dtemple
Member Posts: 815
From: Longview, Texas, USA
Registered: Apr 2000
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posted 04-23-2026 07:04 PM
   
Roughly 18 to 20 years ago, I bought a couple of Skylab 1 patches from astronaut Paul Weitz via the late Al Hallonquist. These are 4-inch AB Emblem cloth-backed patches. Weitz was selling those as well as STS-6 patches from his collection. I cannot find any certificate of authenticity for these, nor do I have the old emails between Al and me — none before 2009 at least — so I guess I still had AOL service when I bought the patches and no longer have access to those old emails.  Did anyone else here also buy patches from Weitz, and if so, receive a COA? I would like to get a copy, but I wonder if a copy would mean anything to another collector. I bought two with the intent of eventually selling one later, or trading it. It's only significance other than being vintage cloth-backed is that it was owned by Paul Weitz. I keep my COAs in one place, yet cannot find one for the SL-1 patches. By the way, a humorous story regarding the STS-6 patches... I asked Al if he knew if those patches were Lion Bros, or AB Emblem. He asked Weitz, who replied, "Does it matter?" LOL. So, I still don't know what type he had and clearly Weitz didn't know. |
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