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Topic: Ed Hengeveld Space Art (book)
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Philip
Member Posts: 5952
From: Brussels, Belgium
Registered: Jan 2001
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posted 11-15-2008 04:26 AM
   
20 lucky guys  With only 6 weeks to Christmas it will be a tight call I presume? |
heng44
Member Posts: 3386
From: Netherlands
Registered: Nov 2001
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posted 11-15-2008 04:36 AM
Make that 21. Yeah, I did not have Christmas in mind when I made the book, so the planning could have been better... |
rjurek349
Member Posts: 1190
From: Northwest Indiana
Registered: Jan 2002
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posted 11-15-2008 09:13 AM
Well, all I can say is, I am THRILLED to be one of the 21. Thanks, Ed, for the hard work involved in making this happen. Can't wait to see it in my hands.And if you ever do a photo book of the "Pictures of the Week" -- dude, I'm in on that, too! |
heng44
Member Posts: 3386
From: Netherlands
Registered: Nov 2001
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posted 11-17-2008 10:31 AM
Last chance today. It looks like the total number of copies will be 35. |
nasamad
Member Posts: 2121
From: Essex, UK
Registered: Jul 2001
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posted 11-17-2008 11:23 AM
36, if I was in time! |
heng44
Member Posts: 3386
From: Netherlands
Registered: Nov 2001
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posted 11-17-2008 11:30 AM
Make that 40. |
Aztecdoug
Member Posts: 1405
From: Huntington Beach
Registered: Feb 2000
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posted 11-17-2008 05:55 PM
I signed up for one. I figure if Ed becomes 1/100th as successful as that other Dutch painter, then my children's children's children will have one very valuable book.  |
heng44
Member Posts: 3386
From: Netherlands
Registered: Nov 2001
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posted 11-18-2008 03:39 AM
Douglas, you have to wait until I'm dead  OK, this is the official end of the signing-up period. The total number of copies printed will be 50 (to get a nice round number). I guess that isn't bad at all and I want to thank everybody who ordered one. |
Philip
Member Posts: 5952
From: Brussels, Belgium
Registered: Jan 2001
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posted 11-19-2008 11:50 AM
50 sounds like a jubilee number! Congrats Ed... |
heng44
Member Posts: 3386
From: Netherlands
Registered: Nov 2001
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posted 11-22-2008 10:03 AM
Well, the books are ordered so now we have to wait until I receive them. In the meantime I'll go shopping for packing materials. For a non-profit project this sure is a lot of work |
nasamad
Member Posts: 2121
From: Essex, UK
Registered: Jul 2001
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posted 11-22-2008 04:07 PM
You can be sure we all appreciate it Ed. |
Philip
Member Posts: 5952
From: Brussels, Belgium
Registered: Jan 2001
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posted 11-23-2008 03:11 AM
I'll certainly 2nd that!!! Thanks Ed... |
space4u
Member Posts: 323
From: Cleveland, OH USA
Registered: Aug 2006
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posted 11-24-2008 09:15 AM
Great news Ed. Can't wait to share your book and your talent with others. Thanks so much. |
heng44
Member Posts: 3386
From: Netherlands
Registered: Nov 2001
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posted 12-02-2008 12:15 AM
Received a message that the books have been shipped (to me, that is). Things are moving along... |
lm5eagle
Member Posts: 429
From:
Registered: Jul 2007
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posted 12-02-2008 02:45 AM
Ed, thanks for the update. Looks as if a pre-Christmas delivery might be on the cards. Believe me when I say that the excitement is rising (even further).Thank you Ed. |
Philip
Member Posts: 5952
From: Brussels, Belgium
Registered: Jan 2001
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posted 12-02-2008 10:43 AM
That means the books will be at Ed's place around 15th December. I'll post some photos as soon as I have mine |
Philip
Member Posts: 5952
From: Brussels, Belgium
Registered: Jan 2001
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posted 12-03-2008 11:18 AM
It looks like Ed will have the books before 10th December 2008... so next Tuesday or Wednesday which is good news and packages might arrive on time under the cS Christmas trees... |
Aztecdoug
Member Posts: 1405
From: Huntington Beach
Registered: Feb 2000
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posted 12-03-2008 04:04 PM
I pray that Ed's wrist doesn't cramp up from signing all of those books. I know how my wrist felt when I did the mortgage docs for my house. I wonder how these astronauts do it? |
mjanovec
Member Posts: 3811
From: Midwest, USA
Registered: Jul 2005
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posted 12-04-2008 11:13 AM
quote:
Originally posted by Aztecdoug:
I wonder how these astronauts do it?
