Posted on 06/03/2007 8:18:10 PM PDT by blam
Everyone needs a hoby, but come on, this guy made multiple purchases at Christie’s yet “no knew about his collection?!”
Good thing that washing machine didn’t leak!;)
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Great article, Blam. Thanks for posting it.
What an interesting hobby, collecting priginal letters by well known people.
These notes records what could be expressed as ordinary events, but provide a look in to the inner most feelings of famous people.
Some collect inanimate objects, but this person chose to collect the writings of famous people that give us a glimpse of their human frailties and goodness.
Even if it did not leak,it would seem that the laundry would be about the worst place to keep paper goods in good shape.
Wonder how much his collection had appreciated. After all, these papers would have been sought after even in the 1970’s.
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I’m guessing he thought that a burglar would never look in the laundry room.
I thought you might find this interesting.
Were there more of the Rose Law Firm billing records in there?
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She's the expert, not I. But my gut feel is that this is an extremely conservative estimate.
Very, very fortunate to get out alive/escape from any Russian prison camp. Almost very German soldier captured died in those prisons - or while working as a slave to Stalin after the war.
This is amazing.
Remind me to use acid-free paper for my torrid love letters...;o]
Hey, aren’t those supposed to be *our little secret*?!?
If they’re really torrid, they’ll probably catch fire anyway.
*ooops!*
Uh, yah *heh-heh* they do get a little warm when conditions are right!
(Imagining the reaction of the assessor)
Definitely a WOW story and the letters are neat. Too bad they won’t be auctioned off as one item after the individual bidding. Perhaps they leters would then land in a museum for all to read.
This is amazing that they are even readable. I havejust come into possession of a diary and some albums belonging to my great grandparents — the oldesr piece dating from 1862. Most of the writing is so faded that I can barely make it out. It was written on acid free paper in those days, but most of it is written in pencil which is really dim by now. I have a big job ahead of me to transcribe it.
Good luck. You may try running it on a copy machine with the toner turned on high.
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