Brief updates were discussed concerning the monumental task of sorting and cataloguing the vast amount of material, particularly the Stine, Estes, and Piester collections.
As a fund raising effort for the museum, some very neat items were donated for a silent auction held at the reunion.
The highlight piece was this set of the first three Estes Industries kits: The Scout, Mark, and Space
Plane, donated by Vern and Gleda Estes. The set is attractively mounted and framed and signed by Vern and Gleda. (Sorry about the fuzzy photo).
Another item of interest was this famous first edition Estes catalog, # 261, the one that was stitched by Gleda on her sewing machine. The frame includes a photo of that process.
This next item is one that any rocketeer would be thrilled to have hanging on the wall of their shop:
A canvas print of the box art for the Centuri Laser-X. What a beautiful rendition! This was donated by Lee Piester.
Several other canvas prints were up for auction at the event. These were full color renditions of some famous early model rocket poster/box art, and others were of previous edition Handbook of Model Rocketry covers. Unfortunately, the photo I took of them was too blurry to post here.
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