[Howe’s Hunter]

They reached out to me several weeks before the auction began to let me know these 950 were part of the even-larger 6,000 card group that was consigned to them. So they knew of my collection and also knew these weren't mine. After I complained, they did change the listing.

This group was purchased by a gentleman, since deceased, in the early 70s. He just held them until his family “rediscovered” them after his death, along with all his other cards. They were purchased all at one time from a dealer in Florida. So about the time Howe sold his collection off (I’ve been able to determine he sold all but 13 cards off sometime between 1968 and 1972.). So he wasn’t building a collection, he just bought a collection that had this many in it.

The winner of the auction has been kind enough to reach out to me. Although there may be a couple cards I’m able to get, not much has changed since Goldin contacted me. 950 cards is WAY above my pay grade, so as I’ve always said, I’ll get those I can, and try and keep track of those I can’t.

Thanks for everyone on the board’s support over the years. I’ll keep plugging away at it, although knowing there are 950 to try and keep track of takes a lot of the fun out of searching every day to see if I could find any.