Apollo 14 |
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When they stepped out of the recovery helicopter onto the deck of the U.S.S. New Orleans the Apollo 14 crew were wearing dark blue jumpsuits with an embroidered mission patch attached. The black and white photo KSC-71P-168 shows the patches fairly well (see detail above). The photographic evidence shows that the patch worn by the crew on their post-flight jump suits is almost certainly the regular AB Emblem mission patch, as shown on the right here. Since the regular AB Emblem patch worn by the crew is not rare it is not considered by collectors to be a 'Crew Patch'. Instead collectors tend to focus on the patch that was produced specially for the backup crew which showed the Roadrunner representing the backup crew already standing on the moon as the gray-bearded Coyote representing Alan Shepard and his crew arrives. Examples of this patch were hidden all over the spacecraft by the backup crew before the mission. Later replica versions with the Road Runner outlined in red thread are not valuable. A modern replica of the original backup patch, complete with gold border, has recently appeared so collectors need to be wary of this. |
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The Crew Souvenir Patch & Backup Crew Patch |
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[1] Examples of flown patches: Heritage Fall 2011 Space sale lot 41052 FLOWN Lion Brothers patch [Ed Mitchell] Heritage May 12, 2012 Space auction lot 41054 includes FLOWN Lion Brothers patch [Al Shepard] Heritage May 12, 2012 Space auction lot 41058 FLOWN Lion Brothers patch [Ed Mitchell] RRAuction Lot 558 May 23, 2013 at $2,404.80 FLOWN Lion Brothers patch [Shepard] RRAuction Lot 241 Apr 28, 2015 at $1303.4 FLOWN AB Emblem patch [Mitchell] Lunar Legacies Auction lot no. 308 Nov 14, 2015 unsold FLOWN AB Emblem patch [Mitchell] Lunar Legacies auction lot no. 360 sold Mar 11, 2017 at $1190 FLOWN AB Emblem patch [Mitchell] RRAuction Lot 8321 Apr 20, 2017 at $1,549.63 FLOWN AB Emblem patch [Mitchell] RRAuction lot 9172 Nov 16, 2017 sold at $2,230.73 FLOWN AB Emblem patch [Mitchell] Heritage Auction lot 50433 Nov 14, 2019 sold at $1,250 FLOWN Lion Brothers patch [Mitchell] Heritage Auction lot 50384 Nov 12, 2021 sold at $3,500 (FLOWN by Shepard) Heritage Auction Dec 6, 2024 Lot 50068 sold at $3,750 [FLOWN from Cooper] [2] Examples of crew souvenir patch sales: [3] Examples of vintage backup crew patch sales: [4] Examples of vintage silver border backup crew patch sales: [5] Examples of AS14UNK1 sales: [6] Examples of AS14UNK2 sales: [7] Examples of AS14UNK3 sales: [8] Examples of "Beep Beep Your Ass" [BBYAUNK1] patch sales: [9] Examples of "Beep Beep Your Ass" [BBYAUNK2] patch sales: [10] Examples of "Beep Beep Your Ass" blue border [BBYAUNK3] patch sales: [11] Examples of "Beep Beep Your Ass" 3" red border [BBYAUNK4] patch sales: [12] Examples of "Beep Beep Your Ass" 3" blue border [BBYAUNK5] patch sales: [13] Examples of "Beep Beep Your Ass" 3" blue border [BBYAUNK6] patch sales: [14] Examples of Space Spinoff patch sales: [15] Examples of oversize GEMSCO patch sales: | ||