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Permalink Reply by Nate on April 1, 2017 at 1:05pm

I agree, in that it bothered me the image on the COA is not that of my book, so either this was a sit-down signing session and Novaspace used a singular image for all pieces signed during that one session, or there is something not quite right about the COA.

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Permalink Reply by MN Autograph Collector on April 1, 2017 at 12:20pm

By coincidence, I just picked up my Apollo 11 framed item this morning. You can compare the Collins, which was on a bookplate. The Aldrin was from a book, and the Armstrong is on an index card and has an LOA from Steve Zarelli.

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Permalink Reply by Nate on April 1, 2017 at 1:03pm

Thanks for the image, they certainly look pretty close, but I have a very untrained eye on space autographs.

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Permalink Reply by Nate on April 1, 2017 at 1:07pm

Yep, would be great if Steve Zarelli could give some insight.

Thanks for the email address, I'll send them a mail with my images and see if they get back.

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Permalink Reply by MN Autograph Collector on April 1, 2017 at 1:12pm

I might be wrong about the owner being named Rob. I might be confusing him with someone else. In any case, I hope they get back to you and are able to shed some light on this.

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Permalink Reply by Nate on April 1, 2017 at 2:02pm

Fingers crossed. I've just emailed them to ask, so will let you know if I get a reply. Thanks again.

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Permalink Reply by Robert Chase on April 1, 2017 at 1:31pm

Nate, good luck! and hopefully Steve Zarelli can straighten this out for you.

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Permalink Reply by Nate on April 1, 2017 at 2:00pm

Thanks Robert.

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Permalink Reply by Ian Baldock on April 1, 2017 at 4:26pm

Sorry, Ive been out for the day.I'm sure Steve will pop in sooner or later. I'm suspicious that the COA could be a copy and doesn't match the item which is a red flag. Nova is top notch which is why somebody would copy their COA.

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Permalink Reply by Steve Zarelli on April 1, 2017 at 5:13pm

Novaspace would always use a generic signing photo on their COAs. Unless you were the lucky one whose item is the one actually in the photo, they will not match.

NovaSpace does offer a "photo COA" of the astronaut signing and holding your exact item for an extra fee. This COA on this item is not one of those.

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Permalink Reply by Nate on April 2, 2017 at 1:15am

That certainly explains that then. Thanks Steve. Shame the COAs could be swapped around and not linked to specific pieces, that's a real issue (or I should say potential issue) with them.

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Permalink Reply by Steve Zarelli on April 1, 2017 at 5:11pm

NovaSpace conducts private signings, plus they would occasionally buy something on the secondary market and resell it with their certificate. To my knowledge, the private signing certificates always would indicate the date of the signing, thereby differentiating them from the generic COAs they issued for items they did not have signed.

While their private signing material is 100% solid, unfortunately there is no way to tie the certificate to a specific item. They could be swapped out.

Regarding the item in question, the Armstrong looks great. The Collins is consistent with the carefully applied full name signatures he would do for NovaSpace. I think Collins is ok, too.

The Buzz appears to be more carefully applied than I like to see, but it could be an effect of the scan that makes it look overly "heavy." Formation wise it is solid. I would have to see it in hand before I would write a letter for it, but I am leaning likely ok on Buzz.  

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