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Topic: Walt Cunningham's Apollo 7 limited patch
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dogcrew5369
Member Posts: 750
From: Statesville, NC
Registered: Mar 2009
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posted 09-22-2010 09:03 PM
   
Could someone possibly post a photo of their signed Apollo 7 patch? I'd love to see how it with his signature on it. |
ilbasso
Member Posts: 1522
From: Greensboro, NC USA
Registered: Feb 2006
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posted 09-22-2010 09:10 PM
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Vostok
Member Posts: 46
From: Israel
Registered: Aug 2004
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posted 09-23-2010 10:13 AM
Note the initials WC for Walter Cunningham, as in the personalized Lion Brothers patches for astronauts.By the way, I ordered mine today. |
divemaster
Member Posts: 1376
From: ridgefield, ct
Registered: May 2002
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posted 09-25-2010 02:58 AM
Just a very quick note about the patch. Obviously, this has become a VERY popular collectible that WILL NOT be repeated. While Walt waits for the second batch to get to him, I would highly advise you to order one if you want one. He [and I] cannot believe how quickly they have blown out [and he originally wanted to make a lot less]. I would HIGHLY SUGGEST that you get your order in as soon as possible. I'm sure the balance will blow out just as quickly as the first. It's a beautiful patch and you really shouldn't miss out.
As the last remaining member of the Apollo 7 crew, this is a real nice thing to have from Walt. He had no idea how popular it would become. He was just upset at all of the "bad copies" that have come out over the years.I'm sure that Walt won't mind me speaking for him when he says that he really appreciates all of the kind remarks and responses to this patch. He really wanted to bring out an affordable, limited edition collectable. I think he did a great job.
Just as an FYI, he's digging through some very old paperwork to see if he can find the original Phoenix design that NASA wouldn't approve. If he finds it, would there be any interest in it? At this point, he doesn't even know if he still has it, but he's looking. |
arjuna
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posted 09-25-2010 04:47 AM
On the Phoenix patch, given the overwhelmingly positive response to this one, my guess would be yes. |
GACspaceguy
Member Posts: 2474
From: Guyton, GA
Registered: Jan 2006
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posted 09-25-2010 04:47 AM
I for one would be very interested. |
arjuna
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posted 09-25-2010 04:49 AM
Is this it? |
divemaster
Member Posts: 1376
From: ridgefield, ct
Registered: May 2002
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posted 09-25-2010 05:16 AM
I have no idea. I've never seen what he was talking about. If it's that easy to find, my guess would be that there might be something else in his files. I THINK he said there was also a Saturn 1b in the design. But I could be very wrong. |
Robert Pearlman
Editor Posts: 42984
From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 09-25-2010 09:06 AM
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Originally posted by arjuna:
Is this it?
If it is, then a limited edition patch was already produced by Tim Gagnon. |
GACspaceguy
Member Posts: 2474
From: Guyton, GA
Registered: Jan 2006
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posted 09-25-2010 09:20 AM
Below is the final home for an unsigned patch, number 27. I have placed it in the Apollo 7 section of my displays. I have it in with the picture of Wally and Walt checking out their CM after splashdown. I picked up the signed picture from Farthest Reaches and had Wally personalize it during one of their signings. Below that framed pic is a small display of Donn Eisele, including a signed check. Just wanted to show how well the patch fit in and added color to a B&W photo. Thanks so much Walt and Dot for allowing the space collecting community such a wonderful opportunity!  
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arjuna
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posted 09-25-2010 03:07 PM
An interesting article on the subject of Al Steven's designs (including early ones on Apollo 7) can be found here. |
moorouge
Member Posts: 2454
From: U.K.
Registered: Jul 2009
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posted 09-25-2010 05:38 PM
quote:
Originally posted by divemaster:
Just as an FYI, he's digging through some very old paperwork to see if he can find the original Phoenix design that NASA wouldn't approve. If he finds it, would there be any interest in it? At this point, he doesn't even know if he still has it, but he's looking.
