Category Archives: Space Collecting

Space memorabilia inspires Disney’s Tomorrowland film

Robert Pearlman writes an interesting story that connects a “dusty old box” found in the Walt Disney archives with the Tomorrowland movie coming out in 2014 with George Clooney in a leading role: Disney’s ‘Tomorrowland’ movie inspired by space memorabilia – collectSPACE

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Astronaut Barbie from Mattel

Mattel puts Barbie into space. And a new space collectible is born. Remember not to open the package!

 

Space memorabilia at Paul Fraser Collectibles

The Paul Fraser Collectibles site  in the UK includes space memorabilia in their on line store:

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For more space memorabilia and collectibles resources, see the HobbySpace Collecting Space section.

Steve Jurvetson’s space museum on display

Steve Jurvetson of the venture capital firm DFJ invests in a number of space related businesses such as SpaceX. He also invests in space memorabilia. Here are some pictures of his huge collection of space artifacts: Steve Jurvetson’s Space Collection – Business Insider.

UK auction today of signed photos by US astronauts and Russian/Soviet cosmonauts

I’ve been informed by UKAuctioneers.com that they are holding an auction today of a collection of autographs that includes

a large quantity of signed photographs by Russian/Soviet cosmonauts and US astronauts including Buzz Aldrin and Alan Bean.

For a listing of the items and to participate in the auction see: The Mark Whitworth Collection – An Important Sale of Autographs and Related Ephemera – UKAuctioneers.com.