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Old 10-06-2015, 12:00 PM
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Hey Carlton,

As usual, great piece! I also love the graphics on the San Fran broadside. Awesome!
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Thanks Brent glad you like it...you have great taste...Yeah it's the best thing I picked up on eBay in a while I think...I was about to fall asleep when I found it Saturday night....Apparently the seller has a shop within a few miles of Yale, as when I made an offer lower than his BIN he turned it down and didn't budge and said parents week was coming up and he would probably get more in his store and wouldn't have to pack it...so I just caved...I wasn't going to let it go as it's pretty much the best HS FB broadside I've seen since the SF Seattle one 25 years ago and doubt I'll ever see a better...And it's kind of a virgin find, almost right from the original source..as he said he got it at a farm house estate about 10 miles from the Yale Bowl.

thanks for your reply...I just pulled the trigger as I sit in a noisy mexican restaurant in Berkeley ca...what can you tell me about it's history....i.e. where it's been....can you say where you got it?...thanks -carlton

Carlton, Thanks for your purchase. I picked it up at an farm house estate that probably dates back to around that time. Owners probably got it from their parents, being they seems to be Octogenarians + is about all I can say. They lived probably 10 miles from the Yale bowl as the crow flies and I'd guess they we're Bridgeport Alumna. Actually though at that time there were no bridges between these two areas, so they either have to ferry over via horse n buggy or travel 10 miles North to get the Derby Shelton Toll bridge to get across the Housatonic River. Hope that helps, I'll pack it up and try to get her out tomorrow.


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