Personally I'd like to see a "Rub-a-dub-dub" patch for Apollo 7. The origins of this can be found on Gene Dorr's web site. |
Steven Kaplan
Member Posts: 140
From: New Jersey
Registered: Jul 2001
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posted 09-26-2010 10:42 AM
Patch #8 has arrived in New Jersey, and it's a beauty. Thanks to Mr. Cunningham (and the assist to Tim) for offering this wonderful collectible. |
edorr
Member Posts: 64
From: Chelmsford, MA
Registered: Oct 2000
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posted 09-28-2010 06:38 PM
I guess I should explain the Rub-a-Dub-Dub reference.There's an article by Dora Jane Hamblin that was published in the October 8, 1968 issue of Life magazine entitled, Spacecraft Anonymous. As implied by the title, it starts out being a lament over the lack of capsule names after Molly Brown was officially banned (though unofficially used); but then segues into a discussion of crew patches. I wanted to offer it on my site, as the earliest article I'm aware of to deal with the topic. After pursuing copyright permission with hope (and forks), it turned out that Time-Life still owns the copyright to this article, and they require a $750 fee for reproduction rights (but for the text only, no illustrations!). But what (you are undoubtedly asking) does this have to do with Rub-a-Dub-Dub? Well ... under the presumption that a short excerpt falls under the "fair use" guidelines, here's the very beginning of the article: "About a year ago Major Donn F. Eisele, one of three astronauts who will orbit the earth in the Apollo spacecraft scheduled to be launched this week, suggested with cheerful irreverence that Rub a Dub Dub might be a nice name for the ship. Then 10-year-old Karin Stafford, the daughter of the flight's backup commander, immediately sat down with a pencil and drew the fanciful suit patch design shown above: an old-fashioned bathtub with human feet, a rickety shower pipe and three heads peering over the tub top." And what of moorouge's reference? I privately shared the article with him. And if Time-Life ever relents, I still have it ready to go....
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Fezman92
Member Posts: 1031
From: New Jersey, USA
Registered: Mar 2010
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posted 09-28-2010 07:46 PM
Does anyone know how many are left? I would love to get one. |
Joel Katzowitz
Member Posts: 808
From: Marietta GA USA
Registered: Dec 1999
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posted 09-28-2010 07:57 PM
Number 95 made a safe landing in Georgia today. It's a nicely done patch with a hand signed LOA.Thanks for making it available. |
kosmo
Member Posts: 388
From:
Registered: Sep 2001
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posted 09-28-2010 08:11 PM
So is 95 a signed patch? |
Joel Katzowitz
Member Posts: 808
From: Marietta GA USA
Registered: Dec 1999
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posted 09-29-2010 08:09 AM
Yep, the patch is signed as well. In fact, the signature on the patch left a little smudge on the LOA. But still I'm delighted with the item. |
kosmo
Member Posts: 388
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Registered: Sep 2001
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posted 09-29-2010 06:29 PM
So Mr. Cunningham is not being consistent, both signed and unsigned patches are coming with signed and unsigned COA's? That’s interesting! |
moorouge
Member Posts: 2454
From: U.K.
Registered: Jul 2009
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posted 09-30-2010 01:49 AM
May I add further to Apollo 7 and 'Rub-a-dub-dub'.Yes - Gene was kind enough to share the article with me. However, 'Rub-a-dub-dub' was widely mentioned as a suggested name for the CSM at the time of the flight and that name appears in the 1968 edition of my booklet 'Manned Spaceflight' for the Apollo 7 flight. This pre-dates the Hamblin article by a few months. |
moorouge
Member Posts: 2454
From: U.K.
Registered: Jul 2009
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posted 09-30-2010 07:19 AM
By a strange co-incidence the origin of the nursery rhyme appeared in a national UK newspaper today.'Rub-a-dub-dub, three men in a tub' it seems is not quite so innocent as it seems. Of course, the Apollo 7 astronauts made the lighthearted reference to their opinion of the Apollo capsule. However, the rhyme dates back to the 15th century when a 'tub' refers to a popular peep show attraction at fairs. Further, the original version has not the butcher, baker and candlestick maker as its characters but 'maids' who offered salacious entertainment in the 'tub'. Hence, it should read - "Rub-a-dub-dub three maids in a tub and who do you think were there? The butcher, the baker, the candlestick maker and all of them gone to the fair." I hope cSers will enjoy this little history lesson and that it will not put off someone in the future from producing a patch. Mark you, it does open up all sorts of possibilities!!  |
Playalinda
Member Posts: 152
From: Peoria, AZ, USA
Registered: Oct 2009
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posted 10-05-2010 08:36 PM
I apologize. I underestimated the demand. I am waiting for the last half of the limited edition to arrive and will send your order as soon as they arrive - at least 10 days. Has the second half of the limited edition patches arrived? Is there still patches available?Thanks to Walt for your continued service to the country and space collectors. |
Gilbert
Member Posts: 1328
