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09-10-2010, 05:12 PM #1
Cool Story Check It Out
About a year ago I was just starting to buy and collect seriously. So I tried three boxes. First two I tried was 08 Gridiron and then 08 Leaf Limited. Nothing huge pulled at all from these boxes. So then I went to a show and picked my self up a box of Topps American Heritage. I opened the box and then I pulled a space relic. At first I thought it was a $80 card. Then I got home and found out it sold for over $200. I was amazed. Then five months pass. I see it again on ebay and it sold close to $400. I was so happy. Then a few months later it sells for close to $600 dollars. I was speechless. So then I decided to get it graded and got a becket 9/10. So now I am thinking it should go over $800 considering it goes up $200 every time it sells. So ya thats the story of the biggest pull I've ever had and probably will ever have.
Apollo Soyuz Test Project Space Relic- Second rarest space relic in the set. The relic is made from real gold. Check my bucket and click on the pic of it to see it better.
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09-10-2010, 05:21 PM #2
That's awesome. Being someone who is a huge spaceflight enthusiast...at some point I will probably start collecting the flown relic cards, but I don't have the money right now. I do have a couple flown items though...just not on cards.
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09-10-2010, 06:51 PM #3
Man thats pretty cool. Hope you do well if you start that set. I think the relics are great. They are clean, cool looking cards. This one is a great thing I can give to my grand children some day. Its such a great conversational piece. And it apollo which is even better. So ya thanks man and I hope you complete that set someday.
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09-10-2010, 07:23 PM #4
I'm glad you like it, it's a great piece of history. To be completely correct, it's not from the Apollo program however. It's the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project. It was a docking between a US spacecraft and a Soviet spacecraft. It was a highly symbolic mission which showed that we could work together and that our technology was compatible. It paved the way the future US presence on the space station Mir in the 1980s and later the ISS. They did use the Apollo spacecraft which is why it it has Apollo in the name. This mission was flown in July 1975, the real Apollo program ended in 1972. This was the final flight of the Apollo spacecraft.
Here is my best flown item in my collection. This is a USPS cover flown on the Space Shuttle Challenger in 1983. It was the 3rd flight of Challenger. The USPS flew a whole bunch of on that mission and sold them after the mission. They are really common and not very valuable but they are a neat piece.
Last edited by CamaroDMD; 09-10-2010 at 07:28 PM.
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09-10-2010, 11:18 PM #5
Ya a couple of months ago I actually decided to look up the story and because of the story thats pretty much the reason I still have it. And thanks. I am actually probably going to have becket enclose it. Dont want it to get damaged.
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09-11-2010, 01:08 AM #6
If love space history and am somewhat of an expert of that era...if you have any questions don't hesitate to ask.
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09-11-2010, 10:21 AM #7
k thanks
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09-11-2010, 10:26 AM #8
Superb card. I was unaware that these existed. I went up to the Cape and saw the last space shuttle go up, the first time i have seen a space shot in person, it was fantastic. I gotta look into these cards, wish they were cheaper.
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09-11-2010, 10:46 AM #9
Ya I think its amazing. Someday I'll head down there to see a launch. But ya the cards get expensive.
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09-11-2010, 10:56 AM #10
Only 2 shuttle launches left, one is November, not sure when the other one is.
Dont know what the future will bring for the space program, its depressing as we could do so much but lack of money is holding it back.
Again though, congrats on that card, i really like it.
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