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Topic: Earthrise NASA red no. glossy signed by all?
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spacecased
New Member Posts: 4
From: California US
Registered: Jul 2023
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posted 05-16-2024 09:34 AM
  
I thought I would ask here: Has anyone heard of an Earthrise red-numbered NASA glossy being autographed by all astronauts? |
Robert Pearlman
Editor Posts: 52412
From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 05-16-2024 12:28 PM
By "all astronauts," do you mean the Apollo 8 crew (assuming you mean "Earthrise" as the Apollo 8 shot and not similar photos from later missions), or do you mean all of the Apollo astronauts or something else? |
spacecased
New Member Posts: 4
From: California US
Registered: Jul 2023
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posted 05-17-2024 10:03 AM
Yes. Sorry. I probably should have been more specific. I am referencing Earthrise from Apollo 8 and its direct crew. You look at some of those red letters and the value of them is insane. As someone who owns one, I don't look at value, but I look at worth. And I keep thinking about how amazing it would be to have it signed by all astronauts. With that window pretty much closed now, it got me thinking, if one even exists, and if there is one, how it it would absolutely be an incredibly special piece of history. |
Robert Pearlman
Editor Posts: 52412
From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 05-17-2024 11:14 AM
Heritage Auctions sold a red-number glossy of the Apollo 8 Earthrise with the autopen signatures of all three crew members for $3,750 in 2021.There are earlier examples of Apollo 8 crew-signed Earthrise photos but the available imagery shows them either framed or matted in a way that it is not clear if they are NASA prints. |
Ianhetho
Member Posts: 317
From: Bogangar NSW Australia
Registered: May 2018
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posted 05-21-2024 04:25 AM
There's a nice 7 by 5 Earthrise signed by all on the upcoming Heritage space auction. Be interesting to see what it fetches. |
KenDavis
Member Posts: 218
From: E.Sussex United Kingdom
Registered: May 2003
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posted 05-21-2024 10:49 AM
+$3,000 for autopens seems a bit steep. Reminded of a Heritage Auction in 2013 (on the back of Quest vol 20 no 2) where an Earthrise photo signed by the Apollo 8 crew sold for $16,000. I mention this because the picture was also signed by Armstrong , Collins and Aldrin. The Apollo 8 crew signatures were nicely centered, but Armstrong’s was on the far left, with Collins and Aldrin’s on the right. It made me think that, given the choice, I would have preferred just the Apollo 8 crew signatures. Never thought I would say Armstrong’s signature detracted from the value of something, but it made me think. What would you have - given the choice? |
spacecased
New Member Posts: 4
From: California US
Registered: Jul 2023
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posted 05-21-2024 01:11 PM
Its funny because your reply reminds me of that guy who is active in the news right now that his Tom Brady autograph devalued his expensive card. There is an earthrise red letter on eBay with Borman's autograph on it. It would be funny to buy it and try and chase down the other two. I wish that was a realistic possibility. |
onesmallstep
Member Posts: 1466
From: Staten Island, New York USA
Registered: Nov 2007
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posted 05-22-2024 11:28 AM
Capt. Lovell stopped signing at in-person events and through the mail about 20 years ago. Gen. Anders only will sign for a "flat fee" of $2,500 as a charitable contribution to ASF (Astronaut Scholarship Foundation) or other organization. |
KenDavis
Member Posts: 218
From: E.Sussex United Kingdom
Registered: May 2003
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posted 05-22-2024 01:28 PM
Like many here in the UK I met Jim Lovell at Autographica, I think in 2007. Wasn't aware that he had stopped signing shortly after that. |
gareth89
Member Posts: 616
From: Ireland
Registered: May 2014
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posted 05-22-2024 02:50 PM
I met Jim Lovell in Pontefract in 2015 and again at Spacefest in 2016! |
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