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Neil Armstrong (1930-2012): Examples of his Autographs

A terrible loss of a great American.

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Permalink Reply by Mike S. on January 4, 2013 at 8:04pm

Hello All - I'm very new to the autograph hobby but figured since I'm (luckily !) in possession of a Neil Armstrong + Dave Scott Gemini 8 autograph I should probably learn more about it and understand its worth.

The autographs and a series of photos were taken after the Gemini 8 splashdown off of Okinawa. My dad was Capt. USAF and assigned as a PR officer to cover this for the AFRTS. I also have a photo of my dad standing on the deck of the recovery ship U.S.S. L.F. Mason one level above the astronauts with all 3 guys in the photo.

I have the original note paper with the two autographs stored in a separate sleeve away from the photos.

Any comments would be appreciated . . . I don't really know what I should be doing with this - thanks

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Permalink Reply by Steve Cyrkin, Admin on January 4, 2013 at 8:22pm

That's an unusual Armstrong!

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Permalink Reply by Steve Zarelli on January 5, 2013 at 9:04am

I believe the photos are desirable and have some value. I would put them in a space themed auction, where they would likely get the most interest. RR Spring Space Auction would be a good venue as RR gets very strong prices for space material.

The signatures are probably around $1,000 give or take. Unfortunately, the lined paper detracts and will lessen market value.

In the interest of disclosure, I am a space consultant for RR Auction.

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Permalink Reply by Mike S. on January 5, 2013 at 2:59pm

Thank you very much for the info ! I will check out the RR site.

I really think it will end up framed along with some of the photos and I hope to display it without damaging it or putting it at risk; very paranoid about UV, etc. I would like to get it authenticated somehow before I frame it and maybe include that in the display. Right now it spends all its time locked up in a firesafe and nobody gets to see it ;-(

Here is another photo from the batch my dad had stashed away. This one looks like it was taken on the U.S.S. L.F. Mason.

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Permalink Reply by Steve Zarelli on January 5, 2013 at 3:36pm

These are very nice and desirable original photos.

I am the space authenticator for RR, JSA and a number of other dealers. If you'd like to discuss a formal evaluation of the signatures, send me a private message.

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Permalink Reply by Mike S. on March 10, 2013 at 1:06pm

Well . . . I hope I didn't make things worse, but rather than play up the Neil Armstrong/Moon Landing connection I decided to try and keep it for what it really is . . . Gemini 8 and we had everything framed for display . . .

I was lucky enough to locate and win a bid on an original March 17, 1966 newspaper front page (found a Montreal Gazette in an archive in Wales/UK of all places )

Also located an original commemorative coin but had to go with a repro mission patch.

So here's what it ended up looking like . . . nice thing for us is my Dad (the source of the autographs and original photos) is in the photo in the upper left corner (standing a few feet away from the astronauts and talking with the Navy divers)