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Pillar of the Community
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good swamper from the first post I was wondering what would happen
But glad you have a contract .
Its amazing how ones "trash" is another mans treasure.
Or in this case 1000's of treasures
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Thanks for the detailed and fabulous information you shared, Swamperbob! If I was looking through all your boxes I probably wouldn't have slept for weeks. I agree with you that many items, while not of significant monetary value, certainly have curiosity value.
I'm delighted to hear that you're in contact with the New Bedford Whaling Museum. I am a member, and they're a great repository of historical records such as those you describe.
I am one of several residents on the grounds of the Colonel's old estate that help maintain a small museum/artifact case with items relevant to Round Hill and Col. Green. We all sort of keep our eyes open for any interesting items, and share them with our community. In that spirit, I must say that "yes," I have an interest in taking a look at whatever you have, at whatever price talk deemed fair to the seller whom you represent. It would be my personal mission to try to bring some of the Colonel's records back home to his estate grounds where our community can enjoy taking a look at them.
If it's appropriate to do so, please let me know that it's OK to contact you, and I will do so. I would be happy to come to your area to take a look at what you have.
It's snowing and 29 degrees up here today. Healthy holidays to you!
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Pillar of the Community
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LMR59 Hello - it is about 30 degrees warmer here so I guess my decision to move is still great. I have no objection to direct contact regarding the estate contents.
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Before I jump in my sleigh...
I tried to e-mail you with my numbers, but it wouldn't go through. My e-mail is LouMR22 at gmail dot com, if you could establish direct contact by e-mailing me.
Best regards, and I hope to hear from you,
L
--E-mail address edited by the staff
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New Member
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Hello Swamperbob,
Five degrees up here this morning! Any more intriguing finds from the Col. Green papers?
Have tried to contact you several times, but keep getting an "access to the e-mail system denied" when I try to send you my contact info. Inquired to the forum for help, but haven't had a response in six days...
I remain completely interested in talking with you about these items, and my fellow owners at Round Hill are amazed that such papers still exist!
Hope you are well.
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Pillar of the Community
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Nothing new - just more of the same kinds of things. I have completed all of the boxes and I am still in the process of placing documents in holders and sorting everything into three sub-groups for sale. The third group is the one containing material that is of no value as coin or stamp related. That material is to be disposed of as I see fit.
Temps here are higher - 40s so I am glad I am not in NE.
I do not understand what prevents you from contacting me directly. Perhaps there is a forum limitation on contacts based on the number of posts you have.
Edited by swamperbob
01/15/2011 7:49 pm
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Perhaps there is a forum limitation on contacts based on the number of posts you have. There is, as a guard against new members registering and immediately emailing people to offer sales. It still happens a few times a month, even though they can't do it; we know they've tried.  I feel this is a case which qualifies for an exemption to the rule, and I've done something which I think will make it possible for you two to communicate. Swamperbob, please give it a try. LMR59, I would ask you to respect the rule set we have in place for our members by confining your messaging to Swamperbob, and let me know if any other member tries to contact you. |
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I can maybe help with an idea if you need or want that french transcribed to english. Schools that off er a masters degree in French require students to translate Pages of Frnech to English, I'm talking they have to picl a book, and get it approved. You could make copies, and find a compassionate french proff who is also a collector? and get it for free. ?
I have cataloged and inventoried before, perhaps you have too,but in case.....Post it notes. and plenty of'em. also star with a composition book. and those post-its make great tabs at the tops of pages. AND you can color code things Plus, Plastic bins and boxes, I use the dollar stoe and big lots.
May I also suggest, you probably already know this but, resist the temptation to delve in to soon. Get organised first, or you'll make 5 times the work.
I once collaborated on a policy and procedure Manuel for a start- up open heart post-op unit. The care plans alone were staggering.Good luck! To me, it sounds like good fun!
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Swamperbob, how goes the quest? It must be slow, tedious work to categorize all
the papers and not miss anything of importance. How about an update when time
permits. Regards, Jim
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Pillar of the Community
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You hit a 500-foot grand slam.
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Hi, I stumbled upon your notes doing research on E.H.R. Green. I'm writing a book about Ned and his mother Hetty and would love to chat with you about the information you found and catalogued. Great story, by the way... If you have some time, please contact me. Like one of the posters, we summer at Ned's Round Hill estate, which is how I began this project among my other books. Thanks for considering my request. Best, E.J. Fleming
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Pillar of the Community
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For anyone interested - The Green Coin Collection Inventory and most of George Perkins personal notebooks and correspondence will be auctioned by Kolbe and Fanning in their January 7th NY sale. The copy of the inventory from this collection is actually superior to the one from the John Ford collection because it includes the notarized statement by Frederick CC Boyd which was missing from the Ford copy.
The stamp inventory from Col. Green did not bring as much as I had hoped in the December Siegel sale. They indicated it was incomplete. I have no idea what happened to the rest of it. The stamped covers also did only fairly. The final price was about $5,000. I guess stamps are just doing very poorly right now.
So far the estate material has resulted in over $39,100 in sales (about half from the dumpster) and I estimated that $25-35k remains in the rest of the consignments that are still pending. The best single item to date was an auction catalog that brought a sale price of $2,300.
Not bad for dumpster diving.
flemingiv As far as material related to Ned and his mother and his grandmother - all of that material was sold to the Old Dartmouth Historical Society. There was not really that much related to the Greens at all that was not previously well documented.
The entire coin collection has been sold with the exception of a dozen Colonial coppers. So far offers on those items have been too low to accept. I decided to get the better examples encapsulated and attributed to George Perkins. I will see how they do then. If I can not get my estimates I may buy them all myself out of my commission on the books. The market has to improve sometime.
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Looks like this thread has been dead for a while, but I have come across some similar materials including the Green appraisal that came from the Ford Library mentioned earlier. Is auction the best method to sell these types of items? Seems like a museum might be a better spot than a private collection potentially.
Appreciate any thoughts you guys have.
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Bedrock of the Community
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Good luck in your quest.  to the CCF! |
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