Museum Donations

[MacDaddyRico]

19 minutes ago, K-9 said:

Congratulations MDR, that is quite an honor!

Thanks...it's been years in the making...

 

This is the fifth museum, out of the nine who've made acquisitions, to have put specimens on display.

 

I'm happy just to have experienced the many various opportunities these banks have provided, from meeting astronauts to donating to museums...all while building a unique collection of signed artifacts.

 

I am honored to have had the opportunity to promote these fascinating pieces of American history.

[MacDaddyRico]

I decided to customize another factory-bare Vacumet Berzac Guided Missile Bank (circa 1975,) to commemorate one of two museums in my hometown of New York City who have displayed my gifts in exhibits.

 

The USS Intrepid's exhibit featured a Commemorative Satellite Bank honoring Scott Carpenter, whom they plucked from the ocean on May 24, 2022. Some problems during re-entry caused Aurora 7 to splash down 250 miles off course, and Carpenter waited in his life raft for more than an hour before rescue teams recovered him and flew him to the prime recovery ship, the U.S.S. Intrepid aircraft carrier.

 

 

[Roboto]

Great looking Vacumet Berzac Guided Missile Bank!!

[MacDaddyRico]

25 minutes ago, Roboto said:

Great looking Vacumet Berzac Guided Missile Bank!!

Thank you...I appreciate it.

[MacDaddyRico]

On 11/1/2022 at 11:29 AM, MacDaddyRico said:

 

 

The JFK specimen which sold at auction in 2009 for $1,912...

 

Well, sadly, this exhibit had expired.

 

But...Both gifted banks are now together in the museum's Destination Moon exhibit..!

[MacDaddyRico]

Just now, MacDaddyRico said:

Well, sadly, this exhibit had expired.

 

But...Both gifted banks are now together in the museum's Destination Moon exhibit..!

 

[MacDaddyRico]

In keeping with my new tradition to honor each museum which featured one or more of my gifted specimens by creating a custom Vacumet reissue of a Berzac Creation Guided Missile Bank...

 

This just in (I'm getting better)...

 

[MacDaddyRico]

And to celebrate my business relationship with the Astronaut Scholarship Foundation, who are the sponsors of the Astronaut Autograph & Memorabilia Shows which I've been doing since 2009, I decided to customize another Vacumet specimen in their honor...

[Roboto]

Fantastic lineup!

[MacDaddyRico]

3 minutes ago, Roboto said:

Fantastic lineup!

Thank you very much.

 

The Queens Museum is the only one not represented here; perhaps in the future I'll come across another Vacumet specimen and customize it.

 

The specimen I customized representing the Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn, Michigan (down the road from where they were made in East Detroit) was gifted to the Berzac sisters, Winnie and Bonnie, some time ago.

[MacDaddyRico]

UPDATE 10/17/2023:

 

The Smithsonian Air & Space Museum's

curator is currently considering

cherry-picking my personal collection.

 

She has more than 75 artifacts

to choose from; one or all.

 

If successful, I will be honored

to have made my fourth donation

to this prestigious historical institution.

 

I have no children to leave anything to, so I figured anything of mine that is historically significant and museum-worthy can go to those interested in acquiring them.

 

[Roboto]

Fantastic news!

[MacDaddyRico]

On 10/18/2023 at 5:06 PM, Roboto said:

Fantastic news!

Thank you...yes, very good news.

 

I am very fortunate to have had the opportunities I've had to donate to prominent American museums since 2009...after all, it's not every day one can donate to any given museum.

 

The timing was right.