I just stopped off at the PO Box tonight and found an invoice from Fred Lake, letting me know I had won 9 items in his last auction! Super excited to get them soon, a couple I have been trying to get for a long time!
Larry Briggs -
Seated quarter Encyclopedia (very rare)
Rod Burress - Attribution guide to Matron Head Cents
Empire Topics - Volume #'s 7, 8, 10, 11
Empire Review - Volume #16
Money Tree FPL #1
Complete Set of 21 Money Tree "Out on a Limb" Newsletters
That will definitely fill some holes I had in my library! I'm getting closer to finishing off a complete set of early Q. David Bowers price lists and catalogs with these lots. I already completed my Bowers/Ruddy/Merena Rare Coin Reviews earlier this year (154 issues).
I already have most of the Money Tree Out on a Limb newsletters, but finding the ones I was missing was really tough, so when the opportunity came to grab a whole set, I couldn't refuse the chance, If anyone needs or wants to get some of my duplicates, PM me on them. If you have no idea what OOAL is, they were the Money Tree's house organ written by Ken Lowe (R.I.P.) that told in a very humorous way all about the rare coin book world, Ken and his partner Myron, had wonderful adventures is buying and selling numismatic literature when Money Tree was around, Ken was an ex-English teacher, and his telling of stories is very informal, and akin to Q. David Bowers writing style, IMO, and if you like numismatic literature these are not to be missed.
If you haven't heard of Fred Lake Auctions, he has great books and offers a great mail bid auctions, I usually spend most of my book funds with him and David Fanning at Kolbe & Fanning.
Kolbe & Fanning are;
http://www.numislit.com/Fred Lake Books is;
http://www.lakebooks.com/"Buy the Book Before You Buy the Coin" - Aaron R. Feldman - "And read it" - Me 2013!
ANA Life Member #3288 in good standing since 1981, ANS, Early American Coppers Member (EAC), Colonial Coin Collectors Club member (C4), Conder Token Collector Club member (CTCC), Civil War Token Society (CWTS) member, Liberty Seated Collectors Club (LSCC) & Numismatic Bibliomania Society member (NBS), USMex, Member in good standing, 2¢ variety collector.
See my want page:
http://goccf.com/t/140440
Posted 11/17/2015 09:29 am
