Gene Cernan Signing

April, 2002

...at Novaspace Gallery

We are Gene Cernan's #1 dealer and business partner. Gene will be flying his plane to Tucson sometime in early April to bring us some more items for the Cernan Garage Sale

This will not be a public event. Mailed-in memorabilia only.

ORDERS NOT ACCEPTED
WITHOUT ORDER FORMS

Too many customers are leaving it to us to fill out their order forms. We'd rather you do it, as we are called upon to assume credit card numbers, shipping addresses, placement, color, value and other preferences. It is not like taking a phone order, and uses valuable time. PLEASE take the time to fill out your forms completely.

Satisfaction

We have only had a couple of complaints with our custom signing service, out of hundreds of satisifed customers. We cannot guarantee your satisfaction with placement, as we are not in complete control here, but we do our utmost to get it right. Remember, items sent directly to some astronauts can get lost, damaged, smeared, or otherwise messed up, and you must accept some risk.

5 Item Maximum

There is a five item limit, unless other arrangements are made. This signing is meant for collectors. No duplicate items. Covers and philatelic items are limited to two, no duplicates.

Shipping

Shipping is included with the price for flat items under one pound. Boxed items or books must get a quote, include prepaid waybill or include credit card number.

Right of Refusal

Capt. Cernan reserves the right to refuse to sign your piece. We will make sure you get a refund or aren't charged should this occur. We are clearing unusual or controversial requests through Capt. Cernan ahead of time, so we minimize last-minute refusals.

He Will NOT Sign

Capt. Cernan won't sign SpaceShots trading cards, nor In the Beginning or any other Alan Bean prints. Nothing against Alan, in fact he signed the newest Bean print, but didn't and won't sign any of the others. Cernan won't normally sign philatelic items, but will for our signing. Limit of two per person.

Signing Idiosyncracies

Capt. Cernan has highly stylized handwriting, so lengthy inscriptions may be hard to read by someone who doesn't know what it's supposed to say. So be forewarned. Gene tends to sign large if given the space, and this presents problems with fine point metallic pens. The stroke length and speed often results in gaps, as fine point metallic pens cannot keep up the flow. We'd suggest medium or large point metallic pens for larger signatures.(Sharpies are no problem.)

Third Party Authentication

None of the astronauts we have had so far will sign flown items from a third party. This implies endorsement and authentication. Unless it's from the astronaut's own PPK, they are reluctant to sign.

Post-it Notes

We encourage the use of post-it notes to mark locations, ink color, orientation and special instructions in addition to the information you include on the order form. Post-it notes work great on most items, but stick permanently to inkjet prints, so be careful.

Pens

You can send your own pens, but we do this a lot, so we have every kind of sharpie, fine point, regular on hand, as well as metallic pens in broad or fine point gold or silver. If there's a pen you need to specifically match, send it along.

Photos for Sale

We will sell unsigned versions of our photos for $15/8x10 and $50/16x20. You can just add them to the order form. Of course you can also provide your own items. See our selection of Cernan photos HERE. NOTE: "Home by Christmas" not available unsigned.

Deadline

April 1st is the deadline. Cernan's arrival is not set yet, but will be somethime in early April. We will start accepting shipments immediately. If you have an unusual item that needs Capt. Cernan's approval, we strongly suggest letting us know early.

Order Forms

The Cernan order form can be downloaded as a PDF file with Adobe Acrobat (free). We can also fax or mail.

1-800-727-6682 FAX 520-292-9852

email staff@novaspace.com