{"id":11375,"date":"2015-09-16T15:44:26","date_gmt":"2015-09-16T19:44:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=11375"},"modified":"2015-09-16T15:44:26","modified_gmt":"2015-09-16T19:44:26","slug":"space-memorabilia-market-is-growing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=11375","title":{"rendered":"Space memorabilia market is growing"},"content":{"rendered":"

When\u00a0I started HobbySpace in 1999,\u00a0I was sure that reusable space\u00a0vehicles would be flying regularly by now and taking lots of space tourists to orbit. I was also sure that collecting space memorabilia<\/a> would become a popular activity and a lucrative business\u00a0as Baby Boomers began to grow\u00a0nostalgic for the Space Age era of their youth. Still waiting on those\u00a0first two predictions\u00a0but the third has worked out pretty much as expected :\u00a0NASA memorabilia fetching high prices among collectors: Do not call it space junk – The Boston Globe<\/a>.<\/p>\n

[Larry] McGlynn, who owns an insurance company in Sudbury, is one of the foremost collectors and appraisers of NASA artifacts, and part of a burgeoning market for items that traveled to the final frontier. Over the past 20 years, the value of these items has exploded, McGlynn said; a star chart from Apollo 11 \u2014 the first lunar landing \u2014 that went for $500 in 1995 can command upward of $30,000 today.<\/em><\/p>\n

The RR Auction house mentioned in the article currently has a handful of items in their\u00a0Space section<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

When\u00a0I started HobbySpace in 1999,\u00a0I was sure that reusable space\u00a0vehicles would be flying regularly by now and taking lots of space tourists to orbit. I was also sure that collecting space memorabilia would become a popular activity and a lucrative business\u00a0as Baby Boomers began to grow\u00a0nostalgic for the Space Age era of their youth. Still … Continue reading Space memorabilia market is growing<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,30],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11375","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-history","category-space-collecting"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p34aWK-2Xt","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":17761,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=17761","url_meta":{"origin":11375,"position":0},"title":"Reality TV program “Space Dealers” explores the space memorabilia market","author":"TopSpacer","date":"February 7, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Netflix is now streaming the program Space Dealers, which follows three people who buy and sell space memorabilia and collectibles full time: 'Space Dealers' brings the space memorabilia market to reality TV | collectSPACE - Two years after it launched into a broadcast orbit around the world, \"Space Dealers\" has\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "History"","block_context":{"text":"History","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?cat=6"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/SpaceDealersTVShow_1-1024x576.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":11233,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=11233","url_meta":{"origin":11375,"position":1},"title":"Collectors go for items linked to spaceflights of the Space Age","author":"TopSpacer","date":"August 18, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"A look at some\u00a0of \u00a0Mercury and Apollo program\u00a0items owned by private individuals:\u00a0Space $ouvenirs - Air & Space Magazine. 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