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Jupiter24
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posted 02-03-2025 12:52 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Jupiter24   Click Here to Email Jupiter24     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Does anyone have an opinion on this Apollo-Soyuz Beta cloth mission insignia from pilot Vance Brand and the letter of authenticity shown with it? eBay 196987248310.

Axman
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posted 02-03-2025 01:13 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Axman   Click Here to Email Axman     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Well, the COA seems to have had a rough 14 years. Was it kept in someone's back pocket!

yeknom-ecaps
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posted 02-03-2025 04:19 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for yeknom-ecaps   Click Here to Email yeknom-ecaps     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Unfortunately the Letter of Authenticity is for "25 beta cloth patches" and you are getting ONE beta cloth patch and a COPY of the LOA...

There is nothing on the beta cloth to indicate it is one of the 25 so is it REALLY one of them? Who knows. Give me a copy of the LOA and I can put it with my beta cloth. Need a few more? Make more copies.

It wouldn't have taken a lot of effort to number and sign the individual beta cloth pieces and create individually numbered LOAs.

Robert Pearlman
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posted 02-03-2025 05:13 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Robert Pearlman   Click Here to Email Robert Pearlman     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
The seller is asking for $31 (at least as the opening bid) which is not out of line, if not even a little cheap, for a pristine Apollo-Soyuz Test Project patch with cutting lines visible and without any provenance. Another example (without LOA) sold in December for $49.

So if you are able to get it for the opening ask or a little bit more, then you can just consider the copy of the LOA "gravy."

Jupiter24
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posted 02-04-2025 11:11 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for Jupiter24   Click Here to Email Jupiter24     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Thank you for your comments. I appreciate this.

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