of New Jersey. Or the autograph of Jim Reilly I paid for at an astronaut encounter at KSC, because that was my first time back there since '85.

Posts: 1966
From: Atlanta, GA
Registered: Feb 2007

posted 03-28-2012 06:02 AM               

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My most prized autographs are the ones I have received in person, where I've been able to get a photo of myself with the astronaut or NASA employee.

This usually results in a story to go with the signature, and I value the photo equally to the autograph - it shows "I was there".

Posts: 1778
From: Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland
Registered: May 2004

posted 03-28-2012 03:31 PM               

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Mine is a multi-signed flight test piece given to me by my dear departed friend MGEN Fred J. Ascani. Its a photo taken at Edwards AFB (11x14) and signed (circa 1951/2) by Chuck Yeager, Jackie Ridley and Fred Ascani.

As long as I'm breathing it will never be sold!