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Topic: Ever regret selling an astronaut's autograph?
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marc515
Member Posts: 136
From: Brick, NJ, USA
Registered: Apr 2001
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posted 11-14-2009 05:24 AM
   
I just sold my Neil Armstrong as I thought I'd lost interest in this hobby; Well, my wife yelled at me, and I realized that I really haven't lost interest and it was just on the back burner, and maybe changing direction a little in this hobby.I'm kicking myself now for selling it; Any of you guys been in a similar situation? |
East-Frisian
Member Posts: 586
From: Germany
Registered: Apr 2005
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posted 11-14-2009 07:46 AM
No, never. I don't sell my autographed photos, or other items. |
lm5eagle
Member Posts: 429
From:
Registered: Jul 2007
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posted 11-14-2009 08:03 AM
On a few occasions I have had to sell some valuable items when I have been financially challenged. I don't regret that aspect as the sale achieved its purpose. Any regret is associated with the fact that the items were sold for a sum which did not reflect their true value and then I see them offered at auction at a vastly inflated price. So instead of going to a good home, they are helping to line a speculator's pocket! I parted with a signed STS-107 litho in this way. |
Tykeanaut
Member Posts: 2212
From: Worcestershire, England, UK.
Registered: Apr 2008
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posted 11-14-2009 09:02 AM
I regret not writing to Armstrong years ago for his autograph. Now I'll have to pay an eye watering amount if I want one. I can therefore understand your regret!
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Rick Mulheirn
Member Posts: 4167
From: England
Registered: Feb 2001
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posted 11-14-2009 02:35 PM
Some years ago I traded a signed uninscribed Armstrong colour training photo. I got a good price for it but it bothered me for some considerable time afterwards, not least because I then had only one signed Armstrong photo to leave to my two kids.Until that is, some years later I picked up a beautifully signed Armstrong WSS, inscribed "To Richard" from Gerry Montague. I have no intentions of ever selling either signed Armstrong image... |
nasamad
Member Posts: 2121
From: Essex, UK
Registered: Jul 2001
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posted 11-14-2009 02:56 PM
I had to sell my White Gemini suit litho and my Chaffee glossy this year due to needs.
I know it'll be a long time before I manage to be able to fill those gaps in my collection again , but with things that old I have to look at the situation as if I was temporary guardian of them for a while and I did enjoy looking after them. I just hope the new owners care for them as much as I did. |
DSeuss5490
Member Posts: 299
From: Columbus, Ohio USA
Registered: Jan 2003
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posted 11-15-2009 08:12 AM
With few exceptions I have rarely sold any astronaut autographs received personally, either through the mail or in person. While one of the very first autographs I sold was a free through the mail Armstrong photo, I was able to sell it to buy another item which, in turn, was sold to buy yet another and another over the course of about 15 years until recently I was able to buy a lunar surface used relic! I do regret selling a few of those items over the years, but the end result of a lunar-used memento was a dream that I could never have achieved otherwise! |
AstronautBrian
Member Posts: 287
From: Louisiana
Registered: Jan 2006
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posted 11-15-2009 08:56 AM
I've never sold any astronaut autographs, but I have sold autographs that I now wish I still had.When I moved from the United States to Australia, I sold a lot of things. I needed the money to live on upon arrival in Australia until I could find a job. I had a lot of baseball autographs, including a lot of Hall of Famers. Though I don't keep myself up at night crying over it, I sometimes wish I still had them. I did keep one - Hank Aaron. My favorite player of all time. I also sold my childhood coin collection that I wish I still had. Sometimes you just have to part with things. It is painful, but you do what you gotta do. |
Hart Sastrowardoyo
Member Posts: 3445
From: Toms River, NJ
Registered: Aug 2000
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posted 11-16-2009 02:48 PM
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Originally posted by AstronautBrian:
Sometimes you just have to part with things. It is painful, but you do what you gotta do.
I'll agree with this wholeheartedly. I've moved around a lot, and in addition to needing the money, simply don't have the space as I used to, no pun intended. I don't have any regrets, though - I've learned to not have any, and just carry on. (Possibly part of that attitude stems in part from seeing some items that I once had being sold again, including some items here on cS.) I mean, yeah having a huge Hughes satellite poster signed by the original 51D crew with that mission description (including Jarvis, but no Walker) is nice, but where is it going to eventually wind up? So now, I'm just concentrating on the astronauts I've met, which is a lot more meaningful for me. At least with those memorabilia I know where it is, rather than be buried someplace in the basement. |
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