They have the write stuff? (groan) |
Philip
Member Posts: 5952
From: Brussels, Belgium
Registered: Jan 2001
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posted 12-05-2008 10:03 AM
What's the update so far Ed, most of us are anxious to know if you'll be able to ship next week? |
blue_eyes
Member Posts: 165
From: North Carolina, USA
Registered: Jul 2005
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posted 12-05-2008 11:58 AM
I heard a rumor that he was currently trapped under a large number of shipping boxes and bubblewrap. |
heng44
Member Posts: 3386
From: Netherlands
Registered: Nov 2001
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posted 12-05-2008 03:12 PM
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blue_eyes
Member Posts: 165
From: North Carolina, USA
Registered: Jul 2005
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posted 12-05-2008 03:56 PM
Oh good! He's not trapped after all. But that glazed look on his face has me kind of worried... |
KSCartist
Member Posts: 2896
From: Titusville, FL USA
Registered: Feb 2005
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posted 12-05-2008 06:31 PM
Remember the name is spelled "H-e-n-g-e-v-e-l-d." No fair cheating and using your autopen. |
davidcwagner
Member Posts: 798
From: Albuquerque, New Mexico
Registered: Jan 2003
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posted 12-05-2008 07:27 PM
And Ed is spelled E-D. Do not cheat and only write the easy Hengeveld.Please do not forget to number the copies like prints 1/50, 2/50 ... 50/50. These are already collector's items. Will there be a second printing? I am saving up for an Ed Hengeveld original painting. Keep me in mind when another becomes available. The other choice is email me prices for commissions. |
heng44
Member Posts: 3386
From: Netherlands
Registered: Nov 2001
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posted 12-06-2008 09:34 AM
With a sigh of relief I have signed the last book. They are all packed and ready to go. Now I have to ask my dear wife to go to the post office on Monday, because I have to go to work.I was signing the books with sweaty palms, because I didn't want to mess up the numbering or the inscriptions. Some wanted specific numbers, some wanted a signature and nothing more, some wanted a special inscription, some wanted to have me sign on the inside cover, etc. And then I had to make sure that a book signed 'to Alex' ended up in the package addressed to Alex and not in the package for Jim. Man, my fans wear me out! By the way, for those that didn't specify any special wishes I just numbered and signed the books. I dedicated the book to my father, who put me in front of the TV to watch the launch of Apollo 8. My interest in spaceflight can be traced back to that Saturday afternoon in December 1968 (afternoon here in The Netherlands, that is). The books arrived yesterday about an hour before our 'Sinterklaas' party, which is the Dutch variation to Christmas presents. So I was able to present my dad with the first copy. My mother called me today to say that he has been leafing through it all day and that she had been reading it in bed last night. It was nice to hear they are so proud. I didn't think it would make such an impact. Thanks to everybody for their support and I hope you will enjoy the book. Now, let's start the first painting for 'Ed Hengeveld SPACE ART: the sequel'... |
cspg
Member Posts: 6210
From: Geneva, Switzerland
Registered: May 2006
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posted 12-06-2008 09:52 AM
quote:
Originally posted by heng44:
And then I had to make sure that a book signed 'to Alex' ended up in the package addressed to Alex and not in the package for Jim. Man, my fans wear me out!
