Need Help - Neil Armstrong...what do I have here?

[thenavarro]

I used to have 2 or 3 fullname ones on documents that Richard sold me years and years ago. I believe they dealt with medical examinations if memory serves me correctly. That's a cool letter you have there.


Edited: just saw Davids piece above. That might have been one of them or very very similar. That looks very familiar and mine were likely the same type of documents. David, did you pick that up in the late 90's or early 2000's? Did you buy it from me if you remember?

[RichardSimon]

I sold a couple of VA docs but not sure if they were medical ones or insurance ones. I also had Ted Williams, Joe D., Bobby Thomson and a few others.
They were all signed with full names or middle initial, Theodore Samuel, Joseph P. or Paul I forget, etc.
I still have Thomson in my collection.

[David Atkatz]

How did you come by those Veteran's Administration documents, Richard?

[RichardSimon]

One of my good friends on 54 told me that David has posted this question for me on this thread. Since I have him on block I did not see it.
I bought those docs at the Manhattan Antiques Center from a dealer in that mall or did I break into the VA in the middle of the night and steal them?? .

[David Atkatz]

Originally Posted by RichardSimon

...or did I ... steal them?? .

Someone did. I'm sure you realized that when you purchased them for resale.

[RichardSimon]

David,
I am honored once again that you are up at 2:30 in the morning to post a question about me. What an obsession it is. Scary actually. It has lasted for years.
I certainly knew it was possible but old papers, contracts and letters are disposed of all the time. There are numerous legit stories in the hobby of people finding things in dumpsters that were tossed by various entities.
They were in a showcase and I bought them. Period. End of story.
Apparently you might own one now. If you bought one yourself did you think it might be stolen?
Or perhaps that document is "not yours."
Once a PITA, always a PITA.

[RichardSimon]

Bye David. Back on block again.
And I have told my friend to not tell me anything else that comes out of your keyboard.

[David Atkatz]

Originally Posted by RichardSimon

I certainly knew it was possible but old papers, contracts and letters are disposed of all the time. There are numerous legit stories in the hobby of people finding things in dumpsters that were tossed by various entities.

Keep telling yourself that. I'm sure you'll come to believe it.

Apparently you might own one now. If you bought one yourself did you think it might be stolen?

Not when I purchased it. From you. But it certainly has crossed my mind since then.