[meteorite-list] Moon Memorabilia Auction AD
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Date: Sat, 9 Jul 2011 17:24:27 -0400 Message-ID: <20110709172427.8CY58.138815.imail_at_fed1rmwml39> Speaking of rare Moon collectibles; I have a super rare medal / coin on ebay right now. That is perfectly legal. see link; http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=220810355971&ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT Thanks for looking. meteoritemax -- "Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for dinner. Liberty is a well-armed lamb contesting the vote". ---- JoshuaTreeMuseum <joshuatreemuseum at embarqmail.com> wrote: > We'll see how this one goes: > > http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/10/science/space/10moon.html?_r=1&hp > > Shreds of Moon History on the Block > By DOUGLAS QUENQUA > Published: July 9, 2011 > a.. Recommend > b.. Twitter > c.. Sign In to E-Mail > d.. Print > e.. > Reprints > a.. ShareClose > a.. Linkedin > b.. Digg > c.. MySpace > d.. Permalink > e.. > > It was two weeks before the liftoff of the Apollo 11 mission when Thomas > Moser's boss walked into his office at NASA and announced, "We're putting a > flag on the moon." > > Enlarge This Image > > Goldberg Coins and Collectibles > At bottom, remnants of the American flag that went to the moon, signed by > Mr. Armstrong, are expected to bring $100,000 at auction. > > Enlarge This Image > > NASA > Buzz Aldrin in a photograph taken by Neil Armstrong. > > Mr. Moser, then a 30-year-old mechanical engineer, was put in charge of > designing a flag mechanism that could not only fit into the lunar module and > survive the flight, but also make the flag appear to fly on the windless > moon. > > His solution involved two sections of a staff, a telescoping tube and a > nylon flag bought at a local housing goods store (Sears, he thinks). But in > order for the flag to fit the staff, its edges needed to be trimmed. "They > were throwing it all in the trash," Mr. Moser recalled of the remnants in a > recent interview, "so I picked it up out of the trash can, mounted it and > had Neil Armstrong sign it." > > Forty-two years later, Mr. Moser is auctioning off those flag remnants. The > expected selling price: $100,000. > > "There's so much attention on the manned space program right now that the > timing may be good," Mr. Moser said, referring to the final launching of the > space shuttle Atlantis on Friday. > > Mr. Moser's flag shreds are the star lot of an extensive space memorabilia > auction being held in Beverly Hills, Calif., on Sunday. Other notable items > include the astronaut Deke Slayton's handwritten training notes from the > Mercury program and dozens of heat shields, crew patches and other ephemera > that once transcended earthly bounds. > > For collectors, the remnants of the space flag are "comparable to a Betsy > Ross flag or the flag flying over the port in Baltimore in 1812," said > Michael Orenstein, who is overseeing the auction for Goldberg Coins and > Collectibles. Two days before the auction, online pre-bidding for the lot > had reached $49,999. > > But trading in space nostalgia can be a dangerous business. In June, > investigators confiscated a triangular nub of transparent tape an eighth of > an inch wide from an auction house in St. Louis because it contained tiny > particles of moon dust. Selling moon rocks, no matter how small, is illegal, > as is selling NASA property that the agency has not willingly disposed of. > > Mr. Orenstein said that his auction contained no moon particles, and that > all NASA property in the sale had been discarded by the agency long ago. A > NASA spokesman declined to comment on the status of the items. > > There are also economic concerns. The collectibles market tends to follow > the overall economy; when money is tight, even avid collectors are less > likely to spend money on memorabilia. But Mr. Orenstein said he believed > that rule did not apply to one-of-a-kind items like the flag remnants. "Just > give me two flag collectors who can't live without it," he said. > > As for Mr. Moser, he does not plan to attend the auction, but he was at > Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Friday to watch the Atlantis lift off. "I > spent most of my life developing the shuttle," said Mr. Moser, who retired > from NASA in 1989 after 25 years with the agency. "I was there from sketch > pad to launch pad." > > A version of this article appeared in print on July 10, 2011, on page A15 of > the New York edition with the headline: Shreds of History, Going on the > Block. > > ------------------------- > Phil Whitmer > > ______________________________________________ > Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html > Meteorite-list mailing list > Meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-listReceived on Sat 09 Jul 2011 05:24:27 PM PDT |
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