{"id":13412,"date":"2016-10-24T14:43:55","date_gmt":"2016-10-24T18:43:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=13412"},"modified":"2016-10-24T14:58:09","modified_gmt":"2016-10-24T18:58:09","slug":"astronaut-memorabilia-auction-supports-u-s-space-walk-of-fame-museum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=13412","title":{"rendered":"Astronaut memorabilia auction supports U.S. Space Walk of Fame Museum"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/spacewalkoffame.org\/\">U.S. Space Walk of Fame Museum<\/a>\u00a0in Titusville, Florida is holding its annual\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/spacewalkoffame.org\/news\/upcoming-classes-charity-auction\">Charity Auction<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em>The Space Walk of Fame Charity Space Memorabilia Auction takes place on <strong>Oct. 29.<\/strong> Don\u2019t miss out on this chance to bid on exciting pieces of aerospace history \u2014 from photos signed by the Mercury Astronauts to pieces of the Hindenberg to a flown-in-space quilt and SO much more. Over 300 items offered! You can begin bidding NOW at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.invaluable.com\/catalog\/searchLots.cfm?scp=c&amp;catalogRef=QGOXI4EDI9\" target=\"_blank\">Invaluable.com<\/a>.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em>Click <a href=\"http:\/\/www.invaluable.com\/catalog\/searchLots.cfm?scp=c&amp;catalogRef=QGOXI4EDI9\">HERE<\/a> to see the auction items and find out how to bid!<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em>Remember that the museum makes a percentage from each sale so you are supporting our <a href=\"http:\/\/spacewalkoffame.org\/education\" target=\"_blank\">STEAM Space education program<\/a> and helping students and at-risk youth learn about science and technology. Our goal is to move them from\u00a0away from being passive consumers and TOWARD producing goods, services or digital products.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em>NO items featured in the memorabilia auction are being sold from the museum collection \u2014 these are all consignment pieces or are provided by astronauts or former space workers.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Check out the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.invaluable.com\/catalog\/searchLots.cfm?scp=c&amp;catalogRef=QGOXI4EDI9\">Space memorabilia auction items\u00a0at Invaluable.com<\/a>. Here are a couple of examples:<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.invaluable.com\/auction-lot\/mercury-astronaut-signed-photo-8-c-39f43a3b40\" target=\"_blank\">Mercury Astronaut signed photo<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_13413\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13413\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.invaluable.com\/auction-lot\/mercury-astronaut-signed-photo-8-c-39f43a3b40\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"13413\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?attachment_id=13413\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/H19937-L1041426541.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"750,562\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"h19937-l1041426541\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Mercury astronaut signed photo.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/H19937-L1041426541.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-13413\" src=\"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/H19937-L1041426541.jpg\" alt=\"Mercury astronaut signed photo.\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/H19937-L1041426541.jpg 750w, https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/H19937-L1041426541-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-13413\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.invaluable.com\/auction-lot\/mercury-astronaut-signed-photo-8-c-39f43a3b40\" target=\"_blank\"> Framed and matted photograph<\/a> from the Astronaut Scholarship Foundation. Authentically signed by John Glenn, Wally Schirra, Scott Carpenter and Gordon Cooper. A limited edition #261\/300. In new condition.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.invaluable.com\/auction-lot\/three-3-flown-russian-space-program-souvenirs-9-c-ed44d8cb84\" target=\"_d\">Three &#8220;Flown&#8221; Russian Space Program souvenirs<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_13414\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13414\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.invaluable.com\/auction-lot\/three-3-flown-russian-space-program-souvenirs-9-c-ed44d8cb84\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"13414\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?attachment_id=13414\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/H19937-L1042949671.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"750,562\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"h19937-l1042949671\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/H19937-L1042949671.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-13414\" src=\"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/H19937-L1042949671.jpg\" alt=\"Three (3) &quot;Flown&quot; Russian Space Program souvenirs; a cosmonaut-endorsed flown Soyuz alloy card and two nice medallions\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/H19937-L1042949671.jpg 750w, https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/H19937-L1042949671-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-13414\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Three (3) &#8220;Flown&#8221; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.invaluable.com\/auction-lot\/three-3-flown-russian-space-program-souvenirs-9-c-ed44d8cb84\" target=\"_blank\">Russian Space Program souvenirs<\/a>; a cosmonaut-endorsed flown Soyuz alloy card and two nice medallions<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The\u00a0U.S. Space Walk of Fame Museum\u00a0in Titusville, Florida is holding its annual\u00a0Charity Auction: The Space Walk of Fame Charity Space Memorabilia Auction takes place on Oct. 29. Don\u2019t miss out on this chance to bid on exciting pieces of aerospace history \u2014 from photos signed by the Mercury Astronauts to pieces of the Hindenberg to &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=13412\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Astronaut memorabilia auction supports U.S. Space Walk of Fame Museum<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/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":true,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[37,6,30],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13412","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-events","category-history","category-space-collecting"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p34aWK-3uk","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":12929,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=12929","url_meta":{"origin":13412,"position":0},"title":"Space history: Bonhams memorabilia auction + Start space collecting + Smithsonian&#8217;s Apollo 11 collection &#038; 3D model","author":"TopSpacer","date":"July 22, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Bonhams in New York City held a\u00a0\"Space History\" auction\u00a0on Wednesday:\u00a0The space auction where a Sputnik model goes for $269,000 -\u00a0The Verge\u00a0(lots of pictures included) More than 280 items were for sale at Bonhams; all told, they racked up a combined total of $1,315,063. 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