When I was a kid, I was an Apollo 11 fanatic. I was ten years old when they landed on the moon. I was convinced that the newspapers and magazines from that event would someday be worth A FORTUNE! So, as a ten year-old, I double or triple wrapped a bunch of them in plastic and put the package up in the attic of my parents' house. Where they sat undisturbed for more than half a century.
We were recently getting ready to sell the house, and I asked if my Apollo 11 newspapers were still up in the attic. They were! So the time capsule has come back to me after all these years (see above). It remains unopened.
Obviously this is not worth the fortune that my ten year-old self thought it would be worth. (Hey, I was 10!) But it is worth something to me. I know we have a lot of fellow space geeks reading the blog, so let me ask for advice: What should I do with this?
I just sold my New York Daily News copy of the Mets winning the 1969 World Series on EBay for about $30 so I could buy more radio parts, so that is my suggestion!
ReplyDeletePut it in your attic. Let your kids worry about it someday 🤪
ReplyDeleteWhat James said.
ReplyDeletePrevarication can be your friend!
Bill, what a wonderfull story - i'd probably take a sneaky peak and then put them in your own attic letting your kids know on the way.
ReplyDeleteI would take it to a local school and open it in front of a class of 10 year old kids. You never know, it might inspire some of them to do something amazing!
ReplyDeletegreat idea
DeleteThis reminds me of the onion's take (nsfw): https://www.theonion.com/july-21-1969-1819587599
ReplyDeletethat's hilarious!
DeleteDonate them to your local library. I was about the same age. We created a scrap book with all the newspaper articles and pictures and I still have it. I remember the local Jewel grocery store was selling the official NASA 8x10 pictures of the astronauts and the journey. Those are in there too. I pulled it out recently to show my granddaughter who was learning about it in school. I let her take it for show-n-tell. Let's just say she was a very happy camper !
ReplyDeleteUnfortunally the Apollo program was before my time, even so I can't get enough of it. If it were me, I would have them framed and put on the wall to you shack.
ReplyDeleteDo something your 10 year old self would think was cool, whatever that might be! And something you'll think was cool years from now, too. They might not be worth much monetarily, but they're valuable no less :)
ReplyDeleteI did exactly the same thing. I have my double wrapped newspaper in the top of a closet. I take it down and show it to (much) younger people who find it hard to believe. Of course it was supposed to be "old news" in a few years when we established a moon base. Who would have thought in 50+ years still no f'ing moon base!
ReplyDeleteWell, at least I know I'm in good company Grayson! 73 Bill
DeleteKeep it!
ReplyDeleteI have a similar collection of books, coins, cards and newspaper clippings.
One day you can share it with your grand children...
I have the newspaper from the day that JFK was assassinated, and the April 3 tornado outbreak when we were at 'ground zero' in Huntsville, Alabama. There are others in that box. I thought at the time, that it was worth holding on to them.
ReplyDeleteWhen man returns to the moon, those newspapers can help others understand the significance of the first missions the the moon and the return. Those items may help a new generation see space with a new sense of wonder and excitement.
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