Auction Date:2012 Feb 15 @ 18:00 (UTC-05:00 : EST/CDT)
Location:5 Rt 101A Suite 5, Amherst, New Hampshire, 03031, United States
ALS - Autograph Letter Signed
ANS - Autograph Note Signed
AQS - Autograph Quotation Signed
AMQS - Autograph Musical Quotation Signed
DS - Document Signed
FDC - First Day Cover
Inscribed - “Personalized”
ISP - Inscribed Signed Photograph
LS - Letter Signed
SP - Signed Photograph
TLS - Typed Letter Signed
Four items: DS, one page, 11 x 8.5, reading in part: “Department of Defense, Manager for Manned Space Flight Support Operations, Be it known by these presents that QM2 Kenneth H. Hoback served in support of Department of Defense operations during the Apollo XI mission, the first Moon landing flight in July 1969,” signed in black felt tip “Neil Armstrong,” “Buzz Aldrin,” and “Michael Collins”; DS, one page 8 x 10.5, Helmsman Qualification certificate for QM3 Kenneth H. Hoback, signed and inscribed in black felt tip, “Best wishes to Kenny Hoback—Neil Armstrong” and “Buzz Aldrin”; a color 8 x 10 cardstock photo of Armstrong posing in his spacesuit against a lunar background, signed and inscribed in black ballpoint, “To Kenny & ‘The Hornet,’ Neil Armstrong”; and a color 11 x 17 print for the USS Hornet Museum event ‘Splashdown! Celebrating the 35th Anniversary of Apollo 11 & 12,’ July 16–25, 2004, signed in black ballpoint by Alan Bean, Hoback, a crew member of the Hornet, and a NASA team leader. In overall fine condition, with a few scattered light creases, scattered toning to the documents, and a few spots of soiling to the Defense Department certificate. Accompanied by a letter of commendation to the sailor from his commanding officer. The Armstrong photo and the Defense Department certificate are accompanied by full letters of authenticity from PSA/DNA; the Collins signature is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from Novaspace.
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