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Its amazing what is out there and now that the cosmonauts and members of the space program are selling their mementos, its quite the buyers market, although like this one, a lot of pieces are rare. Circa 1957 Sputnik.
This goes well with my russian rocket lamp I posted one year ago, entitled Russian Space Race Memorabilia !~
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A great first photo too!
Fabulous work, Phil!
Double WOW!!!
Very Nice, double clicks on the loves, one for the statue and one for the photo, again, very neat!!
Oh I love this! Okay, going hunting for this too.
My brother just came back from Russia to witness a launch.
Glad you guys like the photo too, how kind of you. Thanks for all the love, too bad we all never had the vodka to pass around !!~
Phil, grab a glass and I'll grab one also........ Cyber Salute......... Bottom's up and Cheers
wow how did I misss this one ! Love love . And your Photo has a big love too :-)
Merry Christmas and keep the beautiful collection coming for us to enjoy and drool over :-)
Thanks Manikin and Kerry, AmberRose, Petey, Eye4beauty, Vetraio 50, for the wonderful comments. Love, love.
Thank you for the loves, Sean, ttomtucker, walksoftly, blunderbuss2, Hunter, AmberRose, Rob, petey, pawis, musikchoo, eye4beauty, vetraio50
Phil that is so unique! It is breathtaking! Beyond words!
I love that one!
Thanks Don and Matty, appreciated !~
Phil, Wanted to say, but "Happy Holidays" to You and Yours. And Thanks for all the support you've shown in the past, very appreciated!!
Thanks Kerry, same message to you on your site.
very nice phil -- sleek -- your taste are how i would picture you -- something like a streamline sports car
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Phil.....:-)
Merry merry to you Phil! Happy New Year as well!
I did look around on EBay for cosmonaut goods...nothing perfect yet. Any other good sources? You got me hooked Phil : ))
Merry Christmas, and have seen some from one seller I save on ebay, here is some links:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/BIG-ROCKET-MONUMENT-Russian-Cast-Nickel-Old-DESKTOP-Model-14-36cm-Soviet-Space-/190771386754?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item2c6adc5982
http://www.ebay.com/itm/VINTAGE-SOVIET-RUSSIAN-MODEL-ROCKET-SPACE-TSIOLKOVSKY-/120932710406?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item1c2826b806
Love it!!! Amazing work Phil,and of course loving your find!!! Merry Chritmas and may Santa Claus bring you fabulous gifts to share with all of us.
Happy New Year Phil, all the best in the new year.
David
This is amazing Phil! Thanks for sharing it....
Thanks for all the love pops52, Manikin, czechman, kelkat, shell59, kindy, toolate2, inky, officialfuel, epson233, Hedgewalker !~
hey rocket man could you share the recipe on that first picture? its unbelieveable!
Knew this was you when I saw it. Fabulous!
Thank you nldionne, artislove, and pops52 for the love and comments !~
Thank you artislove, unfortunately I do not have the program to do this anymore, and unfortunately I cannot duplicate this one now, although at the time I used it in around 10-12 photos, not the same result each time.
Much love back to you cindyjune and Manikin, thank you for the love !~
Thank you gargoylecollector for the love, much appreciated !~
Thank you Moonstonelover21 and Hunter for the loves, very much appreciated and right back at you !~
PhilDavidAlexanderMorris, you are an amazing man with amazing taste and knowledge...thank you!!!
Thank you kindly Moonstonelover21 for the comment, very appreciated !~
Thank you sarahoff for the support and love, all the love back to you !~