Glad, you "only" had 50 copies? quote:
Now, let's start the first painting for 'Ed Hengeveld SPACE ART: the sequel'...
I knew it. That explains the look on the picture. Ed's probably thinking "man, what's it going to be next time when I'll be done with my 500-page, softcover, for $25 book? (Sorry I missed the book, it was yours or comics purchase...) |
heng44
Member Posts: 3386
From: Netherlands
Registered: Nov 2001
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posted 12-06-2008 10:24 AM
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Originally posted by cspg:
Sorry I missed the book - it was yours or comics purchase...
New Largo Winch? New XIII? Then I can forgive you. |
cspg
Member Posts: 6210
From: Geneva, Switzerland
Registered: May 2006
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posted 12-06-2008 11:36 PM
Oh boy, I'm not forgiven, then... What's going to happen to me?  I'm seeking advice to avoid the Dutchman's wrath... One is indeed by Jean Van Hamme (Lady S.). Am I partly forgiven? |
Philip
Member Posts: 5952
From: Brussels, Belgium
Registered: Jan 2001
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posted 12-07-2008 03:05 AM
Looking forward to receive the books! |
heng44
Member Posts: 3386
From: Netherlands
Registered: Nov 2001
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posted 12-07-2008 09:46 AM
quote:
Originally posted by cspg:
One is indeed by Jean Van Hamme (Lady S.). Am I partly forgiven?
Completely forgiven, Lady S. is good |
Philip
Member Posts: 5952
From: Brussels, Belgium
Registered: Jan 2001
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posted 12-09-2008 11:34 AM
Got a paper to collect a package from Holland, The Netherlands so I might be the first to get my copies.  |
heng44
Member Posts: 3386
From: Netherlands
Registered: Nov 2001
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posted 12-09-2008 01:32 PM
Wrong, Philip. My friend Marinus just mailed me that he received the book. But he is in Holland, so that isn't fair... |
Philip
Member Posts: 5952
From: Brussels, Belgium
Registered: Jan 2001
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posted 12-10-2008 06:40 AM
Got mine this morning, excellent with superb photos of those astronauts (Cernan, Duke, Mitchell, Musgrave...) to whom you presented a painting. All the best Apollo paintings in great quality and... I didn't know you did some Star Trek and Star Wars art works as well!Great to see the Jupiter original and a photo of Ed at work near the end of this excellent book!!! |
heng44
Member Posts: 3386
From: Netherlands
Registered: Nov 2001
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posted 12-10-2008 07:56 AM
Thanks Philip, glad you like it. |
lm5eagle
Member Posts: 429
From:
Registered: Jul 2007
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posted 12-13-2008 09:09 AM
Ed, a safe delivery of SPACE ART to the UK this morning. I sure am pleased I ordered these. They are a wonderful testimony to such a fine talent. I was so delighted to see my EH painting within the covers - Earthrise 2006.Ed, many many thanks. As I have said before 'You are a treasure'. |
heng44
Member Posts: 3386
From: Netherlands
Registered: Nov 2001
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posted 12-13-2008 10:13 AM
Thanks Andy. I was half expecting today that after Belgium the UK would be next in the slowly expanding wave of books spreading over the globe... |
nasamad
Member Posts: 2121
From: Essex, UK
Registered: Jul 2001
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posted 12-13-2008 12:07 PM
Got to my mums today to find my book waiting for me, a great job Ed, wonderful paintings beautifully presented. Now I just have to decide on what to commission you to paint for me! |
Philip
Member Posts: 5952
From: Brussels, Belgium
Registered: Jan 2001
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posted 12-13-2008 12:41 PM
So far: The Netherlands - Belgium - United Kingdom... other European destinations Ed? |
heng44
Member Posts: 3386
From: Netherlands
Registered: Nov 2001
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posted 12-13-2008 01:42 PM
Others were sent to Austria, the US and Canada. |
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