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Topic: [RR Auction] Space Exploration (Oct 2024)
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Jurvetson
Member Posts: 175
From: Los Altos an SF, CA, United States
Registered: Sep 2011
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posted 09-26-2024 11:20 AM
   
RR Auction's next Space Exploration sale just went live here.Bidding on the action's 505 lots closes on Oct. 24, 2024. |
Robert Pearlman
Editor Posts: 53404
From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 09-26-2024 11:32 AM
The sale includes 84 lots from the Alan Bean collection and 30 lots from the Edgar Mitchell collection. |
mode1charlie
Member Posts: 1482
From: Honolulu, HI
Registered: Sep 2010
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posted 09-26-2024 02:33 PM
Some great lots there. Thanks for the reminder. |
TLIGuy
Member Posts: 254
From: Virginia
Registered: Jul 2013
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posted 09-26-2024 03:22 PM
Wow! Mitchell’s Rolex GMT and the Bulova are stunning. |
NicDavies
Member Posts: 76
From: Tobermory, Argyll, Scotland
Registered: Jan 2019
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posted 09-28-2024 08:47 AM
I have a couple of items in this sale. My star lot is a possibly unique unencapsulated numbered ablative plug (#10) from Apollo 10. Direct from the collection of NASA engineer John Hirasaki. RR's excellent description gives all the details needed. |
capoetc
Member Posts: 2402
From: McKinney TX (USA)
Registered: Aug 2005
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posted 10-02-2024 09:20 PM
Lot 6129: Apollo 11 Crew Signed Type 1 Insurance CoverCould this be one of the covers that was stolen from crew quarters before the launch? If memory serves, there was a shoebox full of covers that were intended to be insurance covers, but the shoebox was stolen from crew quarters before the launch before stamps and cancellations could be applied. It is not my intent to cast aspersions on this cover or on any previous owners. This is just the first time I have seen one of the MSCSC covers signed in the same placement and style as the insurance covers but not stamped and cancelled, so it makes me wonder. To be fair, it could just as easily have been one of the MSCSC covers owned by a space worker, news person, or fan and presented around that time to the astronauts for signatures but not stamped / cancelled. It is an interesting unsolved mystery. Oh, by the way, and for what its worth … in my opinion, absent the stamp and cancel, this cover ought to be called an insurance-type cover. |
mf451
Member Posts: 88
From: NY, NY
Registered: Nov 2014
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posted 10-03-2024 08:06 AM
That Apollo 14 Rolex is really something else. I wonder if it will wind up purchased by Rolex and in their museum.It also looks like the monthly auction, ending Oct 16, has about another 100 space items. |
Docdrew
Member Posts: 28
From: Scottsdale, AZ
Registered: Aug 2013
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posted 10-04-2024 06:04 PM
I don't understand the fascination with watches. |
Jurvetson
Member Posts: 175
From: Los Altos an SF, CA, United States
Registered: Sep 2011
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posted 10-07-2024 12:57 PM
The intersection of two collecting fetishes... and you can wear it too.  Full disclosure: I am offering the SpaceX watch there. |
Larry McGlynn
Member Posts: 1440
From: Boston, MA
Registered: Jul 2003
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posted 10-07-2024 05:27 PM
Time is of the essence in spaceflight. Watches played a large part in each mission. And as Steve said, this Rolex symbolizes the conjoining of two major collecting genres of watches and spaceflight objects. Space stuff and watches make for great collectibles. |
NicDavies
Member Posts: 76
From: Tobermory, Argyll, Scotland
Registered: Jan 2019
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posted 10-08-2024 07:09 AM
quote:
Originally posted by capoetc:
Could this be one of the covers that was stolen from crew quarters before the launch?