From: Carrollton, GA USA
Registered: Jan 2003
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posted 10-12-2010 02:54 PM
What's the status of the second batch of patches? I ordered mine on 9/14 and haven't received it yet. |
ddrwilli
Member Posts: 62
From: Pataskala, Ohio
Registered: Nov 2005
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posted 10-12-2010 03:33 PM
It seems that the second batch of patches has arrived, because #181 reached my mailbox today. Thank you, Mr. Cunningham, for a beautiful patch! |
j0s9
Member Posts: 140
From: Clinton, MA, USA
Registered: Oct 2009
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posted 10-12-2010 05:32 PM
My signed patch also arrived today, definitely it is better than pictured. It came with a signed certificate. Thanks a lot Mr. Cunningham!!! |
Kevin T. Randall
Member Posts: 1082
From: Chesham, Bucks UK
Registered: Dec 2008
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posted 10-13-2010 11:25 AM
My signed patch No#144 arrived safely in the mail to-day, (many thanks), but Mr Cunningham didn't sign the COA.Has everybody with a signed patch had a signed COA as well? Or am I one who has slipped through the net? I'd be interested to know.  |
butch wilks
Member Posts: 333
From: Lowestoft, Suffolk, UK
Registered: Mar 2007
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posted 10-13-2010 11:25 AM
Got my patch today, so patch number 152 is with me. |
ddrwilli
Member Posts: 62
From: Pataskala, Ohio
Registered: Nov 2005
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posted 10-14-2010 12:18 AM
My patch (#181) is signed, but the COA is not. |
spaced out
Member Posts: 3110
From: Paris, France
Registered: Aug 2003
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posted 10-14-2010 12:43 AM
Kevin, my COA wasn't signed either, although in my case I ordered an unsigned patch. |
xlsteve
Member Posts: 391
From: Holbrook MA, USA
Registered: Jul 2008
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posted 10-14-2010 08:06 AM
My patch (#20) is signed as is the COA. This is a great patch. |
space4u
Member Posts: 323
From: Cleveland, OH USA
Registered: Aug 2006
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posted 10-16-2010 11:15 AM
Number 143 made it safely to my house--only slightly late for my birthday! No signed COA for me however. Odd that some signed--don't you think? |
divemaster
Member Posts: 1376
From: ridgefield, ct
Registered: May 2002
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posted 10-17-2010 07:31 AM
Just a wild guess here - the signed patches are coming with signed COAs and the unsigned patches are coming with unsigned COAs?Rumor has it that Walt and Scott Carpenter are going to chat in November about an Aurora 7 50th anniversary patch for 2012. I'll bet that is the only possible SIGNED 50th anniversary patch that could possibly be produced for a very long time. |
rjurek349
Member Posts: 1190
From: Northwest Indiana
Registered: Jan 2002
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posted 10-17-2010 08:35 AM
Received my signed patch, but the COA was unsigned, this week. |
space4u
Member Posts: 323
From: Cleveland, OH USA
Registered: Aug 2006
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posted 10-17-2010 03:31 PM
No, I bought a SIGNED patch but got an unsigned COA. So much for that theory. |
divemaster
Member Posts: 1376
From: ridgefield, ct
Registered: May 2002
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posted 10-19-2010 01:06 PM
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Originally posted by space4u:
No, I bought a SIGNED patch but got an unsigned COA. So much for that theory.
I guess you could e-mail Walt and ask for a signed one |
Gilbert
Member Posts: 1328
From: Carrollton, GA USA
Registered: Jan 2003
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posted 10-20-2010 09:18 AM
I ordered an A7 patch back on September 14 using PayPal but haven't received it yet. Has anyone else ordered earlier than me and not received their patch? |
j0s9
Member Posts: 140
From: Clinton, MA, USA
Registered: Oct 2009
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posted 10-20-2010 01:05 PM
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Originally posted by Gilbert:
I ordered an A7 patch back on September 14...Has anyone else...not received their patch?
Try to contact Mr. Cunningham to his email. I order mine on September 24 and already received it on October 12. |
Gilbert
Member Posts: 1328
From: Carrollton, GA USA
Registered: Jan 2003
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posted 10-27-2010 09:16 AM
Well, I emailed Walt, his wife Dot, Tracy and have not received a reply from any of them. Still no patch. |
onesmallstep
Member Posts: 1310
From: Staten Island, New York USA
Registered: Nov 2007
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posted 10-27-2010 04:12 PM
Strange that there is no 'quality control' with this type of item, especially the signed patches. I ordered an unsigned one and got it within a week; unfortunately it did not have a cardboard or other stiff insert inside and it came a little bent. |
Gilbert
Member Posts: 1328
From: Carrollton, GA USA
Registered: Jan 2003
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posted 10-31-2010 04:40 PM
I just got an email from Dot Cunningham. My patch order got delayed somehow through PayPal and the Cunninghams have been out of the country for several days. She assured me the patch I ordered would be shipped this coming week. |
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