Picked up four covers signed by Jim Lovell this morning (Aussie time) from Heritage Auctions.
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I'm trying to build a collection of astronaut signed covers with the Carl Swanson / Spacecraft cachets and for some unknown reason Lovell has always eluded me. Then I get three in a day.
I doubt I'll ever get an Armstrong and the prices of many of the others seem to be leaping too (especially full crew signed pieces) so I doubt that the collection will ever be complete. Still a way behind the popularity of signed photographs it seems though.
Today's covers came from the Family Collection of Astronaut Richard Gordon. I'd actually missed the news of his passing earlier this week until after the auction.
https://omegaforums.net/threads/fair-winds-and-following-seas-captain-gordon.66238/
So a happy purchase tinged with more than a hint of sadness.
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