I refer those interested to the wide-ranging previous discussions about Apollo insurance covers: Coincidentally, I had asked Ken Havekotte in the first discussion about the insurance covers in his collection which bore no stamp/frank a few years prior to obtaining my own unstamped/unfranked cover which I now have on sale at RR Auction. I strongly believe, but can't prove, that this example is from Dora Parker's collection (or someone similar at KSC at that time). Since then, Ken has responded further and obviously whilst still equivocal, he states:I can't for certain identify the referred to crew signed Apollo 11 Type 1/MSCSC cachet cover. The pre-Apollo 11 launch signatures, though perhaps faded a bit, are certainly genuine from the summer of 1969 and more likely did originate from KSC crew quarters.It's possible, but cannot be proven, that this particular unusual signed cover might have been owned by Dora Parker as I have a few others very similar to it that were not posted for the mission. But I just can't say for certainty that the signed cover came from Dora. |
Ken Havekotte
Member Posts: 3881
From: Merritt Island, Florida, Brevard
Registered: Mar 2001
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posted 10-08-2024 07:23 AM
Just as a quick side note to the above post, Nic, all of the unstamped/unposted Apollo 11 crew signed insurance-type covers in your provided reference links did indeed come from Dora's own collection. |
NicDavies
Member Posts: 76
From: Tobermory, Argyll, Scotland
Registered: Jan 2019
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posted 10-08-2024 02:18 PM
Thanks for the clarification Ken. I hope my post hadn't suggested otherwise, and thanks again for your previous input and help. |
space1
Member Posts: 951
From: Danville, Ohio
Registered: Dec 2002
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posted 10-15-2024 04:49 AM
Regarding the Apollo 13 flown tool kit (lot 6406), I should note that Space Center Houston has displayed an Apollo tool kit that is labeled as flown on Apollo 13. A few years ago I contacted the curator (Paul Spana) to inquire about this tool kit. He explained that it had been mistakenly labeled as flown on Apollo 13. They are not sure on which Apollo flight it was flown. |
Docdrew
Member Posts: 28
From: Scottsdale, AZ
Registered: Aug 2013
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posted 10-22-2024 12:36 PM
Concerning the Space Shuttle Challenger tribute model (lot 6482): I wonder how much this weighs and how much the winner will have to pay in shipping costs. It would be cool if the winner would consider donating this to one of the Challenger Center Learning Centers. |
Retro Rocket
Member Posts: 479
From: Santa Paula, Ca,. USA
Registered: Dec 2007
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posted 10-23-2024 12:22 PM
A few people are going to get some amazing deals with the models by Isao. He was the best model maker in the business. Not one single part was built using CAD/CAM. All old school with an unequalled level of craftsmanship. He was the only maker who would receive blueprints from NASA for the models. The full scale models used the same materials as the real ones when possible. These were never available to the public. I wish I had the money for Ingenuity. |
Robert Pearlman
Editor Posts: 53404
From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 10-25-2024 12:43 PM
collectSPACE Apollo 14 astronaut's personal moon-flown Rolex watch sells for record $2.2 millionA Rolex watch that was flown to the moon is now the most expensive astronaut timepiece to sell at auction. The personal GMT-Master chronometer worn by NASA astronaut Edgar Mitchell as lunar module pilot on the 1971 Apollo 14 mission sold for $2.2 million (or to be precise, $2,163,199) on Thursday (Oct. 24). The watch attracted more than 30 bids during the course of RR Auction's latest space-themed sale, which ran from Sept. 26 on the New Hampshire firm's website.  |
Jurvetson
Member Posts: 175
From: Los Altos an SF, CA, United States
Registered: Sep 2011
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posted 10-25-2024 02:31 PM
Thanks for a great auction y'all.While I departed with a watch, I am glad it has a new home. And I picked up some treasures, notably the Apollo 14 controller, Apollo 11 Mylar, Apollo 10 flashlight and Apollo 13 tool kit! |
GACspaceguy
Member Posts: 3118
From: Guyton, GA
Registered: Jan 2006
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posted 10-25-2024 04:59 PM
Those are some fantastic items, congratulations! |
press4meco
Member Posts: 66
From: Merritt Island, FL
Registered: Jul 2001
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posted 10-25-2024 07:33 PM
Anyone know what fate befell the Isao Challenger model? I went in to check to see what it finally sold for, and it looks like lot was completely removed.It had to be a late removal as I know it was up there until at least the day prior to the auction close — that's when I found it it had gotten to a price that was well out of my reach. Looks like the space station models were removed as well. Only the Curiosity rover remains. |
MartinAir
Member Posts: 414
From:
Registered: Oct 2020
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posted 10-25-2024 08:17 PM
Lots not shown on the final list did not meet their reserve price.Congrats to the Future Ventures museum on another amazing acquisitions. Did Rolex museum obtain the GMT Master